An early morning shower on Sunday caught the book publishers at the Amar Ekushey book fair off-guarded as it damaged huge books at the fair venue, reports UNB.Jalal Ahmed, member secretary of the book fair management committee, said that some stalls were also damaged due to the rain that swept...
Read moreNational Road Safety Council (NRSC) has formed two committees, one comprising three ministers, to recommend the ways on preventing road accidents in the country and implementing the Road Transport Act.Former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, also a labour leader, has been made head of the 15-member body formed to bring discipline...
Read moreThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) unearthed on Saturday evidence of massive irregularities and graft in extraction of stones from Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh.The commission through its hotline-106 received a complaint that a powerful syndicate, damaging the environment, has been extracting stones worth millions of taka after bribing some government officials.Acting on...
Read moreKISHOREGANJ, Feb 17 (UNB): A tribunal here sentenced two police constables to death for killing two college girls after rape a hotel in Dhaka in 2008.The convicts are constables Maniruzzaman alias Halud Mia alias Sujon, 32, and Shamim Hawlader alias Zahir, 38, both were attached to the District Police Lines.Judge...
Read moreThe Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) School of Life Sciences has hosted a seminar on the scientific, economic and social aspects of precision medicine by Variant Genomics President and CEO Dr Nazneen Aziz, reports bdnews24.com.Dr Aziz also provided an update on the state of genomics technology and how it is used...
Read moreNOAKHALI, Feb 17 (UNB): A man and his nephew were killed as a thunderbolt hit them at Baorcourt village in Sonaimuri Upazila on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Noman Hossain, 45, son of Abdul Matin and his nephew Saiful Islam, 12, son of Babul Mia of the village.Quoting locals, officer-in-charge...
Read moreSAVAR, Feb 17 (UNB): A case was filed in connection with the 'gang-rape' of a female garment worker at Natunpara in Hemayetpur on Sunday.The victim filed the case with the Savar Model Police Station on Sunday morning, said Golam Nabi, in-charge of Savar Model Police Station.Earlier on February 14, a...
Read moreBRAHMANBARIA, Feb 17 (UNB): Al Mahmud, one of the major poets of modern Bengali literature who died on Friday night, was laid to rest at his hometown here on Sunday afternoon.The poet was buried beside the graves of his parents at a graveyard at Dakkhin Morail after his third namaz-e-janaza...
Read moreCUMILLA, Feb 17 (UNB): At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus crashed into a truck from backside on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Gangrai in Chauddagram Upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Aslam Mollah, 62, resident of Chandramohon Uttarpara village in Khulsi, Hashi, 50,...
Read moreKHULNA, Feb 17 (UNB): Police recovered 32 abandoned grenades from a fish enclosure at Sonadala village in Paikgachha Upazila on Sunday.A group of workers spotted some bomb like objects while they were excavating a pond inside the enclosure of Kamar Molla of the village at around 10:30 am and informed...
Read moreRain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country.Night temperature may...
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