Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Tuesday said the appointment of the new vice-chancellor of Dhaka University was followed by the existing rules and regulations, reports UNB. “There was no exception to appoint the new VC. The President appointed the VC exercising his legal power following…

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali has been given 'Diplomat of Excellence' award for his outstanding contribution in diplomacy, reports UNB. International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP) conferred upon the award to Syed Muazzem Ali. Ali, the former Foreign…

Owners of launches plying on the Dhaka-Barisal-Dhaka route have sold all cabin tickets of 22 regular and special triple-deck launches as part of the Eid-special service. They have already earned over Tk. 6 crore from passengers by collecting in advance the full price of tickets.   The passengers,…

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday visited ailing Bangabir Kader Siddique, Bir Uttam, at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the capital, reports BSS. They stayed there…

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim yesterday called upon the lawyers not to stand for the killers of Rupa Khatun, who was raped and killed recently inside a running bus in Tangail, reports BSS. “Rupa, who belonged to a poor family in Tarash, Sirajganj, had to go through lots of…

KERANIGANJ: Police recovered a decomposed floating body of an unidentified young man from the Buriganga River in Kholamora Launch Ghat area of the upazila on Tuesday morning, reports UNB. Md Alauddin, sub-inspector of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said that locals spotted the body of the young man,…

Dhaka South City Awami League (AL) Vice-president and veteran freedom fighter Najibul Haque Sardar died of cancer at a hospital in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. He breathed his last at the city's Sqaure Hospital around 9am today, party and family sources said. First namaj-e-janaja of the AL…

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said steps will be taken to make the trial process of the rape incidents speedier, reports UNB. The minister came up with the statement while exchanging Eid greetings with the journalists at his office in the morning. Mentioning a recent incident when Jakia Sultana…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has managed to remove wastes of the sacrificial animals on Eid day as it deployed around four thousand cleaners on Saturday morning, reports BSS. “ Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) had fixed 361 points in the 41 wards in the port city for slaughtering…

The government has taken steps to re- excavate 921 canals and 1,611 large and small ponds in the country's 56 districts to encourage rural youths for fish and poultry farming, reports BSS. “Re-excavation of canals and ponds will create employment opportunities for youths of poor families in…

NU 1st year honors exams to begin Oct 4 The first year honors examinations-2017 (regular, irregular and grade improvement) under National University (NU) will begin on October 4, according to a NU release issued in Dhaka yesterday. The exams are scheduled to end on November 6, the release said. Besides,…

DNCC driver hacked dead A Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) driver was hacked to death and his brother-in-law injured in an attack in the capital’s Hazaribagh area on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Arun, 40, while the injured is Liton, 25. Police said a group of people, equipped…