A devastating fire damaged properties more than Tk. 2 cores burning four electrical equipment shops and one medicine shop on Wednesday afternoon at commercial Katpatty Road area in city center.
Year: 2013
Youth electrocuted in Bogra
A youth was electrocuted and died at Ramnagor village under Dhunat upazila in the district at 11 am on Monday.
Maternal mortality rate not refleced properly in govt statistics
Non-government organisations working in the field women-health on Tuesday publishing a survey report revealed that death-number of pregnant women in delivering child not properly reflected in government statistical report as death-registration yet to be standardised.
13 vehicles vandalised during hartal in Feni
Pickets vandalised about 13 vehicles and torched a battery-run easy-bike on different roads of the district town during a half-day hartal called by Islami Chhatra Shibir on Sunday.
Girls in Tahirpur burden on guardians for dowry
Poor guardians of hundreds of eligible girls in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj cannot arrange marriage of their daughters for inability to manage dowry money.
Test cultivation by using organic fertiliser, pesticide
An initiative has been taken in Jhalakathi to use organic fertiliser and pesticide to produce poison-free boro paddy this year instead of chemical pesticides.
OC among 13 hurt during hartal in Laxmipur, 8 in C’nawabganj
At least 13 people, including seven policemen, were injured in a clash between Shibir activists and police in the district town during an eight-hour hartal called by Islami Chhatra Shibir.
School Nationalisation: ‘Speed money’ stands in the way
Eighty-eight registered non-government primary schools in Phulbari upazila are unlikely to be nationalised in the first phase due to delay in dispatching necessary documents to the district education office.
A one and half-year old child drown
The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, son of Abu Yusuf of the village. Family sources said Ashraful slipped into the pond while playing at the courtyard of their house the morning. Later, Asharful’s floating body was recovered from the…
Comilla slum dwellers exposed to TB
Sordid environment in the 70 slums of Comilla City Corporation (CCC) area has kept their 1.5 lakh dwellers at risk of being attacked with tuberculosis. CCC sources said these slum dwellers live in damp and dirty places, which creates exposure…
Security beefed up for SCC polls
Special security measures have been taken in the city to ensure peaceful holding of free, fair and transparent election to the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC). A total of 4,000 law enforcers will remain deployed in and around the polling stations…
Hefajat support 18-party BCC mayor candidate
Third Barisal City Corporation Election 2013 campaign speeded up on Friday, 15-day before the election date of June 15 as weather condition improved after seven days. On other hand Hefajat e-Islam declared support to 18-party alliance backed BCC Mayor Candidate.
MK Anwar & Bulu
BNP lawmakers MK Anwar and Barkatullah Bulu secured bail in separate cases on Sunday morning ahead of the Jatiya Sangsad budget session set to begin on Monday. They were freed from Kashimpur Central Jail at 6.30 pm. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions…
Failure to give Khas lands to poor irks rights workers
Rights activists at a roundtable discussion here on Saturday accused the ruling Awami League of reneging on its election pledge to ensure poor people’s right to Khas lands.
Ershad speaks for restoring presidential system
Advocating for reverting to presidential form of government, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said his party will come out winner if the election is held under the presidential system after necessary constitutional amendment.
Court to decide on BNP leaders’ case: Speaker
Expressing hope that the opposition BNP will join the budget session of the parliament, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said the matter of releasing the BNP leaders would be solved under the legal process.
General election by Jan 25: says minister
Communication Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the next national election would be held by January 25, 2014.
MPs involved in land grabbing: State Minister
Involvement of MPs, belonging to both Awami League and BNP, in illegal grabbing of Khas land remains a major obstacle towards ensuring poor people’s right to land, State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam said on Saturday.
Pakistan’s new lawmakers sworn in, face many tests
Newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly were sworn in Saturday, officially marking the first transition of power between democratically elected civilian governments in the nearly 66-year history of this coup-prone country.
BD-Singapore for deepening bilateral relations
Bangladesh and Singapore has agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the mutually beneficial fields of cooperation.
224 people killed last month: HR Commission
A total of 224 people were killed across the country in the last month (May), according to a survey of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission.
Experts stress decentralisation to ‘save’ Dhaka
Amid the mounting pressure of population on the sprawling Dhaka city, experts have said it is not mega structures but decentralisation can help solve the city’s growing problems.
Rich cricketers to go under NBR microscope
As scandals keep on unfolding, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) appears to scrutinise the tax files of some rich cricketers, both the present and former ones, to ascertain the sources of their ‘hefty’ money.
7.2pc GDP growth for next fiscal ‘over ambitious’
The government’s plan to keep 7.2 percent GDP (gross domestic product) growth target in the coming budget will be an ‘over ambitious’ given the external and internal situation, especially political uncertainty, said economists.
BB governor appreciates banks’ CSR activities
Appreciating the CSR activities of banks, Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahamn on Saturday said banks and financial sector institutions in the country are maintaining generally benign and safe working environment.
BSF picks up Bangladeshi youth from Comilla frontier
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Narayanpur border in Brahmanpara upazila on Saturday morning.
20 hurt in clash over pasting poster of Zia
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups over pasting a poster on the occasion of the 32nd death anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman near Dema Madrasah in sadar upazila on Friday.
Price manipulation frustrates Boro farmers
Farmers in Sirajganj district are not getting the reasonable price for Boro paddy much to their frustration.
Cyclone wreaks havoc to crops shrimp farms
Incessant rainfall for the last three days has caused colossal damage to agriculture inundating vast tracts of low lying areas in Koyra and Paikgachha upazilas of the district.
3 killed as car hits truck in Manikganj
Three people were killed and four others injured as a private car rammed into a truck on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at RCL intersection near Paturia ghat in Shibaloy upazila early Saturday.