The Dhaka University (DU) senate yesterday passed a Taka 664.37 crore budget for the fiscal 2017-18 in the annual senate session at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on the campus, reports BSS. DU Treasurer Professor M Kamal Uddin placed the budget with Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin…

The Barisal district administration held a meeting on Wednesday with officials of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and representatives of the Launch Owners’ Association, law enforcement agencies and river police to discuss measures to ensure passenger and vessel safety during Eid.…

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday urged all to create mass awareness by taking different preventive measures to stop outbreak of chikungunya, reports BSS. “Chikungunya can be prevented, if people keep their houses clean and destroy all potential mosquito breeding sources,”…

Customs Intelligence this morning seized 338 cartons banned foreign-made cigarette at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, reports BSS. “Acting on a tip-off, customs members challenged Md Farhadul Islam Chowdhury, a passenger who came from Dubai on Bangladesh Biman flight BG 052, as he tried…

Chittagong: A garment worker was hacked to death by some identified miscreants in Kattoli area of the port city on Friday night, reports UNB. The dead is identified as Md Arif, 22, hailed from Rupsa upazila in Khulna and also a worker of FB Fashion, a garment factory, in the area. Locals and witnesses…

The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday arrested eight people from Dhanmondi area in the capital as they allegedly pretended to be members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police, reports UNB. RAB sources said they also recovered foreign pistol, vehicle, and other materials from their…

A court on Saturday sent film actor and model Tanvir Rahman Tonu in a rape case filed on May 6, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Sharafuzzaman…

A youth was killed by mass beating in the city yesterday morning for his alleged involvement with the stealing of a mobile phone.  The victim was identified as Md Nasir of Padrishibpur village under Bakerganj upazila.  Md Asaduzaman, assistant commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police said…

RAJSHAHI: On the eve of holy Eid-ul-Fitr shopping in the silk shops and showrooms has gained momentum as Eid of Rajshahi people is interlinked with silk…

RAJSHAHI: The government launched three mobile phone applications aimed at bringing crop production technologies to the doorsteps of around 1.51 crore farm households to boost yields, reports BSS. The apps titled Krishoker Digital Thikana, Krishoker Janala and Pesticide Prescriber are expected to help…

Tk 289cr NU revised budget approved  The Senate of the National University approved revised budget of Tk. 289 crore 40 lakh and 20,000 for the year 2016-2017 and adopted a revenue budget of Tk. 274 crore 52 lakh 93,000 and development budget of Tk 148 crore 25 lakh for the FY 2017-2018, says a…

Man found dead in Sylhet Police recovered a decomposed body of an unidentified man on Friday from a water body in Rupia bridge area in Sylhet district. Officer-in-charge of Balaganj Police Station Md SM Jalal Uddin said locals located the body floating on the water in the afternoon and informed police.…