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At least six people were killed and 25 others injured when a microbus and a pick-up van collided head-on at Harbang under Chokoria upazila on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway yesterday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Amir Ali, 40, of Sonarpara in Ukhia upazila, Anwar Hossain, 60, and Shamsul Alam, 45, of Harbang in Chokoria upazila, ... Read more

Police officials for integrated law to curb cyber crime, pornography The government is considering enactment of a law particularly to curb cyber crimes and pornography in the country. The home ministry has already prepared a draft bill titled Pornography Control Bill-2010 outlined by the police headquarters

The government has decided to suspend the anthrax vaccination programme across the country from October 14 until after Eid-ul-Azha keeping in mind that cattle should not be slaughtered 21 days inside vaccination. Mahmudur Rahman, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, said, ‘The Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated next month. As we have ... Read more

A young man allegedly hacked his elder brother’s wife to death and also injured his brother over a trifling matter in the city’s Sabujbagh area yesterday. The victim was identified as Rabeya Begum, 25, wife of Mostafizur Rahman, 32. Police quoting family members of the victim said Shahin, 20, had an altercation with

Just before dusk the rescuers succeeded in getting the plunged bus nearer to the bank. The rescue team said no dead body was found inside the bus. The UNO of Savar, Rabbi Mia informed reporters the rescued dead bodies are being handed over to the relatives. He said after bringing the bus ashore, the Fire ... Read more

Greatest religious festival of the Hindu community, the Sharadiya Durga Puja begins today (Wednesday) with much enthusiasm. This year Durga puja is going to celebrate in around 27,000 mandaps across the country with pomp and grandeur from October 13 to October 17. 191 pandals have been erected in the

Cargo handling yet to resume as dockers continue agitation; negotiations on  The impasse over container handling at all the 12 jetties of general cargo berths (GCBs) at Chittagong Port continued for the second day yesterday with dock workers still agitating to realise their demands. Officials of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and labour leaders were chased ... Read more

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined three dyeing factories Tk 24.17 lakh for draining untreated liquid waste into Karnaphuli River in Chittagong. The factories are Arina Composite and Spinning Mills, NFZ Terry Textile Limited at West Gomdandy and Desh Denim Limited at Shakpura in Boalkhali

Upazila Parishads Changed law okayed to give govt more power The Cabinet on Monday approved amendments to the upazila parishad law, proposing a provision for empowering the government to declare vacant any position of chairman or vice-chairman if the other members of the council express no-confidence in him/her. The LGRD and cooperatives ministry placed a ... Read more

One more body found in Turag The rescuers yesterday recovered a passenger’s body from near the bus that plunged into the Turag river at Amin Bazar on Sunday. They, however, could not yet get inside the sunken vehicle where many more bodies are still feared trapped. The body retrieved was identified to be of Mokbul ... Read more

Stalemate at the six General Cargo Berths (GCB) of Chittagong Port prevailed till yesterday evening as the agitating dockworkers and newly appointed private berth operators failed to reach a consensus. The container operators failed to begin handling as of 9.00pm yesterday in spite of a series of meetings between the officials of Chittagong Port Authority ... Read more

‘I was cooking in my kitchen in the morning and suddenly flames of burner went out that gave me no scope to cook for my family till evening,’ said Shafinaz Sultana, a resident of Kalyanpur in the capital on Monday. This was almost a common scenario of the consumers of state-owned gas transport and supply ... Read more

HC asks govt to take measures in 3 months The High Court yesterday directed the government to take a set of steps to protect and preserve the Mughal-built Lalbagh Kella (fort) in Old Dhaka. As directed, the government has to demarcate the fort area through a survey and remove all private structures from there within ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket team led by newly appointed Captain Shakib Al Hasan will take on New Zealand Cricket team led by Daniel Vettori today in the third One Day International (ODI ) game of the five-match Micromax Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match starts at 9.00 AM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time)

Sylhet Cadet College authorities forced 50 students who left the campus allegedly because of torture to return to the college on Saturday night. Witnesses and the police said about 50 college students left the campus about 9:00pm on Saturday night and started marching towards the

An 18-year-old housewife set on fire allegedly by her husband and in-laws on October 5 died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Sunday. The victim, Shayla, had more than 80 per cent of her body surface, including the face and the chest, burnt in the incident of October 5 in her husband’s house at Kowdia ... Read more

At least three workers were killed and several others injured as a chunk of ship fell down on the workers at a ship-breaking yard at Sitakunda in Chittagong on Saturday evening. The deceased — Muhammad Faruk, 30, Abul Bashar, 35, and Muhammad Kalam, 20 — were workers of the Sima Steel Yard, owned by Muhammad ... Read more

The law and order has deteriorated seriously across the country over establishing supremacy by the ruling Awami League (AL) activists with the killing of rivals in recent times much to the concern of the common people. Establishment of supremacy and extortion by the ruling party hoodlums have assumed to

Thousands still marooned Another low formed in the northwest Bay yesterday, only hours after a depression-triggered inclement weather for three days across the country improved. Weather experts said in Dhaka last night they were yet to ascertain how far was the low from the country’s coastal region

4,500 appeals received for settlement of land disputes The government is in a dilemma over initiating a land survey in the hill districts of Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Rangamati while over 4,500 disputes over land filed with the Land Commission still remain pending. The land ministry has convened an inter-ministry meeting to be held today (Sunday) in ... Read more