With music playing on his headphones, a teenage boy failed to hear the sound of an oncoming train and died after subsequently being run over at Kuril rail crossing in the capital yesterday morning. The deceased 17-year-old Sabbir Hossain Tufan, a resident of the capital’s Uttar Badda, was scheduled to appear in the SSC examinations ... Read more
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Yaba smuggling on rise: DNC
Smuggling and usage of contraband Yaba tablets, among illegal drugs, are alarmingly increasing in the country, said Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) yesterday. More than one lakh people are engaged in smuggling and trading of the illegal drugs while more than 50,000 people are arrested each year in connection
First Bangladesh made warship launched
The first-ever warship built by Bangladesh was launched by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni through a ceremony at Khulna Shipyard yesterday. The warship, categorised as a patrol boat, was built by Khulna Shipyard at a cost of Tk 58 crore and will be handed over to Bangladesh
Rimi takes oath as lawmaker
Ruling Awami League candidate Simeen Hussain Rimi, who won the Gazipur-4 (Kapasia) by-polls, took oath as a lawmaker yesterday. Speaker Abdul Hamid administered oath to Rimi in his office in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Rimi’s mother Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, a number of AL leaders and officials of the
13 killed in road accidents
Thirteen people were killed and 31 others injured in road accidents in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Comilla, Chittagong, Naogaon and Rangpur on Saturday and yesterday. Our Munshiganj correspondent reports, four people were killed and eight others injured as a bus hit a pickup from the opposite direction in
Increase JS women’s reserved seats
Says Mahila Parishad Bangladesh Mahila Parishad placed a 13-point recommendation, including raising the number of reserved seats for women in parliament to 100 and holding direct elections to those seats. The parishad placed the suggestions at a meeting in the capital’s Cirdap auditorium yesterday. Pointing out the attack on the Buddhists, Maleka Banu, general secretary ... Read more
Yaba tablets seized, 4 arrested
Detective Branch of police arrested four young drug traders with 7,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 24.50 lakh from the capital’s Khilgaon on Thursday. Police also seized Tk 3.5 lakh, five mobile phones and a microbus from their possession. They are Md Aminul Islam alias Amin, Md Ayez, Md Ilias, and Noor Mohammad,
35 get certificates on TV news presentation training
Participants of training course on “TV News Presentation” were awarded certificates at a function at Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) in the capital on Saturday. Maasranga Television Chief Executive Officer and Chief Editor Syed Fahim Munaim as chief guest distributed certificates among the
South Asia Regional Art Exhibition starts in capital
It was an afternoon where artistes and photographers from eight South Asian nations brought their visions about the future, together they created their own respective ideas of future that is not at all bypassing the existing real world. A total of 25 young artistes, born after 1975, sketched their thoughts that ranged from river
Stop rental power plants
Speakers tell seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed on the need for shutting down rental and quick rental power plants and repairing national power plants to meet the country’s power demands. They also suggested taking initiatives and setting up big power plants to increase energy production locally rather than depending on multinational companies
Tagore’s philosophy vital to resolve crisis
States Prof Anisur Rahman Resorting to the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore is now essential to overcome the environment and humanity-centered crisis in the earth, said an authority on Rabindranath Prof Anisur Rahman yesterday. “Rabindranath initiated a social movement to enliven the unity between human beings and the environment,” said the acclaimed economist and Tagore singer ... Read more
Teachers living miserable lives
Discussions marking World Teachers’ Day told Teachers in Bangladesh are living miserable lives and their socio-economic conditions, compared to those living in other South-Asian countries, are poor, said speakers at programmes in the capital marking World Teachers’ Day yesterday. Providing the country’s students world-class education requires a world-class
2.20 lakh to vie for 2500 seats at JU
Around 88 aspirants will compete for one seat in the intake tests of the bachelor’s degree courses under academic session 2012-13 at Jahangirnagar University, scheduled to be held in October 13-20. More than 2.20 lakh aspirants sent their applications against 2500 seats available for which admission tests will be conducted under six units and two
2 Bangladeshis win bronze
Int’l Olympiad in Informatics 2 Bangladeshis win bronze Two Bangladeshi students bagged bronze medals in the 24th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) hosted by Italy in Lake Garda from September 23 to 30. The worldwide competition’s tasks are of algorithmic nature with contestants of high school level having to show basic IT skills such as ... Read more
DNCC to set up three new cattle markets before Eid
The city authorities have decided to lease out three new temporary cattle markets at the northern part of Dhaka for facilitating the trade of sacrificial animals ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will host temporary cattle markets at Uttara Sector-11, Baridhara Block-J and Eastern Housing Maath at Mirpur Section-6 in ... Read more
Lawyers unleash unprecedented hatred against Adivasis
In an unprecedented manifestation of hatred, the lawyers of Joypurhat Bar Samity asked Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP) to replace 26 water glasses which some Adivasi people used to drink water on Thursday. This has deeply hurt the entire indigenous community in Joypurhat. “The incident was unexpected in a modern civilised society,” said JAP Secretary
Agora steps into 12th year
Agora, one of the largest chain of superstores in the country, has stepped into its 12th year. The superstore have announced some offers for its clients on the occasion. A great number of attractive price offers has been announced. The special offers will be available from October 5 to October 20, 2012, in all the ... Read more
Downpour disrupts life in Ctg, Sylhet
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
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