GAIBANDHA:A total of 600 distressed and flood-affected families in Sadar and Shaghata upazilas of the district received relief materials yesterday. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRSC) at a function handed down the relief materials among flood-hit people with its secretary Rezaul Karim Reza in…

DHAKA: Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury yesterday said Bangladesh is now working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports BSS. “Bangladesh has made significant marks in socio-economic development indicators …. And the country is now working to…

DHAKA: Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor yesterday visited different flood affected areas of Hatibandha in Lalmonirhat district and distributed cash among the victims, reports BSS. Secretary of Cultural Affairs Ministry Md Ibrahim Hossain Khan, Director General of Public Library Ashish Kumar…

SATKHIRA: Police, in special drives from Wednesday night to this morning, arrested 84 persons including five alleged drug traders, two activist of Jamaat-e-Islami, reports BSS. They also recovered 140 bottles of Phensidyl syrup, 50-gram ganja and 10 pieces of Yaba tablets from eight upazilas of the…

FARIDPUR: A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced one year imprisonment to a female drug peddler, reports BSS. Court sources said the convict was identified as Laily Begum, 27, daughter of Hasem Sheikh of Rathkhola village under Kotwali police station of the district. On secrete information, a joint…