Metropolitan

Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, president of Chittagong city unit of BNP, declares to hold rally at Laldighi Maidan on October 25 at any cost. “We have got the permission to hold rally on the ground prior to Awami League, so we will hold the rally where thousands of people will throng to take

Fishermen of the region are facing a struggle over fishing of Hilsa. They however are continuing fishing all over the southern region, ignoring the 11-day ban. The ban started here on October 13 this year. A total 178 fishermen were caught red-handed by the law enforcing at the time of fishing in different rivers of ... Read more

Demand 6 rights, civil society groups Six rights groups and civil society networks yesterday demanded that the government conduct a survey and assessment on the internal climate-induced migration in Bangladesh before taking the issue to the upcoming international climate negotiations. The Bangladesh delegation must

Police yesterday recovered the body of a young woman from a hotel in Ashkona of Dakkhin Khan in the capital. The woman registered at Dhaka International Residential Hotel several days ago under the name Ruby with her alleged husband, whose name was registered as Rahul. Their room was locked from outside

Two men were beaten up and hacked for disturbing a girl on Jhenaidah Kesab Chandra Government Degree College campus Sunday noon. The miscreants were Roni, 18, and Apu, 17. The college principal, Abdul Baset Mia, said the duo was beaten up as they tried to dishonour a girl on the campus. At one stage some apoplectic students

A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at village Kunjoshreepur in Alkora union in Chouddagram upazila of Comilla on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Sabina Yasmin, 16, daughter of Serajul Haque of Kunjoshreepur of the upazila. Chouddagram police station officer-in-charge

CNG-run baby taxis of the port city have been charging exorbitant fares from their passengers without paying much heed to the government order asking them to go by the meter. The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) is turning a blind eye to the practice and officials of the CMP traffic department are encouraging the cabs to ... Read more

The body of a housewife was found hanging at her residence in the capital’s Kalabagan early yesterday. Police recovered the body of Kamrunnahar Lima, 30, after breaking open the door around 2:30am on information from her in-laws, said Kalabagan police. Primarily, police suspected it to be a suicide but Lima’s family claimed that her husband Fazlur Rahman,

The process for admissions of the selected candidates into the first year MBBS and BDS courses at Sir Salimullah Medical College for 2013-14 session will be completed from October 21 to October 23. The students selected for the first year MBBS course have been asked to complete their admissions on October 21-22 while that of ... Read more

At least 50 people, including three cops, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Bhangabari village in Belkuchi upazila Saturday morning. Witnesses said one Pavel of Adachaki village locked into an altercation with Risan of Bhangabari village over a trifling matter. As a sequel to the altercation,

Sending Patients to Pvt Hospitals Rab detains three DMCH attendants Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday detained three attendants of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after a patient accused another attendant of sending her to a private hospital which, the woman claimed, overcharged her. With acute headache, Sajeda Begum, 28, a garment worker from South Shahjahanpur, visited ... Read more

An unidentified man was killed and a nine-year-old boy was injured in separate train accidents in the capital yesterday. The man was run over by a train near the rail crossing in Gandaria, said police. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Md Rashed’s left leg was crushed by the locomotive of a train at Kamalapur Railway Station. Witnesses said Rashed was ... Read more

Five people were killed and 28 others injured in road accidents in the capital, Gazipur, Comilla and Netrakona yesterday. A child was run over by a human hauler in the capital’s Chankerpool area under the Hanif flyover. The deceased is Tahmina Akter Sonia, a class II student of Nimtoli Primary School. She was standing on the road waiting ... Read more

As part of the Indian government’s initiative to strengthen people-to-people contact, a 100-member Bangladeshi youth delegation will pay a weeklong visit to India from tomorrow. The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Indian government is organising the visit for the second time, said a press release of the Indian high commission.

Around 470 rounds of light machinegun bullets were recovered from River Surma in Sylhet on Saturday. The police, quoting the witnesses, said that some fishermen found the box full of bullets while fishing in the river’s Lamakazi Bazar area under Bishwanath upazila at about 11:00am and informed the police of the matter. The Bishwanath policeofficer-in-charge,

Seven fishermen were jailed for different terms in Bhola and Munshiganj while 58 others fined in Bagerhat and Barguna on Friday for catching hilsa defying a ban. An 11-day ban imposed by the government on catching, transportation and marketing of hilsa across the country began on October 13, aiming to boost hilsa

Medicare facilities are being hampered in Barisal as unofficially the Eid-Puja holidays started last Friday and will continue at least till Saturday next. Private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres in the city are now in holiday mood, almost suspending their services. On the other hand, general people and businessmen,

The Khilgaon-Basabo canal in the capital has long remained uncared for and is facing partial grabbing owing to poor maintenance by the authorities concerned. Though Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority officials claimed that there was no illegal occupants of the canal, residents of surrounding areas blamed

The quantity of rawhide appears to mark a rise by 20-25 per cent here this time compared to previous years due to an uptrend in buying sacrificial animals by Muslim political leaders as they want to kill two birds with one stone — performing Eid-ul-Azha ritual and electioneering with hosting feasts. During visits to different cattle ... Read more

The Chittagong City Corporation has taken steps to ensure the cleanliness of the port city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as the city witness a huge amount of garbage generated from the slaughtering of sacrificial cattle. The city corporation in this regard opened a control room and formed a vigilance team to oversee the garbage removing work. The CCC ... Read more