Move to set up stone crushers protested

Environmentalists and citizen groups yesterday formed a human chain at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar, protesting setting up of stone crushing machines in haors and wetlands in the district's Jaintapur upazila.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

13th witness links Shakhawat to brother's torture

Prosecutors yesterday once again got time to submit the investigation report against five Patuakhali men who were allegedly involved
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Nur threatens witnesses at courtroom

Seven persons, including a senior judicial magistrate and three policemen, gave testimonies before a Narayanganj court yesterday in
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM

30,000 poor families to get free healthcare cards

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will distribute smart health insurance cards among 30,000 poor families in the first phase under
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM

2-day workshop on urban poverty reduction begins in capital

A two-day workshop on urban poverty reduction in Bangladesh began at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital yesterday, said a press
20 March 2016, 21:17 PM

SAU officials call off strike but teachers yet to decide

Officials of Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) called off their strike and got back to administrative work yesterday.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Bus rams car in Khilkhet, 3 killed

Three people of a family including two women are killed and another injured after a passenger bus hit a private car from the rear in Khilkhet area of Dhaka.
20 March 2016, 13:00 PM

First phase campaign ends tonight

A three-week electoral campaign for the first phase Union Parishad (UP) polls will end tonight as per the Election Commission's
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Novel on India's partition out

A discussion was held on "Bharat Vager Osrukona", a novel written by Korunamoy Goswami in poet Shamsur Rahman auditorium of Bangla
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

7 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka

Law enforcers detain seven people in and around Dhaka in connection with collecting money as ransom from migrant workers after sending them to Sudan and Libya.
19 March 2016, 05:01 AM

Architecture fuses engineering, arts

Architecture combines engineering and fine arts to bring about comfort and ease in designing space, the finance
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Ctg girl found dead in bed with no injury

A six-year-old girl was found dead mysteriously in her bed yesterday in Tiger Pass area in Chittagong, where she used to live with her
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Passenger launch escapes capsizing

Sundarban-9, a Patuakhali-bound launch carrying over six hundred passengers, was luckily saved from sinking in Meghna river early
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Courage integral part to gain success in life

Youths must have courage to face challenges and defeat in the path towards building their careers because these are
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM

EC orders replacing Bagerhat UNO

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday in a letter asked the Ministry of Public Administration to immediately replace Bagerhat's
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Thakurgaon MP hurt as car hits tree

A Thakurgaon lawmaker and her driver were injured when her car hit a roadside tree in Gokul area on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Bogra Sadar upazila yesterday.
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Biplob was killed for protesting stalking

Family members of Biplob, who was killed at Raynagar in Sylhet on Wednesday, claimed that he was murdered for protesting stalking of his niece.
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu dreamt of Cox's Bazar as global recreation hub

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dreamt to turn the country's
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM

55 SAU teachers quit admin posts over recruitment

Fifty-five teachers and 12 officials of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) resigned from their administrative duties on Wednesday evening over an altercation
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Abul Mansur Ahmad's 37th anniversary of death today

Today is the 37th death anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad, a renowned litterateur, journalist and politician of the sub-continent.
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM