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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

Activists of Ganajagaran Mancha, campaigning for months demanding capital punishment to the war criminals, have threatened to go for tougher movement after Eid-ul-Azha if their six-point demand is not met by this time. The spokesperson for the platform, Imran H Sarkar, on Friday urged the government to immediately fulfil their demands, including

The ailing BNP standing committee member, Moudud Ahmed, will fly to London today for better treatment. The BNP leader is scheduled to leave for London by a regular flight of Emirates on Saturday morning, Moudud’s chamber junior Ehsanur Rahman told the news agency on Friday. He said Moudud is going abroad for treatment

A substantial amount of breast cancer cases can be prevented through maintaining a healthy lifestyle, said medical experts in the capital on Thursday. Speaking at a procession and a discussion on the occasion of Breast Cancer Awareness Day on October 10, they emphasised self breast examination

The Iranian state minister for cultural affairs, Mohammad Baquer Khurram Shad, also Islamic culture and relations organization chairman, called on Dhaka University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Thursday, said a DU press release. During the meeting, they discussed matters

A four- member team of the Dhaka University Mountaineering and Adventure Club is going to Nepal for conquering the Everest on October 16. The DUMUC told this at a press conference at the old senate building of the university on Friday. The four members of the expedition are Persian language and

At least seven Bangladeshi housemaids returned home from Hong Kong last month after facing various problems including torture, over work, inadequate food and cultural barrier, officials of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training said on Wednesday. BMET was examining the allegations lodged

The plainclothesmen arrested eight members of a gang involved in illegal trading of firearms and drugs in the city’s Demra and Jatrabari areas early Friday. The detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police also recovered two foreign firearms along with 11 bullets, 1500 bottles of Indian Phensedyl syrup

Unicef yesterday highlighted the power of innovation to get more girls in schools and improve the quality of learning for all children to mark the second International Day of the Girl Child. Despite the decreasing number of girls out of school, too many around the world are still denied a quality education and a chance ... Read more