A record number of 5,455 Bangladeshis studied on United States university campuses during the 2014-2015 school year, according to the annual Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. That total is more than twice the number of Bangladeshi students in 2009-2010 (2,619 students) after four…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed a letter of agreement for $1 million in grant technical assistance (TA) from Japan to promote sustainable use of surface water for Dhaka city. The Government of Japan is financing the TA through the Japan Fund for Poverty…

Buddhist community celebrated the two-day long ‘Kathin Chibar Dan’, a religious festival, at Raj Banabihar in the district town yesterday…

A former professor of Jahangirnagar University was killed as a train hit him on Moghbazar level crossing in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Prof Dr Mohiuddin, 65, a retired professor of the university. Sub-Inspector of Kamalapur Railway GRP Police Station Rafiqul Islam…

A woman was killed during an attack by a group of criminals  at Barhar village in Kapasia upazila early yesterday. The deceased was Rozena Akhter, 40, of the village. Husband of the deceased Aman Ullah, 48, and his son Sumon, 23, were also seriously injured during the incident. Locals said a group…

Production at Ghorashal Urea Fertiliser Factory has remained suspended since Wednesday afternoon for pipeline leakage. According to the factory sources, the plant stopped its production at 3.30 pm on Wednesday. General Manager (Administration) of the factory Prodip Kumar Majumdar said the production…

Two persons were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a bus and a human hauler on Dhaka –Tangail highway at Mowchak in Kaliakoir upazila yesterday. One of the deceased has been identified as Shahin, 40, while the identity of the other dead man could not be known immediately.…