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The found of woman was dead on Wednesday night in Deobhog Banglabazar area under the Fatulla police in Narayanganj. The deceased was Amena Khatun, 18, daughter of Sohrab Hossain and married to Nur Mohammad four months ago but lived at her parents’ house in the area along with her husband. The victim’s mother, Laily Begum, alleged that ... Read more

Locals of Narayanganj sadar upazila early yesterday caught and handed over to police two men who were, alongside some three others, raping a female garment worker after abducting her at gunpoint. The two, Sajal Mian, 20, and Ramjan Ali, 25, are residents of Narayanganj city’s Khanpur area, said Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station Sub-inspector

The Australian government on Tuesday announced that anyone who has arrived in Australia by boat illegally before July 19 this year will not be granted permanent protection visa. “There are no visas for those who came illegally by boat and we will never allow those people to settle here,” said a press release of the ... Read more

Admission seekers in Sylhet on Wednesday urged the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology authorities for immediate step to hold the postponed admission tests at the institution. They made the call from a human chain formed in front of Central Shaheed Minar in the city under the banner of ‘General students willing

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has taken a plan to manage 70 per cent of its supply water from the surface sources by 2021. Managing director of the service provider Taqsem A Khan on Wednesday expressed his hope that by the fiscal year 2018-2019 it would be

The 50th death anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed across the country today (Thursday). Different political, social, cultural and professional organisations have chalked out various programmes to observe the day. The programmes include placing wreaths at grave of the great leader, discussion meetings, Quran khwani, milad and

The traditional art of Jamdani weaving has been inscribed on Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity this year. The decision was made at the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that

Law enforcers seized around 14 kilograms gold from a flight of the Regent Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Wednesday. The fight from Malaysian capital city Kuala Lumpur landed at the airport early in the morning. Sources said acting on a tip-off, customs officials

A commercial building caught fire in the capital’s Moghbazar area on Wednesday morning. Fire service official said that fire broke out in a building at Moghbazar intersection at about 9:15am. Two units of Tejgaon fire station rushed to the spot and doused the fire within half-an-hour. Fire service headquarters officer-in-charge

Don’t neglect disabled children, treat them with sympathy, asks PM International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on Tuesday across the country. Different government and non-government organisations held different programmes to mark the 22nd International Day of Persons with Disabilities and 15th National Disabled Day. The theme of National Disabled Day 2013 was

The capital’s noise level is two times higher than what is permissible, posing a serious threat to public health, a study has said. Vehicle horn, brick chips machines, mills, factories, music accessory shops and public gatherings are the main sources of noise pollution in the capital, it says. Save the Environment Movement disclosed the

Teachers vow to continue agitations Jahangirnagar University teachers once again besieged the vice-chancellor, Anwar Hossain, in his house, pressing for his resignation. The teachers under the banner of General Teachers’ Forum laid the siege to the vice-chancellor’s house Monday night and said the programme would continue until Anwar resigned. They laid the siege to the vice-chancellor’s house ... Read more

The divisional-level competition of 4th Bangladesh Physics Olympiad would be held on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology campus on December 27. A press release, issued on Tuesday and signed by the divisional Olympiad unit member secretary Sharif Md Sharaf Uddin, asked the students willing to participate

The admission tests for the first year honours courses under session 2013-14 in all disciplines of Khulna University have been postponed. The decision was made in a meeting of ‘Central KU Admission Test Committee’ Tuesday afternoon, said a press release. Chaired by the KU vice-chancellor Professor Md Fayequzzaman, all deans, heads of departments and teachers attended the meeting.

Participants in a discussion in Barisal on Tuesday called for taking forward a disability-inclusive development agenda and human rights for all. The programme was arranged to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the theme ‘break barriers, open doors: for an inclusive society and development for all’ at Social Service Directorate ground in the city. On ... Read more

The customs authorities on Tuesday said they seized 1,667 mobile sets including 200 I-Phone-V and Samsung galaxy-S from the capitals Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Customs assistant commissioner Kamrul Hasan told New Age that they seized a carton from the airport cargo on Sunday. Opening the cartoon Tuesday afternoon,

People With Disabilities Lack of data hampers planning Lack of credible data on people with disability remains the main barrier to mainstreaming them in society, said experts on the eve of International Day for People with Disabilities. Today is International Day of People with Disabilities. It is utterly regrettable that since independence

A trial court in Dhaka has sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in Sima Mitra murder case. The fourth additional metropolitan sessions Judge, ATM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, handed down the verdict on the victim’s husband, Provath Chandra alias Bikash, on November 28. After 20 years, the court also acquitted

Rajshahi University admission tests for 2013-14 session had been rescheduled for the second time, said a university press release on Monday. According to the press release, signed by the RU public relations officer, Professor Eliyas Hossain, the tests will be held in December 25-28, which

A four-decade-old India-Bangladesh passport regime in India’s north-eastern and West Bengal states came to an end on Sunday following an instruction by the Ministry of External Affairs on the state governments. Passports under the old system are usable till the expiry date. This special passport, allowing