Three people killed, three others injured Rajshahi road accident
At least three people were killed and three more were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a truck at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on early Monday...
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RUCSU election in June: RU authorities
The Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union election is scheduled to take place at the end of June this year, according to a press release issued by the university on Thursday...
ATTACK ON UPRISING PROTESTERS: RUET expells 4 BCL leaders, punishes 44
The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday took disciplinary actions against 48 students, including the permanent expulsion of four leaders and activists of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, on various charges, including attacking protesters during the July-August uprising and cheating in examinations...
2 more arrested in case over rape, robbery in Rajshahi bus
The police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the robbery and sexual assault case involving Rajshahi-bound bus...
British Council concludes Varendra Museum training
The British Council in partnership with the United Kingdom鈥檚 department for culture, media, and sport organised a closing ceremony for the four-month Varendra Research Museum training programme at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday...
TCB starts selling Ramadan essentials in Rajshahi
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh started selling essentials on open markets in the city and all eight districts under Rajshahi division on Tuesday...
Two people killed in clash over land dispute in Rajshahi
Two people including a woman were killed and 20 others injured in a clash between supporters of of Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the ownership of a land in Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi district on Saturday...
RU, Durham University sign MoU
The University of Rajshahi and the United Kingdom鈥檚 Durham University signed a memorandum of understanding at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Saturday.
IUB, Kobe College engage with farming communities in 2 dists
Independent University, Bangladesh and Kobe College, Japan have recently concluded the KC-IUB Winter Research Camp with farming communities in Manikganj and Rajshahi...
Shaheed Zoha Day Observed
Teachers, students, and various social, political, and cultural organisations of Rajshahi University on Tuesday observed 鈥楴ational Teacher Day鈥� on the university campus in honour of the heroic sacrifice of martyred RU professor Mohammad Shamsuzzoha....
Female journalist dies after sustaining injuries in road accident
Masuma Islam, a Rajshahi-based reporter of private television channel Ekhon TV, who received injuries in a road accident on Friday, passed away early Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a city hospital in Dhaka...
RUCSU election road map within February: VC
Rajshahi University vice-chancellor Professor Saleh Hasan Naqib on Monday said that the election roadmap to the university central student union could be declared within February.
Shaheed Zoha day today
The 56th anniversary of martyrdom of Professor Shamsuzzoha, who was shot dead by the Pakistani military in front of the Rajshahi University main gate on February 18, 1969, will be observed through various programmes today...
National teachers鈥� day for Shamsuzzoha
ON THIS day in 1969, Professor Dr Syed Mohammad Shamsuzzoha of Rajshahi University was shot and killed by the Pakistani military. Despite extensive discourse on the liberation war and Bangladesh鈥檚 post-independence political landscape, the 1969 mass uprising remains relatively underexplored. Professor Zoha was the first martyr of that movement, his sacrifice...
RU suspends two teachers, reinstates student after 10yrs
Rajshahi University has suspended one teacher and upheld the suspension of another on various charges, including mental and sexual harassment of students....
2-day reunion, planning carnival begins at RUET
The urban and regional planning department of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology inaugurated the two-day 1st URP Planners鈥� Reunion and Planning Carnival at the RUET on Thursday...
ASI鈥檚 hanging body found
The hanging body of an assistant sub-inspector of police was recovered from a government quarter in Rajshahi city early Tuesday...
AL activist handed over to police in Rajshahi
A female activist of the Bangladesh Awami League was handed over to police in Rajshahi city on Monday night....
Students block highway in Sirajganj聽
A group of students linked to the Students鈥� Against Discrimination blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi-Rangpur highway, protesting at not being included in the newly formed Sirajganj district committee of the platform, in Sirajganj on Monday...
POND EXCAVATION IN AGRICULTURAL LAND: Customs excise, VAT commissionerate鈥檚 wife sued
An upazila land official in Rajshahi filed a case against two people, including Musfika Akter Mim, wife of customs excise and VAT commissionerate, Khulna鈥檚 deputy commissioner Md Abul Kalam Azad, for illegally excavating a pond on triple cropping land...
PROTESTING AGAINST EVICTION DRIVE: Petrol pump owners withdraw strike after 8 hours
The Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association withdrew its strike eight hours after it had called for an indefinite strike in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Wednesday morning protesting against a Roads and Highways Department鈥檚 recent eviction drive in Naogaon...
Fuel strike in Rangpur, Rajshahi withdrawn
Fuel strike in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions enforced by the Bangladesh Petroleum, Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners鈥� Association has been withdrawn after a fruitful meeting with the adviser to the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.
Petrol pump owners announce strike from Wednesday in Rajshahi, Rangpur
The Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owner鈥檚 Association has called for an indefinite strike in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Wednesday morning, protesting against Roads and Highways Department鈥檚 recent eviction drive in Naogaon.
Five people killed in Feni, Rajshahi road accidents
Five people were killed and five others were injured in road accidents in Feni and Rajshahi on Monday night...
Rajshahi owner in custody, assures to pay
The owner of the BPL franchise, Durbar Rajshahi, Shafiqur Rahman, assured he would pay the dues by February 10 after he had been taken into custody by the law enforcement.
Barind farmers worried as BMDA not to allow boro cultivation
The farmers in water-stressed eight upazilas in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, and Naogaon districts are worried as the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority will not allow to cultivate boro on all of their lands under its deep tube-well coverage in the upcoming season for severe groundwater depletion due to unplanned and excessive extraction for decades...
Photo exhibition celebrates modern fatherhood, gender equality
The embassy of Sweden in Bangladesh launched a six-day photography exhibition titled Bangladeshi and Swedish Baba at the Muktamancha on the bank of the River Padma in Rajshahi on Sunday...
Rajshahi continue to stir controversies in BPL
In the latest episode of the Bangladesh Premier League's ongoing controversy, Durbar Rajshahi announced on Sunday that its foreign players and coaching staff were beginning to depart for their respective countries, following media reports that they had been stranded in Bangladesh due to a non-payment issue.
Historic Bhuban Mohan Park turns into 鈥榠llegal garage鈥�
Historic Bhuban Mohan Park, once the hub of Rajshahi鈥檚 political and cultural activities, has turned into an illegal garage as people continue to park their motorcycles in the park due to lack of monitoring of the Rajshahi City Corporation...
Smooth marketing channel stressed for Rajshahi dairy
Proper marketing channel can be the crucial means of encouraging the dairy farmers in the region, including its vast Barind tract, to the venture more...