Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students are staying away from classes, demanding justice in an incident that took place on October 27. Five BUET students were injured allegedly by students of the Zahurul Hoque Hall of Dhaka University (DU). The BUET students are demanding…

Two people, including a city corporation cleaner, were killed in separate incidents in the city on Thursday, reports UNB. The victims were identified as Abu Taher, 50, a cleaner of Dhaka South City Corporation who died in Basabo, and Md Sumon, 40, who met his fate in Bakshibazar. Police quoting witnesses…

A total of 61,989 examinees were absent on the 2nd day of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations on Thursday, reports UNB. Besides, 20 students were expelled for adopting unfair means. A total of 2,328,359 students appeared in the two public examinations at…

Customs officials on Wednesday night recovered eight gold bars weighing 800 grams from the stomach of a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital, reports BSS. “We arrested a passenger named Abdullah Al Mamun and found 8 gold bars weighing 800 grams from his stomach at…

A six-day printmaking (Etching) workshop titled 'Nature Quest' begins at Cosmos Atelier71 in the capital’s Malibagh today, reports UNB.Renowned artist Rokeya Sultana, Professor of the Department of Printmaking, Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University and artist Uttam Kumar Bashak, Professor…

Protesting the attack on Khaleda Zia convoy on the Dhaka-Chitagong highway, Barisal district and city units jointly organized a protest rally on its office premises at Sadar road Barisal. The rally presided over by district BNP president Ebaydul Haque Chand.   It was addressed among others by district…

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday released its report on probe into the alleged war crimes committed by one Mahbubur Rahman, 69, of Mirzapur in Tangail district, reports BSS. “We have brought three specific charges of crimes against humanity against…

National Deworming Week will start tomorrow in all the districts across the country simultaneously with a view to declining worm-related diseases to zero percent, reports BSS. “To bring the number to zero percentage as a part of the continuous efforts, this year around four crore children will…

The certificate award ceremony of No. 105 Junior Command and Staff Course of Bangladesh Air Force was held at Bangladesh Air Force Command and Staff Training Institute (CSTI) of BAF Base Bashar yesterday, says a press release. Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Admin) Air Vice Marshal M Abul Bashar, OSP,…

Smart NID distribution begins in Sylhet Sunday The distribution of smart National Identity Card (NID) will begin in the city on Sunday. Director General of NID Registration Wing of the Election Commission Brigadier General Mohammad Saidul Islam said election commissioner Mahbub Talukder will inaugurate…

8th JU butterfly fair tomorrow The “8th Butterfly Fair-2017 will be held tomorrow (Saturday) on the Jahangirnagar University campus. Department of Zoology in association with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Nature and Life Foundation will organise the fair on the Zahir…

RAJSHAHI: Youth leadership can be the vital means of making the local government institutions (LGIs) including Union Parishad (UP) effective and pro-people, reports BSS. This view was expressed in the closing session of a three-day youth leadership training by a host of speakers who urged all concerned…