The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against a businessman for his suspected involvement in graft and illegal wealth acquisition, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Jalal Uddin Ahmad filed the cases against Sheikh Mohammad Ali with the capital's Ramna Police Station, ACC public…

Bangladesh Diabetes Association (BDA) will conduct a fresh survey to find out the actual number of diabetes patients in the country, reports BSS. “We have a plan to conduct a pilot survey to get the actual figure of diabetes patients and depict the real scenario of the disease in the country,”…

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has selected economist Professor Dr Rehman Sobhan for 'Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal-2016' in recognition of his outstanding contributions to economical and educational activities, reports UNB. Prof Sobhan has written a number of books, articles and essays on…

Members of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) yesterday seized more than 100 illegal iPhone from Bashundhara Shopping Complex and Molly Capita Centre in the capital. The iPhone sets were seized for dodging all duties and taxes, said in a press release issued by CIID yesterday.…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday donated Tk 32 lakh for the treatment of eminent poet and rhymester Akhtar Hussain, reports UNB. “The Prime Minister handed over a cheque for the amount to Akhtar Hussain at her Tejgaon office yestedray noon,” PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told…

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday launched drives against illegal extension of 20 houses at Uttara. A section of occupiers have been living in Uttara Residential Model Town at Sector No 11 for long occupying roads by constructing stairs and ramps illegally. The Rajuk authority has…

RAJSHAHI: Water experts at a workshop here on Sunday called for stopping indiscriminate extraction of groundwater for lessening the gradually mounting pressure on it in the vast Barind area, reports BSS. They viewed that an adverse impact has already been created on aquifer due to excessive extraction…

2-day ACM-ICPC Asia Dhaka regional contest concludes A two-day “ACM-International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC)-2017” was concluded at the city campus of University of Asia Pacific (UAP) on Sunday. UAP Computer Science and Engineering Department organised the final round of the…

10 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport Customs intelligence personnel seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.160 kilogram of 58 lakh from the underwear of a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital city yesterday morning. “We arrested a passenger Abdul Monayem of Chittagong and…

The government will soon implement a pragmatic and well-planned project to resolve the waterlogging problem in Chittagong port city, said Local Government, Rural Developmentand   Cooperatives (LGRD)MinisterKhandker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday, reports UNB. “The waterlogging problem of…