UNB, Bagerhat Though the Sundarbans is not too far away from the district town, Bagerhat girls Ona and Samia have never been there, but they have heard about the mangrove forest a lot and read many stories about it. With the Tiger Caravan has carried the forest with the tiger up to their doorsteps, Ona…
UNB, Gazipur A fire broke out at a spinning mill in Shofipur area in Kaliakair upazila on Saturday night. However, no one was injured in the incident. Apurba Bol, station officer of Kaliakair Fire Station said, the fire broke out at Jamuna Spinning Mill of the area around 7:30pm. Four fire fighters unit from Kaliakair…
UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh National Museum (BNM) is going to publish the biggest catalogue of artifacts in Asia. President of BNM trustee board M Azizur Rahman said this at a discussion, titled ‘Collection Management System and Descriptive Catalogues of Bangladesh Museum, held at the museum on Saturday. Azizur Rahman said this catalogue will be published in…
Delwar Hossain There have been allegations that different panels of UC election fought between themselves and created chaos in different areas and the monitoring process is not taking place rightly. To this, the election commissioner Md. Shah Nawaz said, “If any specific accusation can be found, those will be scrutinized.” EC informed that 8…
Sujan Koiri The DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah has given strict order to prevent hijacking by any means. He ordered this in a monthly crime conference held in DMP’s headquarter on Saturday. He added that all the cases filed of hijacks that happened in the past will be scrutinized. He ordered to solve the cases…
UNB, Dhaka Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Saturday suggested BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to form her party’s committees in its sixth national council with young leaders dropping the elderly ones to revitalise it. “There’ll be no use of increasing the number of members of BNP’s standing committee, central committee and advisory council. The…
UNB, Barisal At least ten people were injured in a clash between the followers of two chairman candidates during electioneering ahead of Sarikal union parishad (UP) election at Kurirchar in Gauranadi upazila on Saturday afternoon. Officer-in-charge of Gauranadi Police Station M Alauddin Milon said two chairman aspirants – BNP-backed SM Manjur Hossain and AL-nominated Faruk…
UNB/ AP, Piraeus Clutching an English phrase book, Mohammed Sawadi is preparing to head north. The 23-year-old university student traveled from Damascus with his two cousins. They knew Greece’s borders were closed before leaving home but say nothing will stop them getting to northern Europe. “We made a vow: We will get to Europe, and…
UNB/ AFP Two teenage girls have been charged in France with allegedly plotting to assault a Paris concert hall some four months after the nation’s deadliest terror attacks, legal sources said on Saturday. The girls, 15 and 17 years old, exchanged messages on Facebook in which they claimed they wanted to launch an attack similar…
UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh-India Cotton Festival 2016, jointly arranged by Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA) and Indian Cotton Association Limited (ICAL) was held in the city on Saturday. The event was held in cooperation with the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and the India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI). Commerce Minister Tofail…