Metropolitan

The Chittagong airport customs officials recovered 14 gold bars, weighting 140 tolas from a flight from Dubai Tuesday morning. The airport assistant commissioner, Md Selim, said they recovered the gold as it was left abandoned under a passenger seat in BG-026 flight which took off from Qatar and landed at the airport via Dubai at ... Read more

angladesh needs to ensure fair wages and other rights to workers to safeguard the market access for its textile products to Europe in the coming days, European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna told a national dialogue here on Monday, reports UNB. European citizens are closely watching

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas on Monday said the country’s 53 percent of fish produced to meet domestic demand come from aquaculture, reports UNB. “Our fish production was around 27 lakh metric tonnes in fiscal 2008-09 and it increased to 32.62 metric tonnes in 2011-12. We’ve produced

Speakers at a book launching ceremony in the capital’s Bon Bhaban yesterday regretted that many local mango varieties are becoming extinct due to commercial farming while application of harmful chemicals has also become a common practice. The book “Jatiya Brikkho Aamgach”, written by

The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) demolished another risky building in Lal Dighir Par area of the city yesterday. In a drive, a mobile court led by CCC Executive Magistrate Najia Shirin demolished the two-storied building  “JM Sen Avenue” as it was listed as a risky building by Chittagong Development Authority (CDA). On September 10, the ... Read more

National Girl Child Day was observed on Monday throughout the country aiming to end propaganda against women empowerment and development in the country. ‘Advancement of women is not a barrier to religious ethics and rituals, rather helpful,’ was the theme of National Girl Child Day 2013.

TIB roundtable on RTI act implementation told The Right to Information Act 2009, which allows mass people access to state-held information, is not properly implemented as government officials refuse to reveal information, speakers said at a roundtable in the capital yesterday. The discussion, “Creating Demand for RTI Act 2009 Implementation: Challenges and Solutions”, was organised ... Read more

A court here in Chittagong awarded capital punishment to a man for killing his wife over dowry. The court also fined him Taka one lakh in the same verdict. The man was identified as Rashedul Islam Chowdhury, 35. The Judge of Chittagong Woman and Child Repression Control Tribunal-3 Sharif Mostafa Karim handed down the verdict ... Read more

A woman jumped under a running train along with her daughter at Vodra crossing in Rajshahi city Monday midday. The deceased were Shamima Akter Kakoly, 25, wife of Monsur Ali, and their daughter Labony Akter, 2, of village Islamgasi under Atray upazila in Naogaon. The Rajshahi railway police officer-in-charge,

High officials of the administration and right activists in Barisal on Monday morning formed a human chain and organised rally in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall calling  to establish rights of women in all sectors of the society. They protested violence against women and girls, and called for speedy trial and exemplary punishment of the ... Read more

Lack of Post-harvest Handling Knowledge Tonnes of vegetables, fruits go to waste annually Says Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute scientist Thousands of tonnes of vegetables and fruits go to waste annually in Bangladesh due to a lack of sufficient technologies and knowledge on post-harvest handling, packaging, storage and transportation, said a Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) ... Read more

Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division yesterday rescued some 444 birds of various species from Palerpara area in Gazipur town. Md Shahab Uddin, Dhaka zonal officer of the wildlife management division, said acting on a tip off, officials of the division conducted a drive at the rented

Rights activists on Sunday urged the government to declare all people who reached their 60 years of age as senior citizen of the country to ensure their rights and mitigate the negligence towards them. At a press conference, they demanded immediate approval of the draft policy for elderly people which is waiting for approval of ... Read more

The Barisal administration on Sunday conducting a drive on Port Road in the city demolished 33 illegal establishments and recovered 40 decimal of public land worth about Tk 8.5 core. The assistant commissioner (land), Ashrafur Rahman, said giving several notices since 2010 the administration operated the drive.

A man died Saturday night while displaying fire-works at a marriage ceremony at King of Chittagong Club under the Panchlaish police in the city. The deceased was Samjad Ali, 22, son of Golam Hossain Ali of Monuhorpur in Bramhon Baria. The Chittagong Medical Police Outpost Nayek,

Businessman Murder Land dispute behind killing: family Dispute over lands might have led to the murder of businessman at Mirpur, said family members of the deceased. The victim Zafrul Haque Muktar, 52, chairman of Home Tech Developers, in the area, was shot dead by unnamed assailants on Saturday at the house of Mirpur 6. The ... Read more

A man was killed by a mob in the capital’s Moghbazar Rail Gate area Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Abdullah Masud Munna, 38, son of AHM Khorsed Alam and an accountant of Unique Group. The victim’s brother-in-law, Mustafizur Rahman,

Pizza Hut and KFC, the globally renowned and internationally beloved two restaurant chains that are home to the world’s favorite food, have opened new outlets at Jamuna Future Park. Akku Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Transcom Foods Ltd, joined by renowned celebrities namely Sharmin Lucky, Munmun,

Agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University teamed up as General Teachers’ Forum began a three-day strike on Saturday to press for the resignation of vice-chancellor Anwar Hossain. Teachers said that they went on the strike as the commission investigating the crisis at the university over the demand for the resignation of the vice-chancellor failed to end

The third and final phase of elections of 25 registered graduate representatives to the Dhaka University senate was held at three polling centres on the university campus on Saturday. About 20,000 registered graduates cast their vote in the elections held between 10:00am and 5:00pm, the university registrar, Syed Rezaur Rahman,