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One shot dead Valuables worth about Tk 16 lakh were looted from the house of a businessman at Kutubkhali of Jatrabari in the Dhaka city early Friday. Victim’s family said a gang of six robbers entered the house of businessman Ferdous Minto on the first floor of the four-storey building by cutting open the balcony ... Read more

Speakers tell seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to consider the impacts of climate change while preparing the national budget. The seminar titled ‘Climate change: Its impact on health and environment’ was organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) at Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium. “The impacts of climate change should be considered during ... Read more

A syndicate is reportedly active in supplying adulterated fuel oils in different fuel sales points in the Khulna city and also many rural areas of the district. Members of the syndicate collect adulterated fuel oils from different parts of the country and supply them to their local customers, local sources said. A section of rural ... Read more

Preparations for celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, on April 14 with fanfare and festivity are going on in full swing. Various cultural organizations and institutions, including Chhayanat, Dhaka University’s Fine Arts Faculty, Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Press Club and Dhaka Reporters’ Unity have chalked out special programmes to ... Read more

Speakers at a human chain programme yesterday demanded strict application of the law banning the use of polythene bags, and urged the government to arrange alternative bags for the consumers. Though the use of polythene bags has been banned, the businessmen and customers are using them without any fear as there has been no application ... Read more

Chittagong Metropolitan Police launched a criminal database system with fingerprint identification in its Double-Mooring zone on Friday for detecting criminals instantly. The shipping minister, Absarul Amin, inaugurated the system in a function at Hotel Agrabad. Deputy inspector general of police M Asaduzzaman Mia and Chittagong Port Authority chairman RU Ahmed were present as special guests. ... Read more

DCC POLLS Candidates asked to remove posters, banners in 7 days The Election Commission on Thursday called on the people intending to contest Dhaka City Corporation elections to remove within seven days the posters, leaflets and banners they had stuck on roadside walls greeting people on different occasions or seeking their blessings. The commission reminded ... Read more

Experts at a seminar have said social stigma is a major obstacle to fighting HIV/AIDS in the country. Describing the AIDS as a deadly disease, they said all should change their attitude towards HIV/AIDS-infected patients for the prevention of the disease. They were addressing a seminar titled ‘culture-sensitive HIV/AIDS prevention communication for behaviour change’ at ... Read more

Gas supply to Khulna demanded The Khulna district unit of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad observed a day-long token hunger strike at Shaheed Hadis Park in the city on Thursday, demanding immediate gas supply to Khulna through pipeline. The speakers at the programme called on the government to cancel the decision to postpone the $125 million gas ... Read more

Unidentified criminals sprayed bullets at the office of a recruiting agency in the city’s Banani area yesterday that left its one staff killed and another injured. Following the shooting, the criminals escaped the scene leaving behind a sweetmeat packet which contains a piece of shroud, one bullet and a chit, inscribed with a threatening message ... Read more

More than 200 shanties were gutted as a devastating fire broke out at a slum beside the Janata Housing at Mirpur section 2 in the capital on Monday. Locals and the fire brigade officials said that the fire had broken out from a shanty at about 11:30am and soon engulfed more than 200 adjacent shanties ... Read more

Professor Abdul Matin Talukder, provost of Mother Bux Hall at Rajshahi University, has been removed from the post while the provosts of two other halls resigned. Abdul Matin has been removed from the post of hall provost for his alleged non-cooperation with the university authorities, according to university sources. He told reporters that the vice ... Read more

World Health Day Today Call for emergency services to disaster-hit people Bangladesh celebrates the World Health Day today with the slogan ‘Save lives: Make hospitals safe in emergencies’ along with the other United Nations member countries. President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in separate statements wished successes of the week-long programmes taken by ... Read more

Red Rose Films Limited, a London-based film production house, looks for a world-class actor to play the main role in its English movie being made based on the life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, noted columnist and chairperson of the production house, told reporters at a press conference here yesterday that they ... Read more

Students of Home Economics College, blocked the Azimpur-New Market road for almost five hours to press home of eight points demand including withdrawal of enhanced session fee. The students took the street at around 9.00 am and continued till 1:30 pm with shouting different slogans to realise their demand soon. The sit in programme of ... Read more

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday approved a proposal of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to procure three vehicle mounted frequency jammers (VMFJ) for the VIPs. Initially, one VMFJ will be procured and then two others will be purchased in phases. The Special Security Force (SSF) will use the equipment for security purpose of the ... Read more

Speakers tell conference About 20-25 million people of the country are at risk of exposure to arsenic contamination, speakers said yesterday at the inaugural ceremony of an international conference. They also said there are more than 8,000 villages in the country which are at the risk of arsenic contamination. Department of Public Health and Engineering ... Read more

The Sylhet Osmani International Airport authorities have allocated possession for three shops in the newly constructed airport terminal allegedly flouting allotment rules. The allotment of the possession has been made illegally as the airport authorities did not invite any tender in this regard, local businessmen alleged. Airport officials, however, claimed that they had allotted possession ... Read more

Shortage of dustbins blamed Shortage of dustbins forces the people in Sylhet city to dump wastes into canals, drains and road-sides, polluting environment and posing threat to public health. Not a single dustbin has been installed in the city after Sylhet district town was upgraded into the city corporation about a decade ago, according to ... Read more

The University of Rajshahi has decided to install closed-circuit television cameras in different places on the campus to ensure security. Sources in the administration said the authorities at a recent meeting with the law enforcement agencies had decided to install the closed-circuit television cameras in places including the campus gates at Binodpur, Kazla and Station ... Read more