Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque will visit India this month in an effort to provide further impetus to already strong relationship between Dhaka and New Delhi. The foreign ministry and Indian external affairs ministry are working on a date for this visit, at invitation of Indian Foreign Secretary S…

Educational institutions from pre-primary to secondary level celebrated the book festival, with active participation of students who received books. Thousands of students were seen holding books in their hands, smiling and cheering to express their joy on receiving the books. Education Minister Nurul…

Having been prone to delays, the Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover irritating project is likely to get extension by another 18 months to June 2017, with a fresh proposal of raising the overall project cost by another Tk 446.20 crore to Tk 1218.90 crore, reports UNB. A proposal in this regard was placed at a…

It is not possible to hold any election in the country without the use of money and muscle power unless there is a neutral election-time government to hold free, fair and credible elections, a senior leader of the Jatiya Party (JP) has said. Talking to The Independent in the backdrop of crushing defeat…

The two-phase world congregation of Tablig Jamaat known as Bishwa Ijtema will begin on the bank of river Turag on January 8, reports BSS. Preparations for the 50th Ijtema are going on in full swing on 160 acres of land on the eastern bank of the Turag on the outskirts of the capital. Hundreds of devotees…

The just concluded municipal election has seen the highest turnout of voters under the incumbent Election Commission which was constituted in February 2012 headed by Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, reports UNB. Some 74 percent voters exercised their franchise in the December-30 municipal polls, which is higher…

A schoolboy was killed on the spot in a road mishap at Chandpur area on the Chaugachha – Jhikargachha road under Chaugachha upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 14, student of class – X of Garibpur Adarsha Bidyapith and son of Ahmad Ali of Pitambarpur village under…

Police recovered the body of missing vice-president of Patuakhali district Shramik Dal from ward no 2 of Amtali municipality yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman Babu Khandaker, 38, son of Azhar Uddin, hailing from Kalikapur Arambag of Pirojpur district and a contractor.…

Miscreants set an Awami League office in Bagerhat municipality afire yesterday, reports UNB. Mizanur Rahman Khan, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said the miscreants set the no 4 ward unit Awami League office ablaze at Amlapara in the district town in the wee hours. The fire burnt…

President Abdul Hamid, who took over as the country's 20th President on April 24, 2013, turned 73 yesterday, reports UNB. On the occasion, officials and employees of the President's Office greeted him at a simple ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban. Speaking on the occasion, Abdul…