Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif yesterday said the militants have been blackening the image of Islam by killing people in the name of almighty Allah, reports BSS. “Bangalees are united against their evil acts. All should remain alert so that none could indulge in terrorism in the name of Islam,”…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said technical education and suitable employment opportunities for the women were crucial for women empowerment in the country, reports BSS. “Recently the technical education institutes are drawing more number of male participants ... but proportionately the…

Bagerhat: Bangladesh Coast Guard members recovered the bodies of three more Indian fishermen yesterday morning, three days after an Indian fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Hiron point of the Sundarbans, reports UNB. With this, the bodies of eight fishermen have so far been recovered…

Pabna: A union parishad member was stabbed to death by some criminals at Dhulauri in Santhia upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Quoting family members, Nasir Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sathia Police Station, said a gang of criminals swooped on Shah Jamal, 35, a member of 3 no ward of Dhopadah union…

The Anti Corruption Commi­ssion (ACC) yesterday arrested an administrative officer of Economic Relations Division of the Finance Ministry from Dinajpur in a graft case, reports UNB. ACC deputy assistant director Md Kamruzzaman of its Dinajpur Zila Office arrested administrative officer Shaharul…

The Solar Association of Bangladesh (SAB) yesterday alleged malpractices to the extent of 90 per cent in the implementation of solar power projects conducted under the test relief (TR) and food-for-work programmes. The government conducts both programmes as part of its maintenance of rural infrastructure.…

The High Court yesterday summoned National Museum trustee board chairman M Azizur Rahman, its member secretary Faruq Hossain and director general of the museum Faizul Latif Chowdhury for the second time for not complying with its directives, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore…

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government is continuing its efforts to bring back Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s two fugitive condemned killers -- M Rashed Chowdhury and Noor Chowdhury -- from abroad, reports UNB. He came up with the remarks while addressing a discussion meeting…

Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat President Maulana Sadrul Amin Rizvi was killed and six people were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus at Jelkahana intersection on Bhairab-Mymensingh Highway in  Kishoreganj town yesterday night, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Kishoreganj Model…

A baby wild elephant was rescued after it fell into a well at a village in Tayakocha forest bit area of Jhinaigati upazila in Sherpur yesterday. A herd of the wild elephants from India crossed the border and entered the Gorocharan Dodnay village on Monday night and started damaging crops and vegetable.…