Noting that a large data bank can help prevent cyber attack, Additional Secretary to the ICT Division Md Harunur Rashid has said the government is going to establish a database, involving Tk 20 billion, in the capital to this end, reports UNB. “This will be the world's 6th data bank. Its back-up…

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday submitted a fresh plea with the High Court to change the court to hold hearing of Zia Orphanage Graft Case…

A court in Chittagong will deliver the verdict today in two cases lodged in connection with recruitment scams of Bangladesh Railway (BR) east zone.  Yousuf Ali Mridha, former general manager of BR east zone and two other officials of the zone were accused in the cases lodged by the Anti Corruption…

An apprentice lawyer was assaulted allegedly by a youth at Chittagong court building area yesterday afternoon.  The lawyer Parvin Akter received injuries on his nose and face. She was undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.  Police detained alleged attacker SM Solaiman…

Pro-Awami League 'yellow' panel swept the Chittagong University Teachers' Association (CUTA) elections bagging all 11 posts. Prof Dr Mihir Kumar Ray of physics department was elected as president with 361 votes against Prof Dr Abdul Mannan of Chemistry department who secured 261 votes. On…

The 55th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed in the country in a befitting manner today, reports BSS.   …

Customs intelligence seized 185 cartons of foreign cigarette, worth about Tk 15 lakh, from a Kuwait returned passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital city early yesterday, reports BSS.  "We seized 185 cartons of cigarettes kept inside three bags of a passenger from…

The students of the eight upazilas of Rangpur in an oath taking programme vowed to make Rangpur drug, terrorism and child marriage-free district.  Total 3,53,071 students of 872 educational institutions of the district also took oath in this regard on their respective campuses yesterday. …

Teachers of different non-government schools in Barisal observed a token hunger strike yesterday in the city to push for their various demands including job nationalisation. The token hunger strike started from 11am to 3pm. Bangladesh Shikkhak Samittee (BSS) Barisal district unit organised the programme…

RAJSHAHI: Administrative and police officials at a post-rally discussion here unanimously observed that strict enforcement of traffic rules besides creating wide-ranging mass-awareness has become an urgent need to reduce road accidents, reports BSS. They mentioned that the country experiences over 5,000…

One held with arms, ammo Police in a drive arrested an alleged terrorist and recovered one foreign made revolver and nine bullets from Banglanagar village of Taranagar union under Keraniganj Thana yesterday noon, reports BSS. The arrested man was identified as Gaffar Hossain, 35. On a tip-off a team…

Seminar on IoT, Cloud and Data Science at ULAB University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in collaboration with the DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Ltd and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, organised a seminar on Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud and Data Science on Tuesday. This three-hour event started at the…