With Eid-ul-Azha, one of the Muslim community’s biggest religious festivals, just around the corner, Chittagong city’s eight cattle markets are abuzz with buyers and traders while sales are gaining momentum amid claims that prices this year are “reasonable”. Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) leased out for
Month: October 2013
Int’l Day for Disaster Reduction today
The International Day for Disaster Reduction will be observed in the country on Sunday as elsewhere across the globe to raise awareness of how people are taking action to reduce their risk to disasters, reports UNB. The theme of this year’s day is ‘Living with Disability and Disasters’. By resolution 44/236 (22 December 1989),
Singer Arefin Rumi arrested for torturing wife
Police arrested singer Arefin Rumi and his brother Yeasin Rony from their Mohammadpur residence on Saturday morning in a case filed by his wife. Talking to The Independent, Mohammad-pur Thana OC Inspector Azizul Haq confirmed the arrest. Earlier on Friday night, Rumi’s wife Ananya filed a case with the thana bringing repression allegations
Univ student found dead in Sylhet
The bullet-riddled body of a university student was recovered from his bedroom at Ambarkhana in Sylhet city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shahdath Hossain Imon, 24, a first year student of Bachelor of Business Administration at privately-run Sylhet International University. He came from Lakshipur. Imon’s father is an employee of Chhatak
Record import forces traders to lower prices
Though cattle markets in the city were choc-a-bloc with sacrificial animals on Saturday, on the eve of formal opening Sunday. Cattle traders said they are facing massive extortion in several places on their way to the capital. It is alleged that ruling party men in aid of a section of law enforcers are realising money ... Read more
Hasina seeks forces’ support, vows ‘to give whatever necessary’
Reiterating her firm commitment to go to whatever extent necessary for a more modern army in future, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm resolve to continue the necessary reforms and restructuring at various levels of the Bangladesh Army. “I want to firmly say that necessary reforms and restructuring in various levels of ... Read more
Long tailbacks and late trains
Traffic gridlock on Saturday caused immense sufferings to people headed for their hometown to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. The situation was compounded by trucks carrying cattle. Special trains were running 30 minutes to one hour behind schedule. There was a 45-km-long tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail. A large
First day of Mayor Hanif Flyover: Smooth ride hits toll bumps
For scores, Saturday was the first time they had the smoothest ride between Jatrabari and Gulistan. But, the ease of the ride on the first day the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover was thrown open to public, came with riders of confusion. Drivers and passengers got engaged in heated altercations with staff of the Orion Group, ... Read more
PM opens Bahaddarhat flyover in Chittagong
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the much-hyped Bahaddarhat flyover in Chittagong and sought vote for Awami League in the next election to “maintain the continuity of government for expediting development and accomplishing the unfinished tasks. “We’ve implemented massive works for ensuring socio-economic development, for which
BNPPP slams plan to continue JS after Oct 24
Opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque on Saturday, said the government’s decision of continuing with the present Parliament after October 24, was ill-motivated. “The Ninth Parliament will have to be dissolved by October 24, after reinstating the non-party CG provision in the Constitution. Or else, the government’s ill-motivated plan will be thwarted by
Muggers, drugging gangs prowl city
Drugging gangsters and muggers keep prowling the city streets, intensifying their drive before Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha, with about a hundred incident recorded in about 10 days. In the latest such incident, an unnamed person died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday morning. He was drugged and robbed at night on October 9.
11-day ban starts today
Hilsa Catching 11-day ban starts today The fisheries department from today has imposed an 11-day ban on catching, marketing, selling and transportation of hilsa fish across the country to ensure safe spawning and protect mother fish. It also urged the people not to buy or consume hilsa during this period. The restriction aims at saving ... Read more
Road crash kills RAB man’s wife
Wife of a RAB official was killed in a road accident at Kamalapur area in the city Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sanjida Akter Shama, 32, wife of RAB-8 (Barisal) Sub Inspector Abu Sayeed. She was accompanied by her twelve years old daughter Sithi, a Class VI student of Motijheel Ideal School, who ... Read more
No step yet to get them released
Bangladeshis In Foreign Jails No step yet to get them released More than 2,000 Bangladeshi workers who have been languishing in foreign prisons are spending their days in frustration, as the Bangladesh government is yet to take any steps to have them released. The prisoners are in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, ... Read more
India braces for super cyclone
Half a million evacuated as major damages feared Around half a million people living in coastal villages fled to safer areas as a deadly cyclone bore down on India’s east coast yesterday, packing winds of up 220 kilometres an hour threatening to cut a swathe of devastation through farmland and fishing hamlets. In the first ... Read more
Kumari Puja celebrated
Thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to puja mandaps across the country yesterday to celebrate Kumari Puja. The celebrations marked the triumph of good over evil. The rituals began in the morning where girls were worshipped as the goddess at puja mandaps, including the capital’s Ramkrishna Mission.
Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force at Bonchowki border in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Shahinul Islam, 27, son of Mohammad Ali, of Amjhol village under the upazila. According to Border Guard Bangladesh and locals,
Unruly drivers obstruct traffic
Mohakhali Flyover Unruly drivers obstruct traffic It is an everyday phenomenon at the Banani end of Mohakhali flyover that hundreds of vehicles remain stranded during peak office hours, as unruly drivers intending to go straight to Mohakhali intersection from Kakoli take the right lane, blocking the flyover’s up ramp. Moreover, the bus drivers pick and ... Read more
Road crashes kill six
Six people were killed and another was injured in road accidents across the country yesterday and Friday. Our correspondent Pabna reports, a motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured when a covered van hit the vehicle at Tetultola on Pabna-Ishwardi road on Friday. The deceased was Moslem Uddin, 35, of Bharuimari village.
A unique evening of instrumental numbers
Without the electrifying sounds of electrical guitar or the imitated composition of keyboard, an unparalleled milieu was created using the pure tunes of acoustic musical instruments at a musical programme at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. The programme titled Jontro Sangeet-er Oikatan was the concluding event of the three-day cultural ... Read more