The government is formulating a policy on receiving health care services abroad by the Bangladeshi patients, reports BSS. State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Malique said this on behalf of the Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim while responding to a starred question placed…

The prevalence rate of autism in children aged between 16 and 30 months is 17 in every 10,000 in Bangladesh, according to a survey, reports BSS. The information…

Five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League of Chittagong University (CU) unit were arrested yesterday from Suhrawardi Hall while allegedly taking cannabis.  They were identified as Rabiul Islam Apel, a student of economics department, academic session 2015-2016, Sumon Tripura, a student of institute…

CHattogram: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader  yesterday said there will be no more election in the country like the one in 2001 although BNP keeps dreaming of it, reports UNB. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came up with the remarks while talking to reporters…

A collaboration of Alliance Française, British Council and Goethe Institut under the European National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) cluster was launched on Wednesday at the Franco-German Embassy in the capital, reports UNB. To promote cultural diversity and mutual understanding between cultures,…

RAJSHAHI: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 40 more people here on Wednesday and they were sentenced to different terms of jail each by a mobile court on charge of taking drugs and drug peddling, reports BSS. The elite force conducted raids in different areas of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj…

KHULNA:  A polytechnic college student was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants at Baghmara area in the capital on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, 22, son of Mamun Hawladar of Dolkhola of the city. He was a first year student of Boyra Polytechnic College…

Freedom Fighters’ representative council will be held at Dhaka Metropolitan Theater at 10 am on 14 July, reports BSS. Muktijuddher Chetona Bastobayan Mancha, a platform of freedom fighters, is going to organise the programme with Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan in the chair, a press release said…

GAZIPUR: Eight passengers were mugged after being doped allegedly by ‘Agyan Party’ members on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Kharajora in Kaliakoir upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Dr Prabir Kumar, the resident medical officer of Kaliakoir Upazila Health Complex, said the fire service men…

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held tomorrow to review the information on the appearance of the new moon of the holy month of Zilqad of 1,439 Hijri, reports BSS. The meeting will be held at the meeting room of Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 7:15…

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi Zila Parishad distributed cheques worth around Taka 2.93 crore to 210 development projects here yesterday, reports BSS. The parishad distributed cheques for the financial support and for infrastructure development purposes of various educational institutions, mosques, temple and eidgah…

A partial solar eclipse will occur today which will be visible from South-Eastern Australia to Northern Antarctica, reports UNB. Central path of the eclipse will be in the Southern Ocean, said Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) on Wednesday quoting the climate division of Bangladesh Meteorological…

Two US professors meet DU VC Professor Dr Steve Goodbred and Professor Dr Jonathan M Gilligan of Vanderbilt University, USA, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman on the university campus on Wednesday. Chairman of the Department of Environmental Development and Risk Management…