UNB, Savar A worker was killed as he fell from the rooftop of an under-construction building at Khagan village here on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abu Taleb, 26, son of Yusuf Bepari of Kalyanpur village in Rajbari district. Witnesses said 10 workers, including Taleb, were working on the rooftop of a two-storey…
BSS, Dhaka A nine-day Bangladesh Shishu Academy Book Fair began on Friday on its premises on the occasion of 97th birthday of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day-2016. Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the book fair as the chief guest while Chairman of the…
BSS, Chittagong Sub-commander of Sector-1 during the War of Liberation in 1971 and now Minister for Public Works & Housing Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, said he made the Shuvapur Bridge inoperative ahead of the war at the inspiration of Bangabandhu. “Few days before the beginning of the Liberation War, I met Bangabandhu and disclosed my plan…
BSS, Laxmipur State Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Bir Protik said Bangladesh is moving forward towards the pursued development overcoming all darkness of disappointment. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has brought the country on the highway of development,” he said while addressing a rally at Matabbar Hat area under kamalnagar upazila in the district….
UNB, Khulna Police rescued a newborn boy from a private hospital in the city on Friday, a day after he was stolen from another hospital. The law enforcers also arrested a couple — Nasima Begum Shabana, 35, and her husband Abdul Mannan Jamaddar, 45, in this connection. Hailing from Barisal district, the couple used to…
UNB, Dhaka Shougat Nazbin Khan, a young education advocate from Bangladesh, has received the Commonwealth Youth Awards for excellence in development work. She was one of four outstanding young people aged under 30 recognised in the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Awards and named as Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for Asia, Shougat Nazbin told…
UNB, Tungipara Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the conspiracy of the anti-liberation forces is still on, but they cannot confuse the people like the previous time. “The anti-liberation forces are still hatching conspiracy against Bangladesh, but that conspiracy has now failed to confuse the people,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while…
BSS, Dhaka The World Economic Forum has nominated State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak as the Young Global Leader 2016. The forum has announced the name of Zunaid Ahmed Palak and other most distinguished leaders under the age of 40 at their website this evening, an official release said here. Palak has been…
UNB, Dhaka Malaysia’s decision to halt the recruitment of new foreign workers will not affect the validity of the deal signed with Bangladesh as it will remain valid once the country lifts the current ban, said its Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot. “This is because the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was for a…
BSS, Dhaka When kidney diseases have emerged as common health problem, leading kidney specialists at a discussion have warned that dehydration caused by diarrhea and vomiting may lead to acute kidney failure. As children frequently are affected by diarrhea or vomiting, they are more vulnerable to acute kidney injury, they told the discussion titled “Kidney…