Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is scheduled to arrive in the capital today on a three-day visit, reports BSS. During his visit, he will discuss with the government the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Malta in November this year and the fourteenth Meeting…

A meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) has been convened at the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in the capital at 7 pm today, reports BSS. Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting. In a statement yesterday, AL general secretary…

Additional Secretary of Commerce Ministry ATM Mortuza Reza Chowdhury has been appointed as chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission with the status of acting secretary. Chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission Md Azizur Rahman was made officer on special duty (OSD) as acting secretary of the Public…

RANGPUR: The grassroots level elected public representatives must have proper knowledge on the Right to Information (RTI) Act for smoothly running the local government bodies ensuring accountability and transparency. The observation came out at an orientation course on ‘Right to Information Act…

Police on Wednesday arrested the main accused in polytechnic student Biplob murder case after eight months of the incident. The arrested person has been identified as Shakhil Khandakar alias Golam Rosul alias Niloy alias Rony, 30, of Cilimpur Southpara village in Bogra sadar upazila. The suspect was…

The government has decided to create 50,000 more posts with Bangladesh Police for ensuring security of the people. Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan disclosed this in the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a question from treasury bench member Begum Sanjida Khanam yesterday, reports BSS Of the…

RAJSHAHI: Ensuring social justice and development of living and livelihood conditions of ethnic minority communities in the northwest region has become indispensable for their peaceful existence. The aboriginal people are always deprived of land rights, food, healthcare, education and cultural facilities,…

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday called upon the teachers to continue normal academic activities in educational institution giving the government time to examine their proposal over new pay scale, reports BSS. He made the call while talking to…

Sirajganj: Three people were killed and 27 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Patdhari under Solonga police station yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 42, a college teacher, Abdullah, 30, of Patdhari village and Asadul, 33, of Baguda…

A delegation of National Professor Doctor Nurul lslam-established University of Science and Technology, Chittagong (USTC) had a courtesy call on Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim at his secretariat office yesterday afternoon, reports BSS. Led by Vice-chancellor of USTC Prof Dr Provat…

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of ruling Awami League and supporters of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) at Bheramara upazila yesterday. Police quoting local people said the clash erupted when a group of JSD activists locally known as Eagle Bahani swooped on Tutul, a Juba…

A baby was born with two heads, four arms and two legs at a private hospital in Jhenidah town yesterday. As the news spread hundreds of people from fur-flung areas are coming to the hospital to have a glimpse of the child. According to hospital sources, Shila Aktar, wife of Sazedul Islam of Baliadanga…

Several students fell sick after taking stale biscuits at the Kuakata Government Primary School on Wednesday.  The authorities have seized eight cartons of date-expired biscuits from the school storage after the incident. Sagar Molla, president of school management committee and president of Juba…

Women in South Asia continue to trail their peers in many other parts of the world, as discriminatory laws thwart their economic advancement, according to the World Bank (WB) Group’s 2016 Report on Women, Business and the Law, which was released yesterday. In Bangladesh, women face job restrictions,…

Parliament yesterday unanimously adopted a motion thanking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for enhancing her government’s acceptability among people and globally brightening the country’s image under her prudent leadership as shown in the IRI survey, reports UNB. Chief Whip ASM Feroz placed…

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday served a show-cause notice on the prosecution for their absence in the tribunal during hearing in a contempt case filed against Fakhrul Islam, a counsel for condemned war criminal Salauddin Quder Chowdhury, reports UNB.