Some 2,158 examinees have passed the 35th BCS viva voce examination, said the Public Service Commission (PSC). The PSC at a meeting on Wednesday approved the list of 2,158 examinees who have passed the viva voce examination of the 35th BCS, UNB reports quoting PSC chairman Dr Md Sadik. The details of…

Constraint faced in diagnosis, inadequate treatment equipment and lack of public awareness are contributing to an alarming rise in Tuberculosis (TB) in children, health experts said here yesterday, reports UNB. The total number of children diagnosed with TB was 6262 in 2014, while 7984 in 2015. In 2014,…

Bangladesh and India have agreed to make two documentaries on Life of Bangabandhu and War of Liberation coinciding with his birth centenary and golden jubilee of the nation’s 1971 independence, information minister Hasanul Haq Inu said yesterday, reports BSS from New Delhi. “The two countries…

Launch services on Paturia Daulatdia and Aricha Kazirhat routes have been suspended form yesterday morning due to inclement weather. Assistant Director (transport) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at Aricha office Md. Faridul Islam said. The launch service on the two routes was…

A court here yesterday sentenced seven people to death and another to life term imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2006, reports UNB from Joypurhat. The condemned convicts are-Wajed Ali Toraf, Choitun Mollah, Safadul, Masir Uddin, Anu, Abu Hasan Dilip and Montu. Among them, Montu was tried in absentia.…

Police recovered the body of a young man from a pond at Domar Multilateral High School area of the district yesterday morning, reports BSS from Nilphamari. The deceased was identified as Zahanul Alam, 23, son of Golam Mustafa, a resident of 8 no- ward Dangapara area in Domar municipality. Being informed,…

After over five years’ long gap, Bangladesh and Pakistan are likely to have a meeting of Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between the two countries in the first week of September, reports UNB. The planned FOC was cancelled several times for various reasons, including diplomatic row between the…

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit yesterday night, UNB reports. Additional Foreign Secretary (Bilateral & Consular) Kamrul Ahsan and other officials received the OIC Secretary General at Hazrat Shahjalal International…