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.
Labourer electrocuted in B’baria
A construction labourer died from electrocution and another pertson was injured at North Morail in the district town on Friday.
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.
7 Bangladeshis injured in Beirut blast
Seven Bangladeshis sustained injuries in two explosions that ripped through Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. Condition of one of the injured was ‘critical,’ it added.
Hit streets, force govt to quit, Fakhrul asks BNP’s student associate
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon the leaders and activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student organisation of the opposition BNP, to take strong position in the streets to force the government to…
2 back after 3 days of arrest in India
Two Bangladeshis have returned home from India three days after their arrest by Indian Border Security Force (BSF).
Valuables looted from two N’ganj houses
Robbers looted 93 tolas of gold ornaments and cash Tk5.00 lakh from two houses in Sadar upazila of the district early Monday.
Schoolboy killed in Faridpur road crash
A schoolboy was killed in a road accident in Tepakhila area of the district town on Monday.
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.
2 killed in city road accidents
Dhaka- Two people, including a female garment worker, were killed in separate road accidents in Tejgaon and Jatrabari areas in the city 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.
Habiganj road crashes kill 6
At least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar and Bahubal upazila of the district on Friday.
N’ganj election office catches fire
Five hundred transparent ballot boxes were gutted as a fire broke out at Narayanganj district election office at Fatullah early Thursday. Besides, a desktop computer, three laptops, a scanner and two printers were damaged in the fire, District election official…
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.
Train derails in Lalmonirhat, 30 hurt
At least 30 passengers were injured as a train derailed early Wednesday after miscreants removed clips from railway tracks at Kakina under Kaliganj upazila in the district.
Two killed in Bogra truck accident
At least two people were killed and four others injured as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Sherpur Upazila early Wednesday.
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.
Dyeing factory gutted in Gazipur
A dyeing factory was gutted by a fire that broke out at Konabari in the city on Tuesday morning.
Tk 50 lakh clothes, other goods seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian clothes and other goods worth Tk 50 lakh from Sadipur border here on Monday night.
Fire at Dilkusha highrise under control
Firefighters have doused the fire at a multi-storied building in the Dilkusha commercial area in Dhaka.
Bus carrying passengers torched in Dhaka
Strikers have torched a bus carrying passengers in Dhaka on the third day of the Opposition-sponsored strike, police say.
Train derails in Lalmonirhat
Two compartments of a passenger has gone off the rails at Teesta railway station, snapping Lalmonirhat’s train links with the rest of Bangladesh.
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.