Bangladesh expects to eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis, a parasitic worm-infected disease over the next two years. The disease causes swelling of parts of human body, with health officials saying their campaign so far succeeded in eradicating the menace from 18 out of 19 hyper endemic districts, reports…

An alleged robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Baddapara village in Sarail upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Sarail Police Station Ali Arshad said on a tip-off that a gang of robbers were taking preparation to commit robbery in the…

Bagerhat: Local people here yesterday urged the government to observe Sundarbans Day nationally aiming to make people aware of the world’s largest mangrove forest, reports UNB. They came up with the call at a discussion held at the local press club marking the Sundarbans Day. Several environmental…

Bangladesh Army Chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq on Saturday visited the UN base in Kidal camp in Mali, where three UN peacekeepers from Guinea were killed and 30 wounded in an attack by local miscreants on Friday morning.  During his visit to the Kidal camp General Belal talked to…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four persons with arms, one lakh Indian rupees and jihadi books from Hili area in Hakimpur upazila on Saturday night.  The arrestees have been identified as Babul Hossain, 43, Lokman Hossain Belal, 55, owner of a hotel, its manager Shahbul Islam,…

A prisoner serving a jail term died at Sherpur Sadar Hospital early yesterday. District Jailer Ismail Hossain said Jewel Mia, 31, an inhabitant of Nabinagar in Sadar municipality, who was arrested in a drug case on February 10, died at the hospital at 8:30pm while undertaking treatment. Sadar Hospital…

A mortar shell was found at Ramkantapur village in Ullapara upazila yesterday afternoon.  Kawshik Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Ullapara model police station, said timber trader Amzad Hossain of Charoimuri village has found the mortar shell while removing earth near the house of one Helal Uddin at…

GOPALGANJ: State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim yesterday said the government has taken initiatives to make smartphone available for all in an effort to supplement the implementation process of building “Digital Bangladesh” by 2021, reports BSS. “We are working…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the UK government to take steps so that British visa can be processed from Bangladesh.  The President made the call when a delegation of Labour Friends of Bangladesh (LFB) in the UK, led by Sir Keir Starmer MP, made a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban, reports…

Two left-leaning student bodies yesterday once again demanded proper investigation into the death of a Dhaka University student after he caught pneumonia allegedly for taking part in a BCL programme amid cold, reports UNB. The demand was made from a protest rally held by Progressive Students’…

UK Minister of State for Immigration James Brokenshire arrived in Dhaka yesterday morning on a two-day visit and discussed shared priority issues including tackling illegal immigration, organised crime and violent extremism, reports UNB. This is his first visit to Bangladesh and the first visit by a…

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday sent a letter to the Law Ministry to take action against withdrawn prosecutor Mohammad Ali for misconduct and violating discipline, reports UNB. Ghulam Arief Tipoo termed what Mohammad Ali had done not right. “We had been…

Eighteen Additional Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of the police have been promoted to the rank of DIG, reports UNB.  The Home Ministry issued an order in this regard yesterday. The newly promoted police officers are DIG (Current Charge) of the Police Headquarters Md Lutfar Rahman Mondal, Additional…