A total of 3108 chairman candidates have submitted their nominations in the elections to 651 Union Parishads (UP) to be held during the second phase scheduled for March 31, according to Election Commission sources. As the local body elections will be held under party banners, 15 out of the total 40…

An eight year old child was killed by a teenager in Betjury of Gazipur over an earlier conflict with the victim’s father. The victim was identified as Shahin, 08, son of Emdadul Haque of Betjury area and a student of class 3 of Sultan Uddin Memorial Academy in Betjury. The victim’s body…

Experts at a conference yesterday urged entrepreneurs to perform their due social responsibilities while doing business to improve the socioeconomic environment of local communities, reports UNB. The purpose of business is to make money, they said, but the businessmen have some responsibilities to local…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday donated Tk 25 lakh as financial assistance to wife and family members of ailing freedom fighter and actor Farid Ali, reports UNB. Sheikh Hasina handed over a Tk 20 lakh Family Savings Certificate and a Tk 5 lakh cheque to Monwara Begum -wife of Farid Ali and his…

Over 1.88 lakh cooperatives are playing a crucial role in developing the country’s economy and agricultural development, said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, reports UNB. In a cheque distribution ceremony yesterday at Engineers’ Institute of Bangladesh…

A writ petition was filed yesterday with the High Court seeking its directive upon the authorities concerned to refrain from collecting information of landlords and tenants dwelling in Dhaka city. On February 29, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) asked the home-owners of the city to submit personal…

Bangladesh has taken initiatives to expedite its efforts to strengthen Bangladesh’s ties with Latin American countries by exploring economic potentials, reports UNB. To that end, the Americas Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh and Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic…

Kushtia: A probe commission will be constituted to bring the actors of the 1/11 episode in 2007 to justice, said Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif yesterday, reports UNB. “An investigation commission will be formed to take actions against those involved in the 1/11 political…

PATUAKHALI: Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam said Bangabandhu had provided full guidelines for the independence in his historic March 7 speech that is aired at every house even today as means of national unity, reports BSS. “The historic speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu…

HABIGANJ: A schoolgirl was killed when a bus ran over her at Chalitatala on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of the district yesterday morning, reports BSS. The victim was identified as Swarna Begum, 10, a student of class three of Singhanath Government Primary School and daughter of Abdal…

Police arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist from Bagha Mazar area of Bagha upazila yesterday on charge of making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station Ali Mahmud said they arrested Rakibul Islam, son of Kalim…