Rice procurement programme began in Sadar upazila food godown of the district today.Sadar upazila Chairman Anwar Sadath Shamrat along with Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Laila Muntazeri Dina formally inaugurated the purchase programme by cutting ribbon.
The ruling Awami League (AL) and its front organizations today celebrated ‘Victory Day for Democracy’ through various programmes.Hundreds of leaders and activists of AL and its front organizations gathered at city’s Shahid Minar premises marking the second anniversary of January-5…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Awami League are holding separate rallies in different areas of Dhaka on Tuesday, marking the second anniversary of the 5 January elections. Awami League has arranged two rallies at Bangabandu Avenue and another…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has joined a rally, being held in front of party’s Naya Paltan central office on Tuesday afternoon marking ‘democracy killing day’. The decision to attend the rally was taken at a meeting of party’s senior leaders…
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has formally added four new chemical elements to the periodic table, report the BBC and the Guardian.Discovered by scientists in Japan, Russia and America, elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have finally…
The Taka-dollar exchange rates have come down as the Bangladesh Bank has started to buy the greenback from the local currency market.Over the last one month, the rate for one US dollar has dropped by Tk 0.45.On Monday, the central…
Having vanquished “Titanic” and “Jurassic World”, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has set its sights on “Avatar”.The space opera sequel is moving up the all-time domestic box office charts at a record clip and now is poised to overtake those…
Climate change could lead to significant declines in electricity production in coming decades as water resources are disrupted, said a study published on Monday.Hydropower stations and thermoelectric plants, which depend on water to generate energy, together contribute about 98 percent…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with her party’s senior leaders on Monday night to work out the party’s line of action under the emerging situation over its January-5 rally.
The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the Jute Bill, 2016 with a provision of maximum three years’ imprisonment or maximum Tk one lakh fine or both for the violation of the law.
On a press briefing Dr. Muhammad Yunus said that I am deeply shocked and sad to learn about the untimely death of Dr Mahabub Hossain who passed away earlier today.
STAFF REPORTER The authorities have finally given permission to both the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP to hold their rallies in the city today to mark the 2nd year anniversary of January 5 parliamentary polls.
RU Correspondent The 68th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was celebrated on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus on 4 January 2016 amid festivity and fanfare mood.
STAFF REPORTER With the tagline ‘Dependable electricity, satisfied customer’, Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) organized the first installment of its six series ‘mass hearings’ on Monday in its Dhanmondi 5A office.
DU Correspondent At least eighteen students of Dhaka University (DU) were injured as panic gripped the residential area after a strong earthquake hit different parts of Bangladesh on early Monday.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 3 for hearing on charge framing against 23 leaders and activists, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
World number one Serena Williams suffered an early season injury setback on Monday as she withdrew from her opening Hopman Cup tie with inflammation in her knee.Williams, 34, was scheduled to play Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the women’s singles on…
A garments factory official was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Zhinu Market area of Tongi upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, sewing in-charge of “Zaber and Zubayer Garments” in Pagar area of the upazila.
A young man was stabbed to death by miscreants in Halpara area of district town on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Anup Agarwal, 30, son of Shyam Sundor Agarwal, resident of the area.
A mobile court here sentenced three labourers to seven days’ imprisonment for lifting sand illegally from the Dhopajan river in sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The convicts were identified as Shafiq Miah, 30, son of Zohu Miah, Ekhlas Miah, son of…
A case has been filed in connection with the killing of a constable of Sreepur camp of industrial police at Baraipara in Ashulia.Azharul Islam, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station, filed the case with the police station around 2am on Thursday…
Intern doctors at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (OMCH) went on an indefinite work abstention on Wednesday night protesting assault on their two fellows and called off the strike next morning.They joined works withdrawing the strike around 8am as…
A minor boy died from electrocution at Shahbajkandi village in Matlab North upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Talha, 2, son of Shahabuddin Mridha, a resident of the village.
Police recovered the body of a man from Pirujali village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Moniruzzaman, a construction contractor by profession and a resident of the village.
Police arrested an employee of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) from Pahartali railway station area of the city along with two pistols, four magazines and six rounds of bullet early Thursday.The arrestee was identified as Mozammel Hossain, 35, son of Tofazzal…
A sexagenarian man was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shambhuganj Raghobpur on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Kutub…
Chittagong district police arrested a top leader of Chittagong South District unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from Chunuti area Lohagara upazila of the district on Wednesday.The arrested was identified as Kafil Uddin Bhutto, 22.
Mr. Hashen (not real name), a young Bangladeshi guy of 25 years, ran a small business in Sylhet. One night he has directed to Dhaka airport for Ecuador, airport was contacted, trafficker/human smuggler will take BDT.600, 000 ($7,500) after arrival…
Penang (T Ajit) — A proposal by the Like-Minded Developing countries (LMDC), aimed at ensuring that nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement are comprehensive and not mitigation-centric, was a hard fought battle that eventually succeeded in being reflected…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday organised demonstration in Dhaka city to press their demand for release of party Amir Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami. A procession brought out in this connection from Mirpur road paraded through different roads in the city before…