A three-day ‘Digital Innovative Fair-2015’ organized by local district administration was inaugurated here today at local Ambica Memorial ground.
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Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed in Rangpur
The Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM) was observed here yesterday with due religious fervour, solemnity and fresh call for following ideals of the greatest man on earth Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
7 girls rescued at Benapole while being trafficked to India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued seven teenage girls while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point in Jessore on Saturday.
Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), was observed in the country on Sunday with due reverence and religious fervour.
BGB deployed in city
Amid the growing political tension ahead of the BNP-led 20-party’s January-5 rally, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the city to help maintain the law and order.
BCL faction’s indefinite strike begins at CU
A faction of the Chittagong University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) enforced an indefinite strike on the campus today (Saturday) to press for its six-point demand.
Concerted effort needed to combat desertification, land degradation in Barind Tract
Adopting time-befitting measures for combating desertification and land degradation process has become an urgent task in the Barind tract to boost agricultural production for ensuring food security amid adverse impacts of climate changes, speakers at a workshop here said today.
2 killed as car hits electric pole in Ctg
A private car crashed into a roadside electric pole on Airport Road in the city on Friday evening, killing its two passengers. The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 44, son of late Altaf Hossain of Damarul of Naria in…
Exemplary punishments for food adulteration stressed
Speakers at a workshop have stressed for strict implementation of the anti-adulteration laws to ensure exemplary punishments to those responsible for mixing chemicals with foods to save human lives.
7,000 blankets from PM’s Fund, Speaker distributed in Pirganj
Distribution of 5,000 blankets allocated from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and another 2,000 pieces of blankets given by the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangshad completed in Pirganj upazila here on Tuesday evening.
25 Cocktails recovered in Chapainawabganj
RAB members recovered 25 live cocktails from Purba Chunakhali area under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
6 killed 10 injured in train cargo van collision at Kamalapur station
At least six persons were killed and ten others injured seriously in a collision between a Dhaka bound passenger train from Narayanganj and a container truck inside the Kamalapur Railway station on early Monday afternoon. The accident occured when a…
Autopsy suggests drowning caused Jihad death in well
With the completion of the autopsy on Jihad’s body on Sunday morning, the autopsy conductors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue came up with the suggestion that the four-year-old boy died from drowning. The autopsy was completed by a…
AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore missing
An AirAsia flight travelling from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control with 162 people on board. Flight QZ8501 lost contact at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsia tweeted. Search and rescue operations are under way. Malaysia’s national…
Did rescuers’ mistake cause Jihad’s death 250 feet down the well?
The recovery of the body of 4-year-old Jihad from inside the 600-feet deep pipe of Railway’s deep tubewell at the Shahjahanpur Railway Colony by some local people a few minutes after the Fire Service abandoned the rescue operation on late…
BNP slams Asaduzzaman for saying case of Jihad was a rumour
Deploring the recovery of four-year-old boy Jihad’s body from a deep pipe in the city after long 23 hours at a private initiative, BNP alleged that the entire nation was aggrieved and upset with State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman…
Fog disrupts flight operations at Shah Amanat Airport
Operations of several international and domestic flights, which were scheduled to land or take off, faced an unusual delay at Shah Amanat International Airport on Saturday due to dense fog-caused poor visibility.
PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mazar here.After placing the wreath, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for some time as…
Locals recover minor boy dead after rescuers give up
The body of the ill-fated 4-year old boy has finally been retrieved from the 600 feet water pump well by local youngsters soon after the rescue mission was abandoned by the Fire Service and Civil Defence and other related services.…
Public transports need to be freed from smoking
Speakers at a discussion unanimously called for collective efforts for freeing the public transports from smoking to protect many non-smokers from passive smoking.
Drama in real life: Minor boy brought out dead from city well
The body of the ill-fated 4-year old boy has finally been retrieved from the 600 feet water pump well by local youngsters soon after the rescue mission was abandoned by the Fire Service and Civil Defence and other related services.…
College student hacked dead in Natore
A college student was hacked to death by miscreants at Chalanbil in Singra upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Atiqur Rahman, 22, son of Abdur Rashid, a resident of Bargan area of the same upazila.
BNP to blame for violence over Khaleda’s Gazipur Rally: BCL
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president HM Badiuzzaman Sohag on Thursday said BNP will be held responsible if any clash and violence takes place centring BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s rally in Gazipur on Saturday. The BCL president came up with the…
Police take control over BNP’s Gazipur rally venue
Police took control over Bhawal College Ground on Thursday, amid growing tension over Bangladesh Chhatra League’s stance not to allow BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to attend a rally called by the 20-party alliance on the venue on Saturday. With only…
Bagha municipality mayor Akkas arrested
Police on Wednesday night arrested Bagha municipality mayor Akkas Ali of the district on charge of making disparaging remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam.
M’singh 4-murder prime accused held
Police arrested the prime accused in the case for murder of a local Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader and three members of his family in Bhaluka upazila from Togni of Gazipur district early Thursday.
Man killed in Gaibandha clash over land
A man was killed and 10 other people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over the ownership of a piece of land at Sadarpur village in Sadullahpur upazila on Wednesday.
3 siblings hurt as gas pipeline ignites in Keraniganj
Three siblings were injured as fire erupted from a gas pipeline at Par Gendaria Sarkarbari in Dakhkhin Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka district early Thursday.
2 Bangladeshi workers killed in Malaysia building mishap
Two Bangladesh workers have been killed after being trapped in wet concrete following the collapse of a floor being levelled at an LRT terminal construction site in Putra Heights near Petaling Jaya in Malaysia. The bodies of the workers were…
200 shops, 100 slum houses guttted in Ctg fire
At least 200 shops of a market and 100 shanties gutted as a slum caught fire at Barapol in the city’s Halishahar on Wednesday evening. Sub-assistant director of Chittagong Fire Service Jasimuddin said the fire broke out from the slum…