A proposal has been made to hike the salaries and remuneration of MPs from Tk. 27,500 to Tk. 55,000. A bill in this connection is scheduled to be passed in the next session of Parliament. It was decided at a meeting of the standing committee on the law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry…

Ahead of the UN General Assembly Special session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS), a group of United Nations human rights experts have called on States to use the occasion to integrate their human rights obligations in the international drug control regime, reports UNB. “We’ll continue…

The government has decided to appoint new envoys to the United Kingdom, Belgium and Sri Lanka, the foreign ministry revealed yesterday. Ismat Jahan, currently serving as ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, has been made the High Commissioner to UK. She will replace Md Abdul Hannan. Career…

Illegal sand mining from Bonsai and Louhajang rivers under Mirzapur Upazila of Tangail district poses a threat to 15 bridges and 20 zonal roads connected to the Dhaka-Tangail highway. The sand is being sold to contractors of the Dhaka-Bangabandhu Bridge highway four lane development work and some other…

A new executive committee of Narsingdi press club was elected through an election held on April 13 with MA Awal, district correspondent of The New nation as president and Shafiqul Moham­mad Manik, editor of Daily Alochona, as general secretary. Besides, Mosharraf Hoss­ain Maznu and Moshiur Rahman…

Police recovered the body of a seven-year-old boy from the Padma River at Habaspur area in Pangsha upazila yesterday four days after he had gone missing. The victim was identified as Fahad Mandal, 7, son of Hashem Mandal, of Char Afra of the upazila and a student of class one of Char Afra Government…

Speakers at a conference here yesterday stressed the need for ensuring high-speed internet connections at the country’s all higher educational institutions to have access to the world knowledge pool, reports UNB. Expansion of the services of Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) is…

Brahmanbaria: A woman and her son were crushed under a train at Kawtoli rail bridge area in Brahmanbaria municipality yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rina Begum, 30, and her son Zilani, 8, of Kasba upazila.

Kurigram: A Bangladeshi national was gunned down by members of Indian Security Force (BSF) in Behular Char area of Rowmari border point in Roumari upazila on Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Monser Ali, 40, a cattle trader and an inhabitant of Bamoner Char area in the upazila.…

A man was killed due to bee bites at Madrasapara village in Haripur upazila on Sunday. The victim is Akhtar Hossain Chowdhury, 50, of the village. Family sources said Akhtar Hossain was badly bitten by bees from nearby mango tree while he was taking rest at a mango orchard beside his home on Sunday…

A three-member delegation led by Professor Bhupen Sarmah, director of the Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Assam, India called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday at his office, reports BSS. During the meeting, they discussed the…

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday said police arrested journalist Shafik Rehman as they have clear evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, reports UNB. "We wouldn’t have arrested Shafik…