A parliamentary caucus on child rights was constituted with Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah and Shamsul Haque Tuku, MP as its chief adviser and president respectively on Wednesday. The parliamentary caucus was formed at a meeting held at the deputy speaker's office, said a handout. The vice president…

Speakers at a meeting here observed that concerted efforts of all the entities concerned has become crucial for ensuring safe habitat for the slum dwellers as they contribute to the society in many ways. They viewed that improving living and livelihood condition of the distressed and underprivileged…

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, MP, yesterday said BNP under the leadership of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has become an ineffective party. “From a least developed country, Bangladesh has now become a middle-income country. From a country of food shortage, Bangladesh now became a food-surplus…

Testimony in Dandy Dyeing loan default case Nov 14 BSS, Dhaka A Dhaka court yesterday set November14 to record testimony of the witnesses in Dandy Dyeing loan default case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, her son and party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and 14 others. Judge Jahangir Hossain…

More than half of the infrastructural work of 'Sheikh Russel Eco-Park', the largest tourism centre in Bangladesh's southern region, has been completed. Located five-kilometer far from the city on the bank of the Rupsha River, the eco-park is a project undertaken by the district administration.…

A Barishal court yesterday sentenced one accused to life term imprisonment for violating a teenage girl alluring her to marry. The sentenced accused Shamus Alam was absconding during announcing the verdict by Abu Shamim Azad, judge of the tribunal for preventing torture against women and children after…

The second meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Land was held yesterday at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with committee chairman Mohammad Mokbul Hossain in the chair. Committee members – Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Md Habibur Rahman, Umme Fatema Nazma Begum, Anwarul Azim…

Mobile court led by Manisha Ahmed, administrative magistrate of district administration, in separate drives yesterday fined five business houses Tk 17,000  at the city’s Rupatali and Hemayetuddin Road areas. The fined business enterprises are: Haoladar  Restaurant Tk 5000, two meat shops…

A salesman of Doyal Backery Factory was crushed under the wheels of a bus in Bhabanipur area of Gazipur sader upazila in the city yesterday. The victim was identified as Anowar Hossain, 32, son of Yousuf Ali of Maizpara area of Bhabanipur in Gazipur. Sub-inspector of Nawjure highway police Mohammed…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three alleged arms traders with two foreign made pistols and four bullets from Akbarshah area in the city yesterday. The arrested were identified as Abdur Razzak, 48, Mohammad Ishak, 32, and Abu Taher, 40. On a tip-off, a team of the elite…

Police arrested four persons in possession of fake currency worth Tk 2.32 lakh in city’s Shahbagh area on Tuesday. The arrestees are Md Habibur Rahman alias Habib Mollah (48), Md Mintu Bepary (32), Md. Rubel Bepary (32) and Md Dulal Miah (60). A team of Detective Branch (South) of Dhaka Metropolitan…

A dissemination meeting on ‘Breast-Milk Substitutes, Infant Foods, Commercially Manufactured Complementary Foods and the Accessories Thereof ( Regulation of Marketing) Act 2013’ and its rules was held here yesterday. Bangladesh Breast Feeding Foundation organised the meeting in the conference…

Chhatra Kallyan Trust holds a seminar Staff Reporter, Dhaka Bangladesh Chhatra Kalyan Trust  organised a national seminar titled ‘Role of students-teachers-guardians-civil society and mass media to build a terrorism, militancy and drug free society’  at Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University…