Nearly one in five married women in the country are obese or overweight, a new research from International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has found, reports BSS. The study showed that out of 16,493 women, about 18 percent was overweight or obese in the country. The report…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked people to immediately contact its head office in the capital if anyone demands any bribe from them introducing themselves as ACC officials, reports UNB. In a statement yesterday, the Commission said an organised quarter is making phone calls to businesspeople…

Ghorashal Fetiliser Factory and Polash Fertiliser Factory stopped urea production yesterday, official sources said. The two factories were forced to suspend operation after the Titas Gas authority snapped supply of gas, the main raw material for urea production. Ghorashal factory was producing 1,100…

All three men accused of gang raping a RMG working on a moving bus in Tangail on Friday has given confessional statements in court. Bus driver of Binimoy Paribahan Habibur Rahman Nayan made confessional statement in the court under section 164 yesterday, admitting gang rape of the victims in a moving…

An unidentified man was found dead on Madhya Barera By-pass road in the town yesterday afternoon. Local people first saw the body of the man, aged about 40 years, with both legs and hands with ropes at around 1.30 pm and informed the police, said Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.…

A man was killed in a cross fire between two rival groups and police at Mollikpur village in sadar upazilla of Faridpur early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Amzad Molla, 42, a resident of the village. Amzad is an accused in seven cases including those for murder with the Kotwali Police Station,…

Khulna: The indefinite strike, enforced by seven state-owned jute mills in the district to press home their five-point demand, entered the second day yesterday, reports UNB. The workers of the mills took position at Natun Rasta intersection, Rail Gate, Atra and Shiromoni areas of the city around 6am…

Traditional Ganga-snan, localy known as ‘Baruni-snan’ (deep bath), in the river Jamuna began at Aricha point in Shivalaya upazila  yesterday. Hundreds of Hindu devotees took part in the bath. A three-day Baruni Mela also began on the bank of the river. Puja Udjapan Commi­ttee and…

Netrakona: A tribunal  yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a minor school girl in Atpara upazila in 2003, reports UNB. The court also fined the convict, identified as Mayan Miah, 27, Tk. 25,000, in default to suffer six months more RI. The convict also awarded 14 years…

In a major promotion exercise in the police administration, some 70 officials have been elevated to the rank of police super while 156 to additional police super, reports UNB. The Home Ministry issued separate notifications yesterday in this regard. According to the notifications, 70 additional SPs…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in a drive arrested a former official of Standard Bank from Pathantuli area of Sylhet city on charge of embezzling Tk 1.15 core from the bank, reports UNB. The arrested was identified as Hossain Ahmed, former branch manager of Bishwanath upazila branch of the bank…

Yaar Hossain, father of slain Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yesterday rejected the findings of the first autopsy conducted on her body as it failed clear how the girl was killed, reports UNB. Earlier on Monday, doctors of Forensic Department at Comilla Medical College Hospital…

The United States has highly appreciated Bangladesh’s progress in the education sector and assured of its all-out cooperation in maintaining the achievement in the days to come, reports UNB. Both the countries also agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in the…