Dhaka: Dhaka Bank Limited (DBL) will provide scholarships to the students of social science faculty of Dhaka University as a part of celebrating its 15th year anniversary.Reshadur Rahman, Chairman of DBL on Monday handed over a cheque to A A M S Arefin Siddique, Vice-Chancellor of DU to

DHAKA: Deputy Leader of the House in Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury will act as President of the ruling Awami League as Prime Minister and party chief Sheikh Hasina is now abroad.Prime Minister Hasina left for Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on Tuesday night on a three-day visit to

SATKHIRA : A father and his son were killed in a tiger attack in the Sundarbans Tuesday night, said a Forest Department source. The dead were identified as Nawshad Gazi, 65, and his son Ismail Hossain, 13, of Kadamtola village in Shyamnagar upazila An official of Kadamtala Station in the

DHAKA: The probe-body to investigate Monday’s violent clash between two rival factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Jahangirnagar University campus started investigation Wednesday. Meanwhile, JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Sharif Enamul Kabir asked the committee to submit its report within

RAJSHAHI: A Bangladesh national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Charmazar Diyar border in Poba upazila Wednesday, official sources said.The deceased was identified as Faruque Hossain, 25, son of late Jamshed Sheikh in Kishorepur area under Rajpara thana in

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CHUADANGA: A BNP leader and UP chairman of Meherpur district was abducted and slaughtered here by armed assailants on Monday night, police said. Police recovered the beheaded body of Nazrul Islam, organizing secretary of Meherpur Sadar upazilla unit of BNP and chairman of Pirojpur union,

DHAKA:  Production in Habiganj gas field resumed on Tuesday afternoon on a higher scale after over a month’s of closure for renovation. Petrobangla Chairman Hossain Mansur said, “Some 3 crore cubic feet (cft) gas is now being extracted daily from No 11 well. The produced gas will

DHAKA: A housewife was allegedly killed by her husband in the city’s Rayerbagh area under Kadamtali thana Tuesday night following a family feud.The deceased was identified as Shahana Akhter, 18, wife of Noor Alam, owner of a restaurant. The couple used to live in a rental house at

DHAKA: Law enforcers in Kolkata are now interrogating Bangladeshi ‘top terror’ Mokbul Hossain alias Mukul for his involvement in terrorist activities in the neighboring West Bengal state of India after reigning supreme in part of Dhaka’s criminal gangland. Following a manhunt by law

DHAKA: Detective teams of police started to investigate on distributed leaflets from police headquarters, containing various demands mostly of entry level policemen. A government source said police are trying to collect the copies of the leaflet and identify the distributors. Hundreds of

CHITTAGONG: A speeding truck crushed a rickshaw leaving two people dead in front of officer’s colony gate the port area Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as Dr. Khadiza Begum (30), wife of Mejbah Uddin, assistant engineer of Chittagong port and an unidentified rickshaw puller

DHAKA: The vice chancellors of private universities would be the presidents of the syndicates from now on - the finalized private university bill - 2010 that would be placed next Sunday in the parliament included this rule, said the sources from Education ministry.The parliamentary

DHAKA: Five sub-inspectors of Gulshan and Darus Salam thanas in the capital were suspended Tuesday for three custodial deaths, as court’s binding orders were followed up with a quick compliance.They were also withdrawn from their workstations and sent to Rajarbagh police lines, Dhaka

SAVAR: Police early Tuesday raided four dormitories of Jahangirnagar University and arrested 17 students in the late-night swoop conducted following Monday’s violent factional clash between rivals in Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student body associated with the ruling Awami

DHAKA: A high-level meeting sits Wednesday at the Home Ministry in order to frame a new policy for mobile-phone users, a highly placed source in the ministry said, as phony phoning is on the rise. “Important issues will be discussed and decisions made from the meeting to stop cell-phone

DHAKA: Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Natore, Khagrachhari, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria and Comilla districts Tuesday.In Natore, a speedy bus knocked down a motorbike in Dakmara area on the Rajshahi-Natore Highway at about 10 am, killing the bike rider on the spot. The

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided on further deeper cuts in the international call rates to get greater numbers of people on the phone.  With the decision, rates for international phone calls with 25 countries of the world will substantially go

DHAKA: Locals are frustrated over Rajuk’s Gazipur satellite township scheme as the capital-development agency went on touting merits of its plan in disregard of mass public protests, leaders of the protestors said. Gazipur residents apprehend that the situation may escalate as Rajuk ran

DHAKA: Farhana Rahman, a meritorious student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Bashundhara branch, can now carry on her studies carefree with her tutelage insured by Bashundhara Foundation.Founded by big business-house Bashundhara Group, the foundation, which helps deprived and