CHITTAGONG: Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi yesterday urged the new generation to develop proficiency in English, saying it was needed for internationalising Bangla as well alongside keeping pace with the globalised world, reports BSS. “We will learn to speak…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has stressed the need for skill-based technical education for the economic development of the country, says a press release. The minister made the observation while addressing the inaugural function of Skills Competition 2016, an annual event for the students of…

CHITTAGONG: Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain yesterday advised the authority of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) to take initiatives for setting up an anatomy park on the university premises, reports BSS. He said there is much land in the university…

Police and Rampal power plant protesters locked in scuffle in Chittagong yesterday over holding   “Rajpathe Gonoabosthan” (Mass sit-in…

 A female medical student was killed in a road accident at Nayabazar in Bangshal area of the capital yesterday morning, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Sathia, 22, a student of Dhaka National Medical College and daughter of Mohammad Hasanuzzaman, a resident of Rajshahi. Enamul, sub-inspector…

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested a fugitive killer in connection with killing a school student Rajiur Rahman Khan alias Rian, 15, from the capital's Rupnagar area of Mirpur on Friday evening, reports BSS. The arrestee was identified as Md Sujon Islam, 24, son of Jalil Bepari, of village…

Shah Fazlul Karim, a retired civil servant of UK government, died of old age complications at a hospital in the capital on Friday. He was 81. He left…

The Rajshahi University (RU) campus is in the grip of a mosquito menace. Things have come to such a pass on the RU campus that students have to use mosquito nets just before nightfall. Everyone studies under the mosquito nets. Garbage and trash have piled up next to the 16 residence halls of the university…

In a unique display of unity, hundreds of school-going children on Friday joined a festival in the capital, vowing to build a non-communal Bangladesh imbued with the spirit of Liberation War, reports BSS. They took the oath at a function titled “Muktir Utsab-2017” (Festival of Freedom) at…

RAJSHAHI: Administrative officials and livestock experts at a post-rally discussion here yesterday underscored the need for boosting safe animal protein production as its proper consumption is very important for building a healthy and talented nation, reports BSS. They mentioned the unemployment problem…

The residents of Kalkini Upazila under Madaripur district, in Dhaka accorded a reception to Abdus Sobhan Golap, special assistant of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s and also the office secretary of AL, at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital yesterday. They accorded the reception…

SC bar assoc polls from Mar  22 The two-day polls of Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association for 2017-18 tenure will be held on March 22 and 23. “People interested to take part in the election will be able to collect and submit nomination papers from March 1 to 11, while they can withdraw their…

8 DU students get Prof Muktadir Scholarship  Some eight students of Dhaka University Chemistry Department have been awarded ‘Prof Abdul Muktadir Memorial Scholarship’ for their outstanding academic performances.  Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique distributed…