Around 63 per cent of people in the country die every year due to non-communicable diseases across the country, experts said yesterday. This rate was projected to reach 70 per cent by the next 10 years, they added. The fatalities pertained to diseases of the heart, lungs, kidney along with cancer, high…

Bangladesh Awami League yesterday paid their deep homage to the language heroes by placing wreaths at their graves at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital on the occassion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day, reports BSS. The central leaders of the party laid the wreaths at the graves…

Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand Saida Muna Tasneem has said the young expatriates should prepare themselves as multilingual and multicultural global citizens upholding the values of 1952 and 1971, reports UNB.  She made the call while addressing a function marking the International Mother Language…

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique expressed his gratitude to people of all strata of life for their utmost cooperation in successfully observing all programmes of Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day amid due respect, reports BSS. He also thanked teachers,…

Another suspect reportedly confessed before a local court on Sunday to his involvement in the killing of four children at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Kaushik Ahmed Khandakar recorded the statement of Jewel Miah under section 164 of the Code…

Two crude bombs were exploded at Central Shaheed Minar in Jessore on early yesterday when people from all walks of life were paying tributes to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement, reports UNB.  Witnesses said some miscreants hurled the two crude bombs targeting the altar of the Shaheed Minar…

A qurankhwani, milad and doa mahfil was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque for eternal peace of the departed souls of 1952 Language Movement martyrs marking the Amar Ekushey, reports BSS. Maulana Muhammad Mahiuddin Quashem con­ducted the mahfil. Islamic Foundation organised the programme and…