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A private museum named ‘Bangalee Shamagra’ is going to inaugurate a canvas today in the capital depicting significant events between 1952 and 1971. The planning minister, AK Khandokar, is expected to unveil the 25-feet canvas at the museum office on Elephant Road, a press release said.

Local people and stake holders Wednesday morning held demonstrations in Barisal city, protesting at increased fees charged by the Holling Bery Syed Moazzem Red Crescent Hospital authorities. At a four-kilometre human chain from Nazier Pole to Mahabaz area of the city, the demonstrators alleged that the authorities were trying to turn the hospital into

The authorities of the University of Science and Technology in Chittagong on Wednesday closed the institution for an indefinite period following a clash between two groups of students. The clash took place at about 12:30pm between the BBA students and MBBS students of Bangabandhu Memorial Medical College Hospital on the campus

Police on Wednesday recovered the bodies of two youths while another person was killed in a traffic accident in the capital. The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 22, son of Amzad Hossain of 196, Pachim Rampura, Kamrul Hasan Forhad, 24, son of Abu Bakar Siddique of 88, Purba Goran of Khilgaon, and Shohel Talukder, 28, ... Read more

The newly elected khulna city mayor, Moniruzzaman Moni, took over the charges of the Khulna City Corporation office on Wednesday. The charge handover function was held at the Nagar Bhaban in presence of the 41 ward councillors, 10 female members of the reserved seats

Participants in a human chain on Wednesday demanded imposition of immediate restrictions on the movement of illegal and unfit three-wheelers in the Barisal city. They also threatened to start tougher programmes if their demands would go ignored. The programme was organised by Barisal

A daylong workshop on ‘emerging researches of computer applications’ was held at Rajshahi University on Wednesday. The computer science and engineering department of the university organised the programme as part of a sub-project under Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project of the University Grants Commission. Vice-chancellor Professor

A Chittagong court on Tuesday sentenced three people to death for raping a national minority girl. Acting judge Md Rejaul Karim of tribunal-2 for prevention of children and women oppression handed them the sentence. The three convicted are Kamal Uddin alias Juel, 22, Suman Robi Das, 18, and Md Iqbal Hossen, 20. The trio is from Rangunina upazila

Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance tickets from October 2 to facilitate holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul Azha. Tickets of all classes for October 11 to 15 will be sold from October 2 to 6, Director General of Bangladesh Railway Abu Taher said at a press briefing at Rail Bhaban yesterday. The sale will continue from 9:00am to ... Read more

Unicef yesterday awarded the Meena Media Award to 32 journalists from print and electronic media for their outstanding work in promoting child rights during the last one year. In “reporting category” of print media, Rabaya Borshe Onita of Dainik Satta Sangbad won the first prize among the under-18 contestants while Rita Bhowmik

Teachers and students of Rajshahi Education Board Model School and college formed a human chain in the city on Tuesday morning, protesting at the attack on a teacher of the college. Several hundred teachers, students and office staff gathered in the Rajshahi rail gate area at around 11.00am and formed the human chain,

The teachers of Madan Mohan College in Sylhet on Tuesday observed work abstention as miscreants beat a lecturer of the college on Monday night. A group of miscreants, armed with hockey sticks, beat Biplab Chandra Roy to serious injury. Miscreants beat him at Lamabazar in the city around 9:00pm

The newly elected Sylhet city mayor, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, has launched a move to make the city clean and traffic congestion-free immediately after he took the office. Arif formally began his office at Nagar Bhaban on September 18 and on that day he issued a press release asking the street vendors to remove their

The newly elected Khulna city mayor, Moniruzzaman Moni, said he would try his best to fulfill his poll pledges without being politically biased. He said this while attending a press conference Tuesday morning at Hotel Royal International in the city on the occasion of taking charge of the

A mobile court of consumer rights preservation directorate in Barisal fined five hotels and restaurants Tk 30,000 in the city on Tuesday. Directorate assistant director Md Selimuzzaman led the court in the presence of Dr SM Sarwar of Barisal Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital.

At least two clearing and forwarding agents died when a covered van hit them on Monday night at Banglabazar area under Sadarghat police station in the Chittagong city. The deceased were Shaymol Chowdhury, 40, son of Ramprasad from Baskhali upazila and Rubel Chowdhury, 33, son of Babul Chowdhury from

A major part of the 3,887-metre Segunbagicha canal in the capital has been illegally encroached upon as the government authorities concerned have failed over the years to take any initiative to check the grabbing of the canal. The Segunbagicha canal starts close to the Hotel Sheraton and passes through Ramna, Shipakala Academy area and Segunbagicha, with ... Read more

The Khulna regional office of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh on Monday started selling onion at Tk 55 per kilogram from 15 outlets under five police stations in the Khulna city. Five trucks, each with 500 kilograms of onion, have been deployed in the city for open market sale of this essential cooking ingredient. The TCB ... Read more

At least 25 people were injured and more than 40 CNG-run auto-rickshaws vandalised in a two-hour clash between two groups of auto-rickshaw drivers in Sylhet city Monday afternoon. Police took the situation in control after firing teargas and rubber bullets, police said. Local sources said the clash began at

Detectives arrested eight members of a miscreants’ gang on Sunday who took away Tk 9 lakh from a client inside the Sonali Bank’s Lalmatia branch in the capital on August 26. The arrestees were Harun-or-Rashid, Md Badal, Emdadul Haque, Razu, Md Liton, Md Harun, Younus and Md Hannan, the police said. The gang took away the