Third gender deserves equal human dignity

Even a festival like Eid or Puja that brings boundless joy for all comes as an unbearable agony for the third gender known as Hijra, said a leader of the minority group yesterday, while narrating the anguish of the hermaphrodite population deserted by families.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Remove dustbin from Jibanananda Das' home entrance

The dustbin placed in front of the ancestral house of Jibanananda Das by Barisal City Corporation has to be removed,
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Chaiti Roy

Today is the 4th death anniversary of Chaiti Roy, a student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, says a press
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Dr Habibur Rahman

Today is the 5th death anniversary of Dr Habibur Rahman, former dean of the faculty of pharmacy of Dhaka University,
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the first death anniversary of Shamsun Nahar Rahman Paran, founder of Ghasful, an NGO working for
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Woman dies in Sylhet landslide

A woman was killed and her husband injured in a landslide at a stone quarry in Balughat area of Sylhet's Gowainghat
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Shops shut for 11hrs protesting CDA drive in port city

Owners kept their shops closed on Jamalkhan Road for around 11 hours yesterday, protesting a mobile court drive by
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Delara Hyder Tupu died of heart attack in Houston, Texas, USA on February 2. She was 73.
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Authorities to amend anomalous circular

The authority of Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday gave assurance to amend the recruitment circular for assistant
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Mahmudul Islam was true officer of court

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and eminent jurists yesterday deeply mourned the demise of renowned lawyer
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Ecnec okays construction of 12 new police barracks

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved the construction of 12 new barracks in
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM

9 tips to avoid ATM fraud

With the latest rise in financial crimes where thieves set up skimming devices to steal your money, the need to be aware of such crimes is more urgent.
16 February 2016, 06:54 AM

Martyred Sergeant Zahurul Haque's death anniversary observed

To mark the 47th death anniversary of Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque, Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) held different programmes at its
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Iqbal Hossain of PHP Group made honorary consul of Rwanda

The government of the Republic of Rwanda conferred the post of its honorary consul on Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, managing director of
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary of Kazi Aref, four others today

Today is the 17th death anniversary of Kazi Aref Ahmed, a Liberation War organiser and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Rajuk's parking lot reclamation on

Three teams of Rajuk cleared illegally occupied car parking spaces at over a dozen buildings in Gulshan, Dhanmondi and Uttara in the
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

NID cards to be corrected in upazilas too

People will no longer have to come to the National Identity Registration Wing's (NIDW) headquarters in the capital's Agargaon for corrections in national identity cards as the service will be provided from upazila election offices.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Biometric SIM registration to stop criminal activities: Speaker Shirin

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said biometric registration of mobile SIMs will stop criminal activities through cellphones.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Md Asaduddin, a freedom fighter, died due to old-age complications in his residence in Biral upazila of Dinajpur on Sunday night. He was
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Imam conference held in Savar

The annual Imam Conference organised by the Islami Foundation was held at Kornapara in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM