A three-member committee has been formed, with the principal of Rajshahi College, Prof M Habibur Rahman, as its member secretary. It has been tasked to find out how more than 100 answer papers of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams were found in a girls' dormitory of Rajshahi University…

A special court here on Tuesday deferred till June 1 the hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's self defence statement in the Zia OrphanageTrust graft case, reports UNB. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Special Judge Court-5 passed the order in response to a time petition filed by her lawyer. Earlier…

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken a tight security measure so that the city dwellers can spend the upcoming holy month of Ramadan and celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr smoothly, reports UNB.  “Adequate security measures will be in place so that the city dwellers can come out of and return to…

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Tuesday fixed the maximum price of per kg beef at Tk 475 and mutton Tk 725 ahead of holy Ramadan, reports UNB. DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon took the decision at a meeting with the Bangladesh Meat Traders Association at Nagar Bhaban in the capital. The prices of…

SYLHET: Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials seized a luxury Mercedes car of Apan Jewellers owner Dildar Ahmed, father of Banani rape-case prime accused Shafat Ahmed, in the city yesterday, reports UNB. Prabhat Kumar Singh, assistant commissioner at CIID Sylhet office,…

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Tuesday said 17,000 vacant posts of headmaster in primary schools will be filled up soon, reports UNB. “We have already recruited 998 primary school headmasters from the 33rd BCS. The rest vacant posts will be filled up soon,” said…

Three warships of China reached Chittagong Port yesterday on a four-day goodwill visit, reports BSS. Chief Staff Officer of Navy of Chittagong region Captain SM Moniruzzaman welcomed the China Navy officials at the port, said an ISPR release. The three warships are Destroyer CHANG CHUN, Frigate JING…

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday granted bail to Jatiya Party MP AKM Salim Osman in a case filed for humiliating schoolteacher Shyamol Kanti Bhakta in public in Narayanganj, reports UNB. Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Jasmine Ara Begum granted the bail upon a bond of TK 20,000 after hearing on a bail petition…

Some 600 field-level sanitary inspectors will work across the country to ensure food safety for all during the holy month of Ramadan, reports UNB. "The inspectors will visit different markets, hotels, restaurants and eateries to check food adulteration and ensure safe food for all during the Ramadan,"…

KHULNA: Jute worth Tk 150 crore remains unsold in seven jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation (BJMC) along the Khulna-Jessore belt. Stakeholders are pointing the finger of blame for the situation at BJMC's ineptitude, reports UNB. They now believe the only way to salvage the situation…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a discussion here laid stress the need for bringing all the children especially those belonging to the under-privileged families and living in slum areas under primary education to flourish them properly, reports BSS. They viewed there is no alternative to ensure equitable access…

A Barisal court Monday sentenced a drug peddler to life-term imprisonment and fined Tk 30,000 or to serve more 9 months imprisonment in default. Anwarul Haque, district and session judge of Barisalhanded down the verdict in absentia of the fugitive accused Jahangir Matubbar, son of late Toiab Ali Matubbar…

A 6-member delegation headed by Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan left Dhaka for Kolkata on Monday night to attend a summit there, reports UNB. The team will attend "Inland Water Transport and Coastal Shipping Summit" jointly organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce and Inland Water Transport…

Chandrika meets Speaker Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga met Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her office in the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday, reports UNB. During the meeting, they discussed different issues of mutual interest, including economic empowerment of women,…

DU to celebrate Nazrul's birth anniversary Dhaka University (DU) authorities have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the 118th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on May 25. Teachers, students and employees of the DU led by Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique…