Our Correspondent . Rajshahi Five more educational institutions in Rajshahi were on Saturday closed for an indefinite period after the authorities closed the University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi Medical College and Rajshahi College on Friday. Earlier, the authorities Friday afternoon closed Rajshahi University for an indefinite period as Islami Chhatra Shibir activists clashed with Bangladesh Chhatra ... Read more
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Mutiny motive was to destabilise country
Says probes coordinator Faruk Khan; links of a few militant outfits found; Touhid, 10 others sent to jail Staff Correspondent Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan yesterday said motive for the last month’s carnage at BDR Pilkhana headquarters was to destabilise the country and its progress under a democratic government. “They [mutiny plotters] thought ... Read more
CID, SB, DMP chiefs changed
Staff Correspondent In a major reshuffle in the police administration, the government has transferred 54 senior level officers and made three others officers-on-special duty. The transfer officials include commissioner and additional commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police and chiefs of Special Branch and the Criminal Investigation Department. Two separate circulars in this regard were issued ... Read more
Probe begins, PM visits Bashundhara
Staff Correspondent The government-formed probe committee yesterday began its investigation into the Friday’s fire incident at Bashundhara City Complex. After visiting the spot, the committee members said they would keep in mind all possible causes including sabotage behind the fire incident. The probe body will examine whether the complex was equipped with modern and automated ... Read more
Little training, no breathing apparatus for Bashundhara City’s fire fighting staff
Taib Ahmed Inaccessibility to the offices on the 18th level of the Bashandhura City Tower and lack of breathing apparatus and other necessary equipment for the shopping mall’s own fire fighting unit were some of the major reasons for the
Heads high among all achievers
Staff Correspondent Thirty-four Bangladeshi students secured the highest marks worldwide in thirteen subjects in the GCSE O-level examinations last year while another 19 have obtained the highest marks worldwide in six subjects of the
JS resumes session today after a 10-day recess
Staff correspondent The parliament resumes its session at 4:4pm today after a 10-day recess. The house is expected to approve a number of bills, including the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill which proposed passage into law of two ordinances promulgated by the immediate-past interim government bringing about changes to the code making the lower ... Read more
Sheikh Helal to be Bagherhat-1 MP
bdnews24.com, Dhaka Sheikh Hasina’s cousin Sheikh Helal Uddin on Saturday was all set to become MP for Bagherhat-1, one of the two seats vacated by the prime minister. Sheikh Helal is the son Sheikh Naser Rahman, younger brother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Both were killed on Aug 15, 1975, along with other members of the ... Read more
Strawberry eyes Tk 10cr a year
Anwar Ali, Rajshahi Strawberry growers and traders in Bangladesh are expecting Tk 10 crore in annual turnover, as they go into its first-ever commercial cultivation this year. Rajshahi University teacher Dr Manzur Hossain, who developed the fruit nearly a decade ago, expects nearly 25 tonnes of output from
Protect environment of Jaflong, Companyganj
Bapa urges govt Staff Correspondent Green environment leaders at a human chain yesterday demanded steps to implement the decisions by the depatrtment of enviroment immediately to protect environment of Jaflong and Companyganj from unscrupulous
Traffic comes to halt in city for Bashundhara fire
Staff Correspondent Traffic movement in many of the city’s areas — including Tejgaon, Moghbazar, Shahbagh, Mirpur Road, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue and Rokeya Sarani — came more or less to a standstill because of the fire at Bashundhara
Mega mall businessmen in fire trauma
Staff Correspondent An obvious trauma gripped the businesses at Basundhara City after a devastating fire Friday burnt many shops and offices into ashes inside the country’s biggest and iconic shopping centre. The fire broke out at the top of the
Bangladesh’s share in US RMG market widens
Refayet Ullah Mirdha Bangladesh’s share in the US apparel market is getting larger as cheap clothing (basic garment items) sales in that market are increasing in global recession, market operators said. Recession-hit retailers in the US and Europe are purchasing garments from Bangladesh in enhanced volume as the cost of the item is less here ... Read more
RMG training fund remains unused for 4 years
Khawaza Main Uddin The government is yet to begin providing training to garment workers for improving their skill, utilising an endowment fund, four years after it had been pledged to face the challenge of quota-free textile regime. The selection of a firm for imparting training to workers has become entangled in the complexity of a ... Read more
Many food items go to market without BSTI seal
Kazi Azizul Islam One of every seven essential food products, especially which are marketed in packets, has no seal of standardisation on its label, revealed a survey conducted by the Consumer Association of Bangladesh. Such a seal, which is approved by the national standardisation organisation–– Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute, is mandatory in the label ... Read more
Blaze at Bashundhara City
7 killed, 20 injured; 6 top floors gutted; govt orders probe; electric short-circuit suspected; mall closed for 2 days Staff Correspondent A raging blaze yesterday reduced the upper levels of the capital’s Bashundhara City shopping complex to a skeleton, killing at least seven people and injuring 20 others. Ill-equipped to douse high-rise flames, the fire ... Read more
RU shut indefinitely after series of clashes
bdnews24.com, Rajshahi Rajshahi University closed indefinitely after an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader was killed and scores were injured in campus clashes with Bangladesh Chh-atra League on Friday. Sharifuzzaman Nomani, general secretary of the RU Shibir unit, died around midday, Rajpara Police Station OC Anisur Rahman
Automated fire system fails
Complex’s water reservoir found empty Helemul Alam Even though Bashundhara City building in the capital had several fire hydrants inside, the building’s reservoir had no water. This helped the fire to spread and claim the lives of seven persons yesterday. Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defence Abu Nayeem Md Shahidullah said the hydrants ... Read more
LPG, furnace oil prices slashed by 13-15 pc
Staff Correspondent Prices of liquefied petroleum gas or LPG and furnace oil produced by Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation have been reduced by 13-15 per cent with effect from Sunday. The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday approved the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation’s proposal to lower the price of a 12.5 kg cylinder of LPG to Tk 850 ... Read more
No firefighting beyond13th floor
Firemen waited for blaze to come down Raihan Sabuktagin Fire fighters could not douse the flames on upper floors of Bashundhara City shopping complex in the capital yesterday as they do not have required logistics and equipment to tame a blaze beyond 13th floor of a building. Despite reaching the spot immediately after the fire ... Read more