JU suspends deputy registrar, 3 others following student’s on-campus death
JU suspends deputy registrar, 3 others following student’s on-campus death

The deputy registrar of Jahangirnagar University (JU), among four officials, has been suspended following the death of Afsana Karim Rachi, a student from the 53rd batch of the Department of Marketing at the university. The administration also declared today (November 20) as a Day of Mourning in...

Gold price hiked by Tk2,939 per bhori
Gold price hiked by Tk2,939 per bhori

Jewellers have inflated the price of gold by Tk2,939 to Tk1,37,449 per bhori (11.664 grams) due to a hike in the price of pure gold in the local market. The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring of the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) made the decision at a meeting held on...

BAJUS Fair kicks off February 6
BAJUS Fair kicks off February 6

BAJUS Fair 2025, the largest exposition of the jewellery sector in the country, is set to begin on February 6 to showcase local innovations in gold and diamond products and the excellence of Bangladeshs goldsmiths. Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) is organising a three-day exhibition for...

BAJUS protest: Lakshmipur gold trader murder
BAJUS protest: Lakshmipur gold trader murder

In protest against the murder of gold trader Hiralal Debnath, leaders of the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) district branch in Lakshmipur staged a silent procession, a human chain, and submitted a memorandum to the authorities. They also issued a 72-hour ultimatum demanding the arrest...

BAJUS demands justice on Lakshmipur jeweller’s killing
BAJUS demands justice on Lakshmipur jeweller’s killing

Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) on Saturday demanded the arrest and exemplary punishment of those who were involved in the murder of a jeweller in Lakshmipur. The miscreants on a motorcycle stabbed a gold trader, Hira Lal Debnath, to death while he was heading home on a bicycle in the...