Manikganj: Locals caught three alleged kidnappers and rescued Puspa Rani, 22, and her friend Baloram, 33, from Kamta-Balurchar under Saturia upazila on Tuesday. They later handed the three to Saturia police. The arrestees are Mostofa, 25, of Saturia, Saifullah, 22, and Onu Talukder, 24, of Bhatpara of
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Environment-friendly technologies in leather industry stressed
Speakers have called for promotion and expansion of environment friendly technologies in leather industry in Bangladesh. They have also stressed the importance of top-quality leather production for increased export income of the country
Unidentified body found in city
Police on Tuesday recovered a body of unidentified young women who allegedly jumped from rooftop of a building at DIT project in the city’s Badda area. Police said the woman age about 25, jumped from rooftop of a six-storey building at house no-58, road no-8 around 6:00 pm
SCBA polls March 30-31
The annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts including the president and secretary will be held on March 30 and 31. In all 2,302 lawyers of the Supreme Court have been registered as voters in the country’s prime bar association polls, SCBA Secretary Md Bodruddoza Badal told
Young patients learn controlling diabetics
It was not just a pleasure excursion for the little children suffering from diabetes but an opportunity to learn how to control diabetes and maintain health to live like a non-diabetic person. Young diabetics, aged between four and eighteen years, gathered at Proshika guesthouse in Manikganj on Sunday for a two-day camp. The camp aimed ... Read more
Six named for Bangla Academy Literary Award 2010
The Bangla Academy on Saturday declared the names of six winners for the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2010. Rubi Rahman and Nasir Ahmed has been named for the award for their contribution to poetry, Bulbul Ahmed for creative writing, Khan Sarwar Murshid for the research article, Ajay Rai for his
Programmes set to pay tributes
Amar Ekushey Today Programmes set to pay tributes Different political, social and cultural organisations have taken various plans to pay glowing tribute to language movement martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the mother tongue 58 years back. President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate massages for the day. Zillur Rahman, in his ... Read more
3-day book fair launched in Sylhet
Sylhet district police administration on Sunday launched a three-day book fair on the police lines ground, on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The Sylhet Shahjalal University of Science and Technology vice-chancellor, Saleh Uddin, inaugurated the book fair as the chief guest
Housewife dies mysteriously
A young housewife died mysteriously at Mohammadpur in the city early yesterday. The deceased is identified Jannatul Naima Ratna, 22, daughter of Nur-un-Nobi of Bijli Moholla at Mohammadpur. She was a degree student of Mirpur University College and she got married with her classmate Jasim Uddin, 23, in 2007 without informing their
Punishment to rapists of adivasi girl demanded
Different human rights organisations including Women Resource Network (WRN), Hill Women’s Federation, Marma Students Council and Sachetan Juba Samaj (Conscious Youth Society) formed human chains yesterday in the three hill-districts demanding immediate punishment of the criminals who allegedly raped an indigenous teen age girl on Wednesday night at Diamond Hotel in
Call for mass awareness on cancer
Cancer experts at a seminar called upon the government to launch a mass awareness programme to save people from the ‘silent killer’ disease. They made the call at a seminar organised by Centre for Cancer Prevention and Research (CCPR), an NGO, at Nachole upazila auditorium of Chapainawabganj on Saturday, says
Construction of RU Motihar Hall yet to be completed
The reconstruction of Rajshahi University Motihar Hall is yet to be finished though it was scheduled to be completed within 2009, said the sources in the university. When contacted over phone, RU vice-chancellor Abdus Sobhan on Saturday, admitting to the authorities’ failure to complete the hall reconstruction, blamed inadequate
13 get Ekushey Padak
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over Ekushey Padak to recipients at a function at Osmani Memorial Hall today, a day ahead of International Mother Language Day. Thirteen eminent personalities will be awarded Ekushey Padak this year in recognition of their outstanding contributions in different sectors of national life, said an official
Permanent Shaheed Minar set up in Rome
A permanent Shaheed Minar, a memorial to the historic Language Movement of 1952 was inaugurated in Rome, the Italian capital, on Friday by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni. Bangladesh embassy in Rome constructed the monument at a local park as a symbol for the International Mother Language Day
2 rapists of Adivasi girl sent to jail
A Chittagong court yesterday sent the owner of Diamond Hotel and its manager to jail, who allegedly raped an indigenous teenage girl Wednesday night at the hotel in Bahaddarhat area under Chandgaon police station in the port city. The court passed the order when Chandgaon police produced the hotel owner Md Alamgir,
Book fair teems with holidaymakers
The Ekushey book fair as usual drew a large crowd on Friday, with the holidaymakers thronging the book stalls. A total of 164 new titles hit the book fair on the 18th day of the fair while 40 new books were launched, highest number of books launched in a single day so
WB set to finalise Padma Bridge loan Feb 24
The World Bank (WB) is set to finalise an initial US $1.2 billion (Tk 84 billion) financing package for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project at its board meeting to be held at the Bank’s headquarters in Washington DC on February 24. The Bank has already decided in principle to provide another US $300 million if ... Read more
Pilot waste management programme launched
The environment and forest state minister, Hasan Mahmud, on Friday distributed waste recycling bins and waste-carrying rickshaw-vans for a cleaning programme under a pilot project on waste management through reduction, reusing and recycling. The pilot project for the Dhanmondi area began in April 2010 and will continue till March
Books win in Ekushey-cricket ‘fight’
Dhaka: While the cricket World Cup fever has ‘attacked’ just about everything in the city, one venue still left unscathed is the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, going on at the Bangla Academy. As all others fell around like nine pins on the eve of the big match between Bangladesh and India, the book fair stood ... Read more
Frequent power cuts hit Rajshahi city
Frequent power outages have made public life in Rajshahi city miserable for the last 20 days. Irregular electricity supply causes disruption to official activities, industrial production and household works in the city areas. The authorities attributed the situation drastic fall in electricity supply from the