RU Correspondent Residential students Syed Amir Ali Hall of Rajshahi University (RU) have been served unhygienic and substandard food for years because of enormous irregularities and lack of appropriate care and supervision of the authorities. Sources said dinning hall attendants…
RU Correspondent A two days long “Green Brain Competition-2015” will be held on the Rajshahi university of Engineering & Technology (RUET) campus on December 17 and 18, said a media release.
Comilla Victorians took the top slot in the 3rd Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) points table after the 2nd phase of the league with a six-wicket victory over Chittagong Vikings at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Thursday.Replying to Ctg Vikings’ 136/5,…
The United States and China have reached agreement on guidelines for requesting assistance on cyber crime or other malicious cyber activities, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday.The agreement was reached in talks in Washington this week among officials including…
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested six members of an international human trafficking and fake currency syndicate, including a Pakistani national, along with huge fake currency notes from different parts of the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas early…
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas, who was not involved in making the long-awaited new film, “The Force Awakens”, said he is as ambivalent about seeing the movie as a divorced father would be about attending his child’s wedding.Lucas, who sold…
After combing through 40,000 potential genes in three animal species, researchers have zeroed in on 30 genes which, if tweaked a bit, can get you eternal youth – without having to search for and drink that elusive elixir of life.One…
One of the first police officers to respond to deadly shootings at a social service centre in California has spoken of scenes of “unspeakable” carnage.Lt Mike Madden said he and officers who arrived later saw dead bodies and had to…
At home her son still calls her daddy, at work she dresses in a masculine style, but this Chinese person has a “little secret” — she was born male, but is not any more.She had long identified as a woman,…
Bangladesh ranked sixth in a new list of nations hardest hit by two decades of storms, floods and landslides that killed more than half a million people, climate analysts reported, warning of more frequent disasters if Earth’s overheating cannot be…
Dhaka – Despite its maximum efforts, BNP has not succeeded to ensure lone mayoral candidates in over 55 out of 200 municipalities as the party has got nearly 58 rebel aspirants in the December-30 election race. Apart from party rebels,…
At least eight people were injured in a clash between the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the district town on Thursday night The clash took place after Shibir activists allegedly slashed the tendon and…
The High Court on Thursday directed the Gulshan thana police to arrest United Hospital staff (brother) Saiful Islam and produce him before the court on December 7 for ‘sexually harassing’ a female patient. It also issued a rule asking the…
By Jeffrey Moyo Shurugwi, Zimbabwe (IPS) – With the battle to combat HIV/AIDS intensifying in Zimbabwe, the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission initiative (PMTCT) has increasingly become a success weapon in the war on transmission of the once dreaded…
By Reuters and VICE News Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a State of the Nation address that Turkey would regret “more than once” shooting down a Russian bomber jet near the Syrian-Turkish border last week, and declared retaliatory sanctions…
Paris, 3 December (Chee Yoke Ling and Hilary Chiew) – The Group of 77 and China made a detailed proposal on moving forward the negotiations for the Paris agreement at a stocktake session of the Contact Group of the Ad…
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport. On Tuesday, December 1, that’s exactly what happened when the otherwise…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) placed six suspects of new militant organisation, Al Mujaheed of Bangladesh, on a six-day remand each in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport.
RU Correspondent Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) unit have arrested Assistant Professor of Islamic History and Culture department of the Rajshahi University (RU) Dr. Amirul Islam from university concerned with area binodpur on Thursday at evening.
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed December 10 for next Hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others.
A freedom fighter was killed as a bus ran over him at Ahsannagar on the Jhenidah-Kushtia road in Shailkupa upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Toazuddin, 65, son of late Gopal Mandol of Tripurakandi village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge…
The admission tests of ‘Ka’ and ‘Kha’ units for the first year Honours courses of Comilla University (COU) for the academic session 2015-16 will be held on Friday.The ‘Ka’ unit test will begin at 10:00 am and ‘Kha’ unit test…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with a touchstone Bishnu statue from Maizgaon area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Badrul Islam, 24, son of Monajjir…
Two workers were killed and five others injured as some sacks of cement fell on them while they were working at a warehouse in Old Meghna Ferry Ghat area in Bhairab upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Milon Miah,…
The 19 kilometre road from Narail to Kalna via Lohagara has become woefully unfit for use barely two years after its reconstruction. Potholes have developed in numerous places of the road making it difficult for the vehicles to ply and…
Joint forces in separate drives from Wednesday night to early Thursday arrested 35 people, including three Jamaat activists, in different places of the district on sabotage charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in a drive arrested a drug trader with 1,000 yaba tablets from Kaunia Housing area in the city on Wednesday night.The arrested person was identified as Sazzad Ahmed Sajib, 28, son of Harun-Ar-Rashid of the area.
The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumer items and fined owners of five confectioneries Taka 67,000 in the metropolis yesterday. According to the officials…
Police arrested three Jamaat leaders for plotting subversive activities in Bakshiganj upazila in the district on Thursday morning.The arrested were Maulana Sajjat Hossain, ameer of Bakshiganj upazila Jamaat, Maulana Abdul Aziz, president of Sadhurpara uinion Jamaat and Maulana Mizanur Rahman…