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Former General Secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Freedom Fighter Syed Abu Zafar is laid to eternal rest at his village home in Moulvibazar today, reports BSS.He would be buried at Shah Mostafa Dargah adjacent graveyard at Shamsernagar in Moulvibazar district following a namaj-e-ja...
Muslims across the country are set to observe the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr today night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), reports BSS.Special prayers and sermons will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and other mosques across th...
The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) was observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere in the world, highlighting health and additional risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to cut tobacco consumption, reports BSS.This year’s theme of the day is “Tobacco and...
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Halima Jabbar, wife of legendary singer, music composer and freedom fighter, Abdul Jabbar, died of old age complications early on Thursday morning.She was 75 years old. She was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) about three months ago for treatment of multiple ...
Rejecting the BNP’s demand for midterm election, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the next general polls would be held in due time as per the constitution, reports BSS.“There is no reason to hold the election before the due time. The parliamentary polls will be held a...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahed Malek on Tuesday said Bangladesh has achieved a tremendous progress in the overall health index as the government gave special importance on all the branches of and increase investment in health sector, reports BSS.“The maternal and child mortality rate...
Customs officials detained a man along with 103 gold bars weighing 10.3kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night.The detainee is Md Abdus Salam, 48, hailing from Gazipur. He returned from Singapore on a Singapore Airlines flight that landed at the airport around 10:40pm.With this,...
Speakers at a discussion marking World Press Freedom Day in the capital recently said that freedom of media is crucial in countering fundamentalism, injustice, and corruption in society.Therefore, everyone in society should fight for the freedom of media, they observed.In the discussion meeting and ...
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities on Tuesday decided to set up check posts on the campus to restrict movement of heavy vehicles aiming to ensure safe and congenial atmosphere for its students, reports BSS. Initially, security officials will be deployed on the busy entrances of the campus in...
A Chattogtram court on Tuesday sent Saraipara Ward Councillor Saber Ahmed to jail over the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Mahiuddin Sohel.Saber’s lawyer Sheikh M Iftekhar Shimul said that his client had been taken into police custody.Earlier, the Awami League leader secured ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a post-operation eye examination at a hospital in the capital on Monday morning.“The prime minister had a post-operation eye examination at Deen Mohammad Eye Hospital in the capital at 9:30 am,” PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Ashraful Alam Khokan said,...
Eleven acting secretaries have been promoted to the rank of secretary. The public administration ministry issued a notice announcing their promotions on Sunday.According to the rules, the officials were first made officers on special duty and then appointed to their previous posts by separate orders...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said Bangladesh is firmly committed to fighting corruption, as a result of which graft is getting curbed in the country day by day, reports BSS. “…We also expect the international community would extend their full...
The newly-elected mayor and councillors of Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) were sworn-in at a function at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Dhaka on Monday morning, reports BSS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath of office to MCC Mayor Ekramul Haque Titu, while 44 cou...
Three persons were electrocuted in separate areas of Tangail Sadar upazila on Sunday, reports BSS. The deceased were identified as Sadeq Hossain, 16, son of Abdul, Parvez, 18, son of Halem, and Sanaullah, 60, residents of village Abdullahpur of the upazila.Police sources said Sadeq Hossain came...
A seven-day old baby was left abandoned allegedly by her mother at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal on Monday. The authorities were trying to send the child to a child care home, sources said. Hospital sources said that a woman named Mansura, gave birth to a baby girl ...
The “Safe Motherhood Day-2019” will be observed today (Tuesday) in the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS. This year’s theme of the day is “Dignity and Right: Pledge to Midwife Service at Health Centers”.President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Has...
Country’s apparel and textile sector leaders on Monday demanded five per cent cash incentive on export prices of readymade garment (RMG) products for next five years to remain competitive in the global market saying that RMG manufacturers were facing a precarious situation due to low prices of...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained three persons for mixing color into beef and selling buffalo meat claiming beef at New Market of the capital on Monday.Executive magistrate of RAB Headquarters Sarwar Alom fined two shops Taka 40,000 and seized 6 tons of meat).Sarwar Alom said that me...
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