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Relatives ransacked a private clinic in the Rajshahi city Friday evening after a female gave birth to a stillborn baby allegedly because of the negligence of on-duty staff of the clinic. Sources said Akhi Khatun, resident of the city’s

The second Suchitra Sen Film Festival, in memory of Suchitra Sen, the screen legend of Bangla films, began in Pabna yesterday. Film director Amzad Hossain inaugurated the 8-day festival, organised by Suchitra Sen Smrity Sangrakhan Parishad, on the town hall premises of Pabna, the hometown of the actress, around

Says Ilias Kanchan No killer driver has ever been brought to justice in nearly two decades with every successive government taking benefit of massive extortion from the transport sector, said a pioneer campaigner for road safety. “I have not seen a single killer driver being punished in seventeen years,” said Ilias Kanchan, a popular film star, ... Read more

The Khulna Metropolitan Police is going to introduce online general diary service, first of such kind outside the Dhaka city, soon. Officials in KMP, however, said the service may be delayed due to some technical problems. The KMP deputy commissioner (South), Md Zulfikar Ali Haidar, said that online

Unidentified gunmen shot a rickshaw-van garage owner in the city’s Muradpur area around 2:00pm.yesterday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Titu, 45, admitted to a private clinic at Maghbazar in critical condition as the criminals shot him pointing pistol at his

The government must take effective measures to improve the country’s river transport system and ensure passengers’ safety, speakers at a discussion have demanded. Waterway transport is the cheapest and most viable means for carrying passengers and goods, but its condition is worsening by the day due to the

The issues of gender sensitivity and human values will have to be incorporated in the textbook curriculum so that children can learn to respect women and give them due dignity, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday. Bringing changes in the curriculum is not enough, mindset of teachers who are the main component to build the nation ... Read more

YouNG green activists demand coherent steps to fight global climate change and successful discussion at World Climate Summit in Cancun in Mexico. They placed their demands at a discussion organised by Youth in Action on Climate, a forum of 10 youth organisations working with climate

Government asked to keep election pledge regarding women rights Speakers at a rally in the Rajshahi city said brutal violence towards women escalates in Bangladesh in absence of cohesive community response against sexual harassment of women. They also criticised the government for its failure in ensuring safe and suitable workplace, educational institution and homestead for ... Read more

Chittagong City Corporation Mayor M Manjur Alam yesterday said they are planning to start double shift system for rickshaws in the port city in a bid to reduce traffic jam. He said this while speaking he was speaking at a view exchange meeting with the related sectors of the city’s traffic system at K B ... Read more

Dhaka University (DU) Kha unit admission viva, scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, says a press release. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique told The Daily Star that new dates for the subject

A six-member team of South Korean volunteers arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to train people in different trades, according to a KOICA release. The six volunteers will be attached to host organisations for two years to provide training in computers, automobiles, nursing, bakery and

A female professor of an Argentine university was mugged near Fakirapul Water Tank in the city yesterday morning. Professor Anatilde Ltoya, 60, was injured when two muggers snatched her bag with her passport, Euro 1000, US $ 2000 and Tk

Chittagong University authorities have postponed viva of G-unit of the 1st year honours admission test scheduled on November 30 due to unavoidable reasons. The oral test of G-unit will be held at 10:00am on December

A man was stabbed to death by unidentified criminals at Monsurabad C&B colony in the port city yesterday. The deceased was identified as Md Nobi Hossain, 40, of Machhimpur Muhuri Bari under Daganbhiuyan upazila of Feni. Jahirul Hoque, sub-inspector of Double Mooring Police Station, said some unidentified

Padma Bridge Ten firms submit pre-qualification statements Ten firms have submitted their pre-qualification statements for the $2.4 billion construction work of the Padma multipurpose bridge. The firms put forward their documents on the last date of submission of the statement yesterday, bridge division sources

Primary Education Terminal Exam 7,755 students absent on 2nd day The second day of the Primary Education Terminal Examination was held peacefully yesterday with a total of 7,755 students absent. Of the total absent, some 7,141 students are from general primary while 614 from ebtadai madrasas, according to the control

The European Union will finance more than one third of the costs of the Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011. To this effect, an agreement was signed between the European Union and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday to fund a project titled “Support to the 2011 Bangladesh Population and

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will now have full-fledged presence in Bangladesh through establishment of its own delegation in Dhaka. To this effect, an agreement between the Bangladesh government and the ICRC has been signed at the foreign affairs ministry

An unidentified young girl was brutally killed and her body was buried under a construction site of a real estate company in the capital’s Gulshan yesterday. Gulshan police arrested two security guards Rafiqul Islam and Abdul Kaiyum of a private company Basumoti Security Service hired by the real estate