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'Remove restrictions on NGOs, CSOs working with Rohingyas'

Cox's Bazar-based CSO-NGO Forum (CCNF) demanded on Sunday the reinstatement of legal one stop service of the NGO Bureau and also to drop unnecessary complications with regard to their work, reports UNB.CCNF is a local platform consisting of local NGOs and civil society organisations (CSOs), which have been engaged in...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnesses parade at the National Parade Ground

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnesses parade at the National Parade Ground at Tejgaon in the city on Saturday on the occasion of the Great Victory Day. — BSS Photo

Police arrest tea shop owner over violating a disabled girl

SAVAR, Dec 17 (UNB): Police arrested a tea shop owner on Sunday for allegedly violating a physically challenged minor girl at Nagar Konda Jamaddarpara here.The arrestee was identified as Majibar Rahman (35), hailing from Jamaddarpara.Police said Majibar raped the 11-year-old girl at her own residence in the morning when her...

2,300 ponds to store rainwater for supply later

The government has embarked on a project to supply pure water through preserving rainwater after recovering 2,300 ponds of the country's 61 district councils from illegal occupants, reports BSS.Local Government Division Secretary Abdul Malek said this while inaugurating the day-long Bijoy Mela at LGED headquarters on Sunday organised by the...

Nahid seeks ACC support to combat graft in edn sector

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid sought cooperation of Anti-corruption commission (ACC) on Sunday to eradicate corruption and all sorts of irregularities from the education sector, report agencies.The minister said that some immoral teachers are main perpetrators behind the question paper leak."There were many suggestions to stop question paper leak. Many...

HC summons govt official over penalising lawyer in mobile court

The High Court (HC) has summoned a government official over penalising a lawyer in Dinajpur following an argument over taking a seat in the public servant's office, reports bdnews24.com.On Dec 14, a newspaper reported that the northern district's Birganj Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Biroda Rani set up a mobile court...

Quader for careful driving in thick fog

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged the drivers on Sunday to drive vehicles carefully in thick fog keeping the speed under control, reports BSS.The minister made the call while inaugurating a Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) bus depot and mobile app 'Katodur' at Gabtali in the city.Local MP...

Ex-Ctg mayor Mohiuddin Chy's Qulkhwani today

CHITTAGONG, Dec 17 (UNB): The Qulkhwani of former mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and President of the City Awami League ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury will be held in the city today (Monday).On the occasion, Mohiuddin's family will arrange mezban for 80,000 people at 12 places of the port city, including...

Indian, Russian AFD teams meet BN, BAF chiefs

Two delegations of Indian and Russian Armed Forces, who participated in our War of Liberation, have called on Chief of naval staff Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed at Bangladesh Navy (BN) Headquarters and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Chief Marshal Abu Esrar at BAF Falcon Hall on Sunday, reports BSS.Lt Gen (Retd) Jai...

Fisheries Minister in eternal rest

BRAHMANBARIA, Dec 17 (UNB): Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, who breathed his last Saturday, was laid to eternal rest at Purbobhagh village of Nasirnagar in the district on Sunday evening.He was buried at their family graveyard in Purbobhagh after his third namaz-e-janaza at Purbobhagh High School ground where...

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman i

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurates an anti-smoking and anti-drug long march organised by Sarda Society, Bangladesh in front of the DU Administrative Building on Sunday.

Samira obtains doctor of dental surgery degree from Canada

Samira Hossain, daughter of SAM Hossain, vice chairman of Standard Bank Limited and Rahela Hossain, director of Prime Insurance Company Limited, recently completed her doctor of Dental Surgery course from School of Medicine & Dentistry under University of Western Ontario, Canada.She has already begun her career in Canada. She hails...

WEATHER- 18-12-2017

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB.Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged and day temperature may fall by 1-2 degrees Celsius over the country.The country's highest temperature of 29.5 degrees Celsius was recorded on Sunday at Teknaf and...