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Production materials and machinery worth around Tk 1.5 crore were burnt to ashes at a foam factory in Sylhet on Thursday night. The conflagration took place at Khadim Nagar BSIC industrial area of the city. Local sources said the fire broke out in the Dunlop

Recurring water logging in the capital even after short duration rainfall exposes the authorities’ inability to plan and build a proper drainage system for the rapidly growing city. Residents said that they had virtually nowhere to seek a solution to their sufferings caused by water logging on a rainy day, not to speak of the ... Read more

At the advent of monsoon, the Bangladesh Railway started eviction of unauthorized dwellings illegally set up on the hillocks at Central Railway Building area. Huge causalities in different hill collapses and mud slugging took place in the previous rainy seasons forced the BR authorities to conduct such drives for

A school building featuring special amenities — computers with Braille software and Braille dictionaries — for visually impaired girls has been inaugurated in the capital with the financial assistance of the government of Japan. The Embassy of Japan has donated $102,057 for

Chittagong, the country’s second biggest city, celebrates its 150th anniversary with a series of festivities beginning today. Chittagong City Corporation took a three-day programme to celebrate the port city’s founding.

The president, Abdul Hamid, has laid emphasis on building hydro power generation cooperation with  Bhutan for fulfilling increasing power demand of the country. ‘There are ample of scopes for increasing cooperation  between Bhutan and Bangladesh in various sectors,’ he said while outgoing ambassador of Bhutan to Bangladesh

A three-day mango, silk fair and public festival was launched at Green Plaza ground of Rajshahi City Corporation on Thursday. Amra Rajshahibasi, a civic front of Rajshahi people, organised the festival in  collaboration with mobile operator Banglalink.

The government is yet to decide over placing the drainage system of the Dhaka city under a single authority, a move initiated 10 years ago. The city corporations and the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority officials said the ministry concerned did not hold any meeting on the issue in 2013.

The Dhaka South City Corporation officials Wednesday afternoon visited the site where Juba League men have been constructing a market on the footpath at Gulistan in the capital and only asked the builders to pause the construction. Some Juba League leaders, in connivance with businessmen at Bangabazar, are constructing the ‘market’ and selling ‘possessions’

At last capital Dhaka had welcome rain on Wednesday late afternoon after continued hot spell coupled with irritating load shedding that battered life of city dwellers for the last few days. The scanty but soothing rain was also experienced by some other parts of the country which provided much-awaited relief to the people from the ... Read more

Shawkat Hossain Hiron, ruling 14-party alliance-backed candidate, on Wednesday blamed city Awami League president Abul Hasanat Abdullah for his debacle in the Barisal City Corporation elections. Hiron, the outgoing mayor, said he was made a scapegoat by Hasanat Abdullah, district AL president and cousin of the party chairperson, Sheikh Hasina, and his men.

Discussants in a programme in Sylhet on Thursday urged the public and private investment organisations to promote rainwater harvesting to minimise the country’s excessive dependence on underground water. Mentioning that the level of underground water

A private university student died while diving in the Dhaka University swimming pool on Wednesday noon. The victim was identified as Fahim Shahriar Chowdhury Rafi, 20, a first year student of American International University Bangladesh.

A mobile court on Wednesday jailed 30 people for one month for taking bribe. The detainees were accused of asking bribe in return for a ‘help’: help in getting passport quickly. Rapd Action Battalion nabbed the accused people

The Sylhet City Corporation mayor-elect, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, has to deal with big challenges to meet the expectation of the city dwellers. Experts have observed that the Sylhet city dwellers have chosen 18-party alliance-backed candidate Arif as they did not see expected development activities by the

Ayesha Tawhida Luna, a defeated independent general councilor candidate of ward 11 under Barisal City Corporation, on Tuesday demanded recounting of votes in all of the four centers and rejected the results. At a press conference at her house, Luna alleged

A seven-day foundation training workshop for entrepreneurs began on Tuesday with a view to establishing urban information and service centres at every ward of the Dhaka South City Corporation. DSCC and the Access to Information Project of the Prime Minister’s Office jointly organised the workshop at the DSCC Nagar Bhaban’s auditorium, said a press release.

The three-day national fruit exhibition-2013 ended on Tuesday with thin turnout of visitors and customers. The Department of Agriculture Extension organised the exhibition on the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council premises in the capital.

The agitated workers of Opsonin Group vandalised Opso Pharma factory at Bogra Road in the Barisal city on Tuesday afternoon. The workers pressed 13-points demand on increasing service benefits. Other demands include appointment letter, job regularisation, yearly increment

The 16th convocation of the North South University was held on Tuesday at the convocation plaza of the NSU campus in the city. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, was present as chief guest and conferred degrees on 1,928 students.