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Myanmar has agreed to a proposal for construction of a tri-nation highway connecting Chittagong and the Chinese city of Kunming through Myanmar, the Chinese ambassador in Dhaka said. ‘Myanmar has now agreed to the Chinese government’s proposal for connecting Chittagong with Kunming through Myanmar,’ the state minister for forests and environment, Hasan Mahmud,

A total of 13 new cases were identified with anthrax infection in three districts, including nine from Araihazar Upazila of Narayanganj, said officials of the Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research on Tuesday. With these latest cases, the total number of confirmed anthrax infected patients in

At least 41 people, including two policemen and an Air Force sergeant, were killed and 305 injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Rangpur, Manikganj, Narsigndi, Noakhali, Faridpur, Gazipur, Khulna, Kushtia, Lalmonirhat, Jhenaidah, Dhaka and Mymensingh between Thursday and Monday. Government Eid holiday spanned three days beginning

Most essential buildings for providing earthquake victims with support, shelter and treatment are still vulnerable to moderate tremors indicating the authorities will be in real trouble after a disaster. The government has so far failed to take initiative to retrofit vulnerable buildings like hospitals, schools and fire stations which would be used for victims’ treatment, ... Read more

Three earthquakes, with two having their epicentres close to Dhaka, jolted the capital and parts of Bangladesh within a span of 14 hours on Friday night and Saturday, according to news agencies bdnews24.com and the United News of Bangladesh. The Met Office had said the first earthquake, measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale, was

A three-year old male tiger was beaten to death in Jorsingh, a village adjacent to the Sundarbans Thursday morning. The village is under Koyra upazila in Khulna district. Villagers said a fish hatchery worker, who first spotted the straying tiger at the village bazaar by the side of a pond of the hatchery early in ... Read more

As many as 150-MW electricity was added to the national grid as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Shikalbaha 150-MW peaking power plant in Chittagong yesterday. She opened the power plant built at a cost of Taka 777.98 crore by unveiling its plaque. Of the amount, Taka 553.15 crore is foreign currency and 21.71 ... Read more

Dhaka-Chittagong Highway 4-lane project stuck in consultancy row The launch of Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway may be delayed by one year as the scheme is stuck in consultancy glitches and frequent changes of project directors. This unexpected delay might make the highway one of the most impossible roads to negotiate with as the number of vehicles ... Read more

Cheated, Abused in Libya Workers finally return to work The Bangladeshi workers in Libya finally went back to work for the company yesterday, which they had left a week ago protesting abuse and non-payment of salaries. “The workers joined work on Wednesday morning,” Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui, first secretary of Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, told The ... Read more

SolarWorld this year honoured Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus by presenting him 2010 SolarWorld Einstein Award. Prof Yunus received the award in Valencia, Spain, in recognition of the work of “Grameen Shakti,” a company he founded in 1996 for providing solar energy to rural homes throughout

A half of people aged 7 years and above illiterate Literacy for all remains elusive as at least a half of the people aged seven years and above are still illiterate, according to experts. People in rural areas lag behind people living in urban areas in literacy rate and so do the females in comparison ... Read more

Colourful balloons and festoons catch eyes as one enters the atrium of the mall. A red car, decorated with ribbons and balloons, is placed on the way to the elevators filled by shoppers of all ages. Some are going upstairs while some are coming down, holding shopping bags containing clothes, footwear and so

Anthrax Infection 76 more cases detected in Satkhira, Lalmonirhat Seventy-six more cases of anthrax infection have been detected in Lalmonirhat and Satkhira, taking to 413 the total number of such cases in seven districts. Twenty-six cases of anthrax infection were first detected in Sirajganj on August 19. Other places from where the infection has been ... Read more

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