Shariatpur Sadar Hospital falls short of its mandate to provide round-the-clock healthcare services due to alleged negligence of doctors, nurses and medical staff.Although doctors and hospital staff are somewhat available during the day, the situation turns wrong for the patients…
Members of Border Security Force of India (BSF) handed over two listed top terrorists to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after a flag meeting in Ghiba border area on Wednesday night.The two terrorists were identified as Amirul and Saiful.
Two separate mobile courts here on Wednesday jailed 31 fishermen for catching hilsa fish from the Meghna river violating the on-going ban.Separate joint teams led by executive magistrates conducted a drive in different areas of Sadar and Haimchar upazilas and…
Police recovered decomposed floating body of a young woman from the Buriganga river in Doleshwar area of the upazila on Wednesday.Identity of the deceased, aged around 20, could not be confirmed immediately.
Speakers at a coordination meeting on Wednesday said the school managing committees can play a vital role for ensuring quality education in primary schools.The daylong meeting was arranged by the Committee of the Concerned Citizen (CCC), Chapainawabganj of Transparency International…
A total of 14 modern academic buildings involving Taka 19.50 crore for non government colleges of all the seven upazilas in the district will be built during the current fiscal year.Sources concerned said the Ministry of Education took the plan…
T-Aman cultivation is progressing fast in all the ten upazilas of Netrakona district during the current season. Farmers are rendering their field-level service round the clock with a hope to achieve bumper production of the T-Aman paddy following favorable climate…
Coast Guard members in a drive seized huge current nets from a passenger-laden launch on the Meghna river in the district early this morning.
Enhanced cultivation of high yielding zinc-enriched rice can ensure food and nutrition security preventing deficiency of zinc, iron and vitamin-A for normal growth of children and increasing disease resistant capacity.Experts viewed this at a farmers’ field day organised by RDRS…
Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for making all the grassroots level uplift works pro-people coupled with corruption-free for improving living and livelihood condition of the village population, particularly the poor and underprivileged ones.They mentioned importance should be given…
A man died falling from a mahogany tree at Ratandia village in Moirampur upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Alauddin Gazi, 40, a resident of the village.
Two boys drowned in a canal at Nazirpara area of Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Shahadat Zaman, 10, and Sakib Hossain 14.
A ferry carrying over 400 passengers with 5 busses and 7 Micro buses went out of order after being stuck to a hidden shoal in the middle of the Lebukhali river in Patuakhali on Wednesday night.The ferry was the only…
Dhaka -The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued separate warrants of death against condemned war crimes convicts Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Three judges of the tribunal — Justice Anwarul Haq, Chairman, Justice…
Forty-one dead bodies of Bangladeshi pilgrims have so far been found as they lost their lives in the Mina incident on September 24, according to the updated report received from Bangladesh Consulate General, Jeddah. Of the 41 victims, the identities…
A 50-year-old man in northern India was killed in a mob lynching on Monday night allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home. BBC Hindi’s Salman Ravi went to Dadri in the state of…
The US and Russian military will hold talks “as soon as possible” to avoid clashing in Syria, the countries’ top diplomats say. Russian defence officials say their aircraft carried out about 20 missions against the so-called Islamic State group (IS)…
Manama 30 Sept – The conveners of the much-coveted World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) announced today the various features that promise to make WIBC 2015 the best edition in its 22-year history. Middle East Global Advisors, an intelligence platform serving…
West Indies team, for the first time, could not qualify for the Champions Trophy after it failed be among the top-eight in the ICC ODI Rankings as on September 30. Bangladesh returns to the tournament after their maiden appearance in…
Danielle Nierenberg The fall semester is in full swing and many students are enrolled in courses focused on food and agriculture. They realize that the food system is at a crossroads. Nearly a billion people suffer from hunger while at…
By Jessica Cheam Singapore: Air pollution brought about by illegal fires raging in Indonesia hit new hazardous records in Southeast Asia this past week and even triggered the closure of schools in Singapore for the first time last Friday. Apart…
by Johan Rockström Stockholm – Our generation has a unique opportunity. If we set our minds to it, we could be the first in human history to leave our children nothing: no greenhouse-gas emissions, no poverty, and no biodiversity loss.…
Sudhurendar Sharma Indian husbands worship their mothers because they have seen cows being worshiped throughout their growing years!! Twinkle Khanna writes so beautifully that you read her words slowly, relishing them, enjoying them and rolling over them till a radiant…
At least eight students were injured as police charged baton and fired teargas shells on their protest march demanding cancellation of the result and retaking the admission tests for MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in Shahbagh in the…
The Home Ministry on Wednesday said intelligence agencies here are yet to find any statement of the Islamic State (IS) regarding the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella.
The death toll from liquor swallowing at Tajhat Bihari Palli in the city rose to nine as one more person died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
The visiting 23-member British Parliamentary delegation, headed by Anne Main MP, visited the Bangladesh Parliament chamber and its library on Wednesday.
Voicing concern over security in the city’s Baridhara and Gulshan areas, leader of the opposition in parliament Raushon Ershad on Wednesday demanded the government ensure punishment of the killers of Italian citizen Tavella.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon chaired a session of MDG advocates, who are his advisors for driving the MDG program globally, and helping him to formulate the SDGs. He was assisted by co-chairs President Paul Kagame of…
Court Correspondent The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) deferred the hearing in the case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in the capital to October 11.