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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.

Supporters of a winner ward councilor candidate in the Sylhet City Corporation polls allegedly hacked an opponent’s ally in the city Monday night. The victim was identified as Abdul Haque, 30, a resident of Shaheed Shamsuddin Chhatrabas Colony at Dargah Mahalla in the city.

The Chittagong Metropolitan Police arrested a snatcher from city’s GEC area in connection with the killing of shop employee Jasim Uddin Tuesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Sumon alais Pichchi, 20. Chawkbazar police arrested him on the basis of statement

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association secretary general, Kamalesh Sharma, Tuesday called on the speaker of the parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, at a city hotel. The CPA secretary general said Bangladesh had achieved remarkable progress in reducing children and mother mortality rate, achieving self-sufficiency in food,

China and Hong Kong-based consultant firm China Communication Construction Company – Arup JV may submit the final report on the feasibility study on the Karnaphuli River Tunnel project to the Bangladesh Bridge Authority towards the end of this month. Consultant of the project Habibur Rahman told New Age

Security money of the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party Shafiqul Islam Madhu will stand forfeited as he failed to poll one-eighth of the total votes cast in the KCC election as per the electoral code of conduct. Besides, 72 councillor candidates, including 18 of

Civil society representatives of different Commonwealth countries on Monday urged all member countries to show zero tolerance to violence against women and take all necessary initiatives to empower women. Though Millennium Development Goals which

The authorities of Oxford International School have extended admission fair time till June 18, on request from parents and students. The fair started on 15, with hundreds of visitors coming to enjoy live cultural show performed by the school students.

About 300 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, entered the Rajshahi University campus on Monday in a show of their strength, spreading panic on the campus. The Shibir activists entered the campus about three

A mobile court of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution fined an ice-cream and a drinking water producing factory Tk 1.3lakh on charge of selling their products without testing quality and certification from the BSTI. During the drive at South Mugda, the mobile court