Keraniganj, April 2 (UNB) –The body of the boatman, who went missing in a boat capsize in the Buriganga river during Sunday night’s storm, was recovered from the river in Barishur area on Tuesday morning. The death toll from the…
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Chawkbazar fire: Manson owner’s 2 sons sent to jail
Dhaka, April 2 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday sent two sons of the owner of Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar, from where a devastating fire originated on the night of February 20 that killed at least 71 people, to…
UNHCR gives buses for students in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar city
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB)— UN refugee agency UNHCR donated five buses for students of local colleges in Ukhiya and Cox’s Bazar city. The gesture is part of the agency’s appreciation of the local community’s role in responding to the Rohingya…
Zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance ring alarm bells
Data released recently by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveal that antibiotics used to treat infections that can be transmitted between animals and humans (zoonoses) like campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are…
Ex-Customs Commissioner sent to jail on illegal property charge
Dhaka, April 01 – A Dhaka court on Monday sent a former Customs Commissioner and former member of Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal to the jail in a graft case filed for acquiring illegal property. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge…
Regulators start inspecting Dhaka’s highrise buildings
Dhaka, April 01 – Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) yesterday started a two-day inspection of high-rise buildings to find out buildings constructed flouting the building codes and in compliance with fire safety rules. Twenty-four teams of RAJUK—the capital development authority—started its…
BD High Court asks for report on highrise building fire
Dhaka, April 01 – The High Court (HC)on Monday directed the authorities concerned to submit a detailed report before it about fire suppression systems and fire safety measures in high-rise buildings in the capital city Dhaka. The mayors of Dhaka…
Houses, shops gutted in Gazipur fire incidents near Dhaka
Gazipur, Apr 1 (UNB) –At least three houses, five shops and a sweater factory were gutted in separate fire incidents in the district from Sunday night to early Monday. Md Jakir Hossain, senior station officer of Joydebpur Fire Station, said…
SC upholds Ex-MP Rana’s bail in FF Faruk murder case
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB) – The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that granted bail to former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the killing of freedom fighter and…
Gono Forum’s second MP Mokabbir to be sworn in Tuesday
Gono Forum’s second MP-elect, Mokabbir Khan from Sylhet 2 constituency, will be sworn-in on Tuesday in the footsteps of the party’s first MP, Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed. In response to a letter sent by Mokabbir to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury…
The Bollywood factor in India’s election
“India will not fear terror,” we hear the flag-waving strongman say, as he leads followers and soldiers in the snowy terrain of Kashmir before they come under a hail of bullets from militants. “Terror will fear India.” The man portrayed…
3 including female Ansar missing as trawler sinks in Meghna
Munshiganj, Mar 31 – A presiding officer, a policeman and a female Ansar member went missing as a trawler, carrying 19 election officials, capsized in the Meghna River during a sudden storm at Char Hogla in Sonargaon Upazila on Sunday…
Dhaka highrise devastated by fire declared unusable
Dhaka, March 31 –The FR Tower, where a deadly blaze on last Thursday killed 26 people, is declared as “unusable until further notice” by a government probe committee as not only the building is badly fire-gutted but also has evinced…
Cities go dark for Earth Hour, bring light to climate change
New York, Mar 31 (AP/UNB) — Cities around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in a call for global action on climate change. Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildlife…
World Bank support to help improve livability in Dhaka
Washington, Mar 31 (UNB)— The World Bank has approved $100.5 million to improve public spaces and urban services in four neighbourhoods under the Dhaka South City Corporation. The Dhaka City Neighborhood Upgrading Project will benefit about a million residents. It…
Dhaka South Mayor asks for demolishing illegal building
Dhaka, March 31 – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon yesterday challenged Rajdhani Unnyan Katripakkha (RAJUK) to demolish a building owned by an influential person. “No one in the city believes that any building owned by an…
Dhaka highrise fire: Arrested building owners on remand
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday placed Faruk Hossain, land owner and Tasvir Ul Islam , owner of the extended portion of FR Tower, on a seven-day remand each, in connection with a case filed over…
2 suspected drug traders killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight
Cox’s Bazar, Mar 31 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Moulvibazar in Teknaf upazila’s Hneela union early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mahamudur Rahman, 28, son of Miah Hossain, resident of…
B Chy for judicial commission to probe fire incidents
Dhaka, Mar 30 – President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday called for forming a judicial probe commission to ensure proper investigations into the recent deadly fire incidents. In a statement, he also voiced deep…
221 shops gutted in Gulshan DNCC kitchen market fire
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Just two days after a major fire in the Dhaka’s Banani area left 25 people dead, another fire broke out at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in Gulshan area early Saturday and gutted all…
Thai Election Commission blames software for counting error
Bangkok, Mar 30 (AP/UNB) — Thailand’s Election Commission said that computer software was partly to blame for inconsistent and delayed vote totals from last Sunday’s general election. During early reporting of the election results, its tabulation software had trouble handling…
Barisal Varsity VC says sorry for his remarks against pupils
Barishal, Mar 29 – Amid growing student protests, Barisal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Imamul Haque on Friday expressed sorrows for his recent ‘offensive comment’. In a press statement signed by university public relations officer Faisal Ahmed, the VC requested the…
Dr Kamal for national commission to ensure building safety
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday suggested formation of a national commission to find out whether there is any lack of law in ensuring safe construction of high-rise buildings in the country. “We…
The EU Del expresses deep condolence at loss of life in fire
“The Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh expresses its deep condolences for the loss of lives from the fire at FR Tower on Kamal Ataturk Avenue at Banani, Dhaka. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families which lost…
Dhaka high rise inferno: Four probe bodies formed
Dhaka, Mar 28 – Four committees have been formed to investigate the deadly fire incident at a high-rise building in the capital’s Banani commercial area on Thursday afternoon that killed at least 19 people. A six-member probe body was formed…
Dhaka inferno victims either suffocated or fell to their deaths
Dhaka, Mar 28 – None of the victims of the horrific fire at FR Tower were burnt to death – they either suffocated inside the building, or died in the act of trying to escape the fire, falling from the…
Driver confesses to offence in mishap killing BUP pupil
Dhaka, March 28 – Suprobhat Paribahan bus driver on Thursday made a confessional statement admitting his offence in the case filed in connection with the death of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury. Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan…
Seven killed in BD Madaripur bus plunge
Faridpur, Mar 28 (UNB) – At least seven bus passengers, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Kolabari in Madaripur Sadar upazila on Thursday noon. The…
Corruption-free BD depends on politicians: B Chy
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday said Bangladesh lacks a pro-people and corruption-free administration. Speaking at a discussion, he also said the country will completely be free from corruption…
Five Netrakona men awarded death for war crimes
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday sentenced five war criminals of Netrakona, including Sheikh Abdul Mazid alias Mazid Maulana, to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member…