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Cabin tickets of both public and private sector motor vessels plying on Barisal-Dhaka-Barisal route have already been sold out before starting special trips for Eid. About eighty per cent cabin tickets of Eid special private launch services, for five days both before and after Eid day, on Barisal–Dhaka-Barisal route have already been sold out

Police recovered bodies of a mother and her two children from a deep well in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar yesterday. The deceased were identified as Rani Lohari, 31, wife of tea garden labourer Prem Chand Lohari, her son Dipto Lohari, 7, and daughter

About one thousand cleaners of the Rajshahi City Corporation are exposed to serious health hazards as they are unprotected against germs and sharp objects while cleaning municipal wastes. The cleaners complained that they contract various skin diseases and sustain injuries in the legs and hands from glasses, sharp woods, metals and

NGO’s Support Against Stalking Victims to get instant help over phone As stalking is going unabated, an NGO along with a call centre operator has come forward to help victims throughout the country with mental and legal supports over telephone. The victims can get instant support from the law enforcement agencies or those who have ... Read more

A ten-day special launch service on the Barisal-Dhaka-Barisal route from November 14 by private launch operators and a 14-day BIWTA special launch service on 22 route s from November 12 have been announced. Saidur Rahman Rintu, vice-president of the Barisal launch owners’ association, told New Age that they would give extra trips with 12 triple-deck ... Read more

In line with the present government’s vision to build Digital Bangladesh, 4,501 union information service centres (UISCs) will be inaugurated across the country today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to open the UISCs from her office at 11.30am through video conferencing, official sources said

Interview of successful candidates under Kha unit admission test at Dhaka University will start on November 27. A total of 400 candidates will be interviewed everyday according to the merit list from 9:30am to 5:45pm till December 2

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Manora of Manikganj Sadar upazila in Manikganj yesterday. The victim was identified as Mohamad Mohsin, son of Hossain Foraji at Muljal village in Sadar Upazila. He was a final year student of Government Devendra College in the

Three people were killed as a bus rammed into their motorcycle on Faridpur-Barisal highway at Mostafapur in sadar upazila yesterday. They are Palash Shah, 30, of Amgram village in Rajoir, Aku Ali Matabbar, 50, of Telekandi village of the same upazila, and Mamun, 30, of Chamugria village in

Sales of sacrificial animals, especially buffa-loes and goats, in the Rajshahi city have increased, with a week left for Eidul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims. The selling rate of cows has not increased in comparison with that of buffaloes and goats this year because of anthrax panic.

A student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) drowned while two others were rescued in critical condition from the beach at the west end of Saint Martin’s Island under Teknaf upazila of the district yesterday evening. The deceased was identified as Shafiur Rahman Sohan, 25, son of Mizanur Rahman of

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Chairman Syed Yusuf Hossain yesterday blasted Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) for not sending a responsible official at a technical meeting on finalising gas development fund policy and thereby hindering its finalisation. While speaking at the conference, the BERC chairman said,

Locals last night caught a criminal when he and his cohorts were trying to take away a female student of a private university after snatching valuables from her and her mother at the city’s Banani area. Kamal Uddin, OC of Gulshan Police Station, told The Daily Star that they also seized a private car used ... Read more

Members of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) yesterday started wearing their new uniform with the launching of ‘FSCD Week-2010’. The FSCD has left its old uniform, which the Pakistani forces wore during the Liberation War in 1971, said Home Minister Sahara Khatun while inaugurating the

Four persons, including two women, reportedly committed suicide in different parts of the city Sunday night and early yesterday. The dead were Sarjina Sattar Rinti, 30, a homemaker; garment worker Sukla Baroi alias Ripa, 18, Morsalin Sheikh, 18, a day labourer, and medical technician Sajedur Rahman Khokan,

One of the two waterbuses plying the Aminbazar-Sadarghat waterway has remained out of service for about a month, causing sufferings to the commuters. The passengers have to wait for hours for the only waterbus, Turag, which touches each of the four landing stations every three to three and

Six more get govt’s nod while many limp The government has approved six more private medical colleges, including three homeopathic and one dental, while many are running without ensuring standard of education. Before approval of the medical colleges, the government should scrutinise the teachers at the institutes, said Prof Pran Gopal Datta, vice-chancellor of

4,000 candidates are expected to compete for 485 seats The first year admission tests for bachelor’s degree courses in the 2010-11 session at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology will be held today. A total of 4,000 candidates are expected to compete for 485 seats in the tests to be held from 9:00am to 11:30pm ... Read more

The state minister for environment and forest, Hasan Mahmud, on Sunday said that 30 million people would be displaced and 17 to 19 per cent of the country would be submerged by water if the sea-level rises by 1 metre. Hasan Mahmud made the comment while addressing a seminar on ‘Degradation of

At least three people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Netrakona, Lalmonirhat and Chapainawabganj on Saturday and yesterday. Our correspondent from Netrakona reports: A construction labourer was killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in Rampur-Durgashram road under Kendua