Garment traders, boat owners and workers demonstrated at Kaliganj Gudaraghat yesterday against Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority’s (BIWTA) decision to relocate nine boat crossing ghats from Sadar Launch Terminal. AKM Arif, port officer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority,…

icddr,b scientists in partnership with Incepta Pharmaceuticals have  developed a  locally-produced dipstick named Cholkit for rapid, early and effective diagnosis of cholera in Bangladesh and beyond. Following a rigorous three year research and development process, the rapid diagnostic test…

British High Commissioner and non-resident ambassadors of Congo, Belgium and Guatemala to Bangladesh separately presented their credentials to President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday. The envoys are: British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson, and non-resident ambassadors — Andre…

A Dhaka court yesterday set April 11 to submit probe report in a case lodged over carrying out bomb attack on a procession against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 13 others. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Debdas Chandra Adhikari set the date as the investigation officer (IO) failed to submit the…

A former Lance Nayek of Bangladesh Air Force was killed yesterday when a Dhaka-bound train hit him near Airport Railway Station in the capital. The deceased was identified as former Lance Nayek Moshiur Rahman, 50, hailing from Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram district. When Moshiur was walking on the…

A teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) has created the country’s first and only 'snake database'. Apart from snake venom and toxicity, information…

The government has appointed the Editor of the Daily Jagoron Abed Khan as chairman of the board of directors of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB). The…

Police arrested two people and seized huge VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) equipment from their possession in Paschim Madarbari area in the port city yesterday. The arrestees Abdul Motaleb, 40, son of Abul Hashemof Madarbari area and Md Belayet Hossain, 34, son of Khujjatul Islam hailing from Syedbari…

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 history. The sovereign and independent People’s Republic of Bangladesh, as it stands today, is the outcome of an arduous struggle of the people under the…

Two college students were arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in the ‘gang rape’ of a ninth grader madrasa girl in Gournadi Upazila. Police named the arrestees as Sadik Sarkar, 17, son of Moksedul Sarkar of Nashratpur village in Gaibandha Sadar Upazila, and Sarwar Hossain, 17,…

‘Take part in posthumous eye donation’ UNB, Dhaka Sandhani National Eye Donation Society has urged the people to emulate Dr Aleem Al-Razee's selfless act and take part in posthumous eye donation. Dr Razee donated his eyes to give light to two visually impaired persons, enabling them…

JU launches Sayed Shafiullah Scholarship Correspondent, JU Jahangirnagar University launched Sayed Shafiullah Scholarship programme yesterday. Under the programme, the institution will provide scholarships to students of honours courses under Chemistry and Environmental Sciences department. Dr Sayed…