Category: Nation

Police arrested seventeen activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in connection with Thursday’s factional clash at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).

A workshop on child and woman development programme (4th phase) with the objective of motivating the social leaders in creating awareness was held yesterday at Faridpur Sadar upazila parishad auditorium.

Two separate cases have been filed against 106 people in connection with the seizure of a Myanmar flag carrying trawler with at least 625 people on board in the deep see en route to Malaysia illegally.

Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a two-day training course here today stressed for proper selection of beneficiaries and coordination among all concerned to make the social safety-net programmes successful.

Experts at a divisional level views-sharing meeting here have stressed for comprehensive and well-coordinated efforts of all stakeholders for eradicating the completely curable disease of tuberculosis from the society.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said Begum Rokeya clearly understood the essence of spreading female education for women renaissance and socioeconomic and political empowerment of the womenfolk.

RANGAMATI, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – A large python was rescued from a classroom of a primary school on Thursday at the frontier upazila of Baghaichhari.

A daylong hartal, enforced by Parbatya Jubo Front, a platform of Pahari Bangali youths demanding the release of three forest officials kidnapped from Langadu on November 6, is going on peacefully in the district today (Thursday).

Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a training course on Monday afternoon said women leaders of the community-based organisations (CBO) could play vital role in preventing social erosions to accelerate rural uplift.

Speakers at a function here on Monday stressed the need for creating much awareness among the common people to check child marriage to build a better society.

Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Khardar area in the district town on Monday afternoon over violence.

The Detective Branch (DB) of Police in a drive arrested two men along with 15 fake currency notes amounting to 15,000 taka from Chotkapota village in Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Public Administration H N Ashikur Rahman has stressed for flourishing enormous talent of the autistic and mentally retarded children.

Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain said here on Friday evening that the advancement of women in various sectors of our national life has created an important impact on overall progress.

Seventeen policemen were injured in a clash between local people and police over taking possession of a water body illegally in Thubri Shilchand area of Goainghat upazila on Saturday early morning.

Speakers at a view exchange meeting put emphasis on the need for proper health management system to ensure healthcare facilities for the ultra-poor people especially in the rural areas. They also called for making upazila and community level hospitals effective,…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 22 Bangladeshi nationals while entering the country through Putkhali border point here on Tuesday night, after going to India illegally.

Eleven Bangladeshi construction workers have returned home from India upon completion of their two and a half years’ imprisonment in that country.

Due to cultivation of high-yield, easy growing, cross-bred varieties of paddy, many environmental friendly, tasty, low-yield, traditional and indigenous varieties of paddy have become extinct or on the verge of extinction in Rajshahi region.

The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Moulana Syed Rezaul Karim has said that the activities of the RAB have created questions in the minds of the people all over the country. The Pir Shahed said that the government should find out…

The previously announced two-day divisional level Road March programme has begun here from Tuesday demanding supply of natural gas through pipelines for quicker industrialization and uplift of Rangpur region.

Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have said the lawyers can play important role in preventing domestic violence, empowering the women and bringing a change in the social mindset towards the womenfolk.

Additional Attorney General MK Rahman has been relieved of his service for reasons unknown. The President relieved Additional Attorney General MK Rahman, better known as M Khalilur Rahman, of his responsibilities through an order, said a Law Ministry notification on…

Police arrested two alleged terrorists with a firearm and bullets from Bejpara-Naldanga area in Jessore town last night.

The death toll from the Thursday’s launch capsize in the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila climbed to 54 with the recovery of  23 more bodies on Saturday.  

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi boy from Jagadal border area in Ranishongkoil upazila on Saturday morning. 

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on Saturday (May 17).