The government has appointed Prof Dr Abdus Sobhan as the vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU) for another term. The Education Ministry issued a…

Light showers are expected to start today and continue till May 15 or 16, coinciding with the beginning of the Bangla month of Jaishtha next Monday when it becomes hot and humid again, Met office sources said yesterday.  The rains will not be too heavy, sources said. The rains today, which are…

A retired junior pharmacy officer of Bangladesh Air Force and his mother were killed in a road accident in Charmatha area of Bogra town yesterday. His younger sister Mamata Begum was seriously injured in the accident. The deceased are Afiya Bibi, 85, wife of late Mofiz Uddin Akhand, and her son Md Samsul…

Malnutrition is still a major public health problem in the country as poor diet quality is undermining the efforts to improve nutritional status of the people, health experts told a seminar in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. Although Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in food, it is still…

A Jubo League activist was shot dead by some miscreants in the district town early yesterday, reports UNB from Narsingdi. The deceased was identified as Rahat Sarker, 25, son of Jasim Uddin Sarker of Uttar Satirpara of the district town. Family sources said Rahat went out of house around 10 pm for going…

BNP yesterday ridiculed the Jatiya Party-led new political alliance, United National Alliance (UNA), saying all the parties there, except two, are created by HM Ershad, reports UNB. "We've heard the so-called domestic opposition party has formed an alliance with 58 parties. Of the parties,…

Ashfaq-Ur-Rahman Ayon alias Arif alias Anik, the IT chief of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, made his 'confessional statement' before a court in Dhaka yesterday in a case filed with Bhatara Police Station under the Anti-terrorism Act, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Khurshed…

Awami League will pick the party candidates for the 11th parliamentary elections on the basis of a popularity survey report, said some ruling party MPs yesterday, reports UNB. They said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League President, revealed this while chairing a meeting of Awami League…

The government has decided to bring changes in its missions in South Korea, Vietnam, Sweden, Brazil, Oman and Libya at the ambassador level through transfers and fresh appointments, reports UNB. Current Bangladesh Ambassador to South Korea Md Zulfiqur Rahman will be posted as Ambassador to Brazil while…