A teenage girl was found dead at a residential hotel in the Barisal city on Thursday. Police recovered the hanging body of Rita, 17, of Bakerganj, from Hotel Sunflower at Falpatty in the city in the morning and sent it to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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Kalyanpur canals revert to blocked state
The Kalyanpur canals, most of which had been freed from blockages in a concerted effort by the government in 2011, have reverted to their blocked condition preventing water flowing through them freely. Those who have already grabbed land on both
Drug-addiction triggers mental sickness: seminar
Speakers at an advocacy meeting said on Tuesday in Rajshahi city collective effort has become an urgent need to substantial and sustainable reduction of drug-addiction to free society from mental sickness. The viewed all the drug addicts, especially the
Minor girl killed in pillar collapse in Khulna
A minor girl was killed in collapse of a pillar of a dilapidated house in the Khulna city Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Ajhora, 7, only daughter of a businessman Mujahidul Islam Tutul. She was also a student of Class I at Khalishpur Jamiatul Madrassah. Ajhora was taken to the Khalishpur Clinic but ... Read more
Child labourers get general, vocational edn in Rajshahi city
Many underprivileged working children are getting technical and vocational education under privileged children education programme in the Rajshahi city. Around 4,200 working children are studying in five feeder schools under the UCEP in the city. ‘Every year, we are enrolling around 500 to 550 students
Gas supply for Rajshahi city people gets final nod
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasian, on Tuesday gave her final approval for supplying gas for household use in the Rajshahi city. The prime minister has singed a file in this regard and ordered the authorities concerned to take rapid steps to ensure gas supply for Rajshahi, said a press release
DSCC to seek fund for repairs at Motijheel, adjacent areas
The Dhaka South City Corporation will seek from the government fund for repair work in the Purana Paltan, Mothijheel Shapla Square, Bijaynagar and Gulistan areas left devastated by activists of Hefajat-e-Islam early Monday night. The DSCC chief executive officer, Mohammad Ansar Ali Khan,
Teachers at KU, KUET go for indefinite work stoppage
Academic activities at both Khulna University and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology are being seriously hampered as teachers are on a work abstention programme. The teachers of all departments at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology went on a work abstention for an indefinite period on Monday to press
2 held with cocaine in Ctg
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested two peddlers along with 580 grams of cocaine from Diamond Hotel in the Chittagong city. The arrestees were identified as hotel manager Mohammed Saifuddin, 43, of Siddikiya residential area in Patia, and Mohammad Abdul Goni, a truck driver,
Greens worried over tree felling during political violence
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan on Tuesday expressed their deep concern over tree felling during political violence in capital Dhaka and elsewhere of the country. In a press statement, they said in the past few months a huge number of trees were cut down in different districts of the country including the capital during political violence.
One killed in city road accident
A woman was killed and her HSC examinee daughter and another person sustained injuries when a bus hit them from behind at Mirpur 10 roundabout in the capital on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Selina Pervin, 36, and the injured are Tanzila Pervin Tuli, 17, an HSC examinee of Mirpur Ideal College, and Mokhlesur ... Read more
Rally against Diganta TV, Islamic TV closure held
The Chittagong Metropolitan Union of Journalists on Tuesday formed a human chain and held a rally protesting at the suspension of operation of private television channels Diganta TV and Islamic TV. The programmes were held on Nur Ahmmed Road before the CMUJ office in the morning. Expressing solidarity with the human chain, BNP city unit ... Read more
Ministry set to relax taxicab guidelines
The communications ministry is scheduled to make decision today over amending the Taxicab Service Guidelines of 2010 to remove the bottlenecks in pressing new cabs on the streets of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Earlier on April 13, the ministry had decided to amend only one
Collection of nomination papers for BCC polls continues
Collection of nomination papers by both the BNP-led 18-party and AL-backed 14-party alliance-backed candidates continued on Monday for the third Barisal City Corporation Election scheduled for June 15. Mujibur Rahman, Khulna regional election commissioner and returning officer for the BCC election, said three nomination paper for mayoral candidates, 60 for general
Bomb hoax at Chittagong court
A bomb hoax panicked people and halted normal activities at the Chittagong Court Building till 11:00am on Monday. On information of a bomb being planted at the court building, the law enforcers conducted a search operation in the morning.
RCC to launch City University
The Rajshahi City Corporation is going to launch ‘Rajshahi City University’ in the metropolitan area aimed at expanding the scope for higher education. After getting approval from the local government ministry, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, mayor of the RCC and portfolio chairman of board of studies of the proposed university,
Nomination paper distribution begins
Distribution of nomination papers for the Barisal City Corporation elections scheduled to be held on June 15 started on Sunday. On the first day a total of 31 sets of nomination papers were collected by the aspirant candidates. Mujibur Rahman, Khulna regional election commissioner and returning officer for BCC election, disclosing this, said two nomination
DSCC assists project working with pavement dwellers
The Dhaka South City Corporation has handed over Tk 5 lakh and a plot of land in the city’s Dhalpur area to Sajida Foundation for construction of a poverty reduction centre to be used for educating around 10,000 homeless pavement-dwelling children and improving their quality of life. The assistance in cash and kind will be used ... Read more
Immediate steps demanded to spot risky buildings in Sylhet
Discussants at a programme in Sylhet called for taking immediate steps to identify risky buildings in the city to demolish or rectify them without any farther delay to avoid casualties in incidents of collapse. They also stressed the need to form a taskforce
CCC asks people to move from foothills as rain disrupts life
The Chittagong City Corporation and the Chittagong district administration on Sunday began making public announcement asking people to move from their households at city foothills which are vulnerably because of downpour. Mohammad Shamshuddoha, secretary of the CCC,