A five-storey residential building tilted on Saturday at Paschim Sholashahar in the Chittagong city prompting the law enforcers to evacuate the dwellers. According to the police and local sources, the Kohinur Mansion in Shyamoli residential area under Panchlaish police station suddenly tilted
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Household gas supply for Rajshahi city opened
The longstanding demand of the Rajshahi city dwellers has at last come to be materialised as Petrobangla chairman Hossain Monsur on Friday inaugurated household gas supply. Hossain Monsur inaugurated the supply at the house of language hero Abul Hossain at Mathpukur in the city.
Rights activists demand full-fledged burn instt
Rights activists on Friday demanded establishment of a full-fledged burn institute with all modern facilities to ensure service for patients with burn injuries. They also demanded that the government should set up a burn unit in all government medical college hospitals to treat the patients at the divisional level.
Speaker urges IT use for women dev
2nd IT fest begins at DU The speaker, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, on Friday stressed the need for use of information technology for the economic development of women in the country. ‘IT can be used for creating employment opportunities for women and providing the mass people with various services,’ she said.
UGC honours 3 teachers of BSMMU
The University Grants Commission has honoured three teachers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, including its vice chancellor Pran Gopal Datta, for their fundamental and innovative researches. The UGC awarded 23 scholars of the country
Garment worker commits suicide
A female garment worker allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at West Rampura in the Dhaka city on Friday. The deceased, Muni Rani Das, 24, was an operator of Press Tel Garments Ltd at Rampura and lived at West Rampura.
11 shops burnt in Ctg fire
A total of 11 shops were burnt early Friday in a fire that broke out at Panthichhila Bazar under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong. The fire service and civil defence sources said the fire originated from a shop at around 4:00am and soon spread to the adjacent shops.
Verbal war ahead of Sylhet city polls
Two mayoral candidates in the Sylhet City Corporation polls have engaged in a verbal war over how the city will be developed as they hit the streets to campaign for the upcoming polls. Awami League-led grand alliance-backed candidate Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (last mayor) claims Sylhet city saw Tk 5 billion development in the past ... Read more
Woman commits suicide in Ctg
A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house over family feud at Hamidchar under Chandgaon police station in Chittagong city Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Fahima Khatun, 27, wife of Abul Hashem, 28, resident of Belkhuci thana in Sirajganj.
OQ asks city corpns to repair roads, complete flyover
The communications minister, Obaidul Quader, on Thursday urged officials of the two city corporations of Dhaka to repair the city roads and immediately complete Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover to ease people’s sufferings. ‘I am not responsible for city corporations’ roads.
Slum people of Dhaka will get supply water by 2015: DWASA
All slums in the capital will have access to water supply service by the year 2015, said Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority managing director Taqsem A Khan on Thursday. Speaking at a seminar, he said they would get legal water supply connection, which would ensure safe water for them and an environment-friendly
Mayoral candidates pledge to make Barisal city child-friendly
All of three mayoral candidates in the third Barisal City Corporation election have pledged to make the city children-friendly. They were speaking at a programme styled ‘face to face with children’ organised by a local monthly children magazine ‘Lal-Sabuj’ at Ashwini Kumar Hall
Stolen vehicles seized in Sylhet
5 youths arrested The Sylhet Metropolitan Police in separate drives conducted Wednesday late night seized two stolen motorcycles and one auto-rickshaw and picked up five youths on charge of lifting the vehicles. The arrested were identified as Shamim Ahmed, 32, Zahir Miah, 29, Saddam Hossain, 21, Rifat Islam, 19, and Mamunur Rasheed, 23.
Accused physician secures bail
A Chittagong court on Thursday granted bail to a physician, who was sent to jail on Monday on charge of forgetting to bring out needle from the body of a patient after performing surgery. The metropolitan sessions’ judge, SM Mujibur Rahman, granted interim bail to Dr Surman Ali until June 10 in the case filed ... Read more
Guardians concerned about children’s safety
The authorities of Bangladesh Bank Adarsha High School are forcing students to attend classes at the building which has developed cracks, alleged students and guardians. The guardians said they were worried about their children being exposed to risk as cracks have been spotted in the buildings of the education institution.
National Tree Fair launched
National Tree Fair 2013 was launched on Wednesday near the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the month-long fair with a call to plant trees to protect the environment.
Rajuk mobile court jails five people
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha during a drive on Wednesday sentenced five people each to one year imprisonment for violating law in the capital. The convicted are Abdul Karim, Abdul Hanif, Muzaffar Hossain, Harunur Rashid and Bikash Roy. They were caught by the mobile court while they were
Ministry to form joint demolition team
The Ministry of Housing and Public Works on Wednesday decided to form a joint committee to demolishing the listed 321 risky buildings in the Dhaka city. The committee will be comprised of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and the Dhaka North City Corporation officials and some experts of the Bangladesh University
CMCH physicians rally for release of fellow
Patients suffer as doctors attend meeting The physicians at Chittagong Medical College formed a human chain protesting at the arrest of their fellow, who was sent to jail by a court on charge of forgetting to bring out needle from the body of a patient after performing surgery. Meanwhile, patients at the hospital suffered a ... Read more
DWASA to install new pipelines to ensure safe drinking water
3 more water treatment plants also to be installed, says its MD The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has taken up an initiative to set up new pipelines in the city using the district metered area system to ensure people’s right to drinking water from tap. ‘Dwasa with financial support from the Asian Development ... Read more