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The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to make a guideline or a policy to prevent stalking which caused a number of deaths in recent time. It also asked the law ministry to report to court in a month on steps it will have taken in this regard. The court posted for further hearing ... Read more

Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain on Tuesday said that chapter of the long overdue elections of the Dhaka City Corporation was now closed as the concerned ministry does not want to hold the polls for some special reasons. ‘This (DCC polls) chapter is closed now. The government may have a political plan for

The government has decided to set up mobile courts in every district against stalking of girls or women which in last few weeks caused deaths to a number of people. The home affairs ministry has already sent a proposal for inclusion of stalking in the mobile courts’ jurisdiction of scheduled offences to the law ministry ... Read more

Tagore singer Kalim Sharafi, also the founding director of Bangladesh Television, died about 11:45am on Tuesday in his house at Baridhara in the capital at the age of 86. Kalim, who is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter, was buried in the Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard with state honours after his namaz-e-janaza at ... Read more

At least eight traders were killed and another was injured critically when a vegetable-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch near Bangabandhu Bridge Extension Road in Tangail Sadar upazila early yesterday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Sobhan, 32, Noor Mohammad, 35, and Dhiren, 40, of Noyonpur village; Mohammad Shahanur, 45, Hurmud, 42, Azizar Fakir, ... Read more

Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad, the platform of labour organisations, is planning to wage a movement as the government is yet to respond to its nine-point demands. Agitation programmes will be decided at a meeting of the representatives of labour organisations and trade unions scheduled for November 27 in Dhaka if the government fails to meet

A domestic help died on Monday night after being severely beaten allegedly by her employer in city’s Old DOHS, Banani. Police and morgue sources said her death was caused by head injury. The victim Solema Begum, 35, was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on

Roundtable stresses bigger media role to prevent epidemic A significant number of young people in Bangladesh are vulnerable to HIV infection, as they are not getting proper information on how to prevent the disease, experts said. Blaming the absence of proper information dissemination process, they said the youth are engaging in risky behaviours like unsafe ... Read more

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