The holy Akheri Chahar Shamba, an important day for the Musllims across the world, will be observed across the country on November 15 (Wednesday) marking the recovery of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM) from prolonged illness, reports BSS. The decision was taken at a meeting of the national moon-sighting…

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) is going to host a local edition of Hult Prize, 2018, and this year the challenge is “Transform: Harnessing the Power of Energy”, reports UNB. The Hult Prize is the largest competition for students around the globe for creation of…

President M Abdul Hamid leaves Dhaka for London today on eight-day visit for health checkup and treatment of eyes, reports BSS. "A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10.30 am on Saturday," President's…

A student of Dhaka University had gone missing in Purba Rupsa ghat area under Rupsa thana in Khulna on Thursday night, reports UNB. The missing student was identified as Khalid Hasan, 21, a 3rd year student of Pharmacy Department of the university, and son of Jalal Uddin, hailing from Shariatpur district.…

Sufia Kamal National Public Library is going to launch mobile library activities across the country, reports BSS. The Public Library has taken a project in association with the Cultural Affairs Ministry to run the mobile library programme of the Bishwa Shahitya Kendra (BSK) under its supervision, library…

Results of the third-year final exams of Rajshahi University's (RU's) law department have not yet been published, though the exams were held six months ago.  Teachers and students of the department blamed the indifference of the department chair, Associate Professor Abu Naser Md Wahid,…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers here urged to all the government and non-government agencies, local government institutions and members of the civil society to work together for the unemployed youths so that they can avail the training scope, reports BSS. They said the government is providing skills training towards…

Police arrested an alleged drug trader and recovered 2,000 contraband yaba pills, one sub-machine carbine (SMC), one pistol, eight magazines and 60 round of bullets from Motijheel and Joarshahara areas in the capitalon Thursday evening, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Md Tofazzal Haque,…

A young man was found dead in Sona Pahar area in Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Faruq, 34, son of Sujahul Haque, a resident of Mehedi Nagar village in Baroiyarhat municipality and employee of a cloth store. Jahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge…

3 DU students awarded Three students of the Department of Law of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded with “Prof. Mahfuza Khanam- Barrister Shafique Ahmed Scholarship” for their outstanding academic results in LLB Honors examinations of 2014. The awardees are- Masrur Bin Ansari, Tashfiya…