Jhikorgacha police arrested a member of international women and child trafficking gang and rescued two young girls from Jhikorgacha bus stand on Wednesday. The arrested woman has been identified as Hosne Ara alis Parveen, 28, of Nagoresaiani village in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail district.  The…

A mobile court in a drive arrested six persons for lifting sand illegally from the river Bonsai on Wednesday. The court also seized a trawler used for carrying the sand. The arrestees have been identified as Manik Mia, 20, of village Sarisadani in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail, Shah Alam Hawlader, 50,…

Classes at the Moulana Bhashani University of Science and Technology MBUST will resume on June 27. Five students have been expelled and the authorities have imposed a ban on rally and procession. The classes of the university were suspended following the killing of Mosarraf Hossain, a final year student,…

 Heavy rains over the past three days in Bandarban have pralysed normal life and snapped road communication between the district headquarters with the rest of the country on Wednesday. Toad communications with the Naikhangchhari-Ramu and Bora Modak have remained snapped since Tuesday. Low-lying…

Some 3,894 tonnes of food grains have been allotted for the distressed people of Nilphamari on the occasion of coming Eid-ul-Fitr. The district relief and rehabilitation office sources said the sanctioned food grains will be distributed among 3,76,934 needy people  in all the six upazilas and four…

GAIBANDHA: Speakers at a function here on Wednesday underlined the importance of promoting water, sanitation and hygiene strategies and practices comprehensively to reduce water and sanitation related diseases, reports BSS. “Importance should be given to improve water quality and hygiene practices…

Doing embroidery on ladies garments has become a passion and an important source of earning for nearly a thousand women and young girls in five villages in Kishoreganj district.  They are now busy in needle works and in making designs on saris and kameez (long skirt) to add value and attractive…