Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday urged psychologists to identify the applied areas of psychology as those they can play an important role in the country’s development, reports UNB. “That’s why psychologists should come forward to identify the applied areas of psychology.…

Actor Omar Sani yesterday urged all artistes, involved in film and television industries, to come forward and help the country's flood-affected people, reports UNB. He proposed setting up a fund without any delay and announced to donate Tk 1 lakh to be spent for sacrificing animals during Eid-ul-Azha,…

Local government division has released Tk 100 crore as first and second installments of block allocation from annual development budget for fiscal 2017-18 for the development of 326 municipalities, reports BSS. ”Finance division has been directed to release nearly Taka 100 crore as first and second…

The condition of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who is now in a London hospital ICU, is gradually improving, reports UNB. "Annisul…

Ken Caldwell, international executive director (ED) of WaterAid, arrives in Dhaka tomorrow for a five-day official visit to Bangladesh, reports BSS. The WaterAid International ED will hold several meetings at WaterAid offices and also make courtesy call on government officials and executive directors…

Three motorcyclists were killed as a truck hit their motorbike in rail gate area under Akbar Shah thana in the port city early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Nizam Uddin, 32, son Abdur Razzak of Agrabad area in the city, Kamrul Islam, 27, son of Md Ismail of Chhagalnaiya upazila…

Chittagong mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday said Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has embarked upon a plan to free city’s footpaths from hawkers and street vendors after Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS from Chittagong. He said the CCC in a series of meetings with hawkers’ leaders came into a consensus…

RAJSHAHI: The present government has given more priority to social security programmes for a successful implementation of Those, reports BSS. The programmes were furthermore expanded to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). So, all sorts of its implementation related non-coordination, laps…

UNESCO consultant meets DU VC Consultant of Culture and Development Programme of UNESCO Indrasen Vencatachellum today paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office on the campus. Chairman of Theatre and Performance Studies Department Sudip…

Two cocktails were exploded near Habibiur Rahman Hall of Rajshahi University on Thursday night, creating panic among students, reports UNB. Though it was not clear who were behind the blasts that occurred at 8:00pm, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) claimed that Chhatra Shibir men exploded the cocktails.…

A knowledge sharing seminar on ‘Strengthening Food Safety Management in Bangladesh’ will be held in the capital on Tuesday, reports UNB. KOICA Bangladesh Alumni Association (KBAA), Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will jointly host…

Police in separate drives arrested 49 suspected drug traders along with huge drug items from different places in the capital from Thursday morning yesterday morning, reports UNB. During the drives, the law enforcers recovered 949 Yaba tablets, 2.90 kg hemp, 214.5 grams heroin, 70 bottles of Phensidyle…