All coaching centres will remain closed during the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations scheduled to begin from February 1, Education Minister Dipu Moni said yesterday. “The goal is to ensure free and fair examination atmosphere,” she told the media at the secretariat.…

Twenty four suits lodged accusing 84 rail passengers in last nine months for travelling and riding over train roofs at Chattogram Rail station by railway security force (RSB). Besides, eight persons were convicted for alleged ticket black marketing and 50 tickets recovered from the ticket blackers during…

Speakers at a participatory discussion in the city yesterday unanimously underscored the need for ensuring all the legitimate rights of the people living in char (riverbed) areas in the district for improving their living and livelihood condition. They mentioned emphasis should be given on reaching…

A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to one month imprisonment for stalking a female student of Chattogram University (CU) on the shuttle train. The arrestee was identified as Shahjahan, 38, son of Bashir Ahmed, a staff of the canteen of Chattogram District Police Lines. Shahjahan…

The government is going to construct a total of 170 cyclone shelters in the Chattogram and Bhola districts under the ‘Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Project’ of the Local Government Division. In this regard, the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) yesterday approved two proposals…

Eastern Zone of Bangladesh Railway (BR) in a special drive yesterday evicted over 700 unauthorised establishments built in Ambagan area in the city and recovered about five acres of land. State officer of railway eastern zone Mahbubul Karim conducted the seven-hour eviction drive from 10am in co-operation…

Custom officials seized 24 gold bars from a flight at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport on Wednesday. Dr Md Shohidul Islam, director general of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, said their officials found the gold bars concealed inside a seat-handle when they were searching BG-085…

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said holding polls to two Dhaka City corporations on the day of Saraswati Puja is an unjust act. “The government has committed an unjust act by fixing the election date on January 30 as the Saraswati Puja will be held on that day. Such things…

10 DU students get NEF scholarship BSS, Dhaka Ten meritorious students of Biological Sciences faculty and Earth and Environmental Sciences faculty of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded ‘Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF), Japan scholarship’ yesterday for their outstanding academic…

Hosne-ara-Talukdar new DG of Bangladesh Betar BSS, Dhaka The government has appointed Hosne-ara-Talukdar as new chief in the state-owned radio station. She, an officer of BCS (information) 1984, is the first woman Director General (DG) in the history of Bangladesh Betar, said a press release here on…