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Resolving Ongoing Political Crisis National dialogue now essential Suggests SHUJAN roundtable A national dialogue involving representatives of political parties, the media, business community and civil society has become essential to resolve the growing political stand-off in the country, speakers told a roundtable yesterday. The rigid stance of the major political parties on the issue

The Dhaka South City Corporation on Thursday started selecting tender for leasing out 10 cattle markets under its jurisdiction for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Some bidders alleged that Awami League activists came to the DSCC headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, to show off their power.

The Rajshahi University students observed the ‘day against repression’ on Thursday, demanding withdrawal of all cases filed against students who protested at repression on teachers, students and employees of the university by law enforcers on the campus on  August 22 in 2007 during the then army-backed caretaker government. That day, law enforcers

Local people confined a young man along with a firearm and handed him over to the police in Sylhet city Wednesday night. The detainee was identified as Akash Chowdhury Babul, 26, son of Aftab Uddin of Nayapara at Akhalia in Sylhet city, the police said.

The police recovered a decomposed body from a place opposite to KDS garment at Oxygen area of Baijid police station in the Chittagong city Thursday morning. Baijid police station subinspector Saiful Islam said that they recovered the body at around 11:00am as the residents of that area informed the police

Joydevpur-dhaka Route DEMU train inaugurated in Joydevpur Railway Minister Mujibul Haque yesterday inaugurated a commuter train known as Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) at Joydevpur railway junction. Addressing the inauguration ceremony as the chief guest, Mujibul Haque said the present government has made significant changes in the railway sector

Construction of new footbridges is going on while many of the existing footbridges in the capital are mere death traps with their badly damaged stairs. Pedestrians have alleged that most of the existing footbridges have become unfit for use and almost ruined by hawkers, floating people and drug addicts when

Dalit and excluded community members in Barisal on Wednesday demanded constitutional recognition and end of discrimination by birth and profession. They also emphasised implementing constitutional and anti-discriminative directives to influence developments of socio-economic structures.

Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Wednesday chased the leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Rajshahi University. Witnesses said a group of JCD activists led by its RU unit convener Arafat Reza Ashique was flexing muscle around campus premise. While JCD men reached at Tukitaki Chattar on the

The Rapid Action Battalion seized 450gm heroin, 5.9kg cannabis and 139 bottles of smuggled liquor in Sylhet city during separate drives between Tuesday late night and Wednesday early hours. The elite force, however, failed to detain anyone during the drive, the sources said. Acting on a tip-off, a RAB-9 team conducted a drive

Speakers in a programme in Sylhet on Sunday stressed the need for social forestation for preserving ecological balance. They said more forestation was needed to maintain ecological balance and mitigate the adverse impact of global climate change. Trees not only provide oxygen, but also have

A two-day anti-corruption conference was inaugurated at Dhaka University on Wednesday. Vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the function titled ‘Dhaka Yes Conference-2013’ organised by the Transparency International Bangladesh at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban. Arefin in his speech termed the grenade bomb

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kakrail in Dhaka early Wednesday, the police said. The deceased was identified as Pola Datta, 12, a Class VIII student of Viqarunnisa Noon School. Pola, youngest daughter of Prodip Kumar Datta, used to live at house 36 on Pioneer Road at Kakrail. Family sources said Pola killed ... Read more

A woman was severely injured in a bomb blast in the capital’s Matuail on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, Kalpana Akhter, 25, a cleaner of the Dhaka South City Corporation, sustained wounds at around 4:00pm when she was cleaning garbage at Matuail cleaning project, said her husband Sanju Mia. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College ... Read more

The authorities of the Sylhet education board, which has the highest pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate examination this year, has decided to take punitive step against five colleges for their poor results in the examination. The board authorities already have served show-cause notices to the authorities of the five institutions asking them to ... Read more

Jahangirnagar University teachers under the banner of General Teachers’ Forum on Tuesday formed a human chain, demanding the resignation of vice-chancellor Professor Anwar Hossain. Teachers formed the human chain in front of the university administrative building at about 12:30pm as part of their pre-declared fresh

Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Rajshahi University beat up a student suspecting him as an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Bin Kashem, a fourth year student of Arabic department. Witness sources said, BCL activists, led by the

The primary and mass education minister, Afsarul Ameen, inaugurated multimedia classrooms at Agargaon Taltola Government Primary School on Tuesday. ‘Multimedia classrooms and digital learning system would be introduced to some 37,672 government primary schools across the country within June, 2016,’

The police recovered the body of a female student from the Foislake area of the Chittagong city Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Nihar Nigar Nova, 20, daughter of Jahir Ahmad of the Kutkali area and student of the Chittagong University of Science and Technology and a resident of Green Leaf dormitory. The Khulsi ... Read more

Hazrat Shahjalal International customs authorities seized 65 gold bars weighing around eight kilograms; 11 thousand memory-cards and arrested an Indian national Monday night. The arrestee, Dipok Kumar Acharya, 55, was a transit passenger who travelled from Hong Kong. His India-bound flight was scheduled at 10:00am