The death toll in the Prime Patent Plastic Limited factory fire in Keraniganj rose to 22 after an injured died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka yesterday. Sahezul Islam Shaju, 19, succumbed to his burns around 8:15am, confirmed Dr Samanta…

President M Abdul Hamid will attend the sixth convocation of Khulna University (KU) today afternoon. The President is expected to join the convocation of Khulna University at 2:30 pm today, his Press Secretary M Journal Abedin told the news agency. Abdul Hamid, also the Chancellor of the university,…

Around 4.57 lakh tonnes of maize are expected to be produced from 49,482 hectares of land in all eight districts under Rajshahi division during the current Rabi season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set the target of producing around 2.58 lakh tonnes of maize from 28,491 hectares of…

A day-long winter cake festival titled ‘Shohorbati’s Winter Pitha Mela’ was held in a joyous atmosphere at a city restaurant on Friday. Zahira’s Nimontron, on behalf of Shohorbati, arranged their 3nd Winter Pitha Mela (fair) at Jomffa Restaurant.    The festival…

A vigilance team of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) recovered 1,112 cartons of contraband cigarettes at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Friday night. Acting on secret information, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate in cooperation with the NSI team recovered…

A woman was strangulated to death at her residence in Bondortila area under EPZ police station in the city in the early hours of yesterday. The deceased was identified as Jesmin Akhtar, 24, wife of Abdur Razzak. She married Abdur after her first husband’s death.  The woman was suffocated…

Police arrested three drug peddlers along with 100 bottles of phensidyl in Gowainghat upazila of the district yesterday morning. Police said the arrestees were identified as Masuk Mia, 28, Delwar Hossain, 29, and Abdul Malik, 23, residents of the upazila. A case was filed in this connection with Gowainghat…

Around 45,000 more marginal and less-income families are expected to become self-reliant through an anti-poverty project in Rajshahi city in next six years. Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) started implementing the project titled ‘National Urban Poverty Reduction Project (NUPRP)’ in cooperation…

Jahura is now well equipped to deal with the realities effectively and can gradually climb out of poverty. Her experience that entailed her capacity to anticipate risks and use her resources leaves a lesson that rural poultry is elevating the food and nutrition security of the poorest households and…

Combined efforts of police, public representatives, business community leaders and common people are important to curb social crimes at grassroots levels for building a peaceful society. Superintendent of Police (SP) Biplob Kumar Sarker said this while addressing a general meeting of Palichara Hat Traders’…

A workshop on Inclusive Governance and Social Accountability (IGSA) was held at a city hotel yeaterday. Platforms for Dialogue (P4D), a European Union funded project in partnership with the cabinet Division, organised the day-long event. Aiming to strengthen inclusion and participation in decision making…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four suspected drug dealers with 11,000 Yaba pills from Sonir Akhra area of the capital on Friday night.  The arrestees are Md Abu Shahad Hossain, 35, Abed Hossain, 36, Md Mizan, 29, and Md Bappi, 35, RAB said in a press release.  Members of…

Four people were killed in separate accidents in different areas of Barishal division yesterday.  Dr Barkir Hossain, director of Barishal Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH), confirmed the report. He said among the deceased-- Siddikur Rahman, 55, a driver of battery three-wheeler, Lokman…

An annular eclipse of the sun will occur on December 26 next which will be partially visible from Bangladesh if the sky remains clear. The partial solar eclipse will begin at 8:30am in the South-East of Ras Madrakah of Oman in the Arabian Sea and end at 2:05:33pm in the South-West of Guam Island in…

Confce on literature, history, culture held at RU Our Correspondent, RU A two-day international conference on Literature, History and Culture organised by Arts Faculty was held on Rajshahi University (RU) campus where more than four hundred teachers, students, academicians, development activists and…