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Bangladeshi teenage girl Afroja Khatun, who returned home from Indian jail on Saturday, was enrolled in Class VI at Shaheed Colonel Emdad Haque Public School at Rajshahi sector of Border Guard Bangladesh on Sunday. On the occasion, the Boarder Guard Bangladesh Rajshahi sector held a meeting at the auditorium of Shaheed Colonel Emdad Haque Public

National Income Tax Day, 2013 was observed in the Barisal city on Sunday to create awareness of income tax and encourage people to pay tax regularly. The daylong programee, organised by the Barisal regional tax office, included a rally, exchange of views amongst tax officials and payers and award

The police and narcotics control department men arrested a youth from the capital’s Topkhana Road area for keeping illegal arms and narcotic materials on early Sunday. The narcotics control department deputy director, Golam Kibria, said acting on a tip-off, the lawmen raided a house in the area and arrested Md Roni, 29.

THE Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced two accused to death penalty on Sunday on the charge of killing Aminul Haque, affluent businessman of Rajshahi, in 2011. The tribunal judge, Ekramul Haque Choudhury, delivered the verdict at about 11:30am, said Entajul Haque Babu, public prosecutor of Rajshahi.

Speakers at a sit-in programme on Saturday urged the government to implement all the projects undertaken by it for the development of greater Khulna as well as the country’s south-western region. Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee organised the programme at the picture palace cinema hall intersection in the city. Chaired by

Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on CNG’s impact on the environment and economy on Saturday said the government’s move to discourage the use of CNG in motor vehicles may bring the pollution hazard back to the city again. ‘While CNG (compressed natural gas) use in New Delhi is mandatory, Dhaka is discouraging its use,’ said ... Read more

At least 1,000 traders are running their business at the state-owned ‘Godhuly’ Market in Rajshahi city amid high risk of accident as cracks have recently developed on the market building. Multifarious problems, including lack of tapped water and sanitation facilities, are also plaguing the traders doing business at the market for long.

Jahangirnagar University students formed a human chain on the campus on Saturday demanding a proper academic environment and an end to the current problem caused by teachers’ movement. The students, teamed up as General Students’ Forum, alleged that the political interests of the teachers and thirst for power were what caused the

The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Saturday inaugurated the new campus of Civil Service College at Agargaon in Dhaka. Prime minister’s adviser HT Imam and college principal Mohammad Haroonur Rashid also spoke on the occasion with college’s trustee board member former secretary Abdur Rashid in the chair. In his speech, the finance minister

Saoda Murder Alleged killer Russell sent to jail Russell Mia alias Russell Matubbar, the alleged killer of his girlfriend Saoda Aktar Mallik, was sent to jail after he gave confessional statement before the court on Saturday. Shakhawat Hossain, investigation officer of the Saoda murder case, and in charge of the Kotwali police station, said they ... Read more

The police recovered a beheaded body of a man from the capital’s Charwaspur area under Hazaribagh on Saturday afternoon. The Hazaribagh police subinspector, Walid Mahmud, said the police recovered the decomposed body at about 5:00pm from the roadside dumped in

A human chain was formed on Friday at Charbaria area in Barisal city, demanding immediate step to check erosion by the River Kirtankhola. ‘Amra Bachtey Chai’, an organisation of the erosion-affected people, organised the programme held on the river bank. Local union parishad chairman

Voting to elect 25 registered graduate representatives to Dhaka University senate will begin today in 27 polling centres outside the capital. The elections would be held between 10:00am and 1:00pm, said the university registrar, Syed Rezaur Rahman, told New Age. The second

An art exhibition was organised at Karail slum in the city’s Gulshan area on Friday with the massage of ‘Dignity in Industry’. The exhibition was entitled ‘Akhter Begum’ – the two most common names for the garment workers in the country. Some 22 photos were on display for

Detectives in different drives seized 11 vehicle lifters and recovered seven stolen cars from Sylhet on Thursday. The Detective Branch of Police arrested five members of the vehicle stealing gangs and rescued seven cars from different spots of Sylhet, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police,

Raisul Islam Roj was made president and Towhidur Rahman general secretary of the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology unit of Bangladesh Chattra League through their second council at the university on Thursday. The Rajshahi city Awami League general secretary, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, announced the committee on

A three-day bonsai exhibition and competition was launched on Friday in Rajshahi city aimed at making the bonsai culture popular. The Rajshahi Bonsai Society arranged the exhibition marking its 14th founding anniversary at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Sylhet Kotwali police arrested nine suspected miscreants in separate drives in the city between Thursday late night and early Friday. The police alleged that the arrestees were wanted in different cases including hijacking and murder. The police also seized a revolver with ammunition, a motorcycle, Tk 1,01,500 in cash from their possession.

Residents of the low-lying areas in Sylhet city experience severe water-stagnation for poor drainage system even after a brief spell of heavy rainfall. The city dwellers have claimed that the streets especially in the low-lying areas including Pathan Para, Jhalopara, Khujarkhola, Station Road, Lawai,

Some 30 diagnostic centers of the Khulna Metropolitan City are running their business without licence because of dillydally of the health department in issuing licence following application in this regard. The health department officials, however, alleged that the diagnostic centers did not maintain the rules and regulations of the health department.