Current Challenges and Future Directions of Agriculture in Bangladesh

Primary and ebtedayee terminal examinations for fifth graders of schools and madrasas will begin across the country on Sunday with more than 29 lakh examinees.

Moazzem Hossain, former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station, yesterday claimed to be innocent in the incident of circulating a video clip of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi being interrogated.

State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday told the parliament that a total of 4,711 people were killed in accidents in river ways in the last 44 years.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order that rejected her bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a lower court.

The High Court yesterday observed that the successes of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) will be devalued to some extent if the elite force cannot find the motive and perpetrators behind the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to remove the names of Pakistani collaborators from roads and structures across the country and rename them after freedom fighters in 90 days.

President Abdul Hamid has stressed the need for enhancing cooperation between Bangladesh and Nepal through strengthening connectivity.

Unless combined efforts are made by families to maintain healthy lifestyle, diabetes can never be brought under control, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

The admission test for 2019-20 session of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) will be held today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said hunger has already been eradicated from the country, and vowed afresh to make Bangladesh poverty-free.

The agitating Buet students place three-point demand including expulsion of the 25 charge-sheeted accused in Abrar Fahad murder case.

The Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) authorities says that the personal information and other relevant data of the audience are required during their registration process on security ground.

At least eight passengers are injured as three compartments of Rangpur Express catch fire after the derailment of the intercity train in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.

Grameenphone has agreed to pay Tk 200 crore, out of Tk 12,580 crore dues, to Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) initially as the mobile phone operator settled the matter with the mobile phone regulator in presence of posts and telecommunication minister and finance minister.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said war criminals and people with controversial roles in Liberation War will not be allowed to attend Victory Day programmes in the country.

Today is the 44th death anniversary of Major General (retd) MA Rab Bir Uttam, chief of staff of the Liberation Forces and first honorary managing director of Mukti Joddha Kalyan Trust.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam yesterday said Khaleda will go abroad for treatment if she is freed on bail, as her condition is not improving.

Today is the first death anniversary of Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury, former deputy general manager of Janata Bank, says a press release.

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka yesterday alerted about a fake news being circulated in the media, describing it as a deliberate attempt to create misunderstanding about India in public domain and mislead people in Bangladesh.