Leaders of Bangladesh Government Primary School Headmasters' Association on Thursday demanded immediate arrest of the accused in a case over gang-rape of a schoolteacher in front of her husband at her school in Barguna's Betagi upazila on August 17, reports UNB. Rejecting the medical report…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday urged all to work for upholding ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to build a prosperous country, reports BSS. “We have to materialise dream of Bangabandhu through transforming Bangladesh into a poverty-free country,”…

Authorities of Dhaka University’s Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall yesterday denied issuing any notice about the dress code of its female inmates, which went viral on social networking site Facebook, reports UNB. A notice signed by hall Provost Dr Sabita Rezwana Rahman said a distorted notice about the dress…

Secretary General of International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations, Kitack Lim will visit Bangladesh on 26 August…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Social Welfare Ministry yesterday recommended enhancing the opportunity of technical and general education for underprivileged children to resolve their unemployment problem, reports BSS. The recommendation came at a meeting of the committee at the Jatiya…

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested two suspected members of banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Tejgaon Industrial area in Dhaka on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The arrested individuals were identified as Jahirul Islam, 25, and Ashraf Hossain…

The Qulkhani and doa mahfil will be held tomorrow afternoon for seeking eternal peace of the legendary Bangla movie hero Nayakraj Razzak, reports BSS.…

Member of Planning Commission Mostafa Kamal Uddin was made secretary of the public security division of the home ministry while secretary of public security division Kamal Uddin Ahmed has been transferred as member of the planning commission yesterday. Meanwhile, Chief Controller of Export And Import…

CHITTAGONG: A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at city's Anandabazar area yesterday, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Aktar, 17, daughter of Ali Hossain. Police said Ayesha hanged herself with the ceiling fan following a quarrel with her parents at their…

The High Court yesterday stayed the trial proceedings of five arson cases filed against BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu, reports UNB. The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the proceedings of this cases would not be quashed. An HC bench comprising Justice Miftah Uddin…

Dhaka North and South City corporations on Wednesday promised to remove the wastes of sacrificial animals within 36 hours, reports UNB. Officials of the two city corporations came up with the assurance at a meeting about waste management of Eid-Ul-Azha arranged by the Information Ministry at its conference…

icddr,b, a global health organisation, has been named as this year’s recipient of the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the largest annual humanitarian award in the world, for its innovative approach to solving global health issues impacting the most impoverished communities, reports UNB. The…

A Dubai returned passenger was arrested along with 363 cartons of 303 brand contraband foreign cigarette from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday morning, reports BSS. Armed Police Battalion (APBn) personnel arrested Imam Hossain Tushar, 31, son of late Abdul Kawsar Khandker of Feni and…

Woman held with 7,000 yaba pills Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a woman along with 7,000 pieces of yaba tablets at Mougachhi village in Rajshahi on Wednesday night. The detainee was identified as Sharmin Akter, 40, daughter of Selim Hossian of Chamta village in the upazila and wife…

Third US-funded ‘Makerspace’ opens in Chittagong CHITTAGONG: Charge d’ Affaires of the US Embassy in Dhaka Joel Reifman officially inaugurated “The Makerspace” at Chittagong Independent University’s American Corner on Wednesday. While inaugurating the centre, Reifman…