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At least ten people were injured and 50 shanties and five shops gutted in a devastating fire at Fazilpur in Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon. Police said around 2:30pm suddenly the fire originated from a fuel shop and soon engulfed the adjacent slum houses and shops

Some ex-students of Chittagong University in a statement yesterday said Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank are pride of Bangladesh. CU Ex-Economics Students Association (CUEESA) also urged people from all walks of life to uphold the image of the country as well as the image of

Three people were killed and another was injured in separate road accidents in Narsingdi and Chittagong yesterday. A correspondent from Narsingdi reports : Two people were killed and another was injured in a road accident when a passenger bus collided head-on with a covered van on Dhaka-Gazipur

Police yesterday arrested two alleged robbers while trying to commit a robbery in a rented house at Uttara in the city. They are Majedul Islam Manju, son of Abdus Salam of Amtoli of Barguna and Mohammad Joshim, son of Abdul Malek of Rangabali of

A teenage girl was hacked to death by criminals yesterday only five days ahead of her marriage. The incident occurred at village Kulbari under Harinakundo upazila. VictimHazera Khatun,18, was daughter of Rafi Uddin of Kulbaria village under Harinakundo upazila. Hazera was an SSC examinee

The Sammilita Sangskritik Jote on Monday began their four-day festival to mark the 40th Victory Day, and called for completion of the war crimes trial immediately. Forty freedom-fighters who received awards for gallantry inaugurated the festival at the Central Shaheed Minar by laying down garlands on the Minar. Children

Little has been done to face the aftermath of an earthquake, food and disaster minister Abdur Razzak said Monday. Experts identified approximately, 250,000 buildings in the three major cities of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet as extremely vulnerable to

Threaten legal action Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) came down heavily on TIB, raising questions whether its recently published report was prepared after interviewing militant operatives or addicts. BPSA also rejected Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)’s repot, which showed the police most corrupt institution, and termed the report “non-realistic, partial and

Human Rights Watch, the international human rights organisation based in the United States, described the shooting of Bangladeshi civilians by the Indian border force as a ‘de facto shoot to kill’ policy for which there was no justification. At the launch of its report, ‘Trigger happy: Excessive use of force by Indian troops in the

Result of Bangladesh Dental Surgeons (BDS) admission test under the session 2010-11 was published yesterday. A total of 11,851 students sat the exam against 210 seats. The admission test was held on Friday (December 10). There are 100 seats at Dhaka Dental College while Chittagong and Rajshahi Dental Units have

Channel-i will arrange a daylong film fair styled ‘Cute-Channel-i Chalachchitra Mela’ at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on December 19 to mark the 55th anniversary of the release of first Bangla talkie, Mukh O Mukhosh, said a press release on Monday. It said the organisers will honour renowned actress Anowara with lifetime achievement award

Dhaka University is to establish the ”centre for genocide studies” and the ”department of educational psychology”. The university’s academic council made the decisions at a meeting yesterday. DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Sidique said the centre for genocide studies will initiate

Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital will provide free treatment during Bijoy Mela organised by private television station channel-i at Tejgaon in the city. The hospital sources said freedom fighters, sector commanders, Swadhin Bangla Football Team members, artists of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, editors,

A man was killed allegedly by his wife and her lover at village Panchnal of Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Sunday night. The deceased was Nur Mohammad, 42, son of Abdul Khaleque of the village Panchnol. The police and local people said the killing incident was a sequel to quarrel between

A man died in mass beating in the Munshiganj district headquarters on Sunday. The deceased was Mohammad Nizam, 45, a resident of Guherkandi in the district. The police and witnesses said Nizam, a wanted thief of the area, was caught by local people near the Eidgah area of village Makuhati Sunday noon. They beat up ... Read more

A domestic helper was allegedly beaten to death by house-owner at Gournadi in Barisal on Sunday. Witnesses said the house-owner, Sankha Banik, a resident of Batajor at Gournadi, mercilessly beat the victim, Rabindranath Bepari, 20, on Sunday as he had gone to enjoy a folk song programme and failed to attend the Sankha Banik on

Women rights leaders urge all Women rights leaders yesterday called all to stand against sexual harassment and stalking as an alarming 4186 incidents of violence on women took place between January and September this year. Among them 458 women were raped, 82 of them were gang raped and 52 women were killed by the rapists, ... Read more

Police recovered the body of a female garment worker hanging by the neck from a tree branch at Botanical Garden in the city yesterday morning. The deceased Sharmin Akter Julia, 19, daughter of late Jalal Khan of Rupnagar tin shed colony, was a worker of Banga Garments at section seven of Pallabi in the

At least three people were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in Madaripur, Gopalganj and Khagrachhari on Saturday night and yesterday. A correspondent from Madaripur reports : A local Sechchhasebok League leader was killed in a road accident when he lost control of his motorcycle and fell into a

The government is seriously considering the formation of a separate land commission to deal with land disputes of the ethnic minorities of the plain lands. Food minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Friday assured the Garo community at Madhupur in Tangail that the government would not make any move to evict them from the forests lands ... Read more