A college teacher, who reportedly went missing since Friday, was found dead in South Surma Telirai area of the city yesterday. The deceased was Saiful Islam, 29, an honorary teacher of Islamic history department at Madan Mohan College (MMC), and son of M Yusuf Ali Goainghat  upazila in Sylhet.…

Civil Society leaders at a workshop called for including child labour in dried fish sector as worst form of child labour. Physical, social and health conditions of the child workers are being affected due to working in the sector located mainly in Cox’s Bazaar. But the child labour in the sector…

A man and his three-year-old daughter were killed and two others injured when an auto-rickshaw collided with a jeep on Chattogram-Kaptai road in Rangunia upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Aziz, 50, son of Nesar Ahmed and his daughter Afifa, 3. The accident took place around 10:30…

Chattogram district police yesterday rescued a deer (Maya Horin) from a dairy farm at Fatapur village under Hathazari upazila of the district after locals…

Local populations, particularly those who have or are at risk of the poorest health and have the greatest economic and social needs are presently heaving sign of relief as community health clinics are being operated across the country. Since 2009, the community health clinics have been providing a wide…

State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Ashraf Ali Khan Khosru yesterday stressed the need for elimination of illegal fishing nets from its production level to expedite development of the fisheries sector.  “We need to destroy all these illegal fishing nets from its production level for…

Hundreds of labourers of Rajshahi Jute Mills staged a demonstration in front of the mill gate in Kantakhali area of the city demanding their salary and…

Speakers at a discussion here yesterday urged all government and non-government organisations to work unitedly for eliminating the deadly disease Tuberculosis (TB) from the country.  “All have to work together to eliminate TB from the country to help achieving health-related Sustainable Development…

Youth shot dead by ‘robbers’ UNB, Sylhet A young man was gunned down by suspected robbers at Samparkandi village in Balaganj upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Sahab Uddin, 26, son of Surman Ali, a resident of the village. Gazi Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Balaganj Police…

UK professor meets DU VC BSS, Dhaka Professor Lisa Gordon Clark of the University of Roehampton, the United Kingdom called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman yesterday at the latter’s office. Chairperson of the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology of…

State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday hoped that the waterways around the capital will get back its lost beauty within next 10 years due to government’s vibrant initiatives as he inaugurated the ‘Maritime Safety Week-2019’ here.  “The government…