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An inmate of a female student hostel allegedly committed suicide in Pathanpara area of Rajshahi city early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nahida Sultana, 19, daughter of Shahjahan of Chandail village in Baraigram upazila of Natore. Owner of Kheya Chhatri Nibas, a hostel of female students, saw the body of Nahida hanging from the

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation starts today a 13-day special steamer services from Dhaka end and it will continue till August 17. Source also said four BIWTC vessels — peddle wheel steamers PS Lepcha, PS Mahsud, PS Turn, and screw wheel motor vessel MV Sela — have

Gold worth about Tk 2.5 crore was seized from two passengers at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong Sunday morning. The immigration police detained Ikbal and Rashed, resident of Raojan of the district with 53 gold bars weighing over six kilogram after they came to the airport in a Fly Dubai Airways flight

With hardly four days left for Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, shopping in Rajshahi city has gained momentum amid huge supply of consumer goods and enthusiasm among the people. All the city markets are seen very busy, setting up makeshift footpath markets, now to sell their commodities to hundreds of shoppers. The rush ... Read more

The Dhaka University authorities on Sunday began a tree plantation campaign on the campus. Arboriculture office of the university and DU Tree Plantation and Beautification Committee jointly organised the campaign. The university vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, inaugurated the campaign at a function at the Mall Chattar on the campus. Besides planting tree, he

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is scheduled for today to open the 3.1-kilometre Kuril Flyover in the city. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha officials said that the authority complotted all major works before Saturday morning. Bangladeshi construction company Project Builders Ltd, along with China Major Bridge Engineering Corporation, has built the flyover at a cost

Politicians and labour leaders on Saturday demanded further amendment to the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 scrapping the undemocratic provisions made through the latest amendment to the law recently. The bill parliament passed on July 15 amending the 2006 act did not guarantee the rights of workers rather protected the interests of the owners of mills ... Read more

The foundation stone of the 100-acre Mithapukur Eco Park has been unveiled at Shalti Gopalpur under Mithapukur upazila Friday afternoon. The chairman of parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry, HN Ashikur Rahman, launched the work on the park as the chief

The police arrested three robbers with arms and bullets from Junglekhaine village under Patiya upazila of the district on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Arif, Jahed and Giasuddin. A team of Patiya thana police, on secret information, arrested them from a local

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