Pry school scholarship result today

The list of the students obtaining scholarship from primary schools this year will be published today.
18 April 2016

Dhaka offers condolences after Ecuador quake

Bangladesh has expressed deep shock at the casualties and destructions following the recent devastating earthquake that shook Ecuador.
18 April 2016

UK, Belgium, Sri Lanka get new envoys

Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Ismat Jahan will replace High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Md Abdul Hannan
18 April 2016

Khaleda files two pleas with HC challenging trial court order

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed two petitions with the High Court challenging a lower court order that rejected her two applications in connection with Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Sunday.
18 April 2016

Mobile lab to test ETP waste of Dhaka garment factories

A mobile testing laboratory for waste water and sludge generated by effluent treatment plants in the readymade garment (RMG) factories was inaugurated in the capital yesterday, aiming to help reduce pollution.
18 April 2016

50 tonnes of Hilsa fry seized in Ctg

A mobile court of the Chittagong district administration seized around 50 tonnes of Hilsa fry and detained 15 fishermen from a vessel in the Karnaphuli river yesterday.
18 April 2016

DNCC opens two new public toilets

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday opened two modern public toilets at Tejgaon Satrasta T&T Gate and Hazi Moron Ali Road to ensure healthcare of the city dwellers.
18 April 2016

UN experts stress humane approach to drug control

Ahead of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS), a group of United Nations human rights experts have called upon states to use the occasion to integrate their human rights obligations in the international drug control regime.
18 April 2016

Goyeshwar slams BNP for not observing Ilias' disappearance anniversary

BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday strongly criticised the party's high-ups for not holding any programme marking the fourth anniversary of disappearance of its leader M Ilias Ali, and for urging the government to trace him out.
18 April 2016

ASK worried over Shafik Rehman's arrest

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed deep concern over the arrest and remand of senior journalist Shafik Rehman.
18 April 2016

Youth found dead in Ctg

A youth was found dead in his room in Bakalia area of Chittagong city yesterday morning.
18 April 2016

Laundry room asst of DU hall jailed for sexual harassment

A laundry assistant of a dormitory of Dhaka University was sentenced to two years' imprisonment yesterday and a teacher of Jagannath University was suspended for allegedly sexually harassing female students.
18 April 2016

Violence against women increasing, says Anisuzzaman

Despite progress of women in different socio-economic and cultural fields, violence against women is continuing to dim their success, speakers say.
18 April 2016

Tonu murder: HC drops writ seeking judicial probe

The High Court drops a writ petition filed seeking judicial inquiry into the killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu from its hearing list.
18 April 2016

11-yr-old raped in Khilgaon, ‘culprit’ arrested

An 11-year-old girl has been allegedly raped in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area. A case has been filed in this regard and the accused cuprit arrested.
18 April 2016

Govt neither supports nor allows extrajudicial killings

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Saturday said the government neither gave any authority to any law enforcement agency to carry
17 April 2016

Restriction on entry to Dhaka airport's concourse withdrawn

Restriction on the entry of visitors to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's concourse was withdrawn yesterday after it had been
17 April 2016

Mahabubur new chairman of Dhaka Education Board

The government has appointed Prof Mahabubur Rahman, principal of Government Rajendra College, Faridpur, as the new chairman of the
17 April 2016

PM condoles loss of lives in Japan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the tragic loss of human lives and massive destructions, following the very recent
17 April 2016

Clinker-laden lighter vessel capsizes in Bay of Bengal

A lighter vessel carrying around 1,400 tonnes of clinkers and with 13 people on board capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Hatia coast after
17 April 2016