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Temperature fell due to drizzling and set a winter-like weather in the early November in the country’s different places — especially the capital. However, the meteorological department in Dhaka said this is a temporary situation and the temperature will rise

Rajshahi stabber held; writ petition filed for guideline against stalking Just six days after Chanpa Rani Bhowmik had been fatally run over by two bike riding stalkers of her daughters in Faridpur, a thirteen-year-old girl committed suicide yesterday after her male stalker kidnapped and confined her in a room in Sirajganj. Meanwhile, police yesterday arrested ... Read more

When breaking traffic rules has become the norm in Dhaka, most of the capital’s motorcar drivers yesterday demonstrated that they can obey traffic rules even if there is almost no enforcement. From yesterday, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority launched a drive to ensure that motorcar drivers wear seat belts, motorcyclists wear helmets and pedestrians stick to ... Read more

The gharial, found early Sunday by a group of fishermen in Manikganj, was released in the river Padma at the district’s Shivalaya upazila yesterday. Conservator of Forests Tapan Kumar Dey released the 2.5-foot gharial, after collecting its blood sample for DNA

A 22-year-old housewife committed suicide reportedly following continuous torture by her husband for dowry at Moghbazar in Dhaka Sunday night, the police said. The victim, Rita Rani Das, a college student, resided at a house beside Boro Moghbazar

Dies along with her baby A mother with her three-month old daughter allegedly committed suicide early yesterday by jumping under a running train at the city’s Kamalapur Railway Station. The deceased were identified as Shahana Islam, 35, a resident of Goran in Khilgaon, and her daughter Nishat

Five people were injured as stalkers attacked them in separate incidents in Naogaon and Bogra on Saturday night and Sunday morning for their protests at harassment of a woman and a schoolgirl. In Naogaon, a stalker stabbed a man for his protest at the harassment of his wife in the Naogaon district headquarters on Saturday ... Read more

A sweater factory located at Kolma in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka fired all its workers without payment of arrears and shut the factory on Sunday rendering at least 2,450 workers jobless. 1Factory and police sources said the management of Navana Sweaters Limited, a garment unit of Navana Group, had earlier announced a six-day ... Read more

Move to Free Kalyanpur Canal Drive abandoned as MP weighs in A joint team of Dhaka Wasa and district administration had to abandon a scheduled eviction drive to recover the Kalyanpur canal from encroachers yesterday in the face of opposition from the local lawmaker. “We were all set to carry out the drive and went ... Read more

After a four-day hunt, the police arrested Debashis Saha Rony, the main accused in the sensational Champa Rani murder case, from the bordering district of Jhenidah on Sunday as he was planning to flee Bangladesh, police said. The police launched the hunt for him in neighbouring districts as well as in Dhaka on

24 schools in city to enrol children thru’ lottery, instead of admission test The government has taken an initiative for introducing lottery system for admission into class I at the 24 state-owned high schools in the capital next year. It believes this would end the psychological torment a preschooler has to go through to get ... Read more

A group of fishermen found a 2.5 feet gharial in the river Padma at Kabirpur Char of Harirampur upazila in Manikganj early yesterday. Gharial is one of the most critically endangered reptile species of the country living in sweet water. On Saturday night, fisherman Haren Halder of Purba Balikanda village along with six

Rab members yesterday rescued a minor domestic help, tortured severely by her employers, from a house on Dilu Road in the capital’s Ramna area. The law enforcers arrested her employers Moshiur Rahman Titu, a trader, and his wife. They were handed over to Ramna police

Biman yesterday put back on duty the four pilots, suspended on October 26 on grounds of flight safety, two days after the pilots of the national carrier called off a strike on Friday. “We withdrew these pilots from duty on grounds of flight safety. We have reinstated them since everything has become normal,” Muhammad Zakiul ... Read more

The body of the pilot who went missing after a private flying club training plane crashed in the River Jamuna in Sirajganj on Saturday, was found on Sunday. A Cessna 152 of the Bangladesh Flying Academy crashed into the river at Chauhali in the district on Saturday morning. One of the pilots, Shamsuddin Miah, 25, ... Read more

At least 30 people were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch some 25 to 30 feet deep down the highway in Goalbathan area on Dhaka-Tangil bypass under Kaliakoir Upazila early on Sunday. The roof of the bus broke away from its body while the vehicle plunged into the ditch, police and ... Read more

The Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive fined two textile mills Tk 36 lakh yesterday for discharging untreated liquid waste into the Buriganga River. Chandni Textile Mills Ltd and Imam Dyeing, Knitting, Printing and Finishing Industries both situated in Shayampur do not have any effluent treatment plant (ETP), though it is

Govt mulling proposal of a pvt consortium The national zoo in the capital’s Mirpur may fall victim to commercialisation, as the government is considering a private company’s proposal to set up an amusement park on one-third of the zoo’s land. The zoo is intended to conserve wild animals and serve academic purposes, whereas an amusement ... Read more

About two lakh farmers under the Northwest Crop Diversification Project have been deprived of the promised marketing support due to faulty planning and poor management of wholesale and growers’ markets built by the project. The markets were built during the first phase of the Tk 360 crore project from 2001 to

Dhaka-Phulbari march announces Phulbari declaration The Dhaka-Phulbari long march ended at Phulbari in Dinajpur on Saturday putting out a call for a greater movement involving the people if the Awami League-led government did not meet the nine-point demands the march pushed for. The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports, which ... Read more