Prof Md Ismail Hossain has been appointed as the new pro-vice chancellor of North South University (NSU) on July 24.

A college student was found murdered at dawn in Rajshahi city yesterday, while he was on his way to board a Dinajpur-bound train to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with his family.

Preventing atrocities against women

A 16-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, left for New Delhi yesterday to attend the seventh Bangladesh-India home minister talks, according to a home ministry press release.

A journalist of private television channel Mohona TV, who went missing on Saturday evening from Dhaka, was found in Sunamganj Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

A journalist of private television channel Mohona TV, who went missing on Saturday evening from Dhaka, was found in Sunamganj Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday demanded immediate resignation of the chief election commissioner, four other election commissioners and concerned officials of the Election Commission (EC), for their alleged involvement in irregularities and corruption in the name of giving speech and training ahead of the national and upazila elections.

The High Court yesterday issued status quo for two months on publication of gazette notification on implementing the recommendations of 9th wage board for journalists.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday claimed that the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) is satisfied with the anti-torture report of Bangladesh.

Mohammad Yaqub, a sportsman, passed away in Oldenburg, Germany on Monday. He was 69, says a press release.

Citing 2.28 crore unemployed youths in the country, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday placed a 12-point recommendation for ensuring quality education.

A daylong anti-Aedes mosquito campaign will be launched tomorrow in all districts and upazilas of Chattogram division.

A cattle market has been set up in Savar’s Ulail without permission from local administration, on the same ground that municipality authorities earlier failed to get a lessee for despite inviting tenders twice.

A man was found dead in Barishal yesterday, hours after going missing.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed 18 cases against 24 persons -- including seven retired customs officials, 13 importers and four clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents -- on charges of dodging around Tk 2.66 crore tax.

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from her residence in Shubakardi of Narayanganj Bandar upazila yesterday afternoon.

An animal rights organisation has raised allegations against Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) of violating a High Court order against indiscriminate culling of dogs -- in different places of the city.

Police arrested a businessman from the capital on Monday night in connection with several cases filed by different financial institutions of Chattogram over loan scams and bank cheque frauds.

The standing committee on hard term loan approves the proposal from B-R Powergen to borrow from a German bank on the condition that the power plant would get listed as it starts generation.

The government announces the prices of different types of rawhides from animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha.