The government is implementing a pre-primary class programme at government and non-government schools in the country aiming to cut the number of dropouts…

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday called for continuation of united efforts against terrorism to uproot the curse from the society, reports BSS. The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal  president made the call while presiding over the party's national…

Jhalakati: Barisal will emerge as a big economic zone of the country in a decade, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said yesterday, reports UNB. “In a decade, Barisal region will be turned into one of the largest economic zones of the country. The government has started the works for the development…

Brahmanbaria: Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque said those who carried out attack on the Brahmanbaria railway station are against the country’s independence, Islam and peace, reports UNB. “The attackers do not want that the country’s people will live in peace,” he told reporters…

Bagerhat: A trawler capsized in the Dartana River in Bisnapur area of Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. Fire brigade officials said the boat carrying 150 passengers and some daily essentials capsized in the area around 3:30pm while going to Morelganj upazila from KB Ghat area. However, all the passengers…

Chittagong: Urging people from all walks of life to help the government in protecting rivers, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday said killing a river is a crime similar to killing a human being, reports UNB. The minister came up with the remarks while addressing a divisional meeting of the River…

Police arrested two persons in connection with violating a teenage girl early yesterday. Narrating the incident police said a 16-year-old girl was waiting for transport at Bonani bus stand for returning to her boarding house in the town on Friday evening. At that time a gang, numbering four, forced…

Bangladesh Olympic team finished their campaign of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament with a sorry note when they went down to Cambodia by a solitary goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital yesterday. Bangladesh Olympic side, who had a slim hope to move into the…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has told a UN session that the government has taken a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against extremism in Bangladesh, according to a press release, issued by the permanent mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) yesterday. “We have already involved…

The BNP, yesterday, reiterated its call to the government to hold dialogues with opposition political parties, in a bid to hold a neutral election, by shunning its arrogance. “Arrogance doesn't last forever. So, the government has to hold a neutral poll though talks, by shunning its arrogance,”…