Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif yesterday said dialogue could never be held with the patrons of the killers of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. “Founder of BNP Ziaur Rahman had rewarded Bangabandhu killers while his wife Khaleda…

Bangabandhu Academy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development (BAPARD) has been directed to formulate its specific goals for poverty alleviation and improvement of living standard of the people in the south-western part, reports BSS. The directive came when LGRD and Cooperatives Minster Khandker…

A four-day painting exhibition titled 'Ladies Come Flying' by Russian artist Sergey Radiuk will begin at Gallery Cosmos in the capital's Mohakhali area today, reports UNB. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the exhibition as the chief guest while Russian Ambassador…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday sought cooperation of the United Kingdom (UK) for improving quality of education, reports BSS. "The United Kingdom is an important development partner of Bangladesh.... The UK is extending supports in different fields of development in Bangladesh,"…

Bangladesh Navy yesterday handed over two newly constrcuted harbour patrol boats- Buriganga and Shitalakhya to Bangladesh Coast Guast. The two patrol boats were built at the Narayanganj dockyard, an enterprise of Bangladesh Navy, said a press release issued by the Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR).…

An alleged member of outlawed Purba Bangla Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Haludghar village in Santhia upazila of Pabna early yesterday, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Razzak, 40, an accused in several cases including…

After raging strongly for the past three days, the cold began waning a little yesterday, particularly in the cold wave prone areas of north-western Bangladesh where it had seen the mercury plummeting to five Degrees Celsius in Rajarhat of Kurigram and Tetulia, leaving the region shivering.Rajarhat and…