Hindu community celebrated Janmashtami yesterday across the country to mark the birth of Lord Krishna. Different socio-cultural and religious organisations…

Hundreds of residents of Naruli Purba para in Bogra surrounded the Naruli police outpost around 11.30am yesterday, demanding the arrest of Abdul Aziz, a local resident accused of hacking his wife to death on Thursday. On receiving information, additional police forces rushed to the spot. The irate locals…

Dr Md Haidar Ali, Associate Professor of Pathology Department (Faculty of Veterinary) of Hajee Mohammed Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) of Dinajpur, said yesterday use of diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug, in animals is responsible for wiping out majority vultures. Ali, a bio-safety…

Police in a drive arrested an outlaw and seized a gun from Kalarbazaar in Kaliganj upazila on Friday night.  The arrested man was identified as Firoz Mollah, 50, of Piprul village in Shalikha upazila of Magura district and member of outlawed  ‘Purba Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddah’.…

A student of Hajee Mohammed Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) was arrested yesterday in connection with derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed (pbuh).  Sub-Inspector of Kotwali police Hafizuddin said Al Masud Ali, a student of Level-4, Semister-2 of agriculture engineering department,…

The Awami League General Secretary and Public Administration Minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, yesterday said that the Sheikh Hasina government does not believe in the politics of attack on the country’s ethnic minority.      “Those who attack the minority are cowards. Prime…

China is going to provide medical equipment worth RMB 29.5 million yen, equivalent to Tk 30 crore, for burns units of medical college hospitals in Bangladesh. During his visit, the Chinese commerce minister, Gao Hucheng, handed over a letter to finance minister AMA Muhith on August 25. In the letter,…

The Hindu community celebrated Janmashtami elaborately yesterday to mark the birth of Lord Krishna. The mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Sayeed Khokon, inaugurated a Janmashtami rally, jointly organised by the Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee and the Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad,…

China is going to provide medical equipment worth RMB 29.5 million yen, equivalent to Tk 30 crore, for burns units of medical college hospitals in Bangladesh. During his visit, the Chinese commerce minister, Gao Hucheng, handed over a letter to finance minister AMA Muhith on August 25. In the letter,…

Dr Md Haidar Ali, Associate Professor of Pathology Department (Faculty of Veterinary) of Hajee Mohammed Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) of Dinajpur, said yesterday use of diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug, in animals is responsible for wiping out majority vultures. Ali, a bio-safety…

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of death row convict war criminal and BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, to jail in connection with a case filed with Gulshan police in 2008. Dhanmondi police produced him before the CMM court yesterday and after a hearing, Metropolitan…

Newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Masato Watanabe met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday night. The hour-long meeting that began around 8:20pm was held at Khaleda’s Gulshan political office, her media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB. BNP chairperson’s advisers Reaz…