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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

At least 25 cattle traders, who came to Chittagong to sell sacrificial cattle from various parts of the country, were mugged by drugging gangs in the port city Saturday night. After being drugged, the traders were made senseless by the muggers. The mugging took place at Katgor and Steel

 With only two days left for Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in Barisal have started being crowded from Saturday afternoon and prices of sacrificial animals are up by 15-20 per cent this year. Extortion, high cost of transport and fodder have been blamed for this price hike. While visiting different legal and illegal

Ten people were killed and 34 others injured in road accidents across the country yesterday. Our Chittagong correspondent reports, two persons were killed and two others injured when a car carrying them collided head-on with a covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Banshbaria in Sitakunda upazila yesterday. The dead were Jamshed Alam, 65,

Dhaka Metropolitan Court on Sunday granted bail to classic pop singer Arfin Rumey in a case filed by his first wife under Women and Children Repression Act. According to the court sources, Magistrate Anwar Sadat granted bail to the singer and his brother Yasin Rony after Rumey’s first wife Lamia Akhter Ananya told the court ... Read more

International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed on Sunday focusing on the people with disabilities who are the most vulnerable groups in any disasters. The theme of the day this year was ‘Living with Disability and Disasters’. To mark the day, ministry of disaster

China’s ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun on Saturday said that cooperation between Bangladesh and China was a mutually rewarding process and it had not developed and would not develop at the cost of either of the countries. Speaking at a roundtable on ‘Bangladesh-China relations: Potential of Growing Partnership in the Coming Decades’ at the National

With Eid-ul-Azha, one of the Muslim community’s biggest religious festivals, just around the corner, Chittagong city’s eight cattle markets are abuzz with buyers and traders while sales are gaining momentum amid claims that prices this year are “reasonable”. Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) leased out for

The International Day for Disaster Reduction will be observed in the country on Sunday as elsewhere across the globe to raise awareness of how people are taking action to reduce their risk to disasters, reports UNB. The theme of this year’s day is ‘Living with Disability and Disasters’. By resolution 44/236 (22 December 1989),

Police arrested singer Arefin Rumi and his brother Yeasin Rony from their Mohammadpur residence on Saturday morning in a case filed by his wife. Talking to The Independent, Mohammad-pur Thana OC Inspector Azizul Haq confirmed the arrest. Earlier on Friday night, Rumi’s wife Ananya filed a case with the thana bringing repression allegations

The bullet-riddled body of a university student was recovered from his bedroom at Ambarkhana in Sylhet city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shahdath Hossain Imon, 24, a first year student of Bachelor of Business Administration at privately-run Sylhet International University. He came from Lakshipur. Imon’s father is an employee of Chhatak

With only five days left for Eid-ul-Azha, business has started gaining momentum in the cattle markets in Rajshahi and nearby areas. A large number of sacrificial animals were brought to the different markets on Friday but the crowd is expected to be bigger on Saturday and Sunday.

The much-hyped Chinese Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit railcar commuter service has failed to meet passengers’ demand. Its lack of toilet facilities, inadequate space and poor ventilation made the DEMU service an ‘uncomfortable’ one, many passengers have told New Age. Since April 24 this year, the service has been