Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday urged all to keep away from those politicians who are out to resort to ill political practices, reports BSS. “Politics is now being infected by formalin as a section of political opportunists is trying to persuade politics recklessly…

Police foiled BNP’s progarmmes after charging baton when the party men tried to bring out a procession in several areas in the city yesterday morning. Three persons were injured and four others arrested during the police action. In retaliated BNP activists ransacked four auto rickshaws and threw…

More than one hundred youth representing Bangladesh are taking part in the week-long World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) 2017 that began yesterday in Sochi Russia, reports BSS. According to a message received here yesterday that a over 20,000 young people aged between 18 and 35, from 150 countries…

Customs intelligence yesterday arrested a passenger and a ground service supervisor of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and seized 1.2 kilogram gold from their possession at Boarding Bridge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, reports BSS. “A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Kuala Lumpur…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the ringleader of a mugger gang, which killed a private university student in the capital, from Rupsha area in Narayanganj district on Friday morning, reports UNB. The arrested was identified as Jibon Hossian Litu, 28, the kingpin of the gang which used…

 RAJSHAHI: A fire that broke out at a community centre at Shahebbazar in Boalia of the city on Saturday morning was doused, reports UNB. Assistant director of Rajshahi Fire Service & Civil Defence Ahsanul Kabir told UNB that the fire erupted at the ground floor of the two-storey Moonlight Garden…

Dhaka University (DU) authorities have chalked out an elaborate programme to observe the mourning day today on the campus in a befitting manner, reports BSS. The day is being observed as the mourning day since 1985 in memory of those resident and non-resident students, employees and guests killed in…

The admission tests of the first year honors course of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) under academic session 2017-2018 was held on the university in Dhaka yesterday, reports BSS. The admission tests of the aspirants of the Engineering faculties were held from 9 am to 12 am…

RAJSHAHI: Experts at a discussion here yesterday unequivocally called for giving utmost emphasis on following precise standards in manufacturing products and providing services to make cities smarter, reports BSS. They viewed substandard and adulterated consumer items always pose serious threat to the…

A daylong ‘Harry Potter Festival’ will be held today in the British Council in the capital, reports UNB. The British Council Bangladesh is hosting Harry Potter Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bloomsbury publishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The festival will…

Farewell programme for SUB’s Civil Engineering department A farewell programme for the Civil Engineering Department of Southern University was held at the Engineers Institution Chittagong Centre auditorium on Friday. State Ministerfor Ministry of Land, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury attended the function…

Youth hacked dead in Gazipur A young man was stabbed to death by miscreants in Moktar Bari area of Tongi on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Saikat Hossain, 24, son of Kabir Hossain, a resident of Ershadnagar Dattapara area of the city. Ashraful Hasan, sub-inspector of Tongi Police Station,…