Speakers at a progamme here yesterday urged the government to formulate a law on elimination of discrimination before the upcoming general election and fulfill the demand of the country’s Harijan and Dalit people, reports UNB. They came up with the call at a programme arranged by Bangladesh Horijan…

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is behaving like a 'blind bat'…

The speakers of a national seminar on the eve of the World Water Day sought for exploring the nature-based solutions for water challenges in the country,…

A case has been filed with Gulshan Police Station over the murder of a Garo woman and her daughter in the capital’s Kalachandpur area. The deceased were identified as Besnat Moni Chiran, 65, and her daughter Sujata Chiran, 40, of the Garo community and inhabitants of Haluaghat in Mymensingh. Police…

SYLHET: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) expelled two of its central leaders and suspended 10 leaders and activists of its Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) unit over Tuesday's clash between its two factions that left a student bullet-injured, reports UNB. The expelled BCL men…

The government has appointed Md Shameem Ahsan as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nigeria, reports UNB. Currently he is serving as Consul General of Bangladesh…

RAJSHAHI: The nine-month War of Liberation waged by the people of Bangladesh in 1971 will forever remain as one of the most glorious chapters in human…

CHITTAGONG: A man was stabbed to death by his rivals on Tuesday night following a dispute over the annual Urs of a shrine in Boalkhali upazila, reports UNB. The deceased, Shah Alam, 52, was the son of Najir Ahmed of the area. Himangshu Kumar, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station, said two groups…

Barisal City Corporation (BCC) cleaners and sweepers started removing garbage from the roads yesterday morning. Permanent and temporary employees of the…

A shopkeeper was stabbed to death by an apparently mentally-challenged man at Razabazar area in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Julhas, 50, son of late Sundar Ali, hailing from Durgapur village in Homna Upazila in Comilla district who…

A discussion meeting on development of Sadarghat was held in Sadarghat in the capital yesterday. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan was present at the meeting as chief guest. Addressing the discussion, the minister claimed that no accident was occurred in the last three years. So, he warned the launch…

Anti-corruption commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmud said on Tuesday that ACC has been working neutrally to counter corruption from the root level,…

Chittagong: Detectives in separate drives arrested six men along with 63000 pieces of yaba tablets, five firearms, Tk 10 lakh in cash and seized a truck from different places of the city on Monday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as  owner of the truck Mizanur Rahman, 36, truck…

3 DU students get Kaniz-e-Batul Scholarship Three meritorious students of the Department of Urdu of Dhaka University (DU) were awarded 'Professor Dr Kaniz-e- Batul Memorial Scholarship' for their outstanding academic performances.  DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed…