Awami League Advisory Council Member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the historic 7th March speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a source of inspiration for us, as it gave directives for the War of Liberation, reports BSS. “The 7th March Speech…

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque yesterday said the present government has reclaimed 1.75 acres of land from illegal grabber, reports BSS. “The recovered land owned by the Mirpur National Zoo was occupied by illegal grabbers during the last 52 years,” he said this…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday stressed the need for utilising local knowledge and expertise to address various problems that the country is currently facing, reports UNB. “There is no other way to achieving world-class knowledge to sustain the era of globalisation,” he said…

Bagerhat: Though it sounds unusual, Ranipara union in Kachua upazila of the district is set to see a crazy battle between a mother and her son in the upcoming union parishad (UP) elections billed for March 22, reports UNB. Taslima Begum, the mother, is contesting the polls for the chairman post with…

A Bangladeshi naval ship rescued 23 fishermen whose boat was found floating in the Bay of Bengal, 30 miles off the Cox’s Bazar lighthouse, on Sunday. The boat had been floating for three days in the sea, with its engine out of order. It had sailed for the deep sea on Friday, but ran out of food…

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has called for unity in the Muslim world to fight for the just cause of the Palestinian people and realise a state of Palestine, reports UNB. He made the call while addressing the 5th extraordinary OIC Summit in Jakarta yesterday, said a Foreign Ministry press release.…

Three people, including a woman, were killed in two road accidents in Dimla and Saidpur upazila of Nilphamari yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Ashraful, 25, a tractor driver, and Sabed Ali, 20, of Shatnai area in Dimla upazila, and Amena Begum, 36, a resident of Dholagasha Madhyapara…

A garment factory official was found dead at his workplace in Palli Bidyut area of Kaliakoir upazila yesterday, two days after he went missing, reports UNB. Police recovered the body of Dipak Saha, 30, finishing quality officer of Enter Stop Apparels Limited and son of Debaprata Saha of East Chandra…

Nagina Zoha, wife of late Language Movement hero, Liberation War organiser and former lawmaker AKM Shamsuzzoha, passed away yesterday at the age of 81, reports UNB. Nagina, also mother of AKM Shamim Osman, MP, and AKM Salim Osman, MP, had been on life support at United Hospital in the capital from Saturday…