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Sept 4: Two students of Jagannath University drowned at Kakra river at Chirirbandar upazila while they were taking bath Friday

Civic leaders and left politicians have strongly condemned the police attack on Professor Anu Muhammad and leaders and activists of a conservationists’ platform, saying that allowing the police to

Fatal accident narrowly averted at city crossing A speeding train rammed a private car yesterday morning, leaving one injured, as it attempted to cross the Karwan Bazar level crossing defying the signal in the

Only 25 swine flu cases admitted Public hospitals in district towns are swamped with people suffering from common flu and seeking test for swine flu, but most of the patients are being sent home with advice to take rest in isolation,

Opposition BNP on Thursday asked the government to immediately withdraw ‘conspiratorial’ charge-sheets and politically motivated cases against party chairperson Khaleda Zia, senior

As the drive to nab the activists of the outlawed extremist groups based in the southwestern region, particularly in Khulna and Kushtia districts is in progress, the appeal issued by state minister for

The government will ask the doctors at upazila level to visit all schools in their respective localities to protect students from swine flu infection. Officials of the education ministry Thursday told New Age that they requested the health secretary in a

Warrant issued for third time as they do not show up in court A Brahmanbaria court yesterday re-issued arrest warrant against five Rid Pharma officials for not showing up at the hearing of a case filed against them for producing toxic paracetamol syrup that claimed

Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday suspended nine officials including a general manager of its Khulna branch on charges of involvement in smuggling out torn notes worth about Tk 28 lakh from the

HC appoints 3 amici curiae The High Court (HC) yesterday appointed three amici curiae for their expert opinions on the legality of formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate into corruption allegations against the former

Group of blind people team up to plant trees along Nilphamari road since 2007 They can’t see the world and all its treasures because of their visual impairment. Yet they’ve all the eagerness to do their bits in making the globe

Sumiya waits to get back her lost vision Thirteen-year-old Sumiya Akhter frequents the Sandhani National Eye Donation Society (SNEDS) with the hope that a corneal transplant will restore her lost

6 divisional centres to control affiliated colleges The high-powered committee in a report on National University (NU) reform has recommended decentralisation of the university by forming six regional centres in six divisions and bringing the

Rescuers today retrieved the bodies of a powerful Indian politician and four others whose helicopter crashed in dense jungle in southern India during a pounding

Thirteen workers fell unconscious at a cold storage at Gudaraghat Farashganj in the city’s Sutrapur early yesterday due to accumulation of a huge quantity of ammonia

A migrant worker annually remit Taka 101,595 on an average in four to five instalments which is 2.4 times per capita GDP (gross domestic product), a World Bank study

A total of 1,66,000 urban working children, including 60 percent girl, are being provided with quality life skill education by the government to help them get rid of risky and hazardous

The country will soon get the first ever digital pre-paid cash card as the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to allow the commercial banks to issue such a modern facility in line with the vision for digitalising Bangladesh

A woman died in Dhaka Medical Hospital 17 days after being burnt allegedly by her husband for dowry at Ulipur in Kurigram. The deceased was Zobeda Begum, 26, daughter of Zahurul Haque of Purba Balakandi at Rajarhat in the

Plight of pedestrians mounts as addicts, vagabonds rule city underpasses Though the subways of Dhaka city are meant to facilitate pedestrians, they have instead emerged as shelter for drug addicts and vagabonds to the sufferings of city