Nurses, midwives observe 3-hr work abstention in Dinajpur

The nurses and midwives of Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital and private hospitals observed a three-hour work abstention till 12 pm on Tuesday demanding withdrawal of the cadres of Nursing  and  Midwifery Council and appointment of experienced nurses instead of them. The Nursing  and  Midwifery Reform Council called the three hour

1 dead, 3 injured as bus hits two motorbikes in Dinajpur

A 25-year-old-youth died and three others sustained injuries as a speeding passenger bus rammed into two bikes carrying them from behind on Dinajpur-Rangpur Highway in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur on Saturday. Deceased Munna was son of Momtaz of Bhabki in Khansama upazila of Dinajpur while the identities of the injured could

SCB donates winter dress in two schools

Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) has donated sweaters to 5,000 students belonging to JAAGO Foundation and friendship community schools in Gaibandha, Dinajpur, and Rangpur, a press release said Tuesday. The bank has also partnered with the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) to distribute blankets to 1,100 ultra-poor families in Dhaka. Bitopi Das Chowdhury,

LankaBangla distributes blankets in Dinajpur

LankaBangla Foundation distributed blankets among the cold stricken people in Dinajpur Sadar's Ramnagar, Madina Mosque (Lal Ghor) on Wednesday, a press release said. President Md. Reza Humayun Faruk Chowdhury (Shamim) of Chamber of Commerce, Dinajpur and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Shamim Al Mamun, FCA of LankaBangla Finance

One held with 435 grams of heroin in Dinajpur

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested an alleged drug trader with 435 grams of heroin from Sasthitala Rail Station area in Dinajpur district town on Thursday. Earlier, the elite force received secret information that heroin is being smuggled through a courier service in a special way using a cartoon packed with mango

bKash, BSK’sbook reading programmeexpanded toPanchagarh, Dinajpur

‘Book reading programme’ of BishwoShahittoKendro (BSK) in partnership withbKash has been expanded to Panchagarh and Dinajpurto nurture the habit of reading books among students. Under theprogramme, students of Panchagarh Government Girls High School,HaziSafirUddinAhmmad Girls School and College andMaghoiPanimachPukuri High school in Panchagarh andSaradeshwari Girls High School andChehelGaziShikshaNiketon in Dinajpurhave received books. MdJahurul