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India’s Border Security Force killed a Bangladeshi in the Masudpur border at Shibganj in Chapainawabganj early Friday, the police said. The deceased, Mahbubul Alam Kalu, 30, of Thutapara in Shibganj, was a cattle trader. The Indian border guards have killed 14 civilian Bangladeshis since September 27 when the

Finds TIB in its maiden public opinion polls; Bangladeshis keep faith most in govt for fight against graft The police are the most corrupt institution followed by the civil service, political party and the judiciary in Bangladesh, shows the first public opinion survey of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Global Corruption Barometer 2010, the biggest worldwide ... Read more

Preliminary findings of the committee formed on Wednesday to investigate the cause of Narsingdi train accidents said violation of signal by the Chattala Express loco master was responsible for the accident. At least 10 people were killed and more than a hundred injured when Dhaka-bound intercity train Chattala Express rammed another intercity train, Mahanagar Godhuli ... Read more

With winter knocking at the door, incessant rainfall inundated many places in the country and its capital taking a toll on life and trade. The rainfall coupled with crisis of public transport and submerged streets in a gridlock caused immense sufferings to the commuters

Unguarded level crossing, frequent mechanical and human failures, dilapidated rail tracks and outdated signalling system were the main reasons behind 590 rail accidents this year. According to the Bangladesh Railway (BR) statistics, some 51 persons died while another 149 were injured in the accidents including the latest head-on collision between two trains in

Bijoy Utsab Liberation war museum event begins today Liberation War Museum will hold different programmes in observance of Bijoy Utsab today and tomorrow on the museum premises. Former secretary general of Amnesty International Irene Khan will deliver a lecture on human rights in education system at 5:00pm today, which will be followed by a cultural

Apparel factory Young One Sports and High Tech Ltd, in the old zone of the Dhaka export processing zone at Ashulia in Dhaka, was closed on Thursday for an indefinite period over daylong rally of workers for higher wages and protest at torture of workers. The workers and the police said 7,000 factory workers went ... Read more

An associate professor of nuclear medicine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was stabbed by a group of people at his house at Shyamali in the capital on Thursday morning. The victim, Mahbubul Haque, was admitted Dhaka Medical College Hospital after surgery, hospital sources said. He was in the intensive care

14 killed, 100 others injured; wrong signalling seen as reason; PM, JS condole death At least 14 people were killed and over 100 injured, as two trains collided head-on at Narsingdi railway station yesterday. Witnesses said the collision between the two–Chittagong-bound intercity train Mahanagar Godhuli and Dhaka-bound local train Chattola–occurred at 4:45pm

Norway clears the bank of fund anomaly allegation Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim yesterday said Grameen Bank had neither embezzled Norad fund nor used the money for unintended purposes. The minister for environment and international development also said the microfinance institution was not involved in corrupt practices,

The stock market Wednesday witnessed a bizarre kind of sea-saw price movements that forced some angry investors to take to the streets. The main index, the DGEN, shed a massive 547 points within one hour and 15 minutes from the start of the trading session at 11am, triggering serious panic among small investors. However, after ... Read more

Hijacked ship close to Somali coast The hijacked Bangladeshi ship will reach the Somali coast early Saturday if it continues its current course and speed while people and authorities concerned wait to hear from the vessel, which remains out of reach. The management company of the Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni expects the pirates to contact ... Read more

Haikkar Canal Govt asked to stop grabbing in week The High Court yesterday directed the government to take steps to stop within seven days all kinds of encroachment, construction and earth filling in Haikkar Khal in the capital’s Mohammadpur. The deputy commissioner (DC) and the metropolitan police commissioner of Dhaka and officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohammadpur ... Read more

Three alleged robbers were killed in a mob beating at Jhenidabagia village in sadar upazila of Rajbari early yesterday. The dead are Dabir Mandal, 35, of Mulghar village, Faruk, 35, of Alladipur village and Mahinur of Brahmandia village of the upazila

Ten officials of a garment factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) were injured as workers of the factory agitating over wages yesterday beat them up, and production was suspended. And in Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DPEZ), production remained suspended at a factory yesterday as a section of workers abstained from work over wage-related

2 badly burnt In yet another chemical fire in Old Dhaka, two youths were badly burned yesterday while refilling cigarette lighters at a building storing liquid petroleum gas and lighter refill canisters on Nazimuddin Road. The injured–Mohammad Sujan Ali, 30, an occupant of the four-storey building, and his relative Ripon, 28–were rushed to Dhaka Medical ... Read more

Hijacked Bangladeshi Ship Contact not made yet The government has no update on the hijacked Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni except for its location. Officials could not make any contact with the crew members or the pirates till yesterday. “We do not have any update on them,” said Commodore Bazlur Rahman, the director general of ... Read more

The fear of the possible worst is eating up Shaila Farid, wife of Farid Ahmed, master of hijacked ship MV Jahan Moni. Unconditional belief in prayers and fasting is the only thing keeping her alive. Shiala has been fasting almost unceasingly since she heard about the hijack by the Somali pirates in the

A college girl in Dinajpur could not sit for her HSC test examination yesterday, as a stalker threatened to throw acid on her face on way to the college. She is a candidate of the upcoming HSC examinations from Pachbari Degree College. Ujjal Chandra Sarker, 22, son of Gokul Chandra Sarker of Umarpoil village under

St Martin’s Island 3 fined in maiden drive to save environment In its maiden initiative to preserve the country’s only coral island, the Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined two organisations and an individual Tk 16.5 lakh for damaging the ecology of St Martin’s Island. According to the DoE, Hotel Blue Marine, Carey Limited and ... Read more