The Department of Applied Mathematics of Rajshahi University (RU) observed its 12th founding anniversary on the campus on 12 September 2015 with festivity and fanfare. RU vice chancellor Professor Muhammed Mizanuddin inaugurated the day’s program releasing balloons and pigeons in…
Badhan, a voluntary blood donation organisation at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh had a day long programme including free blood grouping, colorful rally and discussion on the campus to mark the 15th anniversary of the organisation.
Tamimul Islam has become the first Bangladeshi to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games when the 16-year-old archer won the event in the fifth edition of the youth jamboree in Samoa on Friday.
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested two alleged drug dealers and recovered 16,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Naf river of Teknaf in Cox;sbazar district on Friday. The arrested drug traders are Md Saber Hossain and Monwar Hossain.
Police arrested 41 Shibir leaders and activist while they were allegedly holding a secret meeting at a restaurant of Firmgate area in the city on Friday afternoon.
An auto-rickshaw driver was burnt to death allegedly by some spoiled youths at Amati Shibpur village in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 20, son of Jahangir Miah. Family sources said some youths of…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Fakirerpool area on Thursday in connection with the murders of bloggers Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das. The arrestees…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court verdict acquitting former BNP lawmaker Rasheduzzaman Millat in connection with a corruption case. In response to an appeal petition filed by the government challenging the HC verdict,…
Police seized 49 rare species of turtles from Azampur kitchen market area of Dakkhin Khan in the city on Wednesday afternoon. Police also arrested two people in connection with the incident.
BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia appears to a Dhaka court on Thursday in both Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against her and others. Her counsel Sanaullah Miah told newsmen about Khaleda Zia’s decision to appear…
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 19 alleged members of a doper gang including its three alleged ringleaders from different places of the city in three separate drives from Monday noon till evening. The law…
We have been demanding for re-determination of 8th national pay scale and also a individual pay scale, but the government has devaluated us by approving the pay-scale ultimately without considering our demand. We have been compelled to struggle on the…
A cell named Expatriate Help Cell (EHC), has been set up at the police headquarters to address the complaints of Bangladeshi expatriates. Inspector General of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque disclosed this while briefing reporters at the police headquarters after…
Bangalore – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the new corporate head quarters of Grameen Koota (GK), one of the largest microfinance organizations in India reaching over one million women members in five states of the country. GK began…
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to detained Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of war crime convict and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC), in a case filed for an attempt to murder seven years ago. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan…
Two security guards of Gulshan Youth Club were received burn injuries when police were destroying detained illegal goods in the area early Sunday. The injured security guards are—Masud Rana, 42, and Akram, 40.
Nobel laureate Professor Yunus inaugurated Centenary Celebrations at University of Mysore by delivering Centennial Lecture at University. It was celebrated as the beginning university’s year-long Centenary Celebrations. This year the university, with over 1,00,000 students, is completing its 100 years.…
The Indian authorities will issue travel pass for the residents of former 111 Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh to cross the border. After the historic land transfer the residents of the 162 enclaves started a new life with their new identity…
The sixth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country’s longest-serving finance minister, was observed with various programmes on Friday. Leaders and activists of local BNP placed wreaths at the grave of Saifur Rahman at Baharmardan village in Moulvibazar Sadar…
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday inaugurated the first-ever international cricket tournament for disabled people in capital Dhaka. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with Bangladesh’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and…
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a former assistant officer of NCC bank from Kamalapur area on early Thursday on charge of misappropriating money of Tk 8.98 crore through data transfer from the bank. The arrestee was identified as Md…
Two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and its driver injured when a passenger bus hit the vehicle in the city’s Kakrail crossing on early Thursday. The victims were identified as Asif, 25, and Rubel 28. The injured driver was…
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) seized 267 cartoons of contraband cigarette worth around Tk 5 lakh and arrested one person in this connection from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. The arrested person was identified as Harun Mia, 50.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged criminals from the city’s Mirpur area on Tuesday night in connection with the looting of goods from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after beating customs officials. The arrestees were identified as Badrul…
Home-bound passengers wanting to travel to the southern part of the country on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha have to collect launch tickets from launch counters beginning on September 15. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the…
Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has been elected to the International Board of Directors of Transparency International (TI), the Berlin based global civil society coalition against corruption for a three-year period from September 2015. This is…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is going to celebrate its 37th founding anniversary on Tuesday with minimum programmes as the party is passing through a troubling time with its leaders and workers facing innirable cases filed durinhg movements. Some BNP…
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) recorded the deposition of three more prosecution witnesses in the case filed about the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in Pallabi area of the capital. Judge Syeed Ahmed of tribunal recorded…
A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrant against BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and 19 others in two separate arson cases filed with Mirpur Police Station of the city in June of 2010. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubur Rahman…
Police rescued a kidnapped garment businessman and arrested one alleged kidnapper from the city’s Dhanmondi on early Sunday. The arrested alleged kidnepper was identified as Fuad Mohammad Shah.