A retired airman of Bangladesh Air Force was beaten to death allegedly by the members of his brother-in-law’s family at Jugipasha village in Fultola upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Gazi Shafiqul Islam, 54, son of Abdul Barek, resident of Uttardighi village in the upazila.…

With a view to making a befitting constitution for Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and Hall Unions, the University authority has decided to hold a Dialogue with active students’ organisations on January 10. Dhaka University (DU) authorities sent invitation letters to the…

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is set to allocate budget for controlling tobacco, said the DSCC Chief Executive Officer Mostafizur Rahman. He has expressed his commitment to allocate budget for tobacco control and create tobacco-free model ward under DSCC, says a press release. The commitment came…

Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday protested the incident of a gang-rape at Subarnachar in Noakhali district. Under the banner of ‘Nipironer Biruddhe Jahangirnagar’, over 50 students brought out a procession from the Social Sciences faculty building that ended at Murad Chattar…

Four halls and a library of the Jatiya Press Club have been named after the names of five late pioneering journalists. The five journalists are Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan, Zahur Hossain Chowdhury, Abdus Salam, Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia and poet Shamsur Rahman. Outgoing JPC President Muhammad Shafiqur…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday attended a doa and milad mahfil seeking salvation of the departed soul of Syed Ashraful Islam, the former Awami League general secretary and public administration minister. The programme, organised by family members, was held in the city's Officer's Club premises…

The work on 'Sheikh Russel Eco-Park', a project taken by the district administration, is going on in full swing, aiming to fulfill the recreational…

Scientists from icddr,b and seven other developing countries have initiated a pioneering research to understand how solar radiation management (SRM) geo-engineering could affect some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable regions. In Bangladesh, the project will be the world’s first…

GOBESHONA annual conference inaugurated at IUB STAFF Reporter, Dhaka The International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised an inaugural ceremony of the 5th GOBESHONA Annual Conference on the university campus in the capital yesterday,…

Two minor girls found dead UNB, Dhaka Police recovered two bodies of four-year-old girls from ground floor of the seven-storey building in Shahjalal road area in Demra of the city on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Nursat, 4, daughter of Palash and Dola Akhter, 4, daughter of Faridul of…