Heavy rainfall in different parts of the country strained people’s life, with people of Chittagong and Sylhet facing severe water stagnation on Thursday. The Met Office in Sylhet recorded 233.2mm of rainfall in 24 hours till Tuesday evening, the highest in the region in 42 years. The downpour
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Couldn’t happen without intelligence knowledge
Attack on Buddhists Couldn’t happen without intelligence knowledge Says NHRC chief Head of National Human Rights Commission Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday said the attack on Buddhists in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong was pre-planned and could not take place without prior knowledge of the intelligence agencies. “The government must investigate the incident, as the violent attack ... Read more
No cattle market on roads, highways before Eid
Decides inter-ministerial meeting The government yesterday decided not to allow makeshift cattle markets on roads and highways to avoid traffic gridlock ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two largest religious festivals of Muslims. The decision came at an inter-ministerial coordination meeting, to ensure safe and smooth passenger movement centring the festival, in the capital’s Institution of ... Read more
Condemnation of Ramu violence continues
Political parties, rights and cultural organisations and personalities on Wednesday continued to vent their condemnation of the arson attacks on Buddhist monasteries at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar and Patiya in Chittagong. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a statement condemned the attacks and expressed his
Majority for compulsory marriage registration
Says RIB survey Some 91.3 percent respondents, 74.5 percent of whom were women, of a survey conducted by Meghna Guhathakurta, executive director of Research Initiatives of Bangladesh (RIB), demanded a system to make marriage registration compulsory. The study, “The necessity and importance of Hindu marriage law”, was disseminated in a
Pedestrians suffer without footpath in Patiya
The absence of a footpath along a one kilometre stretch of road from Thanar Mor to Primary Training Institute (PTI) of Chittagong’s Patiya upazila is causing immense suffering to pedestrians. Hundreds of public and private vehicles ply on the road from dawn to midnight as it is a part of the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway
Abducted schoolgirl rescued in Chittagong
The police rescued an abducted schoolgirl and arrested five kidnappers from Madam Bibir Hat area under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on Wednesday. The arrested were identified as Anwar Hosen, 22, Mohammad Hanif, 20, Nur Alam, 22, Abu Bakkar Siddique, 22, and Mumin Ullah, 20
Adivasi long march concludes
Hundreds of Adivasis participating in a two-day long march demanding a law and a national commission on indigenous affairs reached Rajshahi yesterday. The marchers headed for Rajshahi from Chapainawabganj on Tuesday morning. They pressed for a four-point demand, which also includes formation of a land commission for
Unexplained death of a housewife
A housewife who was recovered from the capital’s Shahjahanpur Jhil in a senseless condition died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early yesterday. The deceased was Jinnat Sultana Sonia, 35, wife of Manir Hossain Badal, of Khilgaon area. Quoting Manir, Shahjahanpur Police Station Sub-Inspector Masud Alam said Sonia committed
Deprived children share life stories
Children’s Rights Week Deprived children share life stories Many disadvantaged children gathered in the auditorium of the National Museum in the capital yesterday and shared their stories of struggles and successes in life. Marking children’s rights week 2012, Aparajeyo Bangladesh, an organisation working for disadvantaged children, arranged the gathering
Gen (retd) Gomes appointed envoy to the Philippines
The government has decided to appoint Major General (retd) John Gomes as the new Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines. General Gomes was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army as an infantry officer in 1977 and retired as a Major General in
UK visa: Documents only from designated financial institutions
The UK Border Agency in Bangladesh has announced a list of financial institutions from which only it will accept documentation in support of visa applications to be made under the points based system, in short PBS. This list will come into effect for PBS visa applications to be submitted from
Birdem introduces dental care
Patients who have been suffering from different teeth related diseases will now get modern dental implant, braces and other teeth related treatments at Birdem Hospital in the capital. The hospital’s dentistry department has recently introduced the treatments. Treatments for missing teeth replacement, mal-aligned abnormally placed teeth and
Rundown building collapses
An abandoned multi-storey building collapsed on two of its adjacent buildings in the capital’s densely populated Shakhari Bazar Tuesday morning, causing huge suffering to the local people and spreading panic in the area. Dozens of families in the neighbourhood suffered immensely as utility services were
Citizens, political parties condemn Ramu violence
Saturday night’s attacks on Buddhist neighbourhoods across Ramu, Ukhia and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazaar and the subsequent spread of the violence in Patiya of Chittagong continued to draw nationwide condemnation from eminent personalities as well as political parties on Monday. Nine eminent personalities in a statement expressed concerns over the sectarian
Children’s Rights Week calls for end to child repression
Children’s Rights Week 2012 began on Monday with the theme ‘from womb to five: care me from today: to become intelligent and powerful’. Government and different non-governmental organisations have taken up various programmes to mark the week. The ministry of women and children affairs inaugurated their weeklong programmes at
Bangladesh celebrates Girl Child Day today
Bangladesh celebrates today the National Girl Child Day. The day would be celebrated this year on the theme: ‘Girl child’s progress: progress of Bangladesh.’ Besides the government, a host of NGOs would take part in the celebration. In a message president Zillur Rahman called for taking the initiative for
OC, 6 others sued for schoolgirl’s suicide after rape
A case has been filed against former officer-in-charge of Bahubal police station Azizur Rahman Sarkar and six others in connection with the suicide of a schoolgirl after rape inside the thana quarters on September 14. M Shah Alam, uncle of victim Marzana, filed the case with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Sunday
Breast Cancer : 17,000 die every year in country
Discussion told In Bangladesh, 22,000 women fall victims to breast cancer which leads to 17,000 deaths every year, speakers said at a discussion yesterday. At the discussion styled “International Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October 2012”, held at Dhaka Ahsania Mission auditorium
Road accidents kill 8 in 5 districts
Eight people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Chittagong, Khulna, Magura and Chandpur on Sunday and yesterday. Our Sirajganj correspondent reports, three people were killed and two others injured as a microbus rammed a human hauler on Bogra-Nagarbari