Two suspected muggers sustained bullet injuries in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Bosila Beribadh area in Hazaribag of city on Sunday night, reports UNB. The injured were identified as Abdul Haque, 35, son of Shukur Ali and Kabul Sheikh, 38, son of late Sheikh Akbar, both…

Some 2,873 people were killed and 6,500 people were injured in road accidents in the first eight months of 2017, reports UNB. The National Committee to protect river, road and railways revealed the survey on Monday. The study was published based on the information gathered from monitoring reports of…

The authorities of newly established Chittagong and Rajshahi Medical Universities would carry out their activities following the policy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), reports BSS. The decision was taken at a meeting yesterday with Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad…

RAJSHAHI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to lay foundation stone of 16 development projects and inaugurate six other implemented projects during her visit here on Thursday next, reports BSS. Deputy Commissioner Helal Mahmud Sharif told journalists yesterday that the premier will lay the foundation…

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor has said the government is going to set up a ‘Boat Museum’ as the country's many traditional…

CHITTAGONG: Five more Rohingyas, including two injured in explosion of landmines along Myanmar border, were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Sunday night, reports UNB. Of the injured---- Mohammad Hasan, 25 and Yusuf Nabi, 28 were injured in landmines blast while crossing the bordering…

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced man to seven years imprisonment and in the same verdict the court also gave him two months’ imprisonment and fined Tk. 5, 000 in Chittagong in a case filed for smuggling drugs. The court of senior special session judge Md Shah Nur handed down the verdict.…

There was a record 124mm of rainfall in Dhaka city during the past 24 hours, ending at 3pm yesterday (Monday). The capital was swamped by 80mm of showers in nine hours from 6am to 3pm, Met Office records showed. Accompanied by lightning and thunder, the rain once again exposed the poor drainage system…

NARAYANGANJ: A man was arrested on Sunday morning from Dewli Chourapara area in Bandar upazila on charges of raping three minors, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Badal Mia, 25, son of Khaleque Mia of the area. Local sources said Badal allegedly raped a five -year-old minor girl of the area…

Rajdhani Unnyan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) on Sunday announced ID number (Flat number) of 837 flats under Uttara Apartment Project at RAJUK Bhaban in the capital, reports UNB. RAJUK for the first time handed over the ID numbers through digitalized lottery at a function in presence of Housing and Public Works…

KHULNA: All sorts of preparations for peaceful celebration of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, is progressing fast in Khulna city, reports BSS. The five-day ‘Sharodiya Durga Utsab’ will begin on September 26 and conclude on September 30 through the…

Chittagong: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one person with 600 bottles of contraband phensidyl syrup from a private car at Darogarhat in Sitakunda upazila of the district this morning, reports BSS. Assistant Director (media) of RAB-7 Mimtanur Rahman told BSS that their personnel halted the car…

Khulna: A monthly meeting on law and order was held on Sunday at the deputy commissioner's conference room with DC Amin ul Ahsan in the chair, reports BSS. Chairman of Khulna Zila Parishad Sheikh Harun-ur-Rashid, Khulna Police Super Nizamul Haque Molla, Deputy Police Commissioner of KMP Fazlur Rahman…

Professor Mohammad Fazle Hossain, former vice- chancellor of Chittagong University, died on Sunday night due to old age complications. He was 85. He breathed his last at 9:30 pm at a private clinic in the city, said sources at the CU. Prof Fazle Hossain served as the VC of Chittagong University from…

“Let Live Better, Illuminate Brighter” under this slogan Y2K, a club of 2000 batch of Chunati High School, organised a free medical camp at  Chunati Noapara Government Primary School , Lohagara, Chittagong recently, says a press release. This medical camp got an excellent response from…

MoU signed with North South University to promote national interests The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the North South University (NSU) on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote public good and national interests. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque and Vice Chancellor Prof Atique…