Journalists at Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday protested filing of a case against one of their fellows with Motihar Police Station by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader. In the separate statements, three journalists union of the university, including RU Journalist Association (RUJA), RU Press…

The government in collaboration with global cyber security and tech giants is going to organise an international cyber security conference in the capital on March 9 aiming to take a coordinated initiative to check the alarming rise of cyberattacks causing disruption in online activities and financial…

Police arrested six suspected robbers from Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Baspotti in Tongi area of the city early yesterday, reports UNB. ng of 9-10 highway robbers intercepted a bus and tried to commit robbery around 3 am. On information, police rushed in and arrested six robbers while the others managed…

Health professionals in different branches of oncology, cancer survivors and social leaders will sit together to discuss ways for cancer control as the 2nd National Cancer Conference (NCC2017) will be held in the capital today, reports BSS. The conference will begin at 10am at Dr Milon Hall at Bangabandhu…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested a drug peddler with 1600 pieces of yaba tablets from city's Natunpara area under Biyazid Thana in the city yesterday, reports BSS The arrested was identified as Mohammad Nurul Kabir, 45, hailed from Chandhanish upazila of the district. Being…

Health experts at a roundtable yesterday said one fourth people in Bangladesh are suffering from obesity while one third people in the world are overweight, reports BSS. Citing the statistics of World Health Organisation (WHO), they said the people die from diseases caused by overweight or over eating…

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Thursday sentenced a gold smuggler to six years imprisonment in a case filed for smuggling gold bars worth about Tk 76 lakh through Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) in 2015, reports BSS. The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad…

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday asked seven coaching centres to remove their all wall writings and posters from the areas under its jurisdiction by March 12, reports UNB. The coaching centres are Udvas, Unmesh, Paragon, Oracle, UCC, S@ifur’s and Nasir Sir. The directives were given…

RANGPUR: The permanent street lighting programme of Rangpur City Corporation (RPCC) will be completed soon, reports BSS. The corporation is implementing the programme by replacing older bulbs at a cost of about Tk 7. 26 crore with financial assistance of Japan InternationalCooperation Agency(JICA) and…

Job fair begins today at RU Rahshahi: The two-day 4th RUCC Job Fair-2017 will begin on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus today. Rajshahi University Career Club (RUCC) is organising the fair which will engage potential job seekers in recruitment process. RUCC President Kazi Mahmud Dip confirmed the…

2 found dead in Rajshahi Two people, including a woman, were found dead in Rajshahi city and Durgapur upazila of the district on Thursday. Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said a woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house at Hetem Kha of Rajshahi city on Thursday…

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Consumer Rights Protection department jointly carried out anti-adulterated food drives and fined one pharmacy and one sweetmeat shop a total of Tk 50,000 in the capital’s Banani on Thursday reports UNB. Operation Officer of APBn-5 ASP Md Saidur Rahman said a team…

The Chehlum of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, Chairman of Bangladesh’s one of the oldest business conglomerates Ispahani Group, will be held today…