The government has taken a number of initiatives, including setting up of technical training centres, specialised hospitals, residential schools, housing projects and a specialised insurance company, for the welfare of Bangladeshi expatriates who are greatly contributing to the country’s economy,…

­COMILLA: A three-member probe body has been formed to investigate the faulty caesarean operation on a woman in a hospital in Daudkandi upazila where the operation was completed leaving one of two babies inside the mother's womb reports UNB. Daudkandi upazila health officer Dr Jalal Hossian…

A schoolboy was stabbed to death due to dispute between local ‘senior group’ and ‘junior group’ at Chandni Ghat of Chakbazar in Old Dhaka on early Saturday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Md Hasan, a JSC candidate of Islambagh Ideal School. Hasan, son of Mohammad Ali,…

One admission seeker was detained at Chittagong University while giving the proxy at the admission test under 2017-18 academic sessions yesterday. The detainees were identified as Shahedul Islam, 20, hailing from Cox’s Bazar district. Shahedul Islam was caught from Biological Science Faculty while…

Police arrested three members of an organized robber gang with a stolen motorcycle and two mobile phones from their possessions conducting separate overnight drives in the capital, reports BSS. The arrestees were identified as Md Shamim Khan, 29, Md Akash, 26, and Md Amir Hossain. A team of Khilgaon…

A school assembly and prize-giving ceremony was held in Shahid Hadis Park, Khulna on Thursday, says a press release. The event was held under the Sanitation Month and World Hand Wash Day 2017 observation, Organised by Khulna City Corporation’s FSM School Sanitation Programme  in association…

Customs Intelligence officials yesterday seized 12 gold bars weighing 1.334kg in separate drives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and arrested seven people in this regard, reports BSS. The arrestees are Kamal Hossain 34, Ahsan 32, Saiful Islam 35, Akhter Hossain 42, Abul 39, Ruhul Amin 48 and…

RAJSHAHI: Infrastructure improvement has started contributing towards boosting income and reducing poverty in the rural areas, reports BSS. Lutfor Haider Rashid, chairman of Kalma Union Parishad under Tanore  Upazila, said development of upazila and union road, bridge and culvert,  rural market,…

Education Expo Malaysia kicks off in the capital A three-day long Education Expo Malaysia kicked off yesterday in the capital aiming to provide various guidelines to the students who like to pursue higher education in Malaysia at a lower cost. The organisers said the fair at the Krishibid Institution…

Demra gas line blast victim dies One of the eight members of a family who suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a house in Demra area of the capital on October 23 died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday. Ratna Begum, 18, wife of Tofazzal Hossain, succumbed to her injuries at the…