Dhaka: The Sixth Meeting of the SAARC Laboratory Directors’ Forum (SLDF) convened in Kandy, Sri Lanka, with the aim of bolstering regional cooperation in animal disease surveillance, diagnosis, and laboratory capacity development among SAARC member st…
Nesarabad: Long known for its rich tradition of woodworking, Nesarabad upazila in Bangladesh’s southern Pirojpur district has quietly emerged as the country’s largest producer of cricket bats, supplying equipment to players from school grounds to comp…
Dhaka: One person has been arrested from Rajshahi on charges of making ‘defamatory posts’ on social media about the wife of the Prime Minister’s Defense Adviser, Brigadier General (retd) A K M Shamsul Islam. The arrestee is identified as Palash Chowdh…
Dhaka: A woman died reportedly after jumping from the 7th floor of a Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) building early Friday. The deceased was identified as Riya, 20, a homemaker from Bhadurdangi village under Chartarapur union in Pabna Sadar upaz…
Dhaka: Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested two members of an alleged fraud ring accused of swindling job seekers out of millions of Taka by promising jobs and permanent residency in Australia and Canada using fake visas, forged documents and a fa…
Barishal: Police have arrested the president of the Barishal district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra Union in connection with a rape case filed by a girl. The accused, Nayan Sarker Joy, was picked up from his rented residence at Kaunia 1st Lane in Barisha…
Dhaka: BNP-backed candidate Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Dipu and Jamaat-backed candidate Md. Jalal Uddin Mallik have been elected as the president and general secretary of the Bagerhat District Bar Association, respectively. The announcement came last night f…
Jhenaidah: Passengers of the Sagardari Express were left stranded for more than an hour after the train’s loco master reportedly left the locomotive during a scheduled stop at Mobarakganj Railway Station in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah on Thursday ev…
Dhaka: Pallabi Police have arrested 17 leaders and activists of the Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organizations during a raid in the capital’s Mirpur-12 area.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the drive was conducted at around 6:30 a…