Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal yesterday said it is not justified to take disciplinary actions against leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League in connection with the assault of seven teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in an attack yesterday, reports UNB. Prof Zafar Iqbal, also…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday laid importance on collection of all documents and information on Bangabandhu at home and abroad to make a documentary or film based on the life and works of the Father of the Nation, reports BSS. Replying to a question from Rustam Ali Farazee (Pirojpur 3) in the…

Today is the 117th birth anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad, a renowned litterateur, journalist and statesman. Marking the occasion, Abul Mansur Ahmad Smrity Parishad will organise a daylong programme at Bangla Academy in the capital at 10am tomorrow, says a press release. On the occasion, some books…

Six people, including four women, were killed and over 100 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Talmar Jamtola Bazar on Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon, reports UNB from Faridpur. Among the deceased, four were identified as Habib Sheikh, hailed from Moharazapur…

Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation (BSSF) yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of the government decision of gas and power price hike, reports UNB. BSSF came up with the demand from a human chain in front of Jaitya Press Club. Chaired by BSSF acting president Mosaddek Hossain organization’s…

While the incapacity of capital Dhaka to cope up with only half an hour’s shower has been exposed in recent monsoons, experts have laid emphasis on overcoming the lack of coordination among different authorities concerned for maintaining its collapsing drainage system, reports UNB. Although Dhaka…

Police arrested a ward councillor and a former mayor of Bandarban municipality yesterday on charge of making derogatory comments about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the social networking site facebook, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Mizanur Rahman Biplab, a…

A local Juba League activist, who along with another suffered bullet injuries in an attack on a procession of the party in Natore town on Saturday, died at a Rajshahi hospital yesterday night, reports UNB. Rajib succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) around 7:45pm, said…

A Magura court yesterday placed five accused on a two-day remand in a case filed in connection with the Jubo League factional clash that killed a person and left an expecting mother and her baby inside the womb wounded by bullets, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Imtiajul Islam passed the order…