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The orange and vermicelli sold in the Dhaka city markets are all treated with formalin, said a test report by green rights activists on Sunday. The report says formalin has been detected in 82 of mangoes, 91 per cent of bananas, 59 per cent of apples, 95 per cent of grapes, 77 per cent of ... Read more

The unbridled price hike of essential commodities has led the low-income, poor and extremely poor people in the Rajshahi city to lead a miserable life. Their woes intensify even further when they fail to afford new clothes and goof foods for their families with Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of

Rajshahi University students on Sunday staged protest against transport crisis. Witnesses said, more than hundred students blocked the university’s transport system at 2:00pm as the authorities, without any prior notice, cancelled the scheduled student buses. Later, the students called off their demonstration as the proctor Professor Tariqul Hasan

The Detective Branch in separate raids on areas of the capital Dhaka arrested 11 people and seized two firearms and 5,500 sedative pills on Friday night. The detained are Farid Hossain, Abdul Hamid, Md Rabbi, Abdul Haque, Md Anis Khan, Seydul Molla, Babu Kazi, Khalilur Rahman, Arif Hossain, Nasir Uddin

Two including a 10-year boy were killed in traffic accidents, a man was electrocuted and a construction worker was killed as a wall of a school building collapsed on him in the city on Saturday. The minor boy, Ridoy, son of Jakir Hossian, resident of Segunbagicha, was killed as a truck rammed into a rickshaw, ... Read more

Several non-government organisations on Saturday protested against felling of trees and filling up low land by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha in the name of Purbachal New Town Project. At a briefing at Dhaka Reporters Unity, Ain o Salish Kendra, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan, Transparency International Bangladesh, Save the Environment Movement,

Jahanginagar University’s Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall is gripped by snakes scare as it has become a ‘habitat’ of the reptile. At least 20 snakes were killed in the last few days by the panic-stricken students. Students alleged that no effective measures were taken to get rid of the problem despite the snakes had been creating ... Read more

Malls and markets in the Sylhet city have started experiencing crowds of buyers, with Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, only two weeks away. Shoppers from different income groups are now seen to swarm the shopping malls, fashion houses, boutique shops, market places and roadside shops.

The four Bangladesh Chhatra Leauge activists of Jahangirnagar University unit, who were expelled for beating a journalist last February 27, were moving on the campus freely. Sources said the expelled four activists were seen on Friday at Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and different places of the campus though they had been declared

KCC POLLS EC to sue 25 for failing to submit expenditure returns Khulna regional election office was preparing to sue 25 councillor candidates of 31 wards, who contested the recently held Khulna City Corporation polls, for not submitting returns of election expenditure within the deadline that expired on July 24. Three mayoral and 157 councilor ... Read more

The shopping in the capital’s footpaths ahead of the Eid festival, less than two weeks away, has not yet gained momentum because of high price of items. The rush of the low income group, main customers of the footpaths’ stalls, was insignificant compared with previous years at the city’s popular footpath shopping

With only two weeks left for Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims, the Chittagong city people are now crowding the shopping malls to do their Eid shopping. New Market, Mimi Super Market, Amin Centre, Aktharuzzamna Babu Centre, Centre Plaza Johur Hawkers Market, Sanmar Ocean City and all other big and

Jahangirnagar University Information and Technology Society on Thursday launched some initiatives in developing information and technology on the campus and its outside. A view exchange meeting and iftar party was arranged by JUITS in the seminar room of Zahir Raihan Auditorium in this regard.

Transport operators in the capital have increased fares for long-distance routes during the Eid-ul-Fitr rush, flouting a government directive. The private bus companies start selling advance tickets for Eid today. Employees of different transport companies at Gabtoli

A mobile court on Thursday fined five restaurants of Moghbazar and Mouchak areas Tk 7 lakh on charge of producing and selling substandard food items. Dhaka district administration and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution jointly conducted the mobile court led by executive magistrate Abeda Ansari.

The Zakat Foundation of America, a US-based charity organisation, recently distributed 40 sewing machines among poor women of Hajaribag slum who participated in its training programme. The foundation also distributed food packages and new clothes among 100 poor families as Eid gifts.

The participants in a daylong workshop on Thursday demanded unitary and equity-based inheritance and family laws to secure land rights of women. They demanded effective strategies and programmes for advancing women’s land rights as a key to rural poverty reduction by empowering women and enacting

The Press Institute of Bangladesh organised a training workshop on ‘reporting related to digital Bangladesh’ in Khulna city on Thursday. The daylong training workshop, held at the circuit house, was organised in cooperation with Access to Information Project of the prime minister’s office and the

The Khulna City Corporation on Thursday announced its Tk 345.4 crore budget for the 2013-14 financial year. Ajmol Ahmed Tapon, who is carrying out the temporary charge as the city mayor, presented the proposed annual budget at a press conference held at KCC auditorium.

A total of 200 parrots were seized from Abdullahpur of Uttara in the capital on Thursday. Dhaka Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Department seized the 200 Basonti Latkan Tota in a drive conducted near the Abdullahpur bus stand. They also arrested the salesman, said a forest department