Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday met mother of Abdul Karim Rajib, who was killed in a road accident on Airport Road here on July 1 last, at her relatives’ residence in Ashkona area in the capital, reports BSS. The minister conveyed deep sympathy to his mother and prayed for eternal peace…

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Professor Dr Muhammad Alamgir last night inaugurated ‘Bangabandhu Square’ through unveiled stone in front of the auditorium, reports BSS. The academic activities of KUET have been started by the special direction…

Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif yesterday urged all to work unitedly for materializing the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to build ‘Sonar Bangla’ and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s developed Bangladesh, reports BSS. “All have to work unitedly to materialize the…

Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council will enforce a strikes at all educational institutions across the country today protesting the attacks on students by 'police and terrorists' during their demonstrations for safety in roads, reports UNB. Bin Yamin Molla, a joint convener…

Indian State Minister for External Affairs General (retd) Vijay Kumar Singh has reassured their readiness to extend all possible cooperation and support to Bangladesh for implementation of the terms of the agreement on Rohingya repatriation, reports UNB. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali held a meeting…

Three people were killed and 30 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka yesterday evening, reports UNB. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Witnesses and Fire Service sources said a 'Sujamukhi Paribahan' bus collided with a 'Setu…

An assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of the district has been withdrawn over vandalising the Karnaphuli Toll Plaza in Chattogram city and beating up its two staff members allegedly in an inebriated condition yesterday morning, reports UNB. Moshiar Rahman Khoken, ASP (Mirsarai circle), was closed…

The mother of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has spoken publicly about her son for the first time, seven years on from his 2011 death, reports BBC. Alia Ghanem gave an interview to British newspaper the Guardian from the family's home in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She told the publication her son had…