Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up 13 check posts in the city to thwart the smuggling of raw hides during Eid-ul-Azha. “We shall not allow anyone to take the raw hide of sacrificed animals outside the city in any way,” DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah told reporters yesterday.…

The High Court yesterday directed the government to appoint the deprived candidates, who were selected in 2012 through exams for the post of assistant teacher at the registered primary schools in different districts, within two months, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising by Justice Farah Mahbub and…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave here for New York on September 23 to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit and 70th UN General Assembly, reports UNB. Sheikh Hasina will lead a 60-member high-profile official delegation, including Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition Begum Raushan Ershad, PM’s Special Envoy and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. The Prime Minister extended her greetings by sending Eid cards to them separately…

Temperatures continued to rise in the country in the absence of rainfall after the well-marked low turned into a land depression over the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, while the convective clouds over the Bay of Bengal, along with the pressure gradient, disappeared. The meteorological department yesterday…

GAZIPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said all the highways across the country will be turned into four-lane in phases, reports BSS. The minister said this after inaugurating newly-constructed bi-lane in Chandra area of Gazipur yesterday morning. "Works for turning…

The students and teachers of Agricultural University College formed a human chain at Shaheed Firoz-Jahangir Square on Bangladesh Agricultural University campus yesterday demanding proper investigation into the killing of a student of the college. They also demanded immediate arrest of the killers of…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources Ministry yesterday recommended enhancing the ongoing dredging activities to maintain the water flow of the rivers filled with silts, reports UNB. The committee made the recommendation at its 14th meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its…

KHULNA: Coast Guard members of Mongla West Zone yesterday seized  two deer hides from Bajua area in Dakop upazila of the district, said a press release, reports BSS. The deer hides handed to over the Dhangmary Forest Division at Dakop in Khulna. Meanwhile, Khulna Police Super Habibur Rahman distributed…

Muggers snatched away a truck loaded with 19 cattle from a group of cattle traders in Mirer Bazar area of Gazipur city yesterday, reports UNB. Victim traders said on Wednesday night they bought 19 cattle from Rajshahi and were heading towards Noakhali for selling those. When the truck reached the area…

Ethnic people of Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban observed a day-long symbolic hunger strike at Rangamati Shilpakala Academy of the district town yesterday. It was organised by Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Adibashi Forum and CHT Nagarik Committee. Speakers on the occasion demanded that the government…

Law Minister Anisul Haq yesterday said more International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) will be constituted if the number of war crimes cases increases, reports UNB. “One of the two International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) has been made non-functional as the number of such cases has come down…if…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to be more sensitive and extend their support to the disabled, autistic and visually and hearing impaired people, saying they are also parts of the society, reports UNB.  "We'll have to give special attention to the physically challenged…