Six get World Teachers' Day Award

Six educationists got “World Teachers' Day Award” yesterday for their contributions to education and research in the country.
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Ctg passengers also see overcharging on buses

Altercations and scuffles between passengers and transport workers in buses running on different routes in Chittagong city marked the first day the "new fare rate" set by the government became effective.
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh court sends cricketer Shahadat to jail on surrender

A Dhaka court yesterday sent suspended national cricketer Shahadat Hossain to jail after he surrendered before it seeking bail in a case filed for torturing his 11-year-old domestic help.
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

US working to verify ‘IS clam’ of killing 2 foreigners in Bangladesh

The United States yesterday said it has taken seriously the reported Islamic State claims of killing two foreigners in Bangladesh.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt served legal notice for judicial probe into UGC man's custodial death

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the government seeking a judicial inquiry in 24 hours into the custodial death of a University Grants Commission (UGC) official.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

100-member youth delegation to visit India for eight days from today

As part of yearly event, a 100-member youth delegation from Bangladesh will pay an eight-day visit to India beginning
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Judiciary working independently

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday in Chittagong University said the judiciary of the country is fully
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Vegetable price still high in Ctg despite enough supply

Even though supply of vegetables to the kitchen markets in Chittagong city has returned to almost normal, the price
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

International confce on drug development starts in capital

A four-day long international conference on "Drug Discovery and Development Research in Developing Countries-
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Atomic scientists slam 8th payscale

Abolition of financial benefits known as "selection grade" and "timescale" in the newly announced eighth payscale
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

IBA admission seekers demand permission to retake tests

Admission seekers for the bachelor programme at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) under Dhaka University
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Protesters exhibit proofs of question leak

The headmasters of government primary schools of Chittagong district yesterday started their work stoppage
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Lawmaker sued, surrenders arms

Gaibandha-1 MP Manzurul Islam Liton yesterday surrendered two licensed firearms to police, a day after he allegedly shot a 10-year-old boy.
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Japanese man shot dead in Rangpur

Armed criminals shot to death a Japanese national in Rangpur yesterday, just five days after an Italian aid worker was murdered in the capital's Diplomatic zone. Victim Hoshi Kunio, 66, was gunned down around 10:00am when he was going by a rickshaw to his farmland at Alutari under the district's Kaunia upazila, police said, quoting witnesses.
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

15,000 cattle fattening pills seized

Border Guard Bangladesh seized 15,000 pieces of cattle fattening tablets named Provit in Fakirpara area at Hili border of Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur yesterday.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Two fake NGO officials held in Pirojpur

The Detective Branch of police on Thursday night arrested two officials of a fake non-government organisation (NGO) in Pirojpur town
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Community healthcare providers demand nationalisation of job

Community health care providers in Chittagong division yesterday demanded nationalisation of their job.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Woman kidnapped from Narsingdi rescued in Ashulia, 3 arrested

Rapid Action Battalion rescued a woman from an Ashulia house in Savar outside the capital yesterday three days after she had been kidnapped from Narsingdi.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Seven Bangladeshis return from Indian jail after two years

Seven Bangladeshi nationals, including a child, returned home through Benapole check post on Thursday night after serving two years' sentence in a Kerala jail in India.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

HC circuit bench demanded in Ctg

High Court Circuit Bench Implementation Council, Chittagong yesterday demanded that the government establish a circuit bench of High Court in the divisional city.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM