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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.

The Kotwali police officer-in-charge Ahmed Nasir Uddin on Thursday was withdrawn from the post in the back drop of recent incidents of murder and robbery as well as his alleged failure to contain the law and order in the city. Sylhet Metropolitan Police commissioner Nibhas Chandra Majhi in the morning issued the order of withdrawal of ... Read more

Demonstrations were held in the Barisal city on Thursday demanding cancellation of the project to set up 1,320 megawatt coal-based power plant at Rampal in Bagerhut and ship-breaking industry at Patharghata coast in Barguna. Samajtantrik Chhatra Front and Bijnan Mancha Andolan jointly organised the programme that started with a protest

The Dhaka University authorities began the admission process of bachelor programmes under the academic session 2013-14 on Thursday. The DU vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, inaugurated the online admission process at a press conference, held at the old senate building of

The body of a boy, who went missing from Wednesday, was recovered from a canal in Sylhet city on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rumel Miah, 14, son of late Kala Miah of Fazilchist area in Sylhet, sources in the police said. The police said the people of the area

The form fill-up for the admission tests of 2013-14 session at Chittagong University started on Thursday and it will continue till October 22, said a CU press release signed by the deputy registrar of academics, SM Akbar Hossain. The applicants now can apply by sending SMS via Teletalk mobile phone operator. For registration, the applicants have to ... Read more

Giving new gas connection for household use in the Rajshahi city has remained stalled since Sunday over an attack on the workers of the firm tasked with distribution of the connection, causing sufferings to the city people. Local people said some extortionists attacked the workers of Measures Industrial Technical Services at Kazihata in the city on

One thousand, three hundred and seventy students among about 80,000 who sought a review of their Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations results published on August 3 have now come out successful. The inter-education board coordination subcommittee chief, Taslima Begum, also the chairperson of the Board of Intermediate

HC asks govt to explain The High Court yesterday asked the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to take necessary steps for formulating a law named Formalin Control Act incorporating a provision of exemplary punishment for using formalin and other poisonous chemicals in food items. It issued the rule following ... Read more

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested three Nigerian citizens from Khilkhet and Kalabagan on charge of manufacturing fake dollars. The arrested were Adlaju Samul, Okoxe Cmeko Emmoruel and Okafor Chike. A team of DB, led by senior assistant

A minor girl was raped by two criminals at Shah Mirpur village under Boro Uthan Union of Patiya upazila in Chittagong. The victim’s family filed a case in this connection on Tuesday, three days after the girl was violated early Sunday. Family sources claimed two known criminals of the area — Didar, 22 and Solaiman, 23 — ... Read more

Death of 13-yr-old girl at DMCH She was ‘raped, tortured’  The 13-year-old girl, who died of multi-organ failure in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday, was severely tortured and raped, reveals the autopsy. Morgue sources at Dhaka Medical College said her internal organs suffered heavy bleeding and there were injury marks in her body ... Read more