Schoolchildren around Bangladesh are receiving their new text books at the start of the new academic year. At 9am on Sunday, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid officially began the Text Book Fair by giving out books to 5,000 students from 31 schools at Azimpur Government Girls' School and College in...
Read moreOur Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Jan 1: News Editor of the Daily Purbokone, Kalim Sarwar, has been re-elected president, and Senior Reporter of the Daliy Azadi, Suklal Dash, has been elected general secretary of the Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ), a unit of the BFUJ. The election was held on Saturday from...
Read moreMinister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader, also the Awami League general secretary, asked officials concerned on Sunday to complete the ongoing repair work of roads and highways before the next rainy season, reports BSS. "Rain cannot be made an excuse to defer the work by any means," he...
Read moreFE Report The country's private ambulance operators on Sunday morning postponed their indefinite strike after the home minister assured them of looking into their demands. "We have postponed our strike until February 01 as home minister Asaduzzaman Khan has invited us to his office at 10:00 pm on Sunday and...
Read moreFE Report At least 4,144 people were killed in 2,316 road accidents across the country in 2016 while 5,003 people were killed in 2,626 accidents in the previous year. Some 15,729 people were killed and 22,192 others injured in 7,655 road accidents across the country in last three years, according...
Read moreTo create awareness about Glaucoma an Android Application 'GLAUCOMA BANGLA' has been released. Glaucoma Specialist Prof M Nazrul Islam has written and developed the app, says a press release. Any person or a glaucoma patient can see the app and its contents to learn some basics and FAQ about Glaucoma....
Read moreSM Zobaidul Kabir has obtained PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) on Sustainable Resource Management from the University of Newcastle, Australia, says a press release. He is also an author of a book recently published by internationally renowned publisher Elsevier, USA. Mr Kabir is the second son of late Md Chandmiah Shikder...
Read moreParents of murdered Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu have sought a meeting with Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina as police investigation into the murder appears to hit a roadblock, reports bdnews24.com. "It has been nine months since our daughter's murder and the CID has not assured us of any...
Read moreAppellate Division judge Justice Mohammad Bazlur Rahman passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He was 62, reports UNB. Bazlur, who was suffering from liver cirrhosis, breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 6:15 pm, said SC Registrar General Syed Aminul Islam. He left behind...
Read moreLight rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country....
Read moreHackers have pulled up a brazen attack on as many as four dot bd domain websites in a virtual mockery of the country's digital security arrangements, reports bdnews24.com. Search engine giant Google's dot bd version is among the sites affected. The other sites are robi.com.bd, banglalink.com.bd and ittefaq.com.bd. Although telecom...
Read moreThe European Parliament (EP) has asked the government of Myanmar to allow the UN and other outside observers to assist in investigating recent events in Rakhine State's Maungdaw district, reports UNB. The EP also urged the military and security forces to stop immediately the 'killings, harassment and rapes' of the...
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