Category: Nation

The country’s overall literacy rate now stands at 53.7 percent with Barisal division being on the top with 61.9 percent, says a survey conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Agitated locals put up barricade on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway on Friday morning after a robbery took place in the house of a Khelafat Majlish leader in Bahubal upazila headquarters.

A local BNP leader was stabbed by some miscreants at Mushribhuja in Bholahat upazila of the district on Saturday night.

The construction works of Notipota Union Parisad office building in Damurhuda Upazila here has been completed at a total cost of Tk 59,88,000.

A total of 42 mosques here received 300 ceiling fans from Nahid Foundation on Friday to help the devotees offer Tarabi prayers smoothly during the month of Ramadan.

Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus is a great dreamer, says US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena.

Private clinics and pathological laboratories in Sylhet district have been rendering sub-standard health service to patients.

Hindus in Sylhet held demonstrations on Wednesday demanding immediate cancellation of the proposed draft ‘Temple property management, recovery and protection law-2013’.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested two alleged members of banded militant outfit Hijbut Tahrir from Andarkillah crossing under city’s Kotwali thana on Friday.

Participants at a human chain rally on Wednesday organised to observe the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture called for enacting anti-torture law to ensure rights of rehabilitation of the victims and eliminate poverty to break cycle…

One person was sentenced to life-term imprisonment by a trial tribunal here on Monday for possessing firearm illegally over four years back.

A Taka 118.53-crore second phase special Employment Generation Project for the Poorest (EGPP) just ended successfully in Rangpur division benefiting 1,69,339 ultra poor people, officials said.

A view exchange meeting organised in connection with the completion of four years by the present government titled “Charter of change,.Vision 2021″ was held at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner(DC) of Moulvibazar.

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (West Zone) seized two trucks loaded with Indian clothes worth about Tk1.4 crore and arrested two people in this connection at Rupsa Bridge in Khulna district early Monday.

A college student was beaten to death allegedly by some unidentified miscreants at Kulasa village in Chowddagram upazila on Monday night.

A fisherman was feared drowned and two others injured during a clash aboard trawlers between two rival groups over fishing hilsa in the Baleshwar River at Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat on Monday.

Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has directed the concerned authorities and contractors to ensure ensuring quality in all construction works.

Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home on Monday night, after her weeklong tour of Singapore for medical treatment. Khaleda, also the leader of the opposition in parliament, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:40pm in a flight…

Dhaka – The holy Shab-e-Barat, believed to be the night of fortune, was observed across the country with due religious fervour. The Muslim devotees passed the night offering special prayers, reciting from the Holy Quran, holding milad mahfil, zikr, and…

A three day digital innovative fair organised by district administration was inaugurated at Narail Shilpakala Academy complex on Thursday June 20. Khulna divisional director of local government Abdul Hannan Biswas inaugurated the fair.

A strong syndicate of drug peddlers is allegedly back in business at around 50 spots in the sylhet through an alleged nexus of some law enforcers. The syndicate mainly runs business in connivance with some members of law enforcement and…

A Madrasha girl, who was set on fire by some local eve teasers in Fulgazi upazila on June 16, died from burn injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Saturday.

Truckers’ blockade for the second day on eight entry points of the district protesting an attack on them by locals brought public life to a standstill on Saturday. Witnesses said Sylhet District Truck Workers Union (SDTWU) started the blockade programme…

Campaign posters and banners put up across the Sylhet city have not yet been taken off. This is causing inconvenience to pedestrians and commuters. Seven days ago the city corporation polls took place and still the campaign advertisements are seen…

A doctor died mysteriously in the city on Friday noon and police detained two staffs of his clinic in this connection. The victim was identified as Dr. Arifur Rahman, 40, from Sreenagor of Munshiganj upazila, and working as physician of…

Khagrachhari, June 22 (UNB)- Guimara upazila unit president of Awami League Mohammad Jahangir Alam and his motorcycle driver, who were allegedly adducted by UPDF activists on Sunday, secured freedom after five days ‘in exchange of huge ransom’. Locals said Mohammad…

Speakers at a function here  on Thursday stressed the need for boosting production of fishes including indigenous ones to meet the growing nutrition demand of the country. “As the fisheries sector has been meeting 80 percent demand  of the total…

Worker’s strike and agitation to press home their 12-point demands for increasing service benefits at 3 factories of Opsonin group of industries in Barisal has been minimised after 24 hours following tri-partite negotiations between the workers, management and labour directorate…

Some 76 life-term convicts got release from different jails in Rajshahi division on Wednesday.. Towhidul Islam, senior jail superintendent of Rajshahi Central Jail, said an official order of releasing them was received here this morning. They were released this evening…