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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

A housewife was strangled allegedly by her husband over dowry at Rasulpur of Kamrangirchar in Dhaka early Saturday. The deceased was Brishti alias Laila, wife of Delwar Hossain. She was found dead in her room of a ground-floor flat in a three-storey building about 11:00

Trip time almost doubles on heavily congested Dhaka-Ctg highway It took less than six hours to Chittagong from Dhaka by bus a few years ago but in recent times it is around 10 hours and sometimes more due to worsening congestion. Azadul Haque left for Dhaka from Chittagong around 10:30pm on a bus but the ... Read more

Number of affected rises to 270 in 4 districts Local doctors suspect 16 people were infected with anthrax in Bilgathua, a village in Kushtia on Friday raising the number of patients in four districts to 270, since it was first reported from a village in Sirajganj on august 19. Bilgathua is in Pragpur union in ... Read more

Govt taskforce decides 5pc incentive for penetrating new markets The government will provide development incentive to the garment industry for three years for exporting clothes to new markets. The incentive would be five percent on export earning in the first year, four percent in the second year and two percent in the third

Cabins reserved for VIPs, deck tickets costlier ahead of Eid As the demand for launch tickets shoots up on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, passengers fall prey to the trickery of launch operators and staff and are compelled to pay much higher fare to reach their destination. About a million people leave the capital by passenger ... Read more

Despite the high sounding commitments made by the government, the TCB and the apex business body FBCCI, the prices of essential commodities continued to remain high during the month of Ramzan. Meanwhile as the Holy Eid-ul-Fitr approaches the prices of spices, edible oil and other commodities recorded a higher price as surveyed in the city’s ... Read more

An overwhelming 86.7 percent of the farmers use medium to high chemical fertilizers like urea, triple super phosphate (TSP), Muriate of Potash (MP), Zinc and Sulpur for cultivation of vegetables, according to a recent study. The study revealed that farmers in the study areas mainly used urea, TSP, MP, Zinc and