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Most government offices were in a holiday mood on Sunday as holidays for one-day Duga Puja and three-day Eid-ul-Azha for both private and public organisations began today. Attendance was thin at most government offices including the Bangladesh Secretariat on the last office day before the vacation which was followed by the

11-day Ban on Hilsa Catching 2.45 tonnes of fish seized 11 detained At least 11 people were detained and around 2.45 tonnes of hilsa fish, and nets worth Tk 26.85 lakh were seized across the country in separate drives yesterday, the first day of an 11-day ban on catching, marketing, selling and transporting hilsa. Forty six ... Read more

Guti Urea Inventor of applicator awarded Bangladeshi agricultural engineer Dr Abdul Wahab has received an award from the US-based IFDC for his contribution to the development of a fertiliser applicator intended to cut labour costs and reduce farmers’ woes in applying Guti urea. Dr Amit H Roy, president and chief executive officer of the International Fertiliser ... Read more

Though cattle markets in the city were choc-a-bloc with sacrificial animals on Saturday, on the eve of formal opening Sunday. Cattle traders said they are facing massive extortion in several places on their way to the capital. It is alleged that ruling party men in aid of a section of law enforcers are realising money ... Read more

Reiterating her firm commitment to go to whatever extent necessary for a more modern army in future, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm resolve to continue the necessary reforms and restructuring at various levels of the Bangladesh Army. “I want to firmly say that necessary reforms and restructuring in various levels of ... Read more

Traffic gridlock on Saturday caused immense sufferings to people headed for their hometown to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. The situation was compounded by trucks carrying cattle. Special trains were running 30 minutes to one hour behind schedule. There was a 45-km-long tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail. A large

For scores, Saturday was the first time they had the smoothest ride between Jatrabari and Gulistan. But, the ease of the ride on the first day the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover was thrown open to public, came with riders of confusion. Drivers and passengers got engaged in heated altercations with staff of the Orion Group, ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the much-hyped Bahaddarhat flyover in Chittagong and sought vote for Awami League in the next election to “maintain the continuity of government for expediting development and accomplishing the unfinished tasks. “We’ve implemented massive works for ensuring socio-economic development, for which

Opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque on Saturday, said the government’s decision of continuing with the present Parliament after October 24, was ill-motivated. “The Ninth Parliament will have to be dissolved by October 24, after reinstating the non-party CG provision in the Constitution. Or else, the government’s ill-motivated plan will be thwarted by

Drugging gangsters and muggers keep prowling the city streets, intensifying their drive before Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha, with about a hundred incident recorded in about 10 days. In the latest such incident, an unnamed person died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday morning. He was drugged and robbed at night on October 9.

Hilsa Catching 11-day ban starts today The fisheries department from today has imposed an 11-day ban on catching, marketing, selling and transportation of hilsa fish across the country to ensure safe spawning and protect mother fish. It also urged the people not to buy or consume hilsa during this period. The restriction aims at saving ... Read more

Wife of a RAB official was killed in a road accident at Kamalapur area in the city Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sanjida Akter Shama, 32, wife of RAB-8 (Barisal) Sub Inspector Abu Sayeed. She was accompanied by her twelve years old daughter Sithi, a Class VI student of Motijheel Ideal School, who ... Read more

Bangladeshis In Foreign Jails No step yet to get them released More than 2,000 Bangladeshi workers who have been languishing in foreign prisons are spending their days in frustration, as the Bangladesh government is yet to take any steps to have them released. The prisoners are in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, ... Read more

Half a million evacuated as major damages feared Around half a million people living in coastal villages fled to safer areas as a deadly cyclone bore down on India’s east coast yesterday, packing winds of up 220 kilometres an hour threatening to cut a swathe of devastation through farmland and fishing hamlets. In the first ... Read more

Thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to puja mandaps across the country yesterday to celebrate Kumari Puja. The celebrations marked the triumph of good over evil. The rituals began in the morning where girls were worshipped as the goddess at puja mandaps, including the capital’s Ramkrishna Mission.

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force at Bonchowki border in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Shahinul Islam, 27, son of Mohammad Ali, of Amjhol village under the upazila. According to Border Guard Bangladesh and locals,

Mohakhali Flyover Unruly drivers obstruct traffic It is an everyday phenomenon at the Banani end of Mohakhali flyover that hundreds of vehicles remain stranded during peak office hours, as unruly drivers intending to go straight to Mohakhali intersection from Kakoli take the right lane, blocking the flyover’s up ramp. Moreover, the bus drivers pick and ... Read more

Six people were killed and another was injured in road accidents across the country yesterday and Friday. Our correspondent Pabna reports, a motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured when a covered van hit the vehicle at Tetultola on Pabna-Ishwardi road on Friday. The deceased was Moslem Uddin, 35, of Bharuimari village.

Festivities for Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha began on a sour note, as home-bound revellers were left stranded due to shortage of transport, overpriced tickets and congested highways. Sources said thousands of passengers had started flocking to railway stations, bus terminals and launch ghats since Thursday night. The crowd swelled further on Friday morning.

The much-talked-about 11-km-long Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover in the city is being opened to traffic on Saturday.  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Friday, inaugurated the country’s longest flyover, by cutting the ribbon at Gulistan Point, at 3:50pm. After the inauguration, the Prime Minister,