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The teachers and students of Rajshahi University on Monday formed a human chain and brought out a mourning procession on the campus demanding exemplary punishment to Shahadat Hossain’s killer. On Friday Rajpara police recovered the body of Shahadat Hossain, a third year student of physics department of RU from an under-construction

Students of Barisal University on Monday held a rally and sit-in on the campus as part of their continued agitation demanding immediate arrest of the killer of Saoda. Meanwhile, police sought remand of the arrested friend of the killer, Russel. The students at the rally said class boycott,

A National Policy Consultation Workshop on ‘Bringing Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Together: Towards Resilience’ will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center today. The UNDP Bangladesh is hosting the workshop in collaboration with the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme of the government,

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested a drug trafficker and seized 4.8kg ganja from his possession in Sylhet city Sunday night. The RAB officials identified the arrestee as Jubel Miah, 18, of village Badatipur under sadar upazila in Moulvibazar. Acting on a tip-off, a RAB-9 team conducted

Five mathematics department students of Dhaka University have received AF Mujibur Rahman Foundation Gold Medal for their outstanding academic performances. The DU vice-chancellor, Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique handed the medals and cheques for stipend over to them on Monday. The award recipients

The admission tests of 2013-14 academic year at the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology would be held on November 16, said the university administration. The authorities said two more departments, architecture and mechatronics engineering, would be added this year and 30 students for each department

Two mobile courts of the Chittagong City Corporation and the Chittagong Development Authority fined two restaurants and demolished nearly 100 illegal establishments on Monday. The CDA executive magistrate, Mohammad Ashraful Alam, conducted a drive at the city’s Muradpur in Bibirhat area at about 11:00am and pulled down

A fire burnt valuables in a compartment of a Sylhet-bound train at Kamalapur rail station in the capital early Sunday. Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Kamalapur railway police station, said the fire broke out in a compartment of ‘Parabat Express’ train at a wash-shed of the station around 4:00am. Few minutes after the train stood in the wash-shed,

Rajshahi and Rangpur medical students formed human chains on their respective campuses on Sunday, demanding road safety and ‘guarantee of natural death’. They formed the human chains protesting against the road accident in Bogra in which their fellow Mehnaj Sultana Happy, student of Rangpur Medical College,

Saoda Killing BU students continue agitation Students of Barisal University continued their agitation on Sunday blocking roads and holding procession in the city, demanding immediate arrest of the killer of their fellow Saoda. The university authorities, suspending classes on Sunday, held a condolence meeting on Saoda on the campus. The meeting was presided over

Police arrested a multi-level marketing businessman at Crescent Road in the capital Saturday night on allegation of fraudulence. Abdur Rahman, who claimed himself as managing director of Sun Group, was arrested at around 11:30pm on Saturday and later handed over to Ramna police station, said Md Iqbal, officer-in-charge of Kalabagan police station.

Khulna Cultural Development Committee will lay siege to the Khulna deputy commissioner office on September 15 and submit a memorandum to the DC, demanding the implementation of Khulna Shilpakala Academy construction and installation of a TV station projects. The KCDC leaders announced the programme at a press conference held at Khulna

The registration for admission tests of 2013-14 academic year at the Rajshahi University would start on September 18 and continue till October 6, said the university authorities. The registration process would be done through mobile phone, the authorities said. The decision came on Sunday in a meeting

The police and narcotics control department members arrested four people from the capital’s Pragati Sarani area for having narcotic materials in their possession early Sunday. The narcotics control department deputy director, Golam Kibria, said, ‘Acting on a tip-off, the police and narcotics department members arrested singer

Saoda laid to rest The body of Saoda Begum, who was hacked to death by her senior fellow at Barisal University on Thursday, was buried at family graveyard at Hatempur village of Patharghat in Barguna on Saturday. Her fellows at the university, meanwhile, issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities to arrest the alleged killer, or ... Read more

Traders will enforce a daylong strike in Sylhet city on Sunday as the police are yet to arrest the robbers and recover the looted gold ornaments even four days after the incident. The business leaders at a meeting, held on Saturday afternoon at Nehar Market at East Zindabazar in the city, urged the traders and ... Read more

Speakers at a roundtable on Saturday slammed the Information and Communication Technology (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 terming it a law of the medieval age as there is a provision of rigorous punishment for minor offences. They also demanded repeal of the section 57 of

The Rajpara police recovered the body of a man from an under construction dormitory in Terokhedia area in the Rajshahi city on Friday.  Witnesses said some miscreants hacked the man to death taking him to the fourth floor of the building at about 8.00pm. The Rajpara police, officer-in-charge, ABM Rezaul Islam

A photo studio owner was killed by unidentified gunmen at Mirertek Bazar under Sonargaon police station in Narayanganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shahin Mia, 40, son of Abdul Jabbar, of Kanchpur area and owner of prince studio at Mirertek Bazar. Victim’s elder

The government has finally started the process to issue licence to Mishuks owners and drivers for launching CNG or petrol-run four stroke three-wheeler auto rickshaws in Dhaka city. Mishuk owners and workers said that they had suffered a lot as the authorities concerned had delayed taking the initiative. The Bangladesh Road