Two female students have brought allegations of sexual harassment against Dhaka University (DU) assistant proctor Robiul Islam which they said happened during a scuffle between teachers and students on July 29 over DU VC panel election, reports UNB. The students, who are also leaders of two different…

All the dilapidated roads in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area will be repaired at the end of monsoon, said Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon yesterday, reports BSS. “There has been more rain in the capital and also outside Dhaka this year. Many roads in South City Corporation area have been…

A student was killed pressed under Almirah of Library at St. Placid’s School under Kowtali Police Station in Chittagong yesterday (Sunday). The deceased was identified as Joydip Dutta, 11, son of Devasish Dutta of Hazi Colony of Firingibazar in the city. Joydip was student of class-V. His parents…

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) on Saturday arrested a young man along with 140 gold bars weighing 16.25 kg from Baitul Mukarram Market in the capital, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Rabiul Islam, 22. Following secret information that a big consignment of gold bars…

Some 15 Bangladeshi children attended the “Rosatom School” International Children's Camp ended on August 6 at the "Ocean" Children's Center in Vladivostok, Russia, reports UNB. The approximately 20 day camp ,supported by Russia's state nuclear energy corporation- Rosatom…

CHITTAGONG: Six persons, including a schoolboy, were killed in separate incidents in the city yesterday, reports BSS. Four of the deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain Musa, 50, Wazed Ali Babul, 45, auto-rickshaw driver Jasim Sikdar, 38 and Abdur Rahim, 35. In Port Connecting Road area, three…

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former Mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and BNP leader Sadek Hossain Khoka in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS. Dhaka fifth special judges court passed the order, setting September 21 for start recording the…

The Greater Rangpur Tobacco Farmers and Businessman Co-operative said if the finance minister did not shun his biased policy towards the bidi industry, he won't be allowed to enter Rangpur. The general secretary of the association, Mohammad Masum Fakir, said this on Saturday, during a press conference…

CHITTAGONG: Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Abdus Salam said here on Saturday the implementation of the three ongoing mega development projects taken up by CDA with an outlay of Taka 10,844 crore will help take Chittagong city 50 years forward, reports BSS. He said CDA has taken up…

SAVAR: An electrician died from electrocution at Narasinghapur Sarkar market area in the upazila on Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Siddiqur Rahman, 19, a local electrician, son of Md Abdul Hai of Baniakhali village in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat district. Lokman Hossain, sub-inspector…

Showkat Ali Bhuiyan (Dilon) and ABM Abus Salam were elected President and General Secretary of the Banani Society, an organisation of the prestigious people of the capital's posh area, for two years, reports BSS. As many as 17 posts of the 21-member society went to the credit of Dilon-Salam Parishad…

Pakistan is celebrating its 70th Independence Day today, says a press release. Pakistan won freedom from the British colonial rule on 14th August, 1947, under the great leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, when India was divided on the principle of Two Nation Theory into two separate independent states…

NU degree exams postponed The National University (NU) has postponed yesterday’s degree examinations due to countrywide floods. Foyjul Karim, director (Public Relations) of NU, told UNB that the NU authorities have postponed yesterday's scheduled examinations for degree students for floods.…