The agitating teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) held a rally on the campus yesterday demanding the removal of the Vice- Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam over graft allegation in mega development project. As part of their pre announced programme, over 60 teachers and students under…

The government has appointed AKM Shahidul Karim, currently serving as the Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Bangladesh’s…

Chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission Nur Ur Rahman has been appointed as secretary of posts and telecommunication ministry yesterday. Additional Secretary of commerce ministry Tapan Kanti Ghosh has been made the chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission. The public administration ministry has issued…

A fire broke out at a spinning mill of AnonTex Group at Tongi in Gazipur at around 4.15 pm yesterday. The fire erupted in the spinning mill under West Tongi Police Station and quickly spread out to the surrounding areas, said Manikuzzaman, Head of Tongi (Zone) Fire station. Being informed, a total of…

Academics and human rights activists at a students’ rally yesterday stressed on ensuring the rights of girl children and preventing depression on women and children to attain the sustainable development goals (SDGs).. They viewed this at the rally followed by a discussion arranged at Government…

Agricultural scientists and researchers here at a post-rally discussion yesterday stressed the need for protecting soil health for upholding crop production to ensure food security of the country. They viewed that the soil productivity has gradually been declining due to topsoil erosion side by side…

Speakers at a programme underscored the need for immediately formulating and implementing food rights act as food safety is vital to prevent infection, get proper nutrients and get adulteration-free foods. Mentioning unsafe food and water can cause infections and diseases, including diarrhoea, meningitis…

Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque yesterday underscored the importance of ensuring participation and representation of the disabled people in overall uplift activities to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs). The KCC Mayor stressed on socio-political and economic…

5th nat’l debate fest begins at RU today   Our Correspondent, RU A two-day ‘5th national debate fest’ will begins today (Friday) at Rajshahi University (RU). Total 72 debtors from 24 public and private universities will participate in the programme.  Group Liberal Bangladesh…