Enlightened humans with creative ideas are required for a progressive and developed country, speakers told Bishwo Shahitto Kendro's (BSK) Nationwide Enrichment Programme (NEP), a book reading programme for students, launched yesterday at BIAM Model School and College in the capital's Eskaton.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government would construct 372 cyclone and flood shelters with Tk 888 crore in flood and cyclone-prone areas in the country.

Around 275 to 300 roads under will be repaired soon, says DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon.

Farhad Banu, wife of Md Tariqul Islam, company secretary of NCC Bank Ltd., died at BIRDEM Hospital on Monday, aged 63; says a press

A milad and a doa mahfils for late journalist Altaf Mahmud will be held at the auditorium of Jatiya Press Club in the capital after Asr

Water transport workers last evening withdrew their pre-announced countrywide indefinite work stoppage that was supposed to be

Five thousands bins will be set at different points of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) this year, Mayor Sayeed Khokon said yesterday.

Today is the second death anniversary of Anwarul Karim, an engineer.

A total of 5000 bins will be set at different points of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) by 2016, its Mayor Sayeed Khokon has said.

Veteran journalist Altaf Mahmud was buried at his family graveyard in Golkhali village under Galachipa upazila in Patuakhali yesterday.

A platform of Urdu-speaking people residing in Dhaka yesterday demanded that they be rehabilitated by being provided unused land at Baunia and Rupnagar area.

If given the responsibility to manage the storm drainage system, the two Dhaka city corporations would play a role in resolving the acute urban flooding and water logging in the capital, Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Annisul Huq said yesterday.

Ray of Light Care Services, a comprehensive and person-centred care giving service in Bangladesh, launched a new service named “Shanniddo”, said a press release yesterday.

Today is the seventh death anniversary of Md Shahidul Islam Pannu, director of Sarah Advertising Limited.

Nurul Islam, former Awami League publicity affair secretary, died of old-age complications in his Rayer Bazar residence in the capital on Friday. He was 80.

Last time Munni's parents saw her, she was only nine-years old.

Researchers, civil society members and traders yesterday urged the government to boost awareness campaigns and reinforce vigilance for safe food by bringing regulatory agencies under a single entity.

Development activities have been going on in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in full swing since the peace accord was signed in 1997, and none other than the Awami League-led government thought about changing the fate of the hill people, speakers said yesterday.

The 192nd birth anniversary of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, one of the most famous poets and dramatists in Bangla literature, is being celebrated today with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paying rich tributes in separate messages.

Altaf Mahmud, president of the pro-Awami League faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, dies at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka.