Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who is undergoing treatment at a London hospital,will make a full recovery within the next two months, hope physicians, reports UNB. Mizanur Rahman, personal assistant to the mayor, yesterday said Annisul is gradually recovering from the illness…

In a bid to curb infiltration of refugees and trespassing, Assam Policesounded a high alert across the state, especially in districts bordering Bangladesh, reports TNN on Wednesday. The move comes after the arrest of three Indian touts from Sonapura in Tripura on Tuesday, who had helped Rohingya refugees…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home tomorrow wrapping up her three-week visit to the United States and the United Kingdom, reports BSS. “The prime minister will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at 9.20 am on Saturday after attending successfully the 72nd United Nations…

Law minister Anisul Huq yesterday assured the acting Chief Justice, Abdul Wahhab Miah, of all kinds of cooperation for maintaining good relations between the judiciary and the executive. “It was a courtesy call. The law ministry acts as a bridge between the judiciary and the executive. During…

The Buddhist community yesterday celebrated their second largest festival, Prabarana Purnima, in the city as elsewhere across the country in a befitting manner and with due solemnity, reports BSS. The festival is also known as Ashvini Purnima that marks conclusion of the three-month-long seclusion of…

A press conference by seven  affiliated college of Dhaka University (DU) at Madhur Canteen demanding honours final year results of academic session 2011-2012 was held up by DU students along with the authorities yesterday. These seven colleges were affiliated on February 16 but the students took…

Experts at a dialogue in Dhaka yesterday said Bangladesh fails to take effective steps at regional and international levels to protect its rivers due to its institutional weakness, which are affecting millions of lower-riparian people, reports UNB. They said many politicians and different institutions…

Bangladesher Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (BASAD) yesterday proposed introduction of proportional representation election, reports UNB. Leaders of the party placed their proposals at a dialogue arranged by the Election Commission (EC) in the city’s Nirbachan Bhaban with Chief Election Commissioner…