The students and teachers of Shashikar Girls High School and Shashikar Shahid Smrity College separately formed two human chains protesting the murder of class nine students Nitu Mandol of Dasar thana Nabogram School of Madaripur yesterday.  Our Madaripur Correspondent reported that the protesting…

A movie based on the ‘Operation Jackpot’ of the 1971 Liberation War will be produced with the government support, reports UNB. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan revealed this at a movie premiere at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation recently. He said the primary preparation has already…

Appointment of the consultant for the Railway Bridge over Jamuna River is underway, as the negotiation is progressing, a Bangladesh Railway official said, reports BSS. He said the government would appoint the consultant to design and prepare of the tender documents for construction of the much talked…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday fixed November 2 for the hearing of the framing of charges against five men of Moulvibazar for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. The accused are Shamsul Hossain Torofdar alias Ashraf, Md Nesar Ali, Yunus Ahmed, Ojayer…

Saudi Arabia has approved the recruitment of Bangladeshi male domestic workers which Dhaka considers as an indication of growing and improved relations, UNB reports.  “Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council has approved the recruitment of male domestic workers from Bangladesh. We welcome the…

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday handed over the ‘Instrument of Ratification’ of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters in New York, UNB reports.Bangladesh is one of…