Speakers at an opinion exchange workshop yesterday stressed on saving underground water to meet up the demand of the future generations. The opinion exchange workshop on ‘Draft Bangladesh Water Rules-2016’ of the Bangladesh Water Act-2013, was arranged at the conference room of the Deputy…

Police arrested three young men along with one foreign pistol and two rounds of bullets from Khajuria Beribandh area in Matlab (North) upazila on Monday.The arrestees were identified as Masun Hossain, 22, M Riad, 18, and Himel, 18, all residents of the area. Officer-in-charge of Matlab (North) Police…

Repressed women have been waiting for years for justice as disposal of cases filed under the Prevention of Repression on Women and Children Act are being hindered for lack of tribunal judges in the district, reports UNB. Molly Akhter (not her real name), 24, of Mymensingh district, was gang-raped in…

SATKHIRA: A former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir was arrested from Old Satkhira area in the district on Monday night, reports BSS. The arrested was identified as Omar Faraque, 40, son of Mohammad Abdullah of Sadar upazila.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar thana Firoz…

The expansion of academic buildings of nine degree colleges in four upazilas of the district is now progressing satisfactorily at a total cost of Taka 10 crore and 93 lakh, reports BSS. The work on the project included the expansion of academic buildings of Chuadanga Pourashava Degree College, Dr. Afsaruddin…

A motorbike rider was killed as a bus hit his bike at Vatoi Bazaar area on the Jhenaidah-Kushtia highway in Sadar upazila yesterday noon. The deceased was identified as Bacchu, 50, son of late Abdul Latif, a resident of Kulchara village under Shoilkupa upazila of the district. Police said the accident…

Netrakona: In a unique show of love and affection for the Bangabandhu family, a union parishad member in Durgapur upazila has constructed two bridges…

GAIBANDHA: Livestock offices of the district vaccinated 1,08,552 cattle heads and 9,13,400 poultry birds here from July to November, 2016 to save themselves from different diseases all the year round, reports BSS.Not only that, 51,911 cows and goats and 3,91,403 chicken and ducks were provided treatment…

Police arrested a total of 95 people in two districts from Monday night to yesterday morning.In Satkhira, police, in special drives arrested 39 people including one activist of Jamaat-e-Islami from seven upazilas of the district, reports BSS.During the drives ,police sources said, Satkhira Sadar police…