The BIWTA and other authorities concerned are working to stop pollution and free the Buriganga, the Turag, the Balu and the Sitalakshya from illegal grabbers as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has set up a ‘task force’ to protect the rivers. State minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury…

A Dhaka court yesterday transferred the case lodged over murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad to Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 and set April 6 for holding hearing on charge framing in the case. Judge KM Imrul Qayes of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge…

President  Abdul Hamid enjoyed  the fireworks, pixel mapping, video screening and laser show at different venues in the city in the early hours of Wednesday marking the ‘Mujib Barsha’. The yearlong programme was arranged for the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation…

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam yesterday said as per the directives of the government, public representatives of the local government are working to check the spread of coronavirus. “The Health Ministry is taking the lead in tackling coronavirus. The…

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail for four weeks to Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Bangla daily Manabzamin, in a case filed…

The recruitment process is at final stage to fill up the vacant posts of social workers at 112 unions under Directorate of Social Services as steps will be taken to publish a circular in newspapers. This was informed at the 8th meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Social Welfare…

A special team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three members including Assistant Nayek of banned militant outfit ‘Allahar Dal’ from the city on Monday night. The arrested were identified as Md Rakib Hasan, 24, son of Abdur Razzak Biswas also an assistant Nayek of Jashore…

Director of Planning and Development division of University Grant Commission (UGC) Dr Ferdous Zaman was appointed as secretary (Additional In-charge) of the commission. The commission yesterday issued a press release in this regard signed by its director of Public Relations and Right to Information…

A Brac official was crushed to death by a train at Bejerdanga level crossing in Fultala upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Shamsul Haque, 51, manager of Bejerdanga branch of Brac and resident of Kachua upazila in Bagerhat district. The Dinajpur-bound train hit Shamsul…

An elderly man was fitted with a prosthetic leg at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital free of cost on Tuesday on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Orthopedic Surgery department of the hospital implanted the artificial leg with the…

A Dhaka court on Monday placed two drug traders on a day remand each in a narcotics case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atikul Islam placed Md Mizan Bhuiyan, 28, and Md Sajib, 20, on a day remand each while police produced the duo before court and pleaded to place seven-day remand each in the narcotics…

The 18th anniversary of the death of poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah Khan will be observed today. Family, friends and admirers of the poet will recall his contribution to the Bangla literature through various programmes on this occasion.  The Poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah Smriti Pathagar (memorial library)…

Two Bangabandhu murals open at IU UNB, Islamic University The authorities of Islamic University (IU) opened two murals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahma on the campus in Kushtia on Tuesday. IU vice-chancellor Prof M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari inaugurated the murals installed in front…