Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq yesterday sought cooperation from the city dwellers to keep the 'world's most densely populated city' clean and green, reports UNB. “It's not possible for only the mayor and his workforce to maintain cleanliness of Dhaka North city…

Leaders of Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) yesterday said a group is trying to destabilise the educational environment of the university by blaming each other centring the seat distribution in different halls recently. They said a number teachers, students and journalists have recently…

The law enforcement agencies have been instructed to eliminate militants, terrorists and the neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh along with their networks with an iron hand in the country.   “We have already identified masterminds of militants and their networks alongside the neo-JMB (Jamaatul…

Discussants at a roundtable in the capital yesterday demanded construction of the Bangabandhu International Airport at Arial Beel in Srinagar of Munshiganj district, reports BSS. Urging all concerned to build public opinion in this regard, they said the activities over the construction of the airport…

The body of Bangladesh Ambassador to Brazil and former foreign secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes is expected to arrive here on March 20 as Brasilia bade him farewell amid a full military honour, reports BSS. Officials and family sources said a Qatar Airways aircraft would carry him back home early on…

RANGPUR: Formation of tender mango continues smoothly amid favourable climatic condition now predicting bumper production of the popular fruit in Rangpur agriculture region this season, reports BSS. “The fruit setting stage is progressing superbly now giving mango trees eye-catching looks in orchards,…

RAJSHAHI: A total of 396 more households, including some charitable organisations, get new power connections in nine villages under Charghat Upazilas of the district Friday, reports BSS. In this connection, local office of Rural Electrification Board (REB) installed 6.058 kilometers of power distribution…

Engineer MH Hasan Raja, father-in-law of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's late youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko, died at a hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 73, reports UNB. Raja who had long been suffering from liver diseases breathed his last at United Hospital around 12noon, said Khaleda's…

‘Students should be enriched with Bangabandhu’s ideals’ RAJSHAHI: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said the present students should be enriched with the nation-building ideals and education of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for furthermore progress of the country.…

20 gamblers jailed in Sylhet A mobile court in Khulna has sentenced 20 gamblers to 29 days' imprisonment each in Dakhshin Surma upazila. A team of police, led by officer-in-charge of Dakhshin Surma Police Station Md Harun-or-Rashid, conducted a drive in the upazila on Friday afternoon and arrested…