Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said effective plans should be taken to promote technical education to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, reports BSS. “We have attached top priority to expansion of technical and vocational education to ensure better…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate managing director of Labaid Group AM Shamim on Thursday in connection with the allegations of taking extra charge from patients and acquiring illegal wealth by the hospital, reports UNB. On Monday, the Commission served a notice upon Shamim asking…

A drug addict allegedly threw his four-year-old son to death in the capital’s Matuil area on Sunday evening, reports UNB. Police arrested the father, Enamul Hoque, over the killing of Shahin from the spot, said officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station Anisur Rahman. Tanjina, elder sister…

The High Court on Monday directed the Dhaka South and North City Corporations to remove garbage in the capital between 10 pm and 6 am through covered vans, reports UNB. A bench of Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Haque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by Supreme Court…

A mobile court sentenced a DU student to six month imprisonment on Sunday night for giving proxy at the admission test of Jahangirnagar University (JU) under academic session 2017-18 Executive Magistrate Pranab Kumar Ghosh (AC Land) of Savar issued the order as per the Public University Examination…

A female employee of a clothes outlet was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Jesmin Akhter Tumpa, 23, a sales executive of the shop located on the ground floor of a multi-storey building at Razia Sultana…

Samiha Sultana, a 4th year student of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Islamic University, has been suffering from deadly disease colon…

RAJSHAHI: Health Engineering Department (HED) has implemented 100 schemes under various projects with an estimated cost of Taka 78.55 crore during the last nine years, reports BSS. Of the schemes, 89 were completed by spending around Taka 48 crore while 11 others under four projects are progressing…

Youth held for FB post on PM Police arrested a young man from Lalpukur village of Tanore upazila on Saturday night for posting derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on his Facebook wall.  The arrestee was identified as Rashikul Islam, 30, son of Sadikul Islam of the village. Police…

Annual science fair held at BSI Baridhara Scholars’ Institutions’ (BSI) Annual Science Fair - 2017 was held in the School Complex in Dhaka Cantonment on Monday, says a press release. The fair was inaugurated by the chief guest, Major General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan, ndc, afwc, psc, PhD,…