Metropolitan

More than nine crore people will live in the country’s urban areas by 2030, said state minister for local government and engineering department Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday. ‘At present, around five crore people live in the country’s urban areas. Urban population is increasing rapidly with the rising economic growth

Businessmen and employees at Khilgaon (Taltala) City Corporation Super Market in Dhaka have complained that they were facing serious trouble in running their businesses as the authorities have kept  waste containers in front of their shops for the past few months. Employees of these shops have complained that it was tough

This year Chittagong Education Board will re-examine a total of 28,008 answer sheets of 7,978 HSC examinees. The revised results will be published on September 3, said Dr Pijush Dutta, examination controller of the board. The results will be published on the board’s website. Students can also know their results through Teletalk SMS service. The ... Read more

2 more petitions filed against Jasmine’s bail The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed two more petitions with the High Court to cancel the lower court orders that have granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in two loan scam cases. On August 4, a Dhaka court granted bail to Jasmine in all the 11 cases ... Read more

The government initiatives to save the existing canals from encroachment have fallen through for lack of proper excavation, demarcation and monitoring. Though Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority took many initiatives to protect reclaimed canals from further encroachment, it has not yet

The state-owned Khulna Newsprint Mills, shut down in 2002 on ground of being a losing enterprise, is yet to be reopened despite frequent assurances from the incumbent government. Re-opening of the mill was also one of the poll pledges of Awami League-led alliance. The KNM managing director, Kazi Ruhul Amin, said the government was still ... Read more

A triple-deck launch and a portion of the Barisal port were damaged when another triple-deck launch anchored at the port early Tuesday. Witnesses and launch and port authorities said triple-deck launch MV Suravi-8, playing the Barisal-Dhaka-Barisal route, during

Police on Tuesday recovered the body of a housemaid from a house in the capital’s Sidheshwari area. The deceased Rashida Akter, 30, daughter of Safar Ali, was from Shibchar of Madaripur. She worked at Flat 1/13, House 5, Ananya Building at Shidshwari. Farzana Bakul, the house owner, said Rashida went to sleep in a room ... Read more

Armed Police Battalion on Tuesday arrested five people, including an illegal dollar trader, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. They are Sumon Mia, 25, an illegal dollar trader, Wahedul Islam, 23, a worker of Bangladesh Biman, Munna Sheikh, 32, Nurjahan Begum

Members of Bangladesh Navy rescued 16 fishermen from a sunken fishing boat in the River Karnaphuli in Chittagong Monday night. The fishing boat, ‘FB Arifa-2’ carrying the fishermen overturned around 9:00pm due to strong current in the river after its engine

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday underscored the need for taking diplomatic efforts to strengthen relations with central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan. The president said this when newly appointed Bangladesh ambassador to Uzbekistan Mosud Mannan called on him at Bangabhaban

House Rents in Capital Much-awaited HC verdict still to come Though the final hearing regarding the issue of house rents in Dhaka city concluded six months ago, the High Court is yet to deliver a verdict, which is expected to give tenants a respite from arbitrary increase in rents and huge advance payments. Some Supreme ... Read more

Avoiding Human-elephant Conflicts Mapping of elephant routes necessary: Experts A comprehensive mapping of routes and corridors of elephants is essential to carry out development works in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) averting human-elephant conflicts in elephant ranges, said experts. “Elephants follow specific corridors in their movement. As the government has been carrying out development works ... Read more

Most of the beauty parlours, which provide skin care, facial aesthetic, foot care, hair treatment and many other services, are experiencing a heavy rush of young girls and women, with Eid-ul-Fitr just around the corner. Fashion enthusiasts, particularly the young people, rushed to different parlours and salons to get a new look with new hair ... Read more

With just one or two days left for the Eid festival, people particularly of Northern and South districts who earn their livelihood in the Chittagong city, are on their last bid to grab a travel ticket to celebrate the occasion with their relatives. Those who booked their advance tickets have already started their

Eid shopping reached its peak on Wednesday in the capital as people in their thousands thronged posh and luxurious shopping malls and markets for last minute Eid shopping. Shop owners were trying their best to satisfy the customers with the best collections as well as cover up their losses they faced in the beginning of ... Read more

Shopping centers in Sylhet are all abuzz with shoppers amid inclement weather on Wednesday, only a day ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims. Almost all fashion houses, shopping malls and shops of dresses, footwears, cosmetic goods and imitated ornaments as well as beauty parlours and saloons in the city

Teletalk 3G Services 13 base stations launched in Sylhet Teletalk launched 13 3G base stations in Sylhet city yesterday, bringing 90 percent of the city under the 3G network. The stations are in Subidbazar, Pashchim Pir Mohalla, Kazitola, Akhalia-Noyapara, Shibganj, Tero Roton, Shahjalal Uposhahar’s H block, Tilagar-Rajpara, Jatarpur, Subidbazar, Bagbari, Ghashitola and Mirapara. Teletalk Assistant ... Read more

The main Eid congregation in the Barisal city will be held on Hemayet Uddin Central Eidgah Maidan at 8:30am. The congregation is expected to be attended by lawmakers, BCC mayor-elect, panel mayor and other socio-political personalities, high-ranking government officials as well as general people and female worshippers. The Barisal central Eidgah

Jhumjhum Akter Jhuma, a runner-up in a television talent hunt for child singers, was discovered at the victim support centre of Tejgaon Police Station in the capital yesterday, 15 days after she was abducted by an acquaintance in Narsingdi. Narsingdi police said her abductor, Md Israfil, 35, a businessman in Ashulia, secretly dropped