Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said private, public and cooperative sectors should work together to turn Bangladesh into a dignified nation through…

Anti-tobacco activists here on Thursday demanded immediate lawful implementation of the graphic health warning (GHW) on packets of tobacco products, reports UNB. The legal implementation of GHW is at stake due to the interference of tobacco companies, they told a human chain programme in front of the…

Activists Bangladesh Chhatra League, student’s front of ruling Awami League, chased leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party yesterday afternoon while they are coming to join an open discussion demanding DUCSU poll. A group of general…

Over 1300 books on the life and works of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have so far been published at home and abroad, according to a book published by the Bangla Academy, reports BSS. Most of the books on Bangabandhu have been published in Bengali and English languages. A good…

Three persons including a woman were killed in separate road accidents in the capital’s Kawla, Mirpur and Uttara areas on Wednesday night and early yesterday, reports BSS. Two of the deceased were identified as Habib, 20, a worker of a garments factory at Hemayetpur in Savar, and Habibur Rahman…

SAVAR: A man was stabbed by two youths as he protested stalking of his daughter in Rajfulbaria Shapla Housing area here on Thursday, reports UNB. The injured man was identified as Nowsher Alam. Locals said Raihan along with his friend Rana used to stalk Nipa Akhter, 14, a class X student of Savar Girls'…

CHITTAGONG: Over 100 workers of a factory at Export Processing Zone (EPZ) area here fell sick for 'drinking polluted water', reports UNB. Workers said more the 100 workers of 'OMI' factory (footwear factory) of 'Youngone' group started falling sick after drinking contaminated…

The certificate award ceremony of 3rd Operational Conversion Course of Bangladesh Air Force was held at 25 Squadron, BAF Base Bangabandhu,Dhaka Cantonment…

At least 25 shops and part of a madrasa on the eastern bank of the Kirtonkhola river at the Charkawa point, opposite the Barisal River Port, have been washed away, as the erosion turned severe within 26 hours, ending in early Tuesday.  Enamul Huq Sagor, panel chairman of Charkawa union parishad,…

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday arrested five members of an alleged fraud syndicate from Hazaribagh in the capital on charges of cheating people issuing internet-based online Master Cards, reports UNB. The CID also recovered 141 Payoneer pre-paid Master Cards, cash Tk 9.21 lakh…

BARISAL: Barisal-Patuakhali Minibus Owners’ Association called an indefinite strike on 38 routes of the six districts under Barisal division protesting attack on their leader by the human hauler workers, reports UNB. Nazrul Islam Khan, president of the association, was assaulted by some human…

At least 18 skeletons of men and women were stolen from a graveyard in Benupur area of in Gazipur on Wednesday night. In this incident, a lot of excitement created among the people of the  area. President of the graveyard management committee Mawlana Abdus Sukur Ahmed said, on Wednesday night,…

An anti-drug discussion meeting to create  awareness among students was held at Dhirasram High school in Gazipur city on Thursday. Dhirasram High school authority organized the meeting  where assistant director of Gazipur district Narcotics department Mohammed Azizul Haque was present as the…

Sri Lankan professor meets DU VC Computer Science and Engineering Department Professor of the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, Dr Gihan Dias on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office on the campus. During the meeting,…

3 jailed for killing schoolboy A court in Narayanganj on Wednesday sentenced three persons to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in Shiddirganj of the district in 2013. The court also fined them Taka 50,000 each, in default, to suffer more six years of rigorous imprisonment. Additional District…