A legal notice was served yesterday asking the government to conduct a judicial inquiry into the death of Golam Faizullah Fahim, who was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with law enforcers in Madaripur on June 18. Advocate FM Zulfiqure Ali Zunnu, a Supreme Court lawyer, sent the notice to the home…

More than 60,000 posts of teacher, including 16,600 of headmaster, are now vacant in primary schools across the country, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman told Parliament yesterday, reports UNB. A total of 16,603 posts of headmaster -- 8,348 posts in government primary schools and…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government has formed a nine-member committee to amend guidelines for enlisting educational institutions under Monthly Payment Order (MPO) facility, reports UNB. He said this while responding to a tabled starred question from Mohammad Noman (Laxmipur-2)…

Development activists at a discussion yesterday urged the authorities concerned to set up disability-friendly toilets aiming to ensure the rights of people with disabilities, reports UNB. They said most of the toilets installed in the country are not suitable for use by the physically-challenged people,…

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said the implementation of Purbachal New Town Project would create accommodation facilities for about one crore people, reports BSS. The housing and public works minister said this in the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a scripted…

Brahamanbaria: Three motorcyclists were killed as a truck rammed a motorcycle at Bertola on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sarail upazila yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Jahangir, Ali Azam and Shahjahan Miah. Police said the accident took place when a speeding truck rammed…

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs yesterday recommended steps on emergency basis to appoint teachers against the vacancies in the government primary, secondary schools and colleges in three hill districts, reports BSS. The committee made the recommendation…

KURIGRAM: About 75,000 people of 200-char area in the district have been marooned by monsoon flood in Kurigram district due to onrush of flood water, reports BSS. Most of the low-lying char areas in six upazilas of the district were inundated as the major rivers, including the Teesta, Brahmaputra and…

Comilla: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway to be formally opened on July 2, reports UNB. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the highway before Eid-ul-Fitr and it’ll be an Eid gift to people from her,”…

RANGPUR: An electrician was electrocuted in Kamarpara village in  Kishoreganj upazila of  Nilphamari district yesterday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Masum Mian, 32, of Koshaipara village in the same upazila. Local people said Masum came in contact with a live electric wire while…