Can’t return to nuclear weapon-testing era

Visiting Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) Dr Lassina Zerbo yesterday laid emphasis on building world…

Eskaton double murder verdict deferred again

A court in Dhaka yestedray deferred for the second time the delivery of the verdict in the New Eskaton double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam…

SC order on review plea Sunday

The Supreme Court yesterday set Sunday for delivering its order on a review petition filed against its judgement that upheld the death penalty of Saiful Islam Mamun in Saudi Arabian Embassy official Khalaf Al-Ali murder case, reports UNB. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice…

RCC mayor Liton takes charge today

RAJSHAHI: AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, newly elected mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), will take his official charge today, reports BSS. To this end, the RCC has arranged a colourful installation ceremony at its green plaza in the afternoon with commissioner of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur- Rahman in…

HC order on Shahidul’s division in jail upheld

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the leave to appeal petition filed by the government challenging a High Court order that had directed the prison authorities to provide first-class division facilities to photographer Shahidul Alam, reports UNB. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by…

JU withdraws suspension order of 4 BCL activists

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) withdrew the suspension order of four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). JU Public Relation Office confirmed the matter through a press release yesterday. The university authority suspended the four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)…

JU hall canteen reopens after two years

The authorities of Shaheed Rafiq Jabbar (SRJ) hall have resumed its canteen on Monday for the residential students after a long of 2 years. A report was published on September 26 at The Independent titled ‘Students demand re-opening of JU dormitory canteen’, which made response to hall authority…

JU BCL recommends suspension of 10 activists

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has recommended suspension of 10 activists for their alleged involvement in a clash that took place on the campus between two groups of BCL activists of Mir Mosharraf Hossain hall and Al-Beruni hall on Tuesday midnight, leaving…

Foolproof security for Durga Puja in Ctg, Rajshahi

CHATTOGRAM: Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken five-tier security arrangement to ensure peaceful celebration of upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, reports BSS. “The foolproof security will be given from a day before Durga puja starts,…

BNP holds protest meeting in Rajshahi

As part of the central programme Rajshahi city unit Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists organised a protest meeting at Bhuban Mohan Park in the city yesterday morning. Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, president of Rajshahi city unit BNP, presided over the meeting while Mizanur Rahman…

MBBS admission test today

The admission test for medical colleges under 2018-19 academic sessions will be held today. All preparations for holding the test have already been completed said Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director Prof Abdur Rashid, adding as many as 65,919 admission seekers will appear in…

Fair showcases govt’s uplift achievements

CHATTOGRAM: The 4th national Development Fair was inaugurated in Chattogram, Rajshahi and Barishal aiming to showcase the development activities of the…

College girl ‘gang raped’ for month after abduction

RAJSHAHI: A college girl has allegedly been 'gang raped' for over a month in Savar of Dhaka after her abduction from Ratul village of Durgapur upazila in the district, reports UNB. Sub-inspector of Durgapur Police Station Naimul Hasan on Wednesday said they arrested a man -- Liton Miah of Singra…

MoU signed to address malnutrition

Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNNC), Institute of Public Health & Nutrition (IPHN) and Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to address malnutrition collectively in Bangladesh at IPHN, Mohakhali in the capital yesterday, says a press…

Na’l Sanitation Month begins

National Sanitation Month October-2018 began on Wednesday with the theme “Sustainable Development and Hygienic Sanitation” aimed at achieving cent per cent hygienic sanitation through consciousness raising campaign across the country, reports BSS. Local Government Division Senior Secretary…

Campus Corner

AIUB Engineering Jubilation (AEJ) 2018 held The Department of Computer Engineering (CoE) and Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) organized a weeklong ‘AIUB Engineering Jubilation (AEJ) 2018’ on AIUB campus at Kuril in the capital on September 27, says a press release. The weeklong…

News in Brief

Woman murdered in Rajshahi A woman was slaughtered by miscreants at her house at Jitpur in Rajshahi on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Zohara Begum, 50. After separation with her husband Helal Uddin, she used to stay with her son Jahangir Alam at the village. Quoting locals, police said…