Workers of seven teagardens in the Sylhet city and its outskirts on Thursday observed a strike to push for a charter of demands that include forming a separate wage board for them and fixing Tk 300 as daily salary. About 7,000 workers of Malni Chhara, Hilua Chhara,
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Tree planting fund lies idle
None of the two city corporations of Dhaka planted any trees in the capital in the last two years, leaving the allocations earmarked for that purpose unused. Dhaka South City Corporation environment circle executive engineer Mohammad Towhid Siraj said Tk 10 lakh was allocated for tree plantation for
High-priced litchi floods Rajshahi markets
Juicy fruit litchi has flooded the markets in the Rajshahi city but the price is still beyond the reach of the commoners. Many seasonal traders have set up makeshift shops at different points in the city especially at Shaheb Bazar, Shalbagan, Luxmipur, Sheroil Bus Terminal,
5 injured as charger fan explodes
Five people, including three of a family, were injured as a charger fan exploded in their house at Maniknagar in the capital on Thursday. Two-year-old boy Anisuzzaman Apurba, his parents Anowaruzzaman Shipan, 35, and Fariha Zaman Mou, 25, along with neighbours Arman Ali, 2,
Two bodies recovered in Ctg
The police recovered the bodies of two unidentified men in the Chittagong city Thursday morning. Shahajahan Kabir, officer-in-charge of the Halishahar police station, said, informed by locals, they recovered bodies of the men, both aged around 40, from Beribadh of the Toll Road at Halishahar at about 7:00am,
BNP protests at water stagnation in Barisal city
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday formed a human chain amid downpour at about 1:00pm in the Barisal city, protesting at water stagnation on city roads. They blamed failure in constructing town protection dam for water stagnation after downpour paralysing the city life.
Students take to streets
Chittagong University students on Wednesday held demonstration on the campus and in the city, demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the minibus driver who killed two students and injured another five in a road mishap on Tuesday. To avert any untoward situation, the CU authorities
International Day for Biological Diversity observed
International Day for Biological Diversity was observed on Wednesday. The day is a United Nations-sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues and observed on May 22 every year. The theme of this year’s IBD is ‘Water and Biodiversity’,
Two found dead in capital
A woman and a minor domestic help allegedly committed suicide in the Dhaka city’s Tejgaon and Mazar Road on Wednesday. At Tejgaon, a minor domestic help allegedly committed suicide at her employer’s house at West Nakahlpara Wednesday.
BCL man expelled for harassing girl at Ctg Univ
The Chittagong University authorities on Wednesday temporarily expelled an activist of the ruling Awami League-backed Chhatra League on charge of harassing a girl student. The expelled BCL man is Masum alias Moon Rozario who harassed a student of sociology on the campus on Monday.
MC College student stabbed to death in city
A college student was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in the Sylhet city Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ahmed Imtiaz Parvez, 23, a third year economics student of Sylhet MC College and son of Mazamil Ali of village Chanpur
Ctg road accident kills one
An elderly man was killed in a road accident at Tiger-pass in the Chittagong city early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Pulin Shil, 66, a resident at Sholkata of Anwara upazila under the district.
EVM to be used in BCC elections
The Election Commission has decided to use electronic voting machine in two centres at one of the 30 wards in the third Barisal City Corporation election scheduled to be held on June 15. Returning officer’s office of third BCC election said EVM would be used in two vote centers of ward 16 having 4,181 voters.
VoIP equipment seized
The Rapid Action Battalion seized illegal voice over internet protocol equipment worth about 15 lakh from an apartment in Bashundhara residential area in the capital Wednesday and arrested one. RAB-4 company commander Lieutenant Commander BN KM Tanveer Anwar told New Age that RAB, on secrete information, they conducted a drive at
BR opens DEMU railcar service in Ctg May 25
Bangladesh Railway is set to open its Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit railcar service on two routes in Chittagong from May 25, said officials. It also has a plan to open DEMU railcar service between Chittagong University and the port city on the same day, they said.
Sylhet journalists demand arrest of attackers on fellow
Media people in Sylhet on Tuesday gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the administration for the arrest of the culprits, who hacked a reporter with sharp weapons in the city Saturday night. They blamed the failure of law-enforcing agencies to bring to book the attackers and killers of journalists across the country and said a tougher ... Read more
Rain disrupts Barisal city life
Heavy monsoon raining on Tuesday paralysed life in the Barisal city, inundating roads, lanes and by-lanes and confining people to their residents. Barisal met office said torrential rain, with thunderbolts and gusty wind, starting at around 12:30pm, continued till evening with short breaks.
President for increasing seats for engineering students
The president, Abdul Hamid, on Tuesday laid emphasis on increasing seats at the country’s engineering and technology universities for creating more engineers to expedite the ongoing development endeavors. He made the remark while a six-member delegation
Canals to be freed from illegal occupants: minister
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Tuesday said the city’s canals would be freed from illegal occupants to address water stagnation in the city. ‘We are working hard for solving city’s water stagnation through draining out rain water by removing illegal installations on canals in different places in the metropolis,’
Govt fails to protect rivers around city from pollution
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan has admitted that the government has not been able to stop Dhaka City Corporation and the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority from dumping the city’s solid and liquid wastes into the rivers. Expressing particular concern over the dumping