Authorities of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday said they have already removed 100 percent wastes of sacrificial animals, reports BSS. According to the officials of the two city corporations, around 28,000 tonnes of wastes of sacrificial animals…

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad met Saudi Kind Salam Bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman on Saturday, reports UNB. The JP chief met the King and the Prince at Mina Palace and discussed the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia and issues relating to mutual…

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza yesterday launched a foundation named 'Narail Express' for ensuring overall development of Narail district, reports UNB. On the occasion of launching ceremony of the foundation, a 3-km procession titled "Run for Narail" led by Mashrafe was…

Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) are set to perform the third operation on the right hand of Muktamoni, a 12-year-old girl from Satkhira, today for the complete removal of a tumour in her right-hand blood vessel, said DMCH sources. “We've made preparations for the operation…

After repeated incursions on Friday morning, Bangladesh has strongly protested the recent instances of violation of its airspace by Myanmarese army helicopters, reports UNB. Bangladesh demanded Myanmar take immediate measures to prevent any recurrence of such incursions in future. In a Diplomatic note…

Hamida Begum, a 60-year-old woman, managed to cross the border by dodging the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) after passing four days at no man’s land without any food. She eventually came to Balukhali of Ghumdhum, one of the newly set up unregistered Rohingya refugee camps with one of her sons,…

Water levels at 27 river stations monitored by the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises while 56 stations recorded fall while seven are steady, reports BSS.  Among the 90 monitored water level stations, nine rivers are above danger level, a bulletin issued by Flood Forecasting…

Ten Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Sunday night after serving three years' jail in Indian prison, reports UNB. The girls hail from Satkhira and Jessore districts. Indian police handed them over to Benapole check post immigration police at night. Police said…

The government yesterday expressed grave concern at the successive nuclear tests conducted by Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), known as North Korea, reports BSS. "With utter disregard to the concerns expressed by the international community, North Korea has carried out its 6th…

The inward remittance inflow has marked a rise after a declining trend for over one year as the country received $1.4185 billion from the expatriates in August last, reports UNB. In July, the country's remittance earning was $1.115 billion. As per Bangladesh Bank's latest data, the remittance…

Former BNP MP from Chuadanga-2 constituency and industrialist Md Mozammel Haque passed away at a hospital in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. He was 88 Mozammel who had long been suffering from kidney ailments, diabetics and high blood pressure breathed his last at United Hospital around 5pm, said…