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Ferry operation on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday morning after a suspension for 11 hours due to poor visibility caused by dense fog, reports UNB. Mohiuddin Rasel, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha ghat, said they kept stopped ferry services and plying of the water vessels from about 10:00 pm ... Read more

The Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Allama Ahmad Shafi, in an open letter on Saturday called upon the people to come forward to save the country and the religion. He made the call a day before the opposition’s planned ‘March to Dhaka for Democracy’ programme on Sunday. The Hefazat ameer urged the government and the opposition ... Read more

Three expatriate workers, including a Bangladesh national, went missing after a mobile platform installed for maintenance services sank in Al-Safaniya offshore oilfield area, the world’s largest offshore oilfield, in Saudi Arabia on Friday. “We’re in touch with the officials concerned. They’re yet to provide us any updates. We’ll let you know if there’s any update,”

Two more units from Bangladesh Police start operations Two more units of peacekeepers, comprising 280 members of Bangladesh Police, started operations last Friday in South Sudan. Their mission involves protecting citizens displaced from their homes as a result of the violent chaos that broke out early this month in the Middle African country which became independent ... Read more

The police on Saturday retrieved over 100 human bones and broken skulls from the debris of Rana Plaza at Savar, eight months after its collapse. Street boys recovered the human remains and informed the police. ASI Kamruzzaman of Savar Model Police Station

Capital Dhaka has become almost cut-off from the rest of the country as the authorities have suspended movement of all modes of river and road transports ‘fearing violence’ over the opposition’s Dhaka march programme scheduled for Sunday. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia announced the programme on December 24 calling upon people from all walks of life to

Apprehension of massive political violence runs high among the general public as both the ruling and opposition alliances stick to their uncompromising stands over Sunday’s Dhaka march programme. Talking to The Independent, the country’s civil society leaders have also expressed deep concerns over the escalation of the tension centing the opposition’s programme.

Nearly 500 people, most of them Opposition activists, have been arrested from different parts of the country during the ongoing drive by the joint forces in the past 24 hours on charges of vandalism and acts of sabotage. The joint forces, comprising the police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB), are conducting the ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday wrapped up the 1st leg of her two-day electioneering in three districts ahead of the 10th national election calling upon the countrymen to go the polling centers and cast their votes, fully prepared to resist anyone trying to foil the polls, reports UNB. “I’ll call upon you to go ... Read more

Thick fog yesterday blanketed most parts of the country, disrupting normal life and delaying a number of flight schedules and hampering waterway communications. Huge traffic congestion was created on both sides of Mawa-Kawrakandi and Paturia-Daulatdia ghats following the disruption of the waterway services.

Awami League and BNP have become unbending over their stands centering the Dhaka march programme despite all symptoms that the ongoing political impasse is taking a turn for the worse. The hardening stances of the country’s two major political parties have also added to the concerns of all quarters, including civil society representatives. The BNP has ... Read more

Locally assembled Honda bike on sale Japanese auto giant Honda has begun selling locally assembled motorcycles in Bangladesh. The sale came a year after Honda partnered with state-run Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) to forge a joint venture, Bangladesh Honda Private Ltd (BHL), to cater to the demand of the booming local market. A total of ... Read more

RAB-1 is going to take over the investigation into a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) racket at Uttara in the city. As many as 37 foreigners and six Bangladeshis were arrested for their alleged involvement in the racket. “As per directives from RAB higher ups, we decided to unearth the mystery behind the illegal VoIP ... Read more

At least five people were injured as activists of the banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir clashed with police near the National Press Club in the capital on Friday. Police arrested 24 suspected Hizb-ut-Tahrir supporters after the clashes. Witnesses said members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir brought out processions from High Court and Segunbagicha mosques after Jum’a

Money to be obtained from maintenance and development fund The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) will finance the 341-MW Bibiyana Unit-1 power plant with cash from the ‘maintenance and development fund’. The maintenance and development fund was created following a directive from the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in 2011. PDB chairman Muhammad Abduhu Ruhullah

Burnt in a petrol bomb attack on December 21, a victim died on Friday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, doctors said. The deceased was Shahjahan Miah, 28, a cook at a hotel in Mymensingh and resident of Nahata of Gouiripur under the district. Family sources said Shahjahan was going

The Election Commission on Friday dispatched ballot papers amid tight security to returning officers in various districts for the January 5 parliamentary elections, reports UNB. The commission started dispatching the ballot papers to various districts in the morning under strong escorts of police, Rab and BGB members for vote casting in the country’s 146 constituencies

The visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin to Bangladesh has been postponed due to flight cancellation over bad weather conditions, the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka informed the media on Friday night. Liu Zhenmin was scheduled to arrive in the capital today at noon on a two day visit to discuss political as well ... Read more

A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Baradi border in Damurhuda upzila on Friday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Abu Hasan, 50, son of Rahim Bakhs of Nastipur village in the upazila. Commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh

Two young men were gunned down by unidentified miscreants in the city’s Bildakatia area on Friday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Ripon Sardar, 27, son of Dr M Jafar Iqbal, and his friend Mithun Sheikh, 26, son of Mannan Sheikh. Both are residents of Dewana Uttarpara in the city. Dr Jafar Iqbal has a ... Read more