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Stalkers beat a man to death for protesting harassment A schoolgirl in Satkhira yesterday killed herself by taking poison reportedly after failing to bear the brunt of stalking. In Chapainawabganj a man was beaten to death by stalkers as he protested teasing of his colleague’s wife and daughter. The deceased girl, Chameli Khatun, 14, daughter ... Read more

Thousands of homebound passengers are facing terrible sufferings due to shortage of transport just three days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr and most of the bus terminals, railway stations and launch terminal were found jampacked. Even taking risk of life, passengers are crowding in buses, trains and launches beyond their carrying capacity as there is no other ... Read more

The Karnaphuli Bridge-III on the River Karnaphuli opens to traffic today connecting vast areas of southern Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban with rest of the country, ending miseries of the commuters of the region. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will formally inaugurate the long-awaited bridge, the longest in Chittagong division, this morning, sources at the ... Read more

Road Accidents Two families perish days before Eid At least 10 people, including seven of two families, were killed in two road crashes in Sylhet and Sirajganj yesterday. The deceased family members are UK expatriate Mainul Islam Chowdhury, 35, his mother Kochoi Bibi, 60, Mainul’s cousins Shahangir Chowdhury, 28 and Mubashswir Chowdhury, 25, of Nabiganj ... Read more

Professional donors make brisk business as safe contributors stay away during Ramadan Professional blood donors, mostly junkies, are taking the advantage of blood crisis in the month of Ramadan, as safe donors refrain from donating due to physical weakness caused by daylong fasting. Visiting several hospitals in the capital, this correspondent found professional donors doing ... Read more

No solution before Eid Uncertainties gripped the 197 Bangladeshi workers in Libya who had been camping on a field under the open sky since they had quit their jobs a week earlier for alleged tortures and non-payment of salaries. Since then they had been living in a field near a police station at Borak Al ... Read more

The country’s under paid 40 million workers engaged by informal sectors are denied their lawful labour rights. Labour leaders said that they are not even aware that they are entitled to better and decent wages. The government, they said, was yet to make a law to protect their legitimate rights. Eid brings them no joy ... Read more

A large number of unlicensed additional rickshaws that rolled onto the streets of capital Dhaka, the maddening rush of home bound passengers and a frenzy of shopping with just three days ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr compounded the nagging traffic congestions at some key points in the city. Traffic police and Dhaka City Corporation sources said ... Read more

The first-ever Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations for the students of class VIII will begin on November 4. Some 15 lakh 20 thousand and 731 students across the country will sit for the exams under eight general education boards and one madrassha education board, education minister

The health and family welfare minister, AFM Ruhal Huq, has said there is no reason to be panicked about the spread of the anthrax. He said anthrax was primarily a disease of herbivores but few numbers of cattle, buffalo and goat were infected with the disease that could be prevented through proper vaccination and

The High Court on Sunday ordered the government to take appropriate steps to stop usury against bonded child labour in practice in the coastal areas victimising fishermen. The vacation bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan also ordered the labour and employment ministry to stop in a year the production of bidi, ... Read more

The government on Sunday announced red alert across the country over anthrax infection, which has so far been reported from five districts. Twenty-six cases of anthrax infection were first detected in Sirajganj on August 29. Now the total number of cases of anthrax infection has reached 327 till Sunday when the Institute of

VIPs get preference for sudden interest to travel by train The fascination for journey by train that grew quite suddenly among very important persons forced Bangladesh Railway to set aside extra tickets for them on the occasion of Eid depriving many ordinary citizens keen on celebrating the festival in the countryside, railway sources said. The ... Read more

First phase to link Sonargaon crossing with Pallabi; project likely to end by 2015 The first part of a mostly elevated metro rail system in the capital will be built mainly over government land and existing roads, based on a Japanese study, said Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain. Japan showed interest in financing 80 percent ... Read more

The communication ministry has planned to turn Azimpur-Gabtoli route into a signal-free road at a cost of Tk 750 crore for easing traffic congestions in the city’s western fringe, ministry officials said. It has already drawn the layout of a project with the help of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology to upgrade about two ... Read more

Despite the distribution of vaccine, the Anthrax is continuously spreading in different districts of the country, infecting more people with the disease. As per the latest reports, the Anthrax has been spreading every day in many districts including Kushtia and Meherpur following Pabna, Sirajganj and Tangail

Survey on 512 schools reveals the institutions lack environment for education A countrywide sample survey targeting 512 schools found shabby buildings, noisy environment and surroundings posing threat to mental health of students to be common features of most of the institutions. The survey, all done by children, also reveals teachers at majority of schools inflict ... Read more

The law and order situation has deteriorated seriously across the country for collecting extortion money ahead of Eid-ul-Fiter. Source said some quarters of the police, different gangs of criminals, hawker leaders and local ruling party activists, were regularly taking tolls from footpath

Nearly 200 Bangladeshi workers, who had gone to work in Libya, have taken to streets to protest alleged torture by the recruiter. More than one worker alleged that 196 Bangladeshi workers and 30 Indian workers had been living under open sky with empty pockets without food for four days in front of a police station ... Read more

2 stranded ferries salvaged after prolonged efforts Two ferries, stranded in the shoals of the Padma, were salvaged yesterday after prolonged rescue efforts on Mawa-Kawrakandi route. RO-RO ferry Shah Mokhdum, with 10 buses, eight private cars, two trucks and around 600 passengers on board, sailed from Mawa around 6:30am yesterday and got stuck in a ... Read more