Experts at a seminar in Rangpur have stressed early preparedness and efficient emergency response systems to ensure proper post-earthquake managements for substantially reducing the extent of losses of human lives, reports BSS. They came up with the opinion at the divisional level seminar on 'Awareness,…

Police detained 25 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Panthapath area in the city yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Tejgaon Division Biplob Kumar Sarker said acting on a tip-off police conducted a raid on an IT training centre near…

A case was filed against two college teachers in Rajshahi over the recovery of some 100 answer scripts of the recently held Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examinations under Rajshahi Education Board from a residential hall of Rajshahi University (RU), reports UNB. The two teachers are—Dr.…

Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka emphasised the need to change the country’s male-dominated political culture to ensure women’s empowerment in the country. The speakers affirmed that even though women’s participation has increased in various spheres of life, including in the public sector,…

A case was filed against a presidium member of Jatiya Party (JP) with Jakiganj Police Station under the ICT Act, reports UNB. MP of Sylhet-5 Selim Uddin, also central joint secretary general and president of district JP, filed the case against party presidium member Taj Rahman under 57(1) of ICT Act…

Speakers at a meeting in Rangpur have laid stress on the need for comprehensive efforts of all concerned to put an end child marriage, reports BSS. "Child marriage shatters life and hinders education of the children," they opined. Government officials and development activists expressed the…

The followers of Mirzarkhill Darbar Sharif of Sakkhania upazila, Chilcilia Aliya Jahangir Peer and Shah Sufi Darbar Sharif of Chandanish upazila will be started Holy Ramadan (fasting) from today in line with their tradition, heritage and time of the Middle east, reports BSS. People of 31 villages from…

Sylhet: Police recovered a body of a housewife from a pond located nearby Jonakalyan bazar area of Balaganj upazila on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Safia Begum, 27, wife of Ponki Mia of Koluma village and daughter of Khachim Ullah of Goyashpur Lamapara village of the upazila,…

SYLHET:  Two people died as a thunderbolt hit them at Biswanath upazila in the district on Thursday, reports UNB. The deceased are Milon Mia, 17, and Akmol Hossain, 35. Both were the residents of Digholi Madhobpur village of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Biswanath police station Monirul Islam…

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world to honour the memory of the UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the cause of peace, UNB reports. Bangladesh lost a total of 133 peacekeepers since 1989, the year it had started sending…

JU goes on 40-day vacation from May 28 Jahangirnagar University (JU) is going to a 40-day vacation from May 28 on the occasion of summer holiday, holy Ramadan and Eid-al-Fitr which will continue till July 6. JU Deputy Registrar (Education-1) Mohammed Ali confirmed it through a press release on Wednesday. …