Noakhali, Mar 12 : Awami League (AL) leader Mizanur Rahman Badal, the rival of Abdul Quader Mirza, has been sent to jail in a case over an attack on police on Tuesday during deadly infighting among the ruling party men…
Day: March 12, 2021
Child marriage: Man jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj
News Desk A man has been jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj for marrying off his underage daughter. Nachol Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Upazila Executive Magistrate Sabiha Sultana-led mobile court handed down the punishment for child marriage. Police took Mohbul…
Case filed over Cumilla bus fire
Cumilla, Mar 12: Police have accused two men, including a driver, for negligence over Thursday’s Cumilla bus fire in which two people were killed and 18 others injured. A Matlab-bound bus caught fire on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Cumilla’s Daudkandi in…
Amin Ullah, Khalilullah new BFFEA president, sr vice president
Dhaka, Mar 12: Md Amin Ullah and M Khalilullah have been elected president and senior vice president of Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exports Association (BFFEA) for the term of 2021-2022. BFFEA Election Board announced the result at the Annual General Meeting…
Covid-19: Educational institutions reopening may be delayed
Dhaka, Mar 12 : A recent upward trend in daily coronavirus infection rate could force the government to keep educational institutions shut longer than expected. “If the upward trend continues, the government will reconsider [changing] the reopening date based on…
Sylhet-3 MP Mahmud Samad laid to rest
Sylhet, Mar 12 : Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, MP for Sylhet-3 constituency, was laid to rest in Fenchuganj upazila on Friday. The 66-year-old politician died from Covid-19 on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Dhaka’s United Hospital. The three-time MP was…
‘Need everyone’s help to protect St Martin’s island’
Dhaka, March 12 : The government is doing everything it can to protect Bangladesh’s only coral island St Martin’s, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin said Friday. He said it is difficult to protect the environment and…
Extent of Violence Against Women During Pandemic Exposed
COVID-19 restrictions exposed women and girls to heightened abuse – revealing the conditions in which gender-based violence became the shadow pandemic.
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