UNB, Dhaka Underscoring the need for further enriching Bangla, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called for building massive awareness to avoid distortion of the mother language. “We want people to know different languages, but in doing so there shouldn’t be any distortion of our language, and everyone should remain aware and cautious in this…
On the occasion of International Mother Language Day as well as Martyrs’ Day, Omar Ekushey Boi Mela premise was over flowed with book lovers. (Photo: Abu Sufian Ratan)
UNB, Panchagarh A Hindu temple priest was hacked to death and a devotee shot in an attack by some miscreants in Deviganj upazila on Sunday morning. Police and witnesses said some miscreants who came in a motorbike set off several crude bombs at Sonto Gourir Moth on the western side of the Karatoa River in…
UNB, Dhaka Another suspect reportedly confessed before a local court on Sunday to his involvement in the killing of four children at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj. Senior judicial magistrate Kaushik Ahmed Khandakar recorded the statement of Jewel Miah under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the afternoon, said court…
UNB, Dhaka US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat and the staff of the Embassy on Sunday launched a special video message to the Bangladeshi people marking the International Mother Language Day. In the video, American staff honored those who had sacrificed their lives to preserve Bangla language and wished the people of the country saying…
UNB Two cousins were killed in an attack allegedly by their nephews at Gobindhal village in Singair upazila on Sunday over the share of money and land. Five people were also injured in the attack that took place in the morning. The deceased were identified as Aziz Mollah, 55, son of late Rahim Mollah, and…
UNB A mobile court here on Sunday fined four people Tk 5,000 each for carrying jatkas (hilsa fries less than 10 inches in length) in a pickup in Piarpur area of Sadar upazila. The convicts are two fish traders Padar Bhandari and Anwar Hossain, pickup driver Jasim Uddin and his helper Selim Uddin,. Police in…
Syed Rabius Shams According to International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Information and Communication Technology index, Bangladesh has moved up one step ahead to 144, which was at 145 back in 2014. Bangladesh has progressed 4 steps in the last five years, up from 148th position back in 2010. To coup with this trend, Hifipublic a Dhaka…
BSS, Dhaka Police arrested two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in possession of fire-arms and bullets at Satkania Upazila in Chittagong on Sunday morning. The arrested were identified as Mohammad Rifat, 22 and Didarul Alam, 20. Police recovered a light gun (LG), a country-made single barrel gun and four cartridges. A team of Satkania police…
UNB, Dhaka Petrobangla is close to completing its evaluation of the bids received in the re-tender of the 2D Non-Exclusive Multi-Client Seismic Survey in the offshore area of Bangladesh. According to official sources, the state-owned hydrocarbons corporation received bids from five international seismic survey companies on January 31, the last day for bid submission under…