The government has extended the appointment of Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Abul Kalam Azad by 11 months from January 7 this year on contractual basis. “He (Azad) has been appointed as principal secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on contractual basis until December…

Senior Editor of bdnews24.com and former Managing Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Amanullah Kabir is on life support at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, reports BSS. He suffered a massive heart attack at his Mirpur residence at 6 pm and then was rushed to the hospital. His…

Seven Bangladeshi teenagers returned home through Benapole Check post on Monday night after serving one and a half years’ jail term in an Indian prison, reports UNB. The returnees were identified as Arif Uddin, 14, son of Kabir Uddin of Rayenda of Bagerhat district; Sadik Hossain Gazi, 15, son…

Candidates, set to contest the mayoral polls slated for  Thursday in Singair municipality, were engaged in a last moment campaign in the area yesterday. A triangular fight is expected among BNP nominated candidate incumbent mayor Khorshed Alam Joy, Awami League nominated Abu Nayem Mohammed Basher…

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Nasrul Hamid, yesterday inaugurated drilling work of three wells in Joypurhat under the “Feasibility Study for the Extraction of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) at Jamalganj Coal Field” project. Speaking on the occasion, the State Minister said…

A defamation case has been filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy for making derogatory remarks against the martyrs, who laid down their lives during the 1971 Liberation War, reports UNB. AB Siddique, president of pro-Awami League organisation…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday reminded the country’s private universities of fulfilling the conditions earlier set by the government, reports UNB. “Some private universities haven’t yet fulfilled the minimum conditions. These private universities can’t run any…

Four people were killed in separate road accidents yesterday morning. In Bagerhat, two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Bagerhat-Morelganj road at Dona in Morelganj upazila, reports UNB The deceased were identified as Chinmoy Haldar, 40,…

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a certificate distribution ceremony yesterday observed that the trained imams have a vital role to play for freeing the society from social and moral degradation especially terrorism and violence against women, reports BSS. They said the imams can influence the society so they…

Dhaka University Professor Emirates Dr Anisuzzaman yesterday said social resistance is mandatory to check militancy and terrorism across the country, reports BSS. “Reform in education and building mass-awareness are must to build social resistance against militancy and terrorism,” he told…

A police constable was stabbed by his colleague at Laxmichhari police station in the district yesterday afternoon. The victim -- Mongchai Chak -- hails from Bandarban district. Superintendent of police, Khagrachhari, Majid Ali said police constable Mohammad Faruq engaged in altercation with Mongchai…

Jhenidah: A Juba Dal leader, who was injured in an attack allegedly by his brothers over a land dispute at Radhanagar village in Sadar upazila on Monday morning, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Nasir Uddin Biswas,…

Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 50 gold bars weighing around 5kgs from a passenger of Regent Airways coming from Chittagong yesterday, reports UNB. Sources at the Dhaka Customs House said the flight landed at the airport around 6:30 pm from Bangkok via Chittagong.…

Three employees of Premier Cement Company were injured, including one bullet-hit, as muggers attacked them while they were riding a car and looted Tk 28,47,000 from them on the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Munshiganj road in Kashipur Deweanbari area of the district yesterday, reports UNB. The victims said they…