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The Armed Police Battalion arrested a man at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Saturday along with huge amount of undocumented cameras, mobile phone sets and gold worth about Tk 50 lakh, the police said. Mizanur Rahman Ripon, 32, was arrested at about 12:15am

Malls and markets in the capital witnessed a huge surge of shoppers on Friday, the first day of two-day weekly holiday, when salesmen passed busy time dealing with customers. After a four-day shutdown since Monday, people streamed into the shopping spots on the day for buying clothes, footwear, cosmetics and ornaments

Slum children in Dhaka suffer from different types of waterborne diseases caused by intake of polluted water and insufficient sanitation facilities, experts have said. They are of the opinion that the waterborne diseases cause drainage of nutrition form the slum children’s bodies and make them malnourished.

A housewife was hacked to death by her husband at village Painadi of Shiddhirganj in Narayanganj early Friday. The deceased was identified as Lata Begum Anna, 25, daughter of Kuti Mia and wife of Ashraful Islam Sagor.

Reporters of national and local media staged demonstration putting barricade on Sylhet-Sunamganj Road in the city on Thursday midnight to protest at the alleged incident of holding hostage a fellow for two hours by Chhatra League activists. Kotwali police arrested a Chhatra League activist

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions till 6:00pm today. Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely at places,

THE Rajshahi Metropolitan Police is finding it tough to deal with crimes and violence committed by political parties because of manpower shortage. In the past four days pickets committed five incidents of arson, seven incidents in which vehicles were damaged and at least 62 people including cops

The Chief Metropolitan Court in Sylhet starts its operation on Sunday with an attempt to reduce congestion of cases in the district judge court. Sylhet District Judge Court additional public prosecutor Shamsul Islam has told New Age that judges and necessary manpower have already been

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is going to open a fullly-fledged emergency unit at the hospital in early November this year. ‘The emergency unit will be established at the ground floor of cabin block,’ Pran Gopal Datta, vice-chancellor of BSMMU told New Age on Thursday.

Iftar items at restaurants and roadside makeshift shops in the Barisal city are selling at exorbitant prices this Ramadan compared to previous year while use of chemicals and toxic colour in foods has become rampant. Sale of iftar items at different restaurants and roadside

Civil society representatives on Thursday demanded strict punishment for tree fellers who cut down trees in the name project development works at Purbachal and road repairing at Mirpur in Dhaka. In a press statement, Nagarik Sanghati president

Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association besieged residence of the vice-chancellor, Anwar Hossain, on Thursday, to protest at his delayed signing some emergence file issued by the teachers. At least 100 teachers besieged the VC’s residence for one hour from 12:00pm for ensuring his signature on the files. Sources said 11 teachers from

City shopping malls are yet to start witnessing rush of Eid shoppers because of consecutive days of general strikes enforced by different groups. Most shop owners have expressed their dismay over their poor sales after the seventh Ramadan. The shop owners at many city shopping malls were seen

The communications minister, Obaidul Quader, on Wednesday said special control rooms would be set up in the city’s bus terminals ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to ensure law and order and reduce sufferings of the homebound people. ‘The Ministry of Communications will remain alert

A group of women in Barisal city on Wednesday formed a human chain protesting against Hefazat leader Shafi’s recent comment made on women. They also demanded his arrest and trial. The programme was organised by the alliance of NGOs

The Barisal City Corporation authorities on Wednesday started drives to recover the navigability of the canals flowing in the city to save it from water-stagnation. Acting mayor Altaf Mahmud Shikdar, along with newly elected mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal and local lawmaker Mojibor Rahman Sarwar, inaugurated the programme

The women leaders of Amra Narayanganjbashi, a citizens’ forum, laid siege to the Titas gas office at BB Road in the Narayanganj town Wednesday afternoon, demanding adequate supply of gas. They formed a human chain in front of the office with kerosene and earthen stoves saying that if the authorities would fail to ensure the ... Read more

Two people were killed in two accidents in the capital on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Alauddin Alal, 60, a rickshaw puller, from Tarakanda of Mymensingh, and Abdul Kader, 28, a cotton mill worker and son of Ismail Miah, from Nagarpur of Tangail. Witnesses said Alal was crushed under a bus in

National minority students of Rajshahi on Wednesday protested at the 34th BCS preliminary exam review results published on July 14 and demanded a review of the re-evaluated results. They said the PSC excluded at least 280 candidates in the reviewed results who were on the first list of successful ones. The revised list, which came ... Read more

Use of contraband polythene-made shopping bag has become rampant in the Sylhet city and elsewhere in the district in absence of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Talking to New Age residents of different areas in the city have alleged that the use of polythene bags has increased alarmingly everywhere in the city during Ramadan,