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The present government has put maximum importance on enhancing female education to attain sustainable national development through empowering the womenfolk at all levels, speakers said here yesterday.

On Tuesday night some unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) office which is newly formed at Kaliganj upazila town of the district.

Police in a drive recovered five live bombs from a mango orchard in Bagadangi village of Monirampur upazila early Friday.

Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions Wednesday formed human chain in the city demanding full festival bonus and salaries before Eid.

‘nidentified miscreants have attacked a journalist at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet on Tuesday night.

A school student was secondly arrested at Lalmohan upazila in Bhola on Tuesday by the police for eve-teasing.

A young woman died reportedly after falling from the fourth floor of an under-construction hotel near Lawachara Forest in Sreemangal upazila on Wednesday.

At least 30 people were injured in a fierce clash at Kumri village under Lohagara upazila of the district on Tuesday morning July 23.

Police arrested five suspected muggers at Iqbal Nagar in Sunamganj upazila on Tuesday.

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday asked deputy commissioners to keep vigil against extra-constitutional intervention that might affect the prevailing democratic system. She said that district administrators should work closely with elected representatives to ensure the continuation of the…

The authorities have recently shutdown five out of the ten railway stations in Chuadanga district for lack of manpower.

A man was held along with 146 gold bars weighing 17 kg from Shah Amanat International Airport here on Tuesday.

New Delhi – The 14th meeting of the Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh was held in here from July 19 to July 22 where the two sides discussed a range of issues including border management and security cooperation.

Rajshahi University Journalist Association (RUJA), a platform of young progressive journalists on the campus, yesterday demanded exemplary punishment of the responsible Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men who locked the Chitagong University Journalist Association (CUJA) office illogically.

Some 10 persons including six women were injured when an armed clash took place between two rival groups of people over catching of fish from a disputed fish farm at Ghola under Chitalmari Upazila in the district on Sunday.

Police in a drive at Mirzapur in Badalgachhi upazila on Saturday night arrested two people along with 20 kg hemp.

The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put maximum importance on enhancing female education through various effective steps including distribution of sub-stipends at various levels.

Speakers in an advocacy meeting on Friday said, Union Development Coordination Committees (UDCC) are formed in the union parishads to strengthen the grassroots level local government units.

A guard of Jessore central jail was arrested in the district town on Friday on charge of swindling a man of Tk2.5 lakh promising him a job. The arrested person Saiful Islam, son of late Azibar Molla, hails from Bhimorolla…

Eight people have been sued in connection with the killing of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist Mamunur Rashid in Barura upazila of Comilla on Thursday.

A lawyer was killed and two others injured when a pickup van knocked down a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Isakhali Bazar in Rangunia upazila on Friday.

A bumper production of sugarcane planted in 2012-13 season is expected at eight sub- zones of Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) as the plants of the sugarcane have grown well on the land.

The government has taken up a plan to introduce diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) trains in three routes under Lalmonirhat rail division this month to make the rail journey more acceptable to the passengers.

An employee of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) succumbed to road accident injuries Tuesday morning.

A government primary school building in Kathalia upazila of the district is on the verge of disappearing into the Kachua with erosion by the river intensifying.

Students of Secondary School Certificate Examination of 2015 and 2016 batches protesting introduction of creative (srijonshil) type of curriculum in mathematics took out a procession and held a rally at Barisal Zilla School campus on Saturday afternoon after school hours.

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Sunday published the reviewed preliminary test results of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations amid protest by students against results declared on the basis of quota system.

More than 200 workers of 50 tailoring shops in the city started indefinite strike from Saturday demanding increase of wages and service benefits.

The parliament session resumes at 11:00am today after an 11-day recesses.