Police recovered the bodies of two boys from the Buriganga river in Madbar Bazarghat and Sadarghat Launch Terminal areas under Kamrangichar thana here yesterday morning, reports BSS. The deceased were Yasin, 11, a student of class four and son of Akhter Hossain, resident of the Thana and Imran Hossain…

The alleged criminal, who was killed in a gunfight with Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) on Tuesday, was a “militant” involved in the killing of Rajshahi University Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. The man was identified as Nazrul alias Hasan alias Bike Hasan alias Parvez, 30, of…

Medical services will be rendered free of cost in all the public hospitals across the country from 9 am to 12 noon on the National Mourning Day on August 15 commemorating the 41st anniversary of martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. The patients will be provided…

Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Mohammad Sayedul Huq yesterday said veterinary medical teams will monitor the cattle markets during the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha to prevent use of steroid and chemicals with fodders, reports BSS. He made it public speaking as the chief guest at a national conference…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the present government has taken the challenge of ensuring quality education for the new generation, reports BSS. “Government is working to give knowledge and technology- based world-standard education in line with morality as well as the spirit…

After seizing 2000 liters of low quality naphtha from Babuganj in Shariatpur recently, police is trying to investigate the link between Mostakim Enterprise, a Shariatpur based oil dealer, and Chittagong based Super Petrochemical Ltd. Naphtha is intermediate hydrocarbon liquid stream derived from the…

Speakers at a roundtable discussion yesterday said a unilateral quality education system should be introduced to ensure sustainable development by removing disparities and empowering the people meaningfully, reports BSS. They said people need to be empowered to achieve Sustainable Development Goals…

Rangamati: Bangalee settlers’ organisations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal for August 10 in three hill districts demanding that the government scraps the draft Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution(Amend­ment) Act 2016’, reports UNB.The…

A court on Tuesday sen­tenced a man to two years rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 20000 on corruption charges. After examining witnesses and relevant papers District Special Judge Nitaichandra Shaha found the convict identified as Khalilur Rahman, former mayor of Bagerpara municipality and an…

KUSHTIA: Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu said all militants will be tried like war criminals and that the fight for resisting militancy is a great political responsibility at the moment, reports BSS. The minister said Khaleda Zia cannot save the militants like the war criminals whatever evil designs…

Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra finished the first leg of the JB Bangladesh Premier League Football along with the table toppers when they blanked Brothers Union by 2-0 in the second match at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong yesterday. Muktijoddha earned seven points from three matches with two wins and…

Dhaka dwellers are likely to experience more telecommunication blackout at night in near future as the telecom regulatory authorities will conduct more exercises. Bangladesh Telecommuni-cations Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmud told The Independent that these blackouts will continue…

A team of experts from India arrived in Dhaka yesterday to help rescue a wild elephant stranded in a char in Jamalpur. The elephant was separated from its herd in India and swept to Bangladesh by the swift currents of a flooded Brahmaputra on June 27. Till now, the animal weighing around five tonnes…