Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday told Parliament that some 40 percent work on Padma Bridge completed as of January 2017, reports UNB. The progress of construction works on the much-sought bridge is satisfactory, he said replying to a tabled question from Awami League MP AFM…

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hoped that the members of the coast guard would work with patriotism, sincerity, honesty, courage and cordiality to ensure foolproof security of the country’s maritime and coastal regions, reports BSS. In separate messages on the…

Hosne Ara Begum, wife of a Bangladeshi expatriate, who was killed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, received a compensation cheque for taka two crore yesterday. Secretary of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Begum Shamsun Nahar handed over a check to Hosne Ara Begum, wife of victim Bashir Uddin, at…

Over 34 percent adolescent girls of the country are victims of sexual abuse, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki told Parliament yesterday citing a survey report, reports UNB. “As per the ‘Violence against Women Survey 2015’ conducted by Bangladesh Bureau…

Sundarbans Day is being observed in the country’s costal districts today, aiming to raise awareness among people about the importance of protecting the world’s largest mangrove forest, reports UNB. The day is unofficially observed on February 14 every year since 2002 with various programmes.…

Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Nauapara intersection in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur yesterday, reports UNB. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Madhukhali Police…

A court in Patuakhali yesterday sentenced Shahidul Alam Talukdar, former MP from Patuakhali-2 constituency, to nine years’ imprisonment in a corruption case, reports UNB. Judge Basu Deb Roy of the Special Session’s Judge Court also ordered confiscation of the former MP’s property and…

Several opposition members of British Parliament have discussed the means to combat terrorism and violent extremism as well as matters related to air service with Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali. The discussion between Labour Friends of Bangladesh (LFB) UK, a caucus comprising some UK MPs of…

A suspected criminal was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Boikhor in Munshiganj district town early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Shahjalal Miji, an accused in 22 cases filed with different police stations of the district. Police super of the district Mohammad…

Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday that the mathematics examination of the ongoing SSC exam would be cancelled if investigations proved that the allegation of question paper leak was true. The minister made the announcement to journalists at his office in the Secretariat after news…