SYLHET: A 250-bed hospital was inaugurated at Sobhanighat in the city, aiming to provide modern healthcare facilities to the people of the district, reports UNB. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith inaugurated Al Haramain Hospital formally on Thursday. Addressing the programme as the chief guest…

State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Thursday said many land-related complications and disputes will be resolved once a complete digital survey is conducted, reports UNB. “Once we carry out a complete digital land survey, I'll alone lead to reducing a lot of complications and land…

A woman and her 12-year-old daughter were killed in a fatal road accident in front of East-West Medical College Hospital on the Ashulia Beribadh road on Friday night, reports BSS. The deceased were identified as Jasmin Akther, 40, wife of Md Fakhruddin Kabir and their daughter Saba Moni. They used to…

Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Dr Abdur Razzak yesterday said the next national elections will be held as per constitution and BNP will have to come in the election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. “Next national elections will be held in schedule time. The interim government…

POETRY RECITATION: Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre is organising an evening of ‘Poetry Recitation by Dahlia Ahmed’ at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh at 6pm. ROUND TABLE: Institute of Architects Bangladesh will organize round table at CIRDAP auditorium at…

RAJSHAHI: Four persons were killed in three separate road accidents in the district yesterday, police said, reports BSS. Two of the deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 50, and Jewel Rana, 27. Nazrul Islam was killed on the spot when a speeding truck dashed his motorbike from behind in Baneshwar…

RAJSHAHI: Around 3.48 lakh children under five years will be administered Vitamin 'A' Plus capsules on National Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign-2017, on December 23 (2nd round) in the city and nine upazilas of the district, reports BSS. The campaign will begin at 8 am at 2,244 centres and…

SYLHET: The ruling Awami League-backed panel swept the senate and academic council elections of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Thursday, reports UNB. Ruling party-backed teachers Dr Jahir Bin Alam and Dr Mostabur Rahman won the election in category-1 and category-2 in senate.…

Two people, including a woman, were killed in two separate train accidents in the capital’s Banani and Mohakhali areas on Thursday morning, reports UNB. The identities of the deceased, aged between 30 and 40 years, could not be known. Rabiullah, assistant sub-inspector of Kamalapur Railway Police,…

Tk 3.4 cr Indian sarees seized Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized Indian sarees worth Tk 3.44 crore in Rupsha Khan Jahan Ali Bridge area in Khulna early Friday. Tipped-off, a team of coast guard, led by contingent commander of west zone Mujibur Rahman, raided the area and seized a truck…

KUSHTIA: Professor Makluqur Rhaman of Public Administration department at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia died at a hospital in the capital on Thursday morning. He was 64. He left behind son, daughter and host of relatives and admirers to mourn his death. Earlier, he served as the IUTA president,…

NEF distributed stipend to 10 JU students SAVAR: Nagao Natural Environmental Foundation (NEF), a non-governmental organisation of Japan, distributed stipend money among 10 Jahangirnagar University (JU) students. JU Dean of Biological Science Faculty Professor Abdul Jabbar Haolader handed over the stipend…