Health Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday urged medical students to refrain from any kind of active politics and instead, concentrate on study to become highly rated doctors, reports BSS. "You do not need to organise rallies.... you don't need to chant slogans on the streets...your prime duty…

HABIGANJ: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said it was very difficult to distribute the textbooks among the students on the very first day of the New Year but the present government under the versatile leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is successfully doing that, reports BSS.…

Rajbari: Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 2,000 pieces of Yaba tablets at Bhandaria village in Sadar upazila on Friday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Nazmul Hasan, 30. OC of Sadar police Awlad Hossain said tipped-off, a team of police conducted a raid on the house…

A station master has been suspended following the train accident in Narsinhdi on Friday night. A four-member committee, headed by divisional railway official Mahbubur Rahman, has also been formed to investigate the incident. Two persons were killed after the engine of Titas Commuter derailed at Singrhagachha…

A fire at Jamuna Eco Park yesterday destroyed trees, killed a few animals and burnt down some cottages in at least 500 meters of area. Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge (West), two units of fire service with the help of police and local people extinguished the fire after…

One more person died in hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He had been injured during the clash between  CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and owners and drivers of human-haulers, called "Easybike", in Bogra on Friday afternoon. The dead was identified as Sohag Hussein, 26, of Dogachi Karigar Para…

BNP has accused the Awami League of ‘conspiring’ to split their 20-party opposition combine, as the ruling party has become ‘politically bankrupt’, reports UNB. “It seems that an old party like Awami League, which had fought for democracy, has now become politically bankrupt.…

Police in several drives arrested six people from different points of Hemayatpur in Savar upazila on the outskirts of the capital yesterday in connection with killing a staff of ‘Shamoly Paribahan’, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Abul Kashem, Lutfur Rahman, Nukul Das, Azim,…