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Incidence of crimes, including murder and mugging, has marked a rise in the Rajshahi city, causing concern among the city dwellers. At least five people, including two women, were killed by miscreants in the past 30 days, police and hospital sources said. Besides, more than two dozens mugging

Two people were killed in separate accidents while an unidentified body was recovered in the Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka on Friday. Of the deceased, Imdadul Haque, 30, son of Munsur Ali of Kurigram sadar, was killed in a road accident at Uttara, and Monindra Baroi, a timber worker

The president, Abdul Hamid, on Friday directed the authorities concerned to speedily complete the work on Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover to relieve the city dwellers of severe traffic jam due to the construction work. ‘I requested them (authorities) to complete the work by this month and open it to transport,’ the president told journalists standing on

Miscreants stabbed four police personnel in the Sylhet city Thursday night. The injured were identified as the reserved police personnel —Mridul, Nazmul, Ripan and Rahul, sources in the police said. Sakibul Hasan Parvej, one of the attackers,

Communications minister Obaidul Quader on Friday directed the authorities concerned to serve a show-cause notice to the Chittagong Roads and Highways executive engineer Rana Priyo Barua for his ‘negligence’ of duty. The communications minister made the directive

The Journalism Alumni Forum of Rajshahi University will organise a general meeting on September 13. The meeting will start at 6:30pm at the Daily Star Centre, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka, said a press release of the JAFRU. JAFRU president Sazzad Hossain and general secretary FHM Humayan Kabir have requested all former students of the department for their presence.

More than two-thirds of the construction work of Barisal University have remained incomplete when the deadline to complete the work expired last month. Classes of BU were inaugurated by the education minister on January 24, 2012 on Zilla School campus of the city. Slow pace of the construction

Leaders of Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee submitted a memorandum to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, through deputy commissioner of Khulna Mesbah Uddin on Thursday, pressing their 18-point demand. The memorandum submission was a part

Photo agency and picture library Drik celebrated its 24th founding anniversary on Thursday through a programme featuring photo exhibition, memorial lecture and cultural presentation. Artist Mustafa Monowar gave the fifth Golam Kasem Daddy Lecture on aesthetics on the occasion laying stress on variation, harmony and unity in every

Robbers looted gold ornaments and cash from a house of a clinic official Thursday afternoon in Depara area under the Daulatpur police of Khulna city. The Daulatpur police officer-in-charge, Shuresh Halder, quoted Ataur Rahman, the house owner, said three masked men entered the house breaking

An Australian education showcase will be held at Ruposhi Bangla Hoel in Dhaka on September 10, a press release said on Wednesday. The event has been organised by Australian Education Agents Association of Bangladesh with the supports of Australian Trade Commission of the Australian High Commission in Dhaka, the release added. The Australian high

An Alliance titled ‘Girls not Brides Bangladesh Alliance’ was launched on Thursday to end child marriage in the country. At the launch, the organisers said Bangladesh has one of the highest rate of child marriage in South Asia and according to United Nations Population Fund report 2013 between 2011 and 2020; more than 140 million girls ... Read more

ABOUT 50 thousand people living in the river-side areas of Rajshahi city have been living in the open on the town protection embankment for the past four days after the River Padma washed away their houses. The homeless people have alleged that they are not getting enough relief from the government and some of them ... Read more

Satellite Darshak Forum, a platform of television viewers, on Wednesday started a 10-day mass-signature campaign in Sylhet city to protest at the Sylhet Cable System Limited’s move to make compulsory the set-top box for clients and demanding resumption of airing the channels that has already been closed because of not buying the equipment.

A two-day workshop on mainstreaming migration into national development strategies began in the capital on Wednesday. The objective of the workshop is to generate recommendations on how migration can be mainstreamed into national development programmes and plans in the country, officials said. Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment

A daylong workshop titled ‘Entrepreneur  Development Workshop-2013’ was held at Rajshahi University on Wednesday. Rajshahi University and the Dhaka Chambers of Commerce and Industries jointly organised the workshop at the university’s Kazi Nazrul Islam Auditorium with the association of RU Career Club with

A man was stabbed to death by miscreants in Chittagong Wednesday morning. The deceased Belayet Hossen, 25, was the son of Shamsher Ali of village Gopalpur in Tangail. The Chittagong Medical College police outpost subinspector, Ponkoj Barua, said Bangladesh Steel

At least two people were killed in two road accidents in the capital on Wednesday. The deceased were Abdul Barek, 40, a security guard of Independent University, and Syed Badrul Hasan, 20, son of Tapser Ali of Jagannathpur of Sunamganj. Director of Independent University Bajlur Rahman

Several hundred temporary workers of the Chittagong City Corporation held demonstrations on Tuesday morning, demanding regularisation of their jobs. Labour-Employees League, Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal and Sramik Sangstha — three registered labour organisations of the CCC —organised the

The River Padma is flowing just above the danger mark, flooding the river-side areas of the Rajshahi city. People have taken shelter at the Rajshahi town protection embankment. The Rajshahi district administration is distributing relief for the flood-affected people but the Rajshahi City Corporation authorities are yet to take