About 150 makeshift houses were gutted in a slum fire that broke out at a slum at Mirjapul in Muradpur area. Farid Uddin, deputy director of Agrabad Fire Station, said the fire broke out at Decoration colony at 10am. "Twelve firefighting units from Kalurghat, Chandanpura, Nandankanon and Agrabad…

A day-long Bird Fair-2020 was held on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus yesterday with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds for the ecological balance. JU Zoology department in association with Wild Life Rescue Centre (WLRC), Bangladesh Bird Club, Arannyak Foundation, and Prakriti…

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman on Thursday said the government will build 68,038 disaster tolerable houses for destitute people in every village of the country following the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The minister…

Large hilsas have flooded the Barishal market in the second season (Jan–Feb) after 12 years, forcing prices down.  District fisheries officer Bimal Chandra Das said favourable environmental conditions have boosted the breeding of hilsas after they almost disappeared since 2008. After visiting…

The residents of Chattogram yesterday remembered the victims of the 1988 massacre in which 24 people were killed after police opened fire on Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade. The incident took place during the regime of military dictator HM Ershad. Residents of the district have been…

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said technical and vocational education and training among the youths are very crucial for transforming Bangladesh into a middle-income country. They viewed technical education could be an effective means of building competent and skilled human resources. Role of skilled…

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) authority here on Thursday inaugurated a Tk 5 crore infrastructure development schemes for improving living and livelihood condition of the city’s marginal population. The development schemes include construction of 15 hygienic latrines, 2,708 meters of footpaths…

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly for boosting economic progress in the country. The government has been implementing various need-based programmes to bring underprivileged people…

Officials and public representatives at a pre-rally discussion have stressed on creating mass awareness and self motivation to build a modern and eco-friendly clean city with all civic amenities. Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) bought the rally on Thursday as a part of the Public Awareness Enhancing…

Two workers died after being pressed by a newly-built ship while floating it in the Brahmaputrar River from a dockyard in Narayanganj on Thursday.  The deceased were identified as Yaa Rasul, 23, son of Giasuddin of Meghna upazila in Cumilla, and Russel, 32, of the same area. Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge…

A daylong international conference titled 'Bangabandhu O Bangladesh' was held at Asiatic Society of Bangladesh auditorium in the capital recently, says a press release. It was organised by Itihas Academy Dhaka  on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh…

Preparatory meeting for ‘Amar Ekushey’ held at Dhaka University BSS, Dhaka A preparatory meeting to observe the ‘Amar Ekushey’, the International Mother Language Day smoothly was held on Thursday on Dhaka University (DU) campus with its Vice-Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman in the…