DU unit BCL expresses solidarity with students

    Hossen Sohel: Expressing solidarity with the students demanding safe roads, Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders of Dhaka University unit yesterday distributed chocolates and sweets among the protesters at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka. BCL DU unit President Sanjib Chandra Sarker and Secretary Saddam Hossein went to Shahbagh intersection around 11:30am where around 1,000 students were demonstrating in…

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      Iraq withdrawal prompts partial redraw for Asian Games

      Arab News: The United Arab Emirates will face China, East Timor and Syria at this month’s Asian Games after the Asian Football Confederation conducted a partial redraw of the football competition on Friday following Iraq’s late withdrawal. The redraw was the second time the group phase of the competition had to be amended after organizers…

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        Teenager held for beating college girl

        UNB: Police on Saturday afternoon detained a teenage boy from in front of Kolaroa Municipality Bhaban in Satkhira district, on charge of beating a college girl. Detainee Zahid Hasan Rana, 18, is a resident of Murarikati village in the municipality, said Kolaroa Police Station officer in-charge Maruf Ahmed.

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          BMDA brings 8.93 lakh hectares of land under irrigation

          BSS: The Barind Multi-purpose Development Authority (BMDA) has brought over 8.93 lakh hectares of croplands including 3.15 lakh hectares irri-boro fields under irrigation in almost 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions. The huge croplands get the irrigation facilities through operating 15,517 power-driven deep tube wells (DTWs) and 417 low lift pumps in almost round…

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