Budget session of JS begins today

The budget session of the eleventh parliament begins this afternoon amid the ongoing second wave of Covid-19. Scheduled to begin at 5pm, this will be also the thirteenth session of this parliament.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

RMCH running out of beds, ICU

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, that provides treatment to Covid-19 patients of Rajshahi district and beyond, has been running out of beds and high-flow oxygen facilities, hospital officials say.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Wife of accused seeks security after testifying against ex-SP Babul

Wife of Kamrul Islam Musa, an accused in Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case, has filed a general diary (GD), seeking security after giving testimony against former superintendent of police Babul Akter before a court yesterday.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

INUNDATED TOO EASILY

INUNDATED TOO EASILY
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Please release my son’

Jahanara Imam, mother of a higher-secondary student Ismail Hossain who was arrested in connection with the movement against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, demanded his son and others’ immediate release at a nagorik somabesh (citizens’ forum).
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

HC clears way for govt to appoint 54,000 teachers

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the government to resume the process for appointing around 54,000 teachers to private educational institutions across the country.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Possessing LSD: 5 arrestees on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed five university students on a five-day remand each in connection with a case filed for possessing the hallucinogenic drug Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD).
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Railways in two minds on developing infrastructure now for future electric train

Although more than half of the project period has already elapsed, railways authorities could not take decision yet whether they would develop some infrastructure for the installation of electric traction under the ongoing Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP).
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Illegally-recruited staffers confine top RU officials

Most of the 137 unlawfully recruited staffers, who were recruited by former Rajshahi University vice-chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan on his last day in office on May 6, laid siege to RU administrative building yesterday, pressuring the administration to allow them to join work.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Physician’s stabbed body recovered from flat in capital

Police recovered body of a doctor from her house in the city’s Kalabagan area yesterday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Kazi Sabira Rahman (47), a physician at Green Life Hospital. Police suspect that she was murdered, as the body bore stab marks with a sharp weapon.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Disaster Management in Sylhet: City authorities caught napping

There are laws, rules and specific instructions on how a government authority should remain prepared all the time to face a disaster.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

NSU launches new learning management system ‘CANVAS’

North South University (NSU) has launched the globally-renowned Learning Management System (LMS) “CANVAS” through a virtual session on Sunday. In doing so, NSU becomes the first among Bangladeshi universities to bring this technology to the country’s students.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Legal notice served on govt authorities

Three environmental and animal rights organisations yesterday sent a legal notice addressing the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry, Department of Environment and 11 others regarding the demise of 21 horses in Cox’s Bazar in the last one month.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Bangabandhu Chair’ introduced at Kuet

“Bangabandhu Chair” has been introduced at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) on the occasion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Allow Khaleda to go abroad for treatment’

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday called upon the government to withdraw its restriction on sending their party’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced treatment.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

6 markets in Sylhet closed for 10 days as earthquake precaution

Sylhet City Corporation closed six markets for 10 days in the city from this morning to avoid any untoward risk as several quakes hit the district on Saturday and yesterday.
31 May 2021, 14:13 PM

UNHCR officials to visit Bhashan Char

Two senior officials of UNHCR will visit Bhashan Char’s Rohingya housing facility today.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM

HC orders of ad-interim bail extended 4 weeks

All the ad-interim orders delivered by the High Court including those regarding bails have been extended for next four weeks because of ongoing pandemic.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Death of Girl in Gulshan: Police fail first probe deadline

Investigators yesterday did not submit a probe report before the court in the case filed against Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir over death of a college girl at a Gulshan flat in the capital.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Forced into Prostitution: Two girls rescued in port city

Police early yesterday rescued two girls, who were lured with the promise of jobs and later forced into prostitution, from CDA residential area of Agrabad in port city.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM