Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the quality of all textbooks from class six to eight would be improved gradually, reports BSS. “The corrected textbooks of class nine and ten will be more interesting and easier to read to the students ... and quality of the textbooks from class…

CHITTAGONG: A court here on Tuesday framed charges against seven people, including four dismissed Rab men, in a case filed for looting Tk 2.7 crore from a shrine in Anwara upazila in 2011, reports UNB. Chittagong 5th Additional Session's Judge Nure Alam passed the indictment order, said Barrister…

CHITTAGONG: Three persons including a madrasa student were killed in separate incidents in the city and district yesterday, reports BSS. The deceased were identified as Liza, 12, Sajib, 22 and Ahsan Ullah, 50. Being informed, Fire Service divers recovered the body of a madrasa student Liza from Mohammadpur…

Five Rohingyas, including a minor girl with bullet and road accident injuries, were admitted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Tuesday night as they managed to cross the border into Bangladesh fleeing the wave of violence unleashed by the Myanmarese army. They have been identified…

 The death of a schoolgirl in a road accident in the capital’s Shewrapara area triggered an angry protest on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Disha, 10, a Class-V student of Mirpur Ideal School. Ashrafuzzaman, a witness, told UNB that an Agargaon-bound bus of “Tetulia…

Police on Monday evening arrested a youth along with a huge quantity of explosive from the city's Kotwali Thana area, reports BSS. Police arrested Tarek Sen, 28, and seized 30 kilograms of explosives from his possession around 6.45 pm on Monday, police said. A case was lodged to this end.  …

A Dhaka court today set October 15 for BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear in 11 cases filed including one over sedition, reports BSS. “Judge Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka metropolitan session judge court passed the order yesterday morning,” a court official said. Yesterday was fixed for…

Railways Minister M Mazibul Hoque on Tuesday said steps will be taken to introduce electric train from Narayanganj to Joydevpur via Dhaka following a survey, reports UNB. “The draft of the survey project titled ‘Feasibility survey for introducing electric traction from Narayanganj to Joydevpur…

The officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department seized foreign currency worth Taka 25, 46, 805 from a Dubai bound Bangladeshi passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the early hours of yesterday, reports BSS. Dr Moinul Khan, director general of the department said they…

RAJSHAHI: Police arrested three members of Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a hostel in Baneshwar Bazar area of Puthia upazila early Tuesday, reports BSS. The arrestees are identified as NS College student Abdullah Al Kadi, 28, son of Abdus Salam of Bagmara upazila, Rajshahi College student…

RANGPUR: The artisans are passing busiest time to make idols of Goddess Durga as preparations are afoot to celebrate the upcoming greatest religious festival of the Hindu community, Durga Puja, in the district, reports BSS. President of Rangpur district unit of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad (BPUP)…

The Republic of Korea has pledged humanitarian aid of USD 200,000 for emergency relief operation for flood-hit people across Bangladesh, says a press release. In response to the recent flooding, on behalf of Korean government, Ahn Seong-doo, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bangladesh has announced…

IONS Multilateral Maritime Search & Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) 2017; a sea based exercise, will be held in November under the overall arrangement…

German expert meets DU VC Karsten Bechtel, a bio-energy expert of Germany, on Monday called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at his latter's office on the campus. Director of the Institute of Energy of DU Prof Dr Saiful Huque and Assistant Prof Dr SM Nasif…

One held, 2.2kg gold seized Customs intelligence officials early Monday seized 21 gold wires, weighing 2.228kg and arrested one passenger in this regard. “Being tipped off, customs officials challenged Zinnat Mahmud Shamim, 41, a passenger of Malindo Air flight OD-162, as he tried to leave the…