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A teacher of Orbit Cadet School and College at Jamal Khan road in Chittagong was arrested by police on Tuesday over child abuse. The arrested was identified as Osman Ghani, 30, from Maheskhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar. ‘We arrested him following the complaints made by the guardians,’ said Atikul Islam,

Shoppers and businessmen in Barisal are not yet happy about the Eid market, with the shoppers blaming higher prices and the businessmen putting it to inclement weather. Traffic on city commercial areas is still normal owing to the absences of shoppers’ rush this year, even after more than two thirds into the month of

Some 100 people illegally residing at Dhaka University’s Jagannath Hall were ousted Monday midnight. The university authorities, led by the hall provost Ashim Sarkar, also sealed a total of 13 rooms in the hall during the drive at Govinda Chandra Bhaban. The drive began at around 10:30pm and continued till

Jahangirnagar University teachers under the banner of General Teachers Forum on Tuesday announced demonstrations demanding resignation of vice-chancellor Professor Anwar Hossain. Teachers announced the fresh programme including protest programme today and on August 1 from 12:00 to 2:00pm in front of administrative building. The agitation programme also

About six thousand electricity supply-line poles worth Tk 2.5 core are lying without any maintenance and care at different Palli Bidyut Samity offices under Rural Electrification Board in different parts of the Barisal region. REB sources said there are six thousand poles lying unused

The Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association on Monday called off their month-long protest, showing respect of the High Court order issued on last Wednesday. JUTA had been besieging the university administrative building for 38 days started on June 20, demanding the resignation of vice-chancellor Professor

Speakers at a discussion meeting on Monday said absence of system to protect natural habitats of tigers, unbridled infiltration of poachers, food crisis, conflict between tiger population and human beings are main factors that now stand in the way for conservation of the endangered species The west wing of Sundarban Forest Division and the

The Dhaka University campus wears a festive look at sun set as numerous students and visitors arrange iftar parities to break their daylong fasting together. ‘It was very special moment for having iftar with senior and junior fellows and teachers,’ a linguistic student Sohan Mia told New Age after his department arranged

The orange and vermicelli sold in the Dhaka city markets are all treated with formalin, said a test report by green rights activists on Sunday. The report says formalin has been detected in 82 of mangoes, 91 per cent of bananas, 59 per cent of apples, 95 per cent of grapes, 77 per cent of ... Read more

The unbridled price hike of essential commodities has led the low-income, poor and extremely poor people in the Rajshahi city to lead a miserable life. Their woes intensify even further when they fail to afford new clothes and goof foods for their families with Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of

Rajshahi University students on Sunday staged protest against transport crisis. Witnesses said, more than hundred students blocked the university’s transport system at 2:00pm as the authorities, without any prior notice, cancelled the scheduled student buses. Later, the students called off their demonstration as the proctor Professor Tariqul Hasan

The Detective Branch in separate raids on areas of the capital Dhaka arrested 11 people and seized two firearms and 5,500 sedative pills on Friday night. The detained are Farid Hossain, Abdul Hamid, Md Rabbi, Abdul Haque, Md Anis Khan, Seydul Molla, Babu Kazi, Khalilur Rahman, Arif Hossain, Nasir Uddin

Two including a 10-year boy were killed in traffic accidents, a man was electrocuted and a construction worker was killed as a wall of a school building collapsed on him in the city on Saturday. The minor boy, Ridoy, son of Jakir Hossian, resident of Segunbagicha, was killed as a truck rammed into a rickshaw, ... Read more

Several non-government organisations on Saturday protested against felling of trees and filling up low land by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha in the name of Purbachal New Town Project. At a briefing at Dhaka Reporters Unity, Ain o Salish Kendra, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan, Transparency International Bangladesh, Save the Environment Movement,

Jahanginagar University’s Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall is gripped by snakes scare as it has become a ‘habitat’ of the reptile. At least 20 snakes were killed in the last few days by the panic-stricken students. Students alleged that no effective measures were taken to get rid of the problem despite the snakes had been creating ... Read more

Malls and markets in the Sylhet city have started experiencing crowds of buyers, with Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, only two weeks away. Shoppers from different income groups are now seen to swarm the shopping malls, fashion houses, boutique shops, market places and roadside shops.

The four Bangladesh Chhatra Leauge activists of Jahangirnagar University unit, who were expelled for beating a journalist last February 27, were moving on the campus freely. Sources said the expelled four activists were seen on Friday at Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and different places of the campus though they had been declared

KCC POLLS EC to sue 25 for failing to submit expenditure returns Khulna regional election office was preparing to sue 25 councillor candidates of 31 wards, who contested the recently held Khulna City Corporation polls, for not submitting returns of election expenditure within the deadline that expired on July 24. Three mayoral and 157 councilor ... Read more

The shopping in the capital’s footpaths ahead of the Eid festival, less than two weeks away, has not yet gained momentum because of high price of items. The rush of the low income group, main customers of the footpaths’ stalls, was insignificant compared with previous years at the city’s popular footpath shopping

With only two weeks left for Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims, the Chittagong city people are now crowding the shopping malls to do their Eid shopping. New Market, Mimi Super Market, Amin Centre, Aktharuzzamna Babu Centre, Centre Plaza Johur Hawkers Market, Sanmar Ocean City and all other big and