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A man pretending to be a practitioner of sorcery, has been arrested in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazile after he allegedly raped three children promising them to teach ‘dark magic’, police said Saturday. Read More »

Police arrested a teacher of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur for ‘derogatory’ facebook post on ex- health minister and Awami League leader Mohammed Nasim, who passed away on Saturday.The arrestee is Sirajum Munira, a lecturer of Bangla Department of the university. Read More »

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday that the Group of Seven (G7) Summit was planned to be held at the White House near the end of June. Read More »

An online meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 9 May 2020, Saturday. Read More »

The Cabinet meeting was held on Thursday after nearly a month with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Read More »

Police have arrested a dealer with 300kg OMS rice meant for sale to the poor at Tk 10 per kg under a government programme. Read More »

Ten microbuses full of workers of different Export Processing Zones (EPZ) factories who fled in fear of coronavirus infection, were held while entering Khagrachhari early Friday. Read More »

News Desk Although the country got a 17-day general holiday in view of minimising the spread of coronavirus, the cabinet meeting is scheduled to be held on Monday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over the meeting, reports a Bangla news portal. Read More »

Barguna, March 19 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Town Hall in Sadar Upazila on Wednesday. Read More »

Culture Desk A concert of the renowned French-Spanish artiste– Manu Chao is going to be held yesterday at 6.30 pm at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segunbagicha in the city. Read More »

A day-long Fourth Women’s Mathematics Olympiad was held at AF Mujibur Rahman Ganit Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday. Read More »

Police on Monday detained 35 Rohingyas, including women and children, while they were preparing to go to Malaysia illegally from Rejukhal area of Ukhiya upazila in the district. Read More »

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard on Monday rescued three kidnapped fishermen and arrested two suspected robbers, including an Indian national, along with arms and bullets from a canal under Satkhira range in the Sundarbans. Read More »

IU Correspondent A daylong cleanliness campaign was held at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Saturday. Read More »

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Jashore Zone organized Business Development Conference at a local hotel of the city on 22 February 2020, Saturday. Read More »

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Bogura Zone organized a Business Development Conference of Agent Banking and workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism at the zonal office on 18 February 2020, Tuesday. Read More »

IU Correspondent An orientation programme for fresh students was held at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Monday amid festive mood and much enthusiasm. Read More »

Mymensingh, Jan 19 – An orientation program for the newly admitted students of 2019-20 session was held at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Sunday. Read More »

Country’s first TEDx Gulshan was held on Saturday at convention center in the city amid inspiring talks and reflective interactions of 14 esteemed speakers that featured the intriguing theme ‘Innovation Enabling Social Change’. Read More »

 Culture Desk Marking the 55th birth anniversary of late renowned singer, lyricist and journalist Sanjeeb Choudhury, the 8th edition of a memorial concert titled ‘Sanjeeb Utsab 2019’ was held yesterday at the Sanjeeb Chattar of Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of University of Dhaka, in the city. Read More »

Mymensingh, Dec 21 – ‘The health status of a people is known from the health status of its livestock population. If it is not possible to produce good health of livestock, the people of our country will suffer from bad health. Read More »

A day-long butterfly fair was held on the Jahangirnagar University campus on Friday with the theme ‘nature gets new pace if butterflies fly in sky’. Read More »

Barisal, Dec 21- Police arrested a woman while she was allegedly trying to sell a two-month old kid at Tk 50,000 in Dotteshor village in Wazirpur upazila here on Friday afternoon. Read More »

Alliance Française Dhaka organised a musical concert titled “Cello-Piano-Audio 3” by Philip Hazra and Yulia Evdokimova on Saturday, 21 December 2019 at La Galerie. Read More »

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four suspected drug dealers with 11,000 Yaba pills from Sonir Akhra area of the capital on Friday night. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 19 – The Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested three suspected members of banned militant group ‘Allahr Dal’ from Begunbari in South Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The arrestees were identified as Aminul Islam alias Setu, Abdullah Al Hasnat alias Kollol and Fazle Karim alias Shohagh. Read More »

Rajshahi, Dec 14 – A day-long workshop on “Investigative Report and Safety of Journalists” was held at Rajshahi University (RU) campus on Friday. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 10 – The High Court (HC) Tuesday directed the jail authorities to produce Awlad Hossain, a program officer of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, before it on January 15 next year, who is now detained in Sherpur district jail after moving four courts following the alleged fake arrest warrant issued against him. Read More »

Mymensingh, Dec 1 – For the first time, seven agricultural degree offering universities’ cluster system admission test in 2019-20 academic year was held on Saturday morning. Read More »

Culture Desk Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in cooperation with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, will host a Jazz Concert by Charlotte Greve’s Lisbeth Quartett (NYC/Berlin) at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s Experimental Theatre Hall on December 1 at 7 pm. Read More »