Nation

The Dalits and activists advocating their rights on Thursday formed a human chain in front of the National Museum and demanded that the eviction of Dalits from their lands in Sutrapur should be immediately stopped. They also demanded the trial and condign punishment of the land-grabbers and the rehabilitation of the ousted Dalits in that ... Read more

Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), a student wing of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), on Tuesday brought out a procession and held a protest rally in the premises of Deputy Commissioner’s office of the hill town of Rangamati. They submitted a 7-point demand memorandum to the Rangamati deputy commissioner for dispatching to the home ministry. ... Read more

Half of the country’s total number of children under two years of age is at risk of physical impairments with 35 per cent living in rural areas and 15 per cent in urban areas. Child health experts made the disclosure at the inaugural session of an international conference on ‘towards a better understanding of children ... Read more

Farmers in Khulna and Bagerhat districts are now firm to resist saline water-based shrimp cultivation while women workers in shrimp processing plants in the districts have vowed to stop exploitation by the owners by depriving them of due wages and facility. Several thousands farmers of Khulna and Bagerhat districts recently staged protests against saline water ... Read more

The activists of the ruling Awami League and its associate body on Thursday afternoon assaulted the upazila nirbahi officer of Kumarkhali in Kushtia for difference of opinion on appointment of a principal in the Kumarkhali Degree College. Tarun had persuaded to appoint their chosen candidate in the college, but the UNO stood by the illegible ... Read more

Harvesting of early variety maize will begin soon though the same will get full momentum from mid- May as the process of seed formation continues everywhere in the northern region. Concerned experts, officials and farmers are expecting a bumper maize production in the region as the crop has been growing excellent under favourable climatic conditions ... Read more

More than 200 poultry farms have been closed during last two years in Magura district, sending hundreds of people to unemployment. Bird flu, price hike of poultry drugs and feed and fall in the price of poultry birds are the reasons to bring disaster in poultry industry. Alone in 2007, due to severe attack by ... Read more

Years of irregularities and neglect by the authorities concerned have led to damage, destruction and even occupation of priceless archaeological sites across the country, but such persisting loss of national heritage has failed to yield their attention. Whenever the Department of Archaeology takes an initiative for conservation, preservation or restoration of an archaeological site, the ... Read more

Four more soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles, who were remanded in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department, made confessional statements in the court of chief metropolitan magistrate on Monday. The CID police produced the four BDR soldiers, naik Kamruzzaman, lance naik Anwarul Islam, sepoy Fazlur Rashid and sepoy Asaduzzaman, in three courts after they ... Read more

The special High Court bench of Justice M Imman Ali on Monday set April 22 for hearing the split order passed by a High Court bench on nine petitions filed by five high-profile fugitive convicts seeking bail without surrendering to trial courts. The court set the date after hearing an application filed by Rafique-ul Huq, ... Read more

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas Saturday said media could play an important role in the overall social development as envisaged in the “Din Badaler Sanad” and Vision 2021 of the present government. He was speaking at a divisional correspondents’ conference of Bhorer Ka-goj at Zila Parishad auditorium in Joypurhat as the chief guest. ... Read more

Patients in public hospitals of Barisal division are suffering badly because of lack of doctors in public hospitals. Sources in the health directorate office in Barisal said 374 doctors against 889 post of doctors are working in six districts of the division meaning 57.9 percent of the posts are lying vacant. The sources said one ... Read more

The speakers of a daylong discussion meeting on democratic governance, human rights and access to justice of all people on Saturday were stressed the need for implementation of separation of judiciary for promoting access to justice and human rights. The discussion was arranged by “Save the underprivileged and the needy(SUN) a NGO with the help ... Read more

A three-day agriculture technology fair 2009 under National Technology Project began on the premises of Narsingdi Sadar Upazila Parishad on Friday. Minister for Post and Telecommunication Razi Uddin Ahmed Razu formally inaugurated the fair as the chief guest while local MP Lt. Colonel (retd) Nazrul Islam Hiro, Birpratik, was the special guest. The minister went ... Read more

Soil scientists and agronomists revealed that salinity has started rising in the agriculture fields with indiscriminate and unwise using of salt in the country’s northwestern region creating an apprehension of detrimental impact to soil nutrients and fertility. They said the farmers, potato, paddy and banana growers in particular, have been applying salt (sodium chloride) in ... Read more

A ‘dead man’ whose body was recovered by police on January 16 and identified by his father reappeared on Thursday to tell the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate that he is still alive. The magistrate immediately sent Rubel Sarder, son of Rustam Sarder, to district jail. Rustam, who identified the body of his son Rubel ... Read more

Representatives of the newly-elected upazila parishad chairmen at a press conference on Sunday threatened to go for legal action and agitation if the parliament passed the upazila parishad bill, which, they said, was against the spirit of the constitution. They said that the bill which empowered lawmakers to interfere in local governments’ activities, was placed ... Read more

Many serving the same post for over two decades “It’s over 24 years that I am in the same post. Some people who were born in the year of our joining are now working with us in the same rank. There are instances of our batch-mates’ daughters getting married to see us as colleagues of ... Read more

Our Correspondent, Chapainawabganj A woman died after drinking formalin by accident at a clinic in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday night. The victim, Nadira Begum, 40, who was attending to her daughter at the post-operative room at Sheba Clinic, drank formalin mistaking it for water. Hospital and family sources said Nadira came with her pregnant daughter Sumi ... Read more

Staff Correspondent With a commitment to presenting healthy entertainment, thoughts and ensuring objectivity and professionalism, Desh TV, a new private satellite channel, went on air yesterday coinciding with the celebration of the 38th Independence Day. Through a different and exceptional programme in front of the Shikha Chirantan (Eternal Flames) at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan