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Ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day visit to Japan from November 28, four important members of the House of Representatives of Japan yesterday met with foreign minister and discussed Japanese funding for the Padma Bridge. Official sources said the Japanese delegation also discussed various aspects of bilateral

People, who left the capital to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones, are experiencing huge sufferings in their return journey. Apart from hassles in procuring bus ticket and booking berth in train or launch, overcrowded vehicles and tailbacks on almost all

WB supports studies for sustainable development of world’s single largest mangrove forest The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a holistic programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world’s single largest mangrove forest. The Sundarbans is home to an estimated 425 species of wildlife, including 300 ... Read more

A mob yesterday beat up three persons who allegedly raped a housewife in Gudaraghat slum area under Mirpur-13 in the capital early hours Thursday. The accused — Shahid, Al Amin, and Abul Hossain — were handed over to Kafrul police station yesterday while one of their accomplices named

A youth was killed allegedly by the family members of his girlfriend at Sutrapur area in the city on Friday night. More than 50 local people brought out a procession in the area yesterday afternoon demanding trial of those responsible for the killing. The dead Mahbubur Rahman Robin, 23, used to run a video shop owned ... Read more

Locals beat up two criminals yesterday as they attempted to kidnap a 14-year-old girl forcefully while she was on her way to private tutor’s house with her father at Kamarpara in city’s Turag. The locals caught the goons Nazrul Islam, 18, and Faisal Ahmed, 22 and handed them over to police after giving them a ... Read more

A man died yesterday at city’s Pallabi area when he fell down on the floor during a scuffle with his wife over money to buy drugs. The deceased was identified as Sohrab Hossain, 40, a rickshaw puller of Block-D on Road-12 in the area. Sub Inspector Ansar Ali of Pallabi Police Station said police admitted ... Read more

Monwara Begum and Rahima Begum, aged over 40, arrived in the city along with their two boys the day before the Eid day by a train from Mymensingh. On Eid day, they collected meat from different houses in the city and left for homes by another train on that night. Monwara and Rahima, two siblings, ... Read more

About 200 years old three nights and two days long traditional Ras ustav and Ras mela, one of the biggest festival for the communities living in the country’s southern region, began in Kuakata coast yesterday. The festival also opens the fishing season in the region. Several thousands of people join and enjoy

A weeklong film festival kicks off in the port city today. Alliance Française de Chittagong in collaboration with Chittagong Film Center (CFC) will organise the screening of 13 documentary films. As a part of international film festival, the festival will be arranged in 46 countries all over

Cattle markets in the capital are yet to draw customers even though only two days are left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the main festivals of Muslim Ummah. Until yesterday a very small number of cattle were sold at the city’s 14 cattle markets including the permanent one in Gabtali. But cattle traders are hoping that ... Read more

The Rajshahi city has become almost deserted as a huge number of dwellers, especially students of different educational institutions, left the city to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha. A good number of students of numerous educational institutions in the city, including Rajshahi University, Rajshahi College, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology,

At least nine people were killed and 34 others injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Savar yesterday. Our staff correspondent from Sylhet reports: Three persons including a mother and her son were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in front of the

With only two days left for Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in the Chittagong city have become vibrant with buyers although the prices of sacrificial animals were a bit high. Huge crowds were observed at all the 12 cattle markets in the city, including Sagorika Bazar, Bibirhat, Karnaphuli Shah Amant Bridge, Soltgola Crossing, Steel Mills Bazar and

Experts at a programme yesterday said 1,20,000 newborns die every year in the country, with 38 percent dying directly or indirectly due to premature delivery, which must be prevented. It is good that Bangladesh is on track of achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 that tells of reducing child mortality. But if the death ... Read more

Sales of sacrificial animals are yet to get momentum in Sylhet despite a huge number of cattle pouring into the lone permanent cattle market at Kazirbazar in the city with only three days left for the Muslim’s second biggest religious festival, Eid-ul-Azha. A large number of cows, buffaloes and goats have been brought to the ... Read more

Participants in a daylong seminar on ‘mass literacy based on vocational education’ on Saturday stressed change in mindset and strategy for success in mass literacy movement. The Society for People’s Education, Empowerment and Development Trust, in collaboration with Mass Literacy Movement, organised the programme at BDS

The minister for food and disaster management, Abdur Razzak, on Saturday said over 72,000 buildings in and around the Dhaka metropolis are at risk and they would collapse if an earthquake with a magnitude of over seven on the Richter scale hits the capital. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on ‘Risk Resilient Infrastructures: Role of Education ... Read more

Speakers tell seminar Only one fourth of the total diabetes patients receive treatment in the country for lack of service and awareness, said speakers at a press conference yesterday. Bangladesh Diabetic Society (BADAS) arranged the conference at its auditorium at Birdem hospital, ahead of the World Diabetes Day to be observed

At least six people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Kishoreganj and Natore yesterday. Our correspondent from Brahmanbaria reports: Four people were killed and two others injured in a road accident on Brahmanbaria-Comilla highway at Kharera of Kasba upazila