Planning Minister MA Mannan, MP, on Thursday said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to implement the projects which are beneficial for the people. “We will spend money to benefit the people and project implementing entities should remain cautious to this end,” he told…

A divisional level cleanliness drive was launched in the city to mark the Mujib Barsha-2020, the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, aimed at establishing a clean, green and habitable atmosphere everywhere in the society. Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC)…

A Dhaka court on Thursday set April 26 for submitting probe reports in two separate graft cases against Gendaria thana Awami League vice president Enamul Haque Enu and his brother and general secretary of Gendaria thana Awami League Rupom Bhuiyan. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayes passed…

Quantum Foundation, a voluntary blood donors' organisation, on Thursday honoured a total of 221 voluntary blood donors who have donated blood multiple times in their lifetime. Prof Dr Nizamuddin Ahmed, head of Centre for Palliative Care Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU),…

Bangladesh Innovation Conclave (BIC) organised the first-ever ‘Chattogram Innovation Dialogue 2020’ recently in Chattogram, supported by BSRM…

A woman on Thursday received serious burn injuries following an explosion of a gas cylinder she was using to inflate balloons. The accident occurred at Boktarpur of Savar.  The injured has been identified as Minara Begum, 40, wife of Abul Bashar of the area. Locals said that the woman and her son…

Police on Thursday arrested a teacher of a mosque-based Maktab in the city’s Pallabi area allegedly for making rape attempt on an eight-year-old girl. The arrestee is Nazir Hossain, 25, a teacher of a mosque-based Maktab in Kalshi. Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station, said…

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) in a drive recovered two lakh pieces of contraband yaba tablets from the Karnafuli River early yesterday. The BGC sources said they seized the yaba from 15 no Ghat, adjacent to city’s Patenga thana, and no smugglers were detained in this connection. Coast…

A man sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at a filling station on Shahid Tajuddin Sharani road in Mohakhali early yesterday. Injured Bahadur Bepari was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Duty Officer of Fire Service Control Room Ershad Hossain. The fire originated following…

DUMUNA holds programme on ‘Mujib Barsha’ BSS, Dhaka Dhaka University Model United Nations Association (DUMUNA) organised a week-long programme with the theme ‘Role of Bangabandhu: Diplomatic Moves and Negotiation in International Politics’ to celebrate the ‘Mujib Borsha’,…