Seven people were injured after the cylinder of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw exploded at Kulgaon under Bayzid police station in the Chittagong city early Sunday. The injured were identified as Alauddin, 24, Shahabuddin, 28, Raju Ahmed, 26, Jahangir, 25, Rabiul Islam, 26, Helal, 24, and the CNG driver Shahabuddin,
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58.37pc population suffers from fever
The highest 58.37 per cent of the country’s population of both sexes suffered from fever, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010. The survey showed that 9.94 percent of the population of both sexes at the national level suffered from pain, followed by 5.16 percent from diarrhoea, 2.12 percent from dysentery, 2.49 percent ... Read more
Office hours during Ramadan
Staff Correspondent Office hours during the month of Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi-government, and autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations. A proposal in this regard will be placed in the cabinet at its regular weekly meeting today at Bangladesh Secretariat. Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will chair the
PRAN-RFL Group makes donation to BSMMU nursing faculty
PRAN-RFL Group has donated Tk 5 lakh to the nursing faculty of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. PRAN-RFL Group chairman Mahtabuddin Ahmed handed over the cheque to BSMMU vice-chancellor Pran Gopal Dutta at his office on Sunday, said a press release. Mahtabuddin said as part of corporate social responsibility the amount was given for expedite
Sylhet tree fair witnesses holiday crowd
The Sylhet divisional tree plantation campaign and tree fair drew a huge crowd on Monday, a public holiday for Shabe Barat, a religious occasion of the Muslims. The organisers and stall owners said that people began to pour in from the late afternoon. Service holder Shahana Begum bought her 6-year-old son Dihan to take a ... Read more
Pabna headmaster freed on bail
5 ‘plotters’ temporarily barred from coming to school The headmaster of Basherbanda High School, who was convicted in a ‘false charge’ of sexual harassment on July 10, got released upon bail on Sunday as the court granted his petition for appeal. “I am innocent but was implicated in the false charge due to a conspiracy,” ... Read more
Mysterious death of mother, 2 children
Bodies of a housewife and her two children were recovered from a pond at Chhoykut village in Kamalganj upazila early Sunday. The deceased are Shelly Rani Dev, 30, wife of Asit Chandra Dev and their daughter Oishi Rani Dev, 2, and son Uzzal Chandra Dev,
Dhaka unaware as Delhi gives go-ahead to Tipaimukh dam
Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Saturday said that his ministry was not aware of a reported move by the Indian government to start construction of the Tipaimukh Dam. “We do not have any information about it,” the minister told The Independent when his attention was drawn to media reports that the North Eastern ... Read more
DCC delays approval for new mobile toilets
Only seven mobile toilets are in operation in the capital as the non-government organisations willing to add more are yet to get permission from the Dhaka City Corporation. The Association for Realisation of Basic Needs is running four, Dustha Sasthya Kendra is running two and Nagar Seba is running one mobile toilets in the
Rights activists protest at charging fee on tube-well users
Rights activists at a press conference in the Khulna city on Saturday assert their position against the Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s decision to impose registration fees and charges on the deep tube-well users from this month. They demanded maximum use of surface water and the lowest use of underground water in the
‘Vandal’appointed IO
Ransacking Journo’s House by Cops ‘Vandal’appointed IO Rajshahi journos demand punishment Different journalists’ organisations in Rajshahi yesterday held protest programmes demanding punishment of the responsible police officials for assaulting journalist Imran Hossain and ransacking his house. They also demanded withdrawal of the “false” extortion case against Imran Hossain, Tanore upazila correspondent of Rajshahi-based daily Sonar ... Read more
When glory was only 300 metres away
Europe’s Highest Peak When glory was only 300 metres away Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi attempting to climb the seven highest mountains of the world’s seven continents, returned home yesterday after attempting to climb Mount Elbrus situated on the borders of South West Russia and Georgia. Wasfia and her team were 300 metres from the ... Read more
Govt ready to award environment critics
Says Hasan Mahmud The government would award people who constructively criticise its roles related to environment and wildlife preservation, State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud said here yesterday. Criticisms will make the government aware of its lapses and act accordingly, he said, speaking at the inauguration of a 15-day tree fair at ... Read more
RCC to monitor healthcare of city hospitals, clinics
The Rajshahi City Corporation will monitor services of public and private hospitals and clinics in the city to ensure proper healthcare. Acting mayor of Rajshahi Sariful Islam Babu disclosed the information while he was visiting a six-day eye camp on Saturday morning
Islamic book fair begins today
A one-and-a-half-month Islamic book fair begins today on the northern premises of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Arranged by Islamic Foundation on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat and Ramadan, the fair will remain open for all from 10:00am to 8:00pm
Constitutional recognition of ethnic minorities demanded
Ninety-four eminent citizens of Chittagong in a joint statement on Saturday demanded cancellation of the 15th amendment to the Constitution and recognition of the ethnic minority communities in it. They came down heavily on the government for imposing Bengali nationality on the minority communities by amending the Article 6 of the Constitution, which now states ... Read more
Demolish BGMEA bldg
Environmentalists urge govt The government must immediately demolish the much talked-about BGMEA building that the High Court has declared illegal, said environment and development organisations at a demonstration yesterday. It is not understandable why Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is not knocking the building down despite all legal bars removed, they said during the demonstration in ... Read more
Disabled people demonstrate their special abilities
Hundreds of audiences were mesmerised by the spectacular performances of some disable school children at the Sufia Kamal Auditorium of National Museum on Friday. Rendition of patriotic songs, Tagore’s songs and modern song along with a short-play not only enthralled the audiences but also created a realisation among them. The realisation was that how can ... Read more
Female madrassah student killed
A female madrassah student was allegedly strangled by miscreants in Sripur upazila of Gazipur. The deceased was Munia Akhter, 12, Class V student of a local Dakhil Madrassah and daughter of Kuwait expatriate Miar Uddin of Shiriguri village in the upazila. The police and local sources said Munia’s mother along with another daughter went to ... Read more
Two women with 4,500 Yaba held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested two sisters and seized some 4,500 Yaba tablets from their possession in the city’s Banasree. Rab arrested Taslima Akter alias Sumi, 28 and her sister Fahima Akter, 19, from their residence at the city’s South Banasree, says a Rab