Leaders of Shikkhok Kormochari Oikkyojote (SKO), an alliance of teachers and employees of private educational intuitions, on Monday urged the government to cancel the decision of 10 per cent deduction on their retirement benefits and welfare trust, reports UNB. They also demanded 10 per cent seats for…

A court in Dhaka on Monday granted bail to national team cricketer Arafat Sunny in a dowry case filed by Nasrin Sultana, who claimed to be Sunny's…

KHULNA: Two suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with police in No 5 Ghat area of the city early Monday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Al Mahmud, 25, and Babu alias Guddu Babu, 35. Police arrested Guddu several days ago. Following his information, a team of police along…

A court in Dhaka on Monday placed four suspected militants, who surrendered to members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during an anti-militant drive in Ashulia on Sunday, on a four-day remand, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Fairuz Tasnim passed the order when Unu Mong, senior assistant police…

President M Abdul Hamid yesterday asked the universities to take necessary measures for ensuring quality education, reports BSS. “Ensure quality of higher education” so that the students can cope with the world competition, the president said as Vice-chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University…

A businessman was shot and wounded by some miscreants in the city's Eskaton Road on Monday, reports UNB. Quoting witnesses police said when Anwar Hossain, 55, general secretary of Bangladesh Medical Device Association, was going to his office at Bangla Motor from his Eskaton residence a gang of…

KHULNA: The Election Commission will start the distribution of smart national identity cards in Khulna city today, reports BSS. Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam is expected to inaugurate the distribution at a function as the chief guest at the conference room of Khulna deputy commissioner, said Ashiqur…

CNG auto-rickshaw and auto tempo workers will stage demonstrations at the district level on July 20 to demand realisation of their 6- points, reports UNB. Some of the demands are inclusion of the auto-rickshaw, auto-tempo drivers in the proposed Road Transport Act 2017, cancellation of some provisions…

GAZIPUR: The body of a female garment worker, who went missing as a trawler capsized in Sitalakhya River in Kapasia upazila on Sunday night, was recovered on Monday morning, reports UNB. The missing worker was identified as Selina Akhter, daughter of Gias Uddin, a resident of Bhiti Para village of the…

12 hurt in road accident At least twelve people sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van at Debpara in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj district on Dhaka-Sylhet highway on Monday morning. Identities of the injured could not be known immediately. Sony Chowdhury, a…

ULAB takes part in EAUC Driving Sustainability Leadership Programme in UK University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) took part in the EAUC Driving Sustainability Leadership Programme at Westminster College, Cambridge, UK recently, says a press release. The Environmental Association of Universities…