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A mobile court fined an auto-rickshaw driver for harassing a woman at Nabinagar in Brahmanbaria on the second day of mobile court operation across the country on Friday. The Nabinagar upazila nirbahi officer, Shamsul Islam Mehedi, in a drive at Nabinagar sadar bus stand in the town fined the driver, Abdus Sattar, Tk 5,000 after ... Read more

Governments fail to mobilise funds in 13 years The fate of the Dhaka Integrated Flood Control Embankment-Eastern Bypass Road Multipurpose Project or the Eastern Bypass Project seems uncertain due to unavailability of funds nearly 13 years after it was approved. Water Development Board (WDB) officials said over the years, they had to revise the massive

Students affected by the cyclone Aila formed a human chain in the city on Friday carrying textbooks tied with black ribbons to press home their demand to the government to take effective steps to help them carry on with their studies. The Youth in Action on Climate and the Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood jointly

Another fighting for life A female student died while her hostel roommate was fighting for life at a city hospital after they took poison at Malibagh in the capital early Friday. The deceased was Tarana Shirin alias Jeny, 18, a resident of Chatkhil in Noakhali. Tarana was an intermediate student of Siddheshwari Degree College

Tk 12cr scheme taken for their rehabilitation In an attempt to rehabilitate beggars and offer them a better living, the government is going to conduct a comprehensive census in the capital. The Tk 12.47 crore scheme aims to provide accommodation to disabled paupers while the healthy ones would get opportunity for self-employment in their districts ... Read more

Hoarding removal drive Police stand in the way The Dhaka City Corporation could not yet remove illegal hoardings and police boxes set up on road islands in the city and the corporation officials attributed the reason to ‘non-cooperation’ from the police. City corporation officials said apart from about 2,000 illegal hoardings in the capital, there ... Read more

PM cuts digital ribbon to open info service centres across country Bangladesh launched Union Information and Services Centres in 4,501 unions across the country to disseminate information and deliver government services to all citizens. The union parishad based information centres, equipped with computers and wireless Internet, will offer various online and offline services to people ... Read more

Apparel workers and their leaders rallied at the National Press Club and continued doing so at Ashulia in Dhaka on Thursday to push for their six-point charter of demands, which include immediate implementation of the new wage structure and longer festival holidays. Two labour rights groups formed human chains and held rallies at the press ... Read more

Stalkers attack Rajshahi school over protest Four were jailed for varying terms by mobile courts on Thursday on charges of harassing girl students in Shariatpur, Jhenaidah and Gopalganj. Mobile courts against harassment of girls and women started functioning on the day. Stalkers, meanwhile, attacked the Chandipur High School and beat some students at Bagha in

A bus driver was shot dead and his assistant injured allegedly by a businessman in the Fulbaria bus terminal area in Dhaka on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nizamuddin, son of Abdul Aziz of village Mathabhanga under Botiaghata upazila in

India and Bangladesh need to ‘give some concessions’ to each other in the greater interests of the peoples of the two countries, foreign minister Dipu Moni said on Thursday. The officials of Bangladesh and India should implement the decisions of the two governments for ensuring a better and dignified living for the peoples of the ... Read more

Dhaka’s Noise Pollution Sound level double at many points The existing sound levels at different places in the capital are nearly double the permissible level, speakers said quoting a survey report at a discussion yesterday. As per the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules 2006, the noise level should remain within 50 decibels. Najnin Kabir, project officer ... Read more

Khaleda case hearing CJ regrets newsmen’s entry denial The chief justice, ABM Khairul Haque, has regretted denial of entry into the courtroom of journalists who went to the Supreme Court to cover the proceedings when his court was hearing an appeal petition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday

Chairman of the Minimum Wages Board Ikteder Ahmed has opted for voluntary retirement in protest against his recent posting to the law and order infringing offences prevention tribunal in Khulna. In a letter to the law secretary seeking voluntary retirement, Ikteder, a judicial officer now on deputation, said that his new posting was disgraceful and ... Read more

15 killed in mob beating in Gazipur in 3 months and a half Two people suspected of being involved in robbery and stealing were beaten to death and another was wounded in the beating after they had been captured by mobs in Gazipur and Manikganj early Thursday. With the two, nine were killed in four ... Read more

Work at Rajshahi speedy trial tribunal has remained suspended for last three days after the judge was transferred from here to Munshiganj. Lawyers and justice seekers of Rajshahi demanded appointment of a new judge for the tribunal to ease the people’s sufferings

Admission forms of 24 government schools in the city would be sold for Tk 100 each from December 5 to 14, the director of Secondary and Higher Education, Jakir Hossain told New Age on Thursday. He said that the directorate and the headmasters of the schools took the decision at a meeting on Wednesday to ... Read more

Three businessmen were killed and one injured in a road accident in Keraniganj of the capital Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Awlad Hossain Bhuiyan Manik, 50, Rasu Miah, 45, and Mohammad Dolon, 55

Roundtable told ways to tackle stalking The state should enforce strict laws and wage a social movement against stalking of women while families must teach children social and moral values to stop the menace. Stalking has turned into a deadly social disease like terrorism, speakers at a roundtable noted yesterday, stressing the need for using ... Read more

NCTB helps publishers pocket the money The guardians of millions of school students from Class VI to IX would have to pay almost double or even thrice the price for 11 books, including rapid reader and grammar, this year as the National Curriculum and Text Book Board is unlikely to publish the books. The secondary ... Read more