Health Minister Mohammed Nasim yesterday said Muktamoni will return home with her parents soon as her physical condition has improved, reports BSS. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is taking care of Muktamoni regularly. She (Muktamoni) will return home with her parents within a few days as her physical…

KHULNA: A woman yesterday filed a case against 13 people, including 11 cops, for allegedly gouged two eyes of a trader in the city, reports BSS. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shahedul Islam took cognizance of the case and fixed September 17 for passing an order on the issue. Renu Begum, mother of trader…

Gold bars weighing around 3.8 kg were seized from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in separate incidents on Thursday, reports UNB. Sources at the airport said Shakhwat Hossain, 39, a passenger of Thai Airways, landed at the airport at around 12:20pm. He came to Dhaka from Malaysia via Bangkok.…

The seven militants, who were killed in explosions during an operation of law enforcers at a suspected militant hideout at Mirpur's Mazar Road, were burned to death, said their autopsy report on Thursday, reports UNB. Dr Sohel Mahmud, head of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Forensic Department…

Like other countries around the globe, Bangladesh will observe the International Literacy Day today in a befitting manner, reports BSS. “Literacy in a Digital World” is the global theme of this year which is targeted to drive the global education 2030 agenda under Sustainable Development…

CHITTAGONG: Two women were killed in separate road accidents in the city and district on Thursday, reports BSS. One of the deceased was identified as Kulsuma Begum, 65, wife of Siddique Ahmad, hailed from Shilkup village under Banshkhali upazila of the district. The identity of the other woman aged…

KHULNA: Police yesterday arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami on charge of subversive activities from Dumuria upazila in the district, reports BSS. The arrested was identified as Mowlana Habibur Rahman, son of Md Khowaz Ali, hailing from village Ula under Dumuria upazila in the district. Assistant Superintendent…

The Qulkhwani of Begum Selima Samad, wife of ex-police super late Abdus Samad, was held after Maghrib prayers at a community center in Mirpur of the capital yesterday, says a press release. Family members, relatives, well-wishers of the deceased were present on the occasion at the programme and prayed…

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a huge quantity of smuggled drugs worth Taka 107.54 crore raiding at different places in the country last month, said a BGB press release in Dhaka yesterday, reports BSS. The seized drugs included 5, 90,660 pieces of yaba tablets, 8,529 bottles of foreign liquor,…

Journalists of print and electronics media under the banner of  Sanagbadki Somaj formed a human chain in front of press club yesterday in protest…

RAJSHAHI: More than 2,000 cattle will be vaccinated free of cost to protect those from foot and mouth diseases in around seven flood-affected villages in Manda of the district, reports BSS. Greater Rajshahi Association in Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh and Bangladesh Livestock…

CHITTAGONG: The foundation laying ceremony of the 600-metre-long Patenga container terminal will be held today, reports BSS. Shipping Minister M Shahjahan Khan will formally lay the foundation stone of the terminal. The construction of the terminal involving Taka 1,800 crore will be completed by the…

Digital smart-books introduced for students The largest online school of the country, Robi-10 Minute School has recently introduced digital smart-books for the students. Launched in February 2017, these smart-books have already been read more than a million times by the students. Anyone can find these…

2 cousins killed in road crash Two cousins were killed in a road accident in the capital’s Basabo area in the small hours of yesterday. The accident occurred in front of Buddhist Monastery at Basabo around 12.30am yesterday when a city corporation vehicle rammed a motorbike with Rimon, 25, and…