At least four leaders of quota reform movement were injured in an attack allegedly by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men on Dhaka University (DU) campus yesterday. The injured — Bin Yeamin Mollah, Tarek Rahman, Ahmed Kabir, Jashim Uddin Akash and Sohrab Hossain —are all joint…

The 7th death anniversary of one of the organisers of Liberation War, a close associate of Bangabandhu and veteran Awami League leader Abdur Razzak was observed yesterday with due respect. Marking the day, Awami League and its associate and like-minded organisations paid homage to Razzak by placing…

Police on Saturday captured the main accused in police source Aslam Shikder murder case from the capital’s Jatrabari area.  “We arrested one Abu Taher, 31, son of late Abdul Malek alias Malu Bepari, of Mehna Upazila in Cumilla district, as he masterminded the murder of police source…

Awami League’s (AL) national election conducting committee co-chairman HT Imam yesterday said the BNP-Jamaat clique has resorted to violence and terrorism to make the parliamentary election questionable under an orchestrated plan.  “The BNP-Jamaat clique carried out attacks and set…

A painting depicting the life of Rafida Khan Raifa, who died at Chattogram's Max Hospital allegedly due to medical negligence, has fetched the Best Paining Award at an art exhibition (December 21-December 23) at the JDA Piera Gallery in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Journalist-turned-artist Azizul Kadir…

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General (DG) Major General Shafeenul Islam yesterday visited the BGB’s temporary camps at Patiya High School filed for the upcoming 11th parliamentary polls slated for December 30. He reached Patiya High School by a helicopter at around 10:30am. The BGB DG…

The law and order situation improved further in Rangpur metropolitan city since the inception of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) on September 16 last.…

 ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ was formally launched at ground floor of Rajshahi city bhaban yesterday for giving an in depth idea about the life, works and sacrifice of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the public in general. The corner is enriched with Bangabandhu’s…

Educational experts and academics at a discussion here unanimously mentioned that time-fitting education has become an urgent need for infusing furthermore dynamism into the country’s economy. They also observed that investing in the right type of education can be the vital means of transforming…

Coalition of Local NGOs, Bangladesh (CLNB) and Peacekeepers Memorial School and College (proposed) yesterday paid homage to the 15 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in Benin plane accident in 2003, says a press release. Marking the occasion, the two organisations held a memorial meeting on National Press…

RMG workers go on rampage UNB, Gazipur The workers of a garment factory, who went on strike few days back for salary hike, went on a rampage seeing their factory shut at Rajendrapur in Sadar upazila on Sunday. Police said the workers of NAZ Limited factory went on work abstention to press home their…

2-day nat’l mathematics confce begins at DU BSS, Dhaka A two-day National Mathematics Conference held at AF Mujibur Rahman Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU) on Friday. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. AF Mujibur Rahman Foundation and Bangladesh…