For the fourth time after the grand alliance government assigned to power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is visiting Rajshahi today. All are set to make the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit a success. Already the old-tattered government buildings beside the roads through which Hasina’s…

Siddiqur Rahman, the college student whose eyes were damaged during a demonstration in the capital on July 20, has been given a job as a telephone operator…

The customs intelligence (CI) alone seized 623 kilograms of gold and arrested 21 persons from different parts of the country including three airports in the last one year, reports BSS. “We have arrested 21 persons and seized 623 kgs of gold from three international airports and different parts…

The first-year honours admission tests of Dhaka University (DU) under academic session 2016-2017 will begin on Friday (September 15) with entry test of Business Studies faculty under “Ga-Unit”, reports BSS. The one-hour test will be held from 10 am to 11 am at 53 centers on the university…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a bank official from the capital in a graft case, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Jahangir Alam arrested Shahabuddin Chowdhury, a former executive vice president of National Bank Limited, from Eskaton area on Tuesday night, ACC Public Relations Officer…

GAZIPUR: Two siblings died reportedly from food poisoning and their mother fell sick after having lunch at South Salna in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Shakil and his brother Humayun, sons of Rafikul Islam of Afaina village in Mymensingh. Police and hospital sources…

CHITTAGONG: Two more Rohingyas with bullet 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 Myanmar army. They have been identified as Md Jahangir Aam, 18 and Md Idris, 28. …

A young boy yesterday electrocuted at Double Mooring area in Chittagong. The deceased was identified as Md Jibon, 22, hailing from Habiganj district.  “He electrocuted while he worked there. We rescued him in a critical condition and sent to the emergency department of Chittagong Medical…

Auto-rickshaw and auto-tempo workers on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister (PM) though Deputy Commission (DC) of Dhaka to realise their 10-point demand, reports UNB. Bangladesh Auto-rickshaw, Auto-tempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) submitted the memorandum following a procession…

RAJSHAHI: Around 54,696 flood-affected farmers will get rehabilitation facilities for recouping their losses in the region, reports BSS. Of them, each of 9,000 enlisted farmers will get 20 kilograms of seeds, 20 kilograms of DAP and 10 kilograms of MOP fertilizers for wheat farming on at least one bigha…

Several hundred students and teachers of Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College yesterday protested the ongoing killing and ethnic cleansing of minority Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state in Myanmar. They said though the teachings of all religions is to establish peace, harmony, fraternity, tolerance…

Police in a drive arrested a ‘liquor trader’ and seized 120 litres of liquor from Burirchar area of Hathazari upazila of Chittagong district on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Md Hasan (45), son of Ahmod Mia. He is a local resident. In a special drive we nabbed him along…

DU Journalism dept alumni association’s AGM Saturday The annual general meeting (AGM) of Dhaka University Mass Communication and Journalism Alumni Association' (DUMCJAA) will be held on Saturday. The meeting will start at 4 pm at the Alumni Floor of Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban…

Missing sewer worker found dead A sewer worker, who went missing after entering a manhole to clean the sewerage line near Chalantika intersection on Milk Vita Road in Mirpur-7 in the city on Tuesday afternoon, was found dead nearly after 24 hours on Wednesday afternoon. A group of sewer workers went…