Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday called for creating awareness at the grassroots level with the help of people’s representatives to prevent early marriage in the country, reports BSS. “Prevention of early marriage is not possible through the legal framework only,”…

A veil of thick fog and stray clouds shrouded the sun for most of the day yesterday disrupting ferry services. Vessels were unable to negotiate the vast expanse of the Padma at Aricha and Shimulia early in the day. Many of them were stranded for several hours, causing suffering to passengers. A little…

A Jamalpur court yesterday convicted five people and sentenced them to death for the murder of minor boy Mostakim Billah, 7, after abduction in 2001. The condemned convicts are Lokman Ali, 57, his son Tofael Islam Hira, 35, of Darihamidpur village, Md Aynul Haque, 62 and his son Md Anwar Hossain, 37,…

Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla, currently Ambassador of India to Thailand, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, reports…