Awami League President Sheikh Hasina along with other newly-elected office-bearers of the party yesterday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, and other office-bearers, including General Secretary Obaidul Quader…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism yesterday recommended punitive measures against the contractors of Ruposhi Bangla Hotel for not completing the reconstruction work on time, reports BSS. It urged the authorities concerned to set daily basis financial penalties…

A student of Kabi Nazrul Government College drowned in the Padma River along Shimulia ferry ghat in Louhajang upazila while clicking a selfie yesterday, reports UNB. Rakibul Hasan, 17, an HSC 1st year student of the college and son of Jahangir Alam, a resident of Lalmatia area in the capital along with…

The country office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) would be set up in Bangladesh to conduct research in agricultural development,…

Police in a raid arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Khalishkhali village in Kachua upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The arrestees are- Akash Mollah, 21, resident of Katarbil area of Kachua upazila, Habib Ullah, 19, Kabirul Islam, 26, hailing…

A schoolboy died after he was beaten by one of his classmates over a trifling matter at Dogacchi village in Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. Witnesses said Sajib, 14, a class VI student of Dogacchi High School and son of Asad Mia, locked into an altercation with his classmate Khairul Islam, 14,…

Islamic University authorities have suspended a student on charge of beating the driver and helper of a bus hired for carrying female students of the university, reports UNB. The action was taken against Syed Kamruzzaman Taranga, a master’s student of the IU Accounting and Information System Department.…

A young man was hacked to death allegedly by his uncle at Tekerghat village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Muhidul, 30, a resident of the village. Family sources said Abdul Motaleb had a longstanding dispute with the family of his…

The Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament will take place at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi on December 12-13. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will host the summit under the patronage of Her Highness Fatima Bint Mubarak, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation and Council…