The results of the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination were published yesterday with 13,830 candidates coming out successful, reports UNB. Public Relations Officer of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Daina Islam confirmed UNB. Some 2,11,226 candidates took part in…

The High Court yesterday directed country’s all the hospitals to provide emergency medical services to those critically injured in road crashes, reports UNB. It also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why emergency medical services will not be provided to the road crash victims…

A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) mobile court in a drive yesterday fined Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital Tk 11.50 lakh for various irregularities, including showing a dead child alive, reports UNB. Sources at the RAB-2 battalion headquarters said a team of the unit, led by its deputy director Dr…

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina yesterday said most of the clauses of the landmark “Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Treaty” have been fully implemented or under process for execution, reports BSS. “We are working with utmost sincerity for speedy implementation of…

Villagers beat a leopard to death after it attacked the mayor of Shreebordi municipality at Shait Kakra village in Shreebordi upazila yesterday. Witnesses…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said construction work on 20-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway Project will complete by 2019, repors UNB. “About 10 percent of piling work on the project has already been completed,” he told reporters while visiting the project site…

Four people were killed in separate accidents in three districts yesterday. In Khagrachhari: Two people were killed and 17 others injured when two buses collided head-on at Baillachhari of Guimara upazil, UNB reports. The deceased were bus driver Sirajul Islam, 28, and helper Kabir Hossain, 26. In Noakhali:…

Moulvibazar: A court on Tuesday convicted a member of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangla­desh (JMB) and sentenced him to seven years’ jail for his involvement in a bomb attack in 2005 at Pothimpasha village in Kulaura upazila, reports UNB. The court also fined him Tk 10,000,…

Dense fog yesterday widely disrupted transport services, including ferry boats crossing the huge expanse of the Padma, both at Shimulia and Paturia respectively, for six-seven hours, BIWTC sources reported. Services between Paturia and Daulatdia were shut from 2 am till 8.30 am, with five ferries unable…

US-Bangla Airlines will offer 1,000 talented graduate students to enjoy free flight to one of its domestic destinations this year celebrating the tourism year, reports BSS. “We will operate the first charted flight to the students for a round trip to one of our domestic destinations on March 26,…

Supporters of newly announced Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) committee and their opponents clashed again yesterday, leaving at least seven persons injured. Those who were not included in the committee warned that they would continue their protest until the new committee is annulled. Meanwhile, BNP leaders…

Bangladesh has expressed its deep concern over the recent rocket launch by North Korea and described the incident as a clear violation of related United Nations Security Council resolutions. “Bangladesh is deeply concerned about the recent rocket launch by the Democratic People’s Republic…