At least five activists were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chittagong University (CU) unit over silly matter on university campus on Wednesday night. The injured were identified as Ahad, a student of Islamic History department, academic session is 2014-2015;…

The newly reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday fixed October 22 for rehearing the arguments in a crimes against humanity case against six alleged war criminals from Gaibandha, including Jamaat leader and former lawmaker Abdul Aziz alias Ghoramara Aziz, reports BSS. “The…

A five-day-long annual Asia Pacific Resilience (PR) Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE), a civil-military disaster preparedness and response…

The International Day for Disaster Reduction- 2017 will be observed in the country today as elsewhere in the world in line with this year theme ‘Home Safe Home”, reports BSS. The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, different government, non-government organisations and communities have…

The National Girl Child Day will be observed in the country today, reports UNB. The theme of this year's day is 'Rise of girl children will bring progress for country'. Different government, non-government and socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to make the…

Construction of the Dhaka Metro Rail will become visible within next six months, according to Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, reports UNB. The minister said this while inspecting the construction work of the 20 km-long metro rail project in capital’s Uttara on Wednesday. “At…

The chehlum of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra singer Abdur Jabbar will be held at 11 am today at Kalabagan playground in capital’s Dhanmondi area,…

RAJSHAHI: Two pharmaceutical workers died and eight others fell sick overnight consuming apparently toxic molasses along with bread provided by the factory management, police and witnesses said, reports BSS. “We were served Wednesday night the molasses along with bread as part of our daily meal….…

Six adolescent girl children have received award for their role in preventing child marriage, reports UNB. At a ceremony organised on Wednesday at the Krishibid Institute auditorium, noted singer Momtaz Begom, MP, handed over crests to the brave girls. The awardees are Shamima Akhter, Amina Khatun (Nila)…

Police arrested two alleged drug traders and recovered 57 kg hemp from Karwan Bazar slum on in the capital Tuesday night, reports UNB. The arrestees are Mahmudur Rahman alias Mahbub, 34, and Md Saddam, 18. Based on secret information, a special team of Tejgaon Industrial Police Station in the capital…

Indian delegation meets DU VC A four-member delegation led by Professor Dr Md Zahidul Haque of the University of Hyderabad, India paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman at his latter's office on Wednesday. Other team members were Safdar Imam Quadri,…