Thirty-five year old Jannatul Mawa Ruma is on her way to create a world record by travelling 450 kilometres on foot in nine days. Holding the national flag, Ruma started from Kolkata Press Club in India on February 11 around 4pm and reached Bangladesh’s largest land port, Benapole, on Thursday evening. After resting there the whole night, she started for Dhaka on Friday. Resident of Purbo Rajabazar in the capital, Ruma is an NGO activist. She told reporters at Benapole yesterday that she had stayed at a rest ...

Malaysian immigration police today detained 102 more foreign workers including Bangladeshis in an ongoing crackdown on illegal expatriates.It was not clear immediately how many of them were Bangladeshis. Earlier, at least 451 Bangladeshis were detained since the crackdown began on January 21 to streamline the labour market of the country. According to The Star, a Malaysian English daily, around 4,000 foreign workers of different nationalities were nabbed in the crackdown. The detainees are mainly fro...

Tests to recruit assistant teachers for primary schools in 17 districts will be held on March 14. Additional secretary of the primary and mass education ministry SM Ashraful Islam told bdnews24.com that the test will start at 10am and end at 11am. On December 8, the ministry cancelled the tests due to leakage of question papers. The districts where fresh written tests will be held are Dhaka, Narayanganj, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Sherpur Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Cox's Bazaar, Satkhira, Pabna, Jhenaidah, Rajbari, Meherpur, Khulna, Sunamganj, Moula...