The two-hour storm on Sunday evening uprooted about 300 trees on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus, leaving it bare and shorn of its natural beauty. Many of the fallen trees have already been chopped to pieces and carried away by the locals. Ever since the storm broke, students, teachers and employees…

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized two Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) worth around Tk 4.50 crore from a workshop in Muradpur area of Chittagong early yesterday, on charge of evading taxes. “Acting on a tip off, we have seized two vehicles, a Mercedes Benz jeep and a…

A court in Dhaka on Thursday sent BNP joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon to jail in connection with five arson cases filed with Paltan Police Station in the capital. Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Nabi passed the order when the BNP leader surrendered before the court seeking bail in 10 cases…

The International Day of the Midwife (IDM) 2017 will be observed in the country today as elsewhere in the world, reports BSS. The day is being observed as a mark of recognition to the contribution of midwives to saving lives of women, adolescent girls and newborns, sometimes under very difficult circumstances,…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers here yesterday unequivocally called for imposing more taxes on tobacco for substantially reduce its use, reports BSS.  They also urged for a specific tax policy on tobacco to reduce consumption significantly. They added tobacco control media campaign could be the effective means…

bbarta24.net, a news portal of the country, honoured eleven eminent personalities with gold medals in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields, a press statement said. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu handed over the “2nd bbarta award” at a ceremony held…

Swedish ambassador calls on DU VC Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Johan Frisell yesterday called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office here. Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences Prof Liaquat Ali, Dean of DU Science Faculty Prof Mohammed…

2 killed in Gazipur road accident Two people were killed in a road accident in Ashpara area on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway under in Gazipur yesterday morning. The deceased are Aminul Islam, 28, son of Abul Kalam of Chakpara area of Sripur upazila and Alamin, 24, son of Aminul Hossain, a resident of…