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The police recovered five human skeletons from Bilshimla Bandogate area of Rajshahi city on Friday night. The Rajpara police acting officer-in-charge, ABM Rezaul Karim, said a team of patrol police conducted a drive in the area close to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital and recovered five sets of human skeleton kept in a sack at around ... Read more

Silk fabrics, weaved and designed by local artisans, are in tremendous demand in the Eid markets of Rajshahi. After a lull in trade and commerce in the city because of a weeklong incessant rainfall and drizzling, the shopping in Eid markets has gained momentum as the sky was clear on Friday. The traders in the ... Read more

A comprehensive mapping of elephant routes and corridors is essential to carry out development works in the Chittagong Hill Tracts averting man-elephant conflicts in elephant ranges, say experts. ‘Elephants follow specific corridors in their movement from generation-to-generation. As the government has been carrying out development works in the CHT, man-elephant

Du Economics Dept HC issues rules on evening master’s course The High Court on Thursday issued a rule on the Dhaka University authorities to explain why the move to launch evening master’s course in economics for professionals should not be declared illegal. A HC division bench of Justice Mirza Hossain Haider and Justice Khurshid Alam ... Read more

A man was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Gazipur early Friday. The deceased was identified as Manik Mian alias Kala Manik, 25,   son of the late Abdul Kuddus of village Kamalpur under Nandail upazila in Mymensingh. The Joydebpur police subinspector, Jahirul Islam, said a gang

A schoolgirl committed suicide in the capital’s Mirpur early Friday. The deceased, Jannatul Priya, 16, daughter of Mizanur Rahman of Shewrapara in Mirpur, was a Class X student of Cambrian School and College. Sohel Rana, maternal uncle of Priya, said they found

An alleged stalker was arrested at Chapajura village in Jhenaigati upazila of the district on Thursday while he was trying to kidnap a schoolgirl. The arrested was identified as Sohag, 20, son of Abdul Mannan of the upazila headquarters. The Jhenaigati police officer-in-charge Belal Uddin Tarafder,

A Bangladeshi young man was killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, 27, son of Abdul Khaleque of Afsarnagar village of Doarabazar upazila in the district. Quoting victim’s family members, the officer-in-charge of Doarabazar police station, Mustafizur Rahman, said Amir was hit by a motorcycle ... Read more

The Fire Service and Civil Defence has spotted 1,356 high-rise buildings in the capital that have not obtained ‘no objection’ certificates from the authorities. The fire service has taken legal actions through mobile courts against owners of 38 high-rises this year, and started sending notices to others who have violated the rules,

Surgical operations at Khulna Medical College Hospital have remained suspended since July 14, causing sufferings to the patients. The operation theatre of the hospital has remained fully inoperative after a short circuit on the day damaged all its important surgical instruments.

The Khulna Metropolitan Police authorities will build up a three-tier security network in the city to ensure peaceful celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. Besides, security has been strengthened at 16 check posts in the city and 54 others in nine upazilas of the district. Uniformed and plainclothes police

The finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the government has taken a plan to reconstruct the Sylhet central Shaheed Minar following the design of Dhaka central Shaheed Minar. ‘We have planned to reconstruct the Sylhet central Shaheed Minar following the design of Dhaka central Shaheed Minar,’ the minister said while exchanging views

Local leaders of different political parties of New Paltan area of Azimpur at a human chain on Thursday called on the government to take steps for widening the road near the Azimpur old graveyard. The leaders and the people from all walks of life formed the one-hour human chain at Azimpur at 11:00am.

Jahangirnagar University went into a 13-day vacation on Thursday, said a press release of the university. All regular classes and examinations will remain suspended from August 2 to 15 for Eid-ul-Fitr vacation while the administrative activities would remain suspended from August 7 to 12, JU registrar Abu Bakkar Siddque confirmed. Meanwhile, the administrative

The Rajshahi City Corporation has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further degradation. The city corporation has adopted a Tk 206.24-crore uplift project titled ‘Natural Water Bodies Conservation and Development in Rajshahi City’ to attain the

At least 10 people went missing as they jumped into the sea from a trawler off Sandwhip upazila on Thursday for fear of vessel capsize. Five of the missing people are Jahid Chowdhury Bhutto of Sandwip Poura area, Rasheda Begum, her two daughters – Pinki, 5, and Liza, 7, of Mogdhara,

Lack of initiatives to remove illegal encroachments on the historic ‘Buckland Bund’ of the capital has almost ruined the beauty spot. Though the river saving taskforce on August 2012 instructed the authorities concerned to clear the ‘Buckland Bund’ from Shyampur to Sadarghat of illegal structures, in the last one year poor initiatives were taken to free ... Read more

The president, M Abdul Hamid, and the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called for creating awareness about breastfeeding for good health and development of children. They made the call in separate messages on the eve of World Breastfeeding Week-2013 from August 1 to 7. In his statement, the president said all essential elements for ... Read more

Organisers of Lal-Sabuj, a monthly magazine of Barisal for children and juveniles, initiated ‘Project Eider Hasi’ to purchase new dresses for the street children on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Barisal deputy commissioner Shahidul Alam and acting mayor of the Barisal city Alataf Mahmud Shikdar inaugurated the programme on Wednesday, donating to the

A schoolboy was abducted for ransom at village Madubpur in Burichang upazila of Comilla district on Monday evening. The abducted was Habibur Rahman, 10, son of Harun Mia of the village. He is a student of Class III of Nimser Primary School. Family said on Monday evening an unknown person, introducing himself as a villagemosque committee secretary, took