With gradually gaining momentum, the month-long Ekushey Book Fair saw huge crowds on Saturday as booklovers and people from all strata thronged the fair. Setting an air of inspiration for the readers, the booklovers were seen roaming around the fair venue as the sale at the stalls increased significantly. The sellers struggled to manage huge number of visitors intending to buy books of their choices,…

The Hindu community is celebrating Saraswati Puja, worshiping the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture, across the country today like elsewhere in the world amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervor. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in separate messages, greeted the members of the Hindu community on the occasion of the Saraswati Puja. They pointed out the…

Around 20,000 Rohingya people have been infected in an outbreak of chicken pox in the Ukhia and Teknaf camps in Cox's Bazar district. "All of a sudden, chicken pox cropped in a few houses in Balukhali Camp, later it soon spread to 15 houses, creating panic among the camp dwellers," said Lalu Majhi, an inmate of the camp. Panic seized the inmates, reports UNB. Lecturer of Cox's Bazar…

The national Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign is being observed across the country today, aiming to feed Vitamin A plus capsules to all children aged between six months to 59 months. Around 2.25 crore children, aged between six months to 59 months, will be fed Vitamin A capsules under the nationwide campaign on the day. Among the total children, around 25 lakh aged between six to 11 months will…

Mentioning procrastination in disposing of police cases, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to settle cases properly and on time to ensure quick justice. “Being imbued with patriotism, you’ll have to work becoming more people-friendly policemen and creating confidence and trust among the people,” she said while addressing senior police officers…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated six power plants and nine grid substations in 12 upazilas. She inaugurated these power plants through a video-conference from her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka on Wednesday. BSS adds:Through the same function, Sheikh Hasina also launched the power supply to Sandwip upazila in Chattogram through submarine cable, the first of its kind in the country,…

Unicef on Tuesday called for concerted action to tackle and prevent violence against children and young people online in Bangladesh where the internet population has witnessed 800 times growth since 2000. On the Safer Internet Day, Unicef warned of the dangers posed by online violence, cyberbullying and digital harassment for the 32 percent children aged 10 to 17 years in the country. The call came…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on building a more “people-friendly” police force instructing the authorities concerned to dispose of police cases properly and on time to ensure quick justice. “Being imbued with patriotism, you’ll have to work becoming more people- friendly policemen and creating confidence and trust among the people,” she said while addressing…

The High Court on Sunday directed the Election Commission not to allow any person accused of grabbing river land to contest any election. It also instructed the government to amend existing laws and assign ‘harsh punishments’ to offenders so that the river conservation commission can play a significant role in protecting water bodies. The High Court bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury…

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2019 under ten education boards began on Saturday with holding Bangla first paper test peacefully on the first day across the country, report BSS. A total of 21,35,333 students from 28,682 educational institutions are appearing in the examinations. Of them, 10,70,441 students are male and 10,64,892 female. On the first day, a total…

The United States' Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York Fed) will be assisting Bangladesh's central bank to recover the $81-million stolen funds in the 2016 cyberheist. In a joint statement on Friday, February 1, the central banks said it will be working together with Bangladesh's central bank to “bring the wrongdoers responsible to justice”, reports online news site…

This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations began across the country on Saturday morning. The exams began at 10:00am at 3,497 centres and students will have to take seats 30 minutes prior to the tests. The exams are being held under the ten education boards that will continue till February 26 while the practical examination will be held from February 27 to March…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday lamented her inability to roam around the Ekushey Book Fair freely, saying she is now living some sort of a ‘captive life’. "When I was not in power, I used to come at the book fair and roam around freely. But now, I’m living some sort of a captive life. I don’t have the scope to come here. If I want to come here it causes problems…