The Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque has pledged to do his utmost for proper development of Khulna city if he is re-elected. He said this while presenting his 31-point election manifesto at a press conference at the Khulna Press Club on Saturday. Chairman of the Sammilita Nagarik Committee
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Fire panic injures 14 RMG workers in Chittagong
At least 14 workers were injured while scrambling down the stairs of a garment factory in panic as a fire broke out in the building at Nasirabad in Chittagong on Saturday. The injured were Mahfuza, 21, Baby, 25, Rupa, 22, Rubi, 20, Jahanara, 28, Nazma, 26, Jaheda, 21, Rina, 22, Khadiza, 22, Ranu, 22, Banu ... Read more
CMCH interns go on indefinite strike
The interns at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Saturday began an indefinite strike protesting against attack on a intern physician, also former medical college unit Chhatra League president. Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organisation backed by the ruling Awami League, locked the gates of the medical college hospital blockaded
Private university students block road in Ctg
The students of BGC Trust University on Saturday blocked Chittagong –Cox’s Bazar highway for about 30 minutes as four students were injured by the police at Patiya upazila in Chittagong. Students and campus sources said that a student bus of the carrying the private university was hit from behind by a bus of Eagle Transport ... Read more
DSCC hospitals run in bad shape
Proposal for turning the hospitals into a medical college shelved for 7yrs after approval The proposal for tuning three Dhaka South City Corporation hospitals into a medical college and hospital, with the aim of improving quality of service, is still stuck with the ministry seven years after the local government ministry gave the approval. The ... Read more
RU teacher removed temporarily over MLM scam
A Rajshahi University teacher was removed from temporarily for cheating students through a fake multi-level-marketing business on the campus. The decision was taken at a syndicate meeting held Thursday night with the university vice-chancellor Professor Mizauddin in the chair.
Two killed in city traffic accidents
Two people including a woman died in road accidents in the city on Friday. At Phulbaria, a bus driver was killed when a truck ran over him when crossing the road early Friday. The deceased, Golap Mian, 30, a drive of a Suprvat Paribahan, was from Jaipurhat and lived at Bongram in the city’s Wari ... Read more
Youths found dead in city
Police interrogating cohabitants Two youths were killed at their bachelor quarter at West Shewrapara in the capital Dhaka Friday noon. The victims, Mohammad Rajib, 30, an MBA graduate from private Green University, was from Bogra and Abul Bashar, 31, an employee of Kazi Pharma,
Shabby underpasses fail to attract pedestrians
Underpasses in the capital city are in a shabby condition and are failing to serve the pedestrians for lack of proper maintenance. Users have alleged that neither the Dhaka South City Corporation, nor the Dhaka North City Corporation properly monitor and maintain the underpasses,
More sufferings await Dhaka city dwellers: OQ
Additional sufferings await Dhaka city dwellers, communications minister Obaidul Quader said on Thursday. Speaking at workshop on ‘Improving the pedestrian environment in Dhaka,’ he was venting his annoyance over the absence of any representative from Dhaka South
Sylhet city plunges in darkness as storm snaps power supply
Normal life in the Sylhet city was disrupted severely as the entire city and its outskirts remained without power for around 20 hours since Wednesday 8:30pm after a storm snapped the power supply system. Residents of different city areas alleged that they had
Endangered Gharial released in Padma
An endangered species of Gharial, fish-eating crocodile, was released in the River Padma at Godagari in Rajshahi Thursday noon. The Gharial was captured by the local fishermen on Monday, said a press release. At around 2:00pm, Mollah Rezaul Karim, divisional
Call for higher tax on tobacco products
Anti-tobacco activists in Rajshahi on Thursday urged the government to raise the supplementary duty of about 70 per cent on all tobacco products including cigarette, bidi, jarda and gul in the upcoming budget. They expressed their concern over increasing the
National Environment Olympiad starts today
The National Environment Olympiad begins today to motivate students for saving environment to overcome the challenges of climate change. Dhaka University geography and environment department is organising the Olympiad at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban at 9:30am to mark
AC minibus, taxicab to be launched in city
Experts say city need more buses for low-income people The communications minister, Obaidul Quader, on Wednesday said air-conditioned minibuses and taxicabs would be inaugurated in Dhaka city within the next four months to meet the demand for comfortable vehicles. The minister said the ministry withdrew its restriction
Candidates pledge to free city corpn of corruption
KHULNA CITY POLLS Candidates pledge to free city corpn of corruption All the three mayoral candidates in Khulna City Corporation elections on Wednesday said they would show zero tolerance to corruption to free the local government body from all types of corrupt practices. They also pledged that they would extend all-out
Drug traders, abusers rule RU campus
Drug trade and abuse has increased alarmingly at Rajshahi University as the campus turns into a den of drug addicts and peddlers availing the long summer vacation. During the summer vacation, from April 28 to May 31, the drug lords, mainly outsiders from the adjacent areas, freely run their trade on the campus as there ... Read more
Police arrest stalker in Sylhet city
The police arrested a youth early Wednesday on charge of stalking a female collage student in Sylhet city. The arrested was identified as Delwar Hossain, 20, of village Chanpur under Chhatak upazila in Shunamganj, also a Class XII student of Chhatak Janata College.
Fire burns five shops in Barisal city
A fire burnt five shops damaging goods worth more than Tk 2 cores on Katpatty Road of Barisal City Centre Wednesday afternoon. The affected shops were Venus, Chan, Limon and Bismillah electrical shops and New Medicine Mart of the market.
Chemically-treated mangoes flood Rajshahi markets
Mangoes, treated with harmful chemicals, have flooded markets in the Rajshahi city and its adjoining areas because of lax monitoring by the authorities concerned. The Bangladesh Pure Food Ordinance 2005 prohibits use of poisonous or dangerous chemical or ingredients such as calcium carbide, formalin, pesticides or