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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

Relatives of a patient attacked North East Medical College Hospital, a private medical institution, in the Sylhet city Monday evening after the patient died allegedly because of wrong treatment. The patient’s relatives, along with local people, vandalised the windowpanes, furniture and decorations of the hospital in a series of attacks on the hospital

Agitated clients confined officials of a Grameenphone customer care centre in Sylhet for two hours on Monday afternoon over an incident of SIM card hacking. The agitators withdrew the siege after getting assurance from the Grameenphone authorities to resolve the matter within the next five working days.

Admission tests of the first year honours students in 2013-14 academic session at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology would be held on November 30. Sources in the university administration said the Association of Universities in Bangladesh in a meeting on Monday decided to hold the admission tests

The ministry of information on Tuesday invited film proposals from filmmakers and producers seeking government funding. The ministry called on interested Bangladeshi nationals to submit proposals of their film project, including the story, the script, the production plan, the budget and the list of the actors and technicians, to the Films and Publication Department

The Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee has threatened to launch intensified movement to press home their unfulfilled 18-point demands. The threat came from a press conference held at Khulna Press Club Tuesday morning. On September 5, the coordination committee will

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions till 6:00pm today. Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely

Family members allege police torture An under-trial prisoner of the Barisal Central Jail died at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in the city on Monday. The prisoner was identified as Jamshed Haoladar alias Jashem, 32, son of Abdul Gani Haoladar from Nathullabad area of the city and accused under narcotic control act. Family members, however, claimed the death ... Read more

A woman in Barisal city handed over her teenaged daughter to the police on Sunday for her ‘reckless’ lifestyle. The Kotwali police officer-in-charge, Shakhawat Hossain, said the mother lodged a complaint with the Barisal chief judicial magistrate court on August 29 alleging that their daughter beat them up and escaped the house with the help of ... Read more

Several hundred first year students of Jahangirnagar University blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway for half an hour on Monday in protest against ragging. The agitated students boycotted all classes and examinations and blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway for half an hour from around 10:00am, demanding