Local people and students and teachers of different institutions formed a human chain in front of deputy commissioner’s office yesterday protesting gambling in the name of raffle draw. Under the banner of Sachetan Narailbasi, they gathered in front of the DC office at about 11 am and staged demonstration.…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a dialogue with media people here yesterday called for ensuring reproductive health rights to all schoolboys and girls for the sake of transforming them into worthy citizens, reports BSS. They said many of the rural boys and girls are still deprived of sexual reproductive health…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized smuggled goods worth about Tk 3.65 crore from different areas in Jessore early yesterday.…

Khagrachhari: Police arrested the general secretary of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), a United People’s Democratic Front(UPDF)- backed organisation of indigenous students, from Mohammadpur area in Paanchhari upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Bipul Chakma, 22,…

GAIBANDHA: Malibari has been declared as the union in Sadar upazila to be free from child marriage. The announcement was made at a meeting on Saturday. The district administration has taken up an initiative to make Gaibandha district free from early marriage. As part of the initiative, Malibari union…