Dhaka: At least 50 people, including three firefighters and policemen, were injured Sunday in clashes that erupted after thousands of Bangladesh garment workers attacked a fire station in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka.
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5 houses gutted in Bagerhat fire
At least five houses were gutted in a fire which broke out at Rai village in Chitalmari upazila on Saturday evening.
40-day employment generation programme begins in Gaibandha
A 40-day employment generation programme of the government for the hardcore and the seasonal unemployed people has been launched in the district on Saturday.
23 rescued in Ctg while being trafficked to Malaysia
Police in a drive rescued 23 people while being trafficked to Malaysia in Khatiberhat area under Panchlaish police station of the city early Saturday.
Bangladesh on its way to achieve self-reliance on electricity
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – Bangladesh has been achieving continuous success in increasing power generation capacity on its way to achieve completely self-reliance on electricity at its own very soon, speakers at a launching ceremony said today.
33rd BCS exam results announced
The final results of the 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service examinations are out. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended appointing 8,529 candidates in different cadres out of 15,951 aspirants who passed the final test.
Teachers asked for creating awareness against tuberculosis
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting here have asked the teachers for creating mass social awareness against the curable disease of tuberculosis that kills 70,000-people annually in Bangladesh.
Media plays important role for women empowerment: Speakers
The media successfully plays its vital role in establishing women rights and gender equity through empowering and flourishing women leadership by creating social awareness against repression and violence.
Discussions on disable persons held in Faridpur
A daylong Focus Group Discussion (FGD) for obtaining recommendations and suggestions on the Shadow Report of United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) was held here on Saturday.
Women held with arms, ammo in Natore
Members of the Narcotics Control Department in a drive arrested a woman in possession of three pistols, six magazines and 112 rounds of bullet from a bus in Ekdala area of Sadar upazila on Friday.
8 killed in Cox’s Bazar road accident
At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured as two jeeps collided head-on at Ukhia Upazila in the district early Thursday.
No new India-Bangladesh passports from Nov end
Agartala: The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Kolkata under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided not to issue fresh India-Bangladesh Passports (IBP) after November 30, an official said here on Wednesday.
2 held with yaba in Narayanganj
The Narayanganj Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two persons and recovered 2,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Langalbandha area on the Dhaka- Chittagong Highway under Narayanganj Port Thana here on Monday.
Effective ‘village court’ must to resolve grassroots litigations quickly
‘Village Court’, the lowest tier of the country’s judicial process, needs to be effective and strengthened as it has a vital role to play in resolving the grassroots litigations.
Drug peddler held with hemp in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with one kilogram hemp in Mankia Bazar area near Raghunathpur border in Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.
Visually impaired man stabbed dead in Laxmipur
A visually impaired man was stabbed to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Ramganj College Road in Ramganj municipality area on Saturday.
‘Dropping’ Tarique’s name from voter list: Hartal in Bogra Nov 5
Local BNP will enforce a daylong hartal in the district on November 5 protesting the ‘dropping’ of the name of party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman from the electoral roll.
Construction of Nandail Thana Bhaban completed
Construction of Nandail Thana Bhaban in Mymensingh has been completed in the district spending Taka two crore under the supervision of Public Works Department (PWD).
Success in sanitation improves rural health indexes: Speakers
The tremendous success achieved in sanitation coverage has improved all public health indexes in rural areas in the country in recent years, speakers at a post-rally discussion said on Sunday afternoon.
VDP members play vital role for people’s welfare
Speakers at a function here on Thursday said members of village defense party (VDP) are playing vital role in doing welfare for the people and maintaining law and order at grass root level to ensure peaceful society.
Strengthening local govt for institutionalizing democracy stressed’
Speakers at an advocacy meeting have stressed for strengthening the local government institutions to give democracy an institutional shape ensuring accountability in the activities of the local government bodies at the grassroots.
Veteran journalist Gias Kamal Chy no more
Dhaka – Veteran journalist Gias Kamal Chowdhury died of old age complications at a city hospital early Saturday. He was 74.
Mother hilsa, nets seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard Monday during an overnight crackdown on hilsa netting flouting a ban seized 30 mother hilsa fishes and 60,000 metres of fine fishing nets from the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila.
VDP members play vital role in people’s welfare
Speakers at a function here on Thursday said members of village defense party (VDP) are playing vital role in doing welfare for the people and maintaining law and order at grass root level to ensure peaceful society.
Mankin for maintaining communal harmony
State Minister for Social Welfare Promod Mankin today called for maintaining communal harmony to continue ongoing development process in the country.
Widow receives cheque for Tk 18 lakh from RCC Mayor
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has handed over a cheque for Taka 18-lakh to widow Madhuri Kawser, wife of late noted contractor and social worker Mir Mamunur Rashid Mamun.
3 hurt in UPDF-PCJSS gunfight in Khagrachhari
Three people, including a child, sustained bullet injuries as activists of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) locked in a gun battle in Lakshmichhari upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
One killed in Natore clash
A man was killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Singra upazila on Tuesday morning.
Minor boy drowns in Sirajganj
A minor boy drowned in the Fuljor River in Kamarkhand upazila on Sunday evening.
Mother hilsa, nets seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard Monday during an overnight crackdown on hilsa netting flouting a ban seized 30 mother hilsa fishes and 60,000 metres of fine fishing nets from the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila.