Plan to build 1,000 new playgrounds across the country to keep youths away from drugs: Relief minister
The government has taken up a plan to build one thousand new playgrounds across the country. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu gave this information. The minister said the plan has three aims: to establish sports as a profession,…
Cricket and football together under the floodlights at ABG Sports City
Anvir Bashundhara Group (ABG) has taken up a new initiative. Its aims are to build a professional sporting culture at university level, to draw the young generation towards the field, and to take the country’s sports arena forward.
Exam suspended over question leak allegation: job seekers block roads, demand director general’s resignation
Angry examinees staged protests at various centres in the capital at the news that the recruitment examination for the post of assistant upazila youth development officer of the Department of Youth Development had been suspended. They had come to the…
Khokon convener, Prince member secretary: BNP forms 12-member committee to monitor Durga Puja
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has formed a monitoring committee on the occasion of the upcoming Sharadiya Durga Puja. The committee, formed around this biggest religious festival of the followers of the Sanatan faith, has 12 members. Khairul…
60 selected from 350 applicants, 55 get certificates: IBA’s ACBA 22nd batch concludes
Fifty-five participants of the 22nd batch of the Advanced Certificate in Business Administration (ACBA) course of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University have received certificates. The certificates were handed over to them at…
Fishing with permanent dam on Kumar river: illegal structure removed in administration drive in Kashiani
The administration has removed a structure for catching fish illegally by building a permanent dam on the Kumar river. The drive was conducted on Friday (9 October) afternoon in that part of the river at Balugram Dakshinpara village in Maheshkhali union…
Farmer cutting grass injured by BSF pellet fire at Daulatpur border, BGB fires back
A Bangladeshi farmer was injured in firing by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) at the Jamalpur border in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia at around 9:30am on Saturday (10 October). His name is Sazul Hossain (30). The incident took place in the area…
Tax Lawyers Association gets new 31-member committee led by Ramizuddin Ahmed and Mazam Ali Khan
A new executive committee of the Bangladesh Tax Lawyers Association (BTLA) has been formed with Ramizuddin Ahmed elected president and Md Mazam Ali Khan secretary general. The committee’s term is 2026-29. The 39th general meeting of the BTLA was…
145 drives in 24 hours, 188 arrested in Rajshahi Range; yaba, tapentadol seized
Police in various districts under the Rajshahi Range have arrested 188 people in drives over the past 24 hours. A large quantity of narcotics has also been seized. The media cell of the Rajshahi Range office gave this information in a press release sent…
Ink smeared on graffiti on wall in front of Shilpakala: Two including A N M Ayas detained at Shahbagh Police Station
Police have detained two people, including Rashtra Sanglap Forum president A N M Ayas. The allegation against them is that they smeared ink on the graffiti of writers and filmmakers of West Bengal, including Rabindranath Tagore, painted on the wall in…