Metropolitan

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

Incidence of crimes, including murder and mugging, has marked a rise in the Rajshahi city, causing concern among the city dwellers. At least five people, including two women, were killed by miscreants in the past 30 days, police and hospital sources said. Besides, more than two dozens mugging

Two people were killed in separate accidents while an unidentified body was recovered in the Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka on Friday. Of the deceased, Imdadul Haque, 30, son of Munsur Ali of Kurigram sadar, was killed in a road accident at Uttara, and Monindra Baroi, a timber worker

The president, Abdul Hamid, on Friday directed the authorities concerned to speedily complete the work on Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover to relieve the city dwellers of severe traffic jam due to the construction work. ‘I requested them (authorities) to complete the work by this month and open it to transport,’ the president told journalists standing on

Miscreants stabbed four police personnel in the Sylhet city Thursday night. The injured were identified as the reserved police personnel —Mridul, Nazmul, Ripan and Rahul, sources in the police said. Sakibul Hasan Parvej, one of the attackers,

Communications minister Obaidul Quader on Friday directed the authorities concerned to serve a show-cause notice to the Chittagong Roads and Highways executive engineer Rana Priyo Barua for his ‘negligence’ of duty. The communications minister made the directive

The Journalism Alumni Forum of Rajshahi University will organise a general meeting on September 13. The meeting will start at 6:30pm at the Daily Star Centre, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka, said a press release of the JAFRU. JAFRU president Sazzad Hossain and general secretary FHM Humayan Kabir have requested all former students of the department for their presence.

More than two-thirds of the construction work of Barisal University have remained incomplete when the deadline to complete the work expired last month. Classes of BU were inaugurated by the education minister on January 24, 2012 on Zilla School campus of the city. Slow pace of the construction

Leaders of Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee submitted a memorandum to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, through deputy commissioner of Khulna Mesbah Uddin on Thursday, pressing their 18-point demand. The memorandum submission was a part

Photo agency and picture library Drik celebrated its 24th founding anniversary on Thursday through a programme featuring photo exhibition, memorial lecture and cultural presentation. Artist Mustafa Monowar gave the fifth Golam Kasem Daddy Lecture on aesthetics on the occasion laying stress on variation, harmony and unity in every

Robbers looted gold ornaments and cash from a house of a clinic official Thursday afternoon in Depara area under the Daulatpur police of Khulna city. The Daulatpur police officer-in-charge, Shuresh Halder, quoted Ataur Rahman, the house owner, said three masked men entered the house breaking

An Australian education showcase will be held at Ruposhi Bangla Hoel in Dhaka on September 10, a press release said on Wednesday. The event has been organised by Australian Education Agents Association of Bangladesh with the supports of Australian Trade Commission of the Australian High Commission in Dhaka, the release added. The Australian high