A total of 233 students of different universities will get the Prime Minister Gold Medal for the year of 2013 and 2014 in recognition of their brilliant success in respective universities, reports BSS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the Gold Medals as the chief guest among the students,…

NARAYANGANJ: A worker at hosiery, who was injured in an attack by his fellow workers, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday, reports UNB. Quoting Rashed Shikder, an owner of Rupaiya Hoshier, located at Kashimpur in Fatullah, police said Fahim, 24, son of Ilias Mia of Munshiganj district and…

Prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday submitted formal charge against four alleged Razakars from Satkhira, pressing seven specific charges against them. “We have brought seven specific charges of crimes against humanity including murder and rape against them,”…

CHITTAGONG: Four people including two college students suffered injuries as some bricks fell on a tin-shed house from an eight-storey under-construction building at Dhopa Para in Kazir Dewri area under Kotwali thana in the city yesterday, reports BSS. The injured were identified as Tagar Bala, 70, her…

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker and Chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday made a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the capital, reports BSS.  During the meeting, the Speaker apprised the president of the activities of the…

The Barisal City Corporation (BCC) has failed to collect the minimum amount of holding taxes for a long time. Allegations have been levelled that a majority of the city’s householders pay low amounts of taxes after bribing a section of officials of the BCC’s tax department.  Again,…

Ruling Awami League yesterday paid their profound respect to the memory of former President M Zillur Rahman marking his fourth death anniversary, reports BSS. Leaders of the party led by its General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader paid homage by placing wreaths at his…