BNP yesterday voiced anger as the party alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not raise the issue of ensuring fair share of water from the Teesta River during her Friday’s meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.  “The Prime Minister met West Bengal Chief Minister…

Dhaka Customs House in separate drives seized 43 gold bars, worth about Taka 2.5 crore, and detained two people involved with gold smuggling from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. On a tip-off, a preventive team of Dhaka Customs House raided BG-048 flight of Biman Bangladesh…

A staff of Barishal District and Session Judge’s Court has been suspended over charge of dishonesty, service irregularities. He was identified as Abdul Kader. He was ‘Serestadar’ of District and Session Judge’s Court, confirmed, Abdul Gaffer Khan, administrative officer of the…

Scientists and researchers at a discussion here yesterday mentioned collective efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned has become…

Khulna district administration has taken programmes to celebrate the Victory Day-2019 here on December 16 marking the most precious day when the country was liberated from the clutches of Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month long bloody War. To observe the day, elaborate programmes have been…

Barishal river police with the help of fisheries department in separate drives seized 25 mounds of ‘jatka’ (hilsa fry less than 10 inches in length) and detained six fishermen on Friday for netting ‘jatka’ violating the imposed restriction. The detained fishermen were-- Md Bashir,…

A two-day ‘Jibananda Poetry Fair- 2019’ held on Shah Makhdum Degree College premises in the city. Kabikunja, a literary organisation, hosted the fair creating an assembling place of many poets and literary cultural personalities from various parts of the country. Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation…

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rab) faced a split as a group of leaders of the party, led by its general secretary Abdul Malek Ratan, yesterday announced to hold a convention on January 11 boycotting the council convened by its president ASM Abdur Rab for December 28. "We think the council convened…

NU 1st year degree exams begins today BSS, Dhaka The first year’s degree (pass) and certificate course examinations of academic year 2019 and degree (pass) and certificate course (Old Syllabus) of year 2017 under National University (NU) will begin today. The examinations will start at 1pm daily…

Road accidents kill 2 in Ctg BSS, Chattogram Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram on Friday. Police sources said a motorcyclist Mohammad Ismail, 21, received injuries when a Chattogram-bound Marsha Passenger bus hit his motorcycle in Chunoti area of Chattogram-Cox’s…