The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced on Sunday by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance in protest at the price hike of fuel oils partially disrupted life and businesses in the capital and other cities and towns. Police in riot gear used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up stray processions in the
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Protesters demand punishment to culprits
Tangail Rape Protesters demand punishment to culprits Students and teachers of Ag Bikramhati Major General Mahmudul Hasan High School yesterday blocked the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway demanding capital punishment of the culprits who gang-raped a teenage girl. They blocked the highway at Rabna Bypass in Sadar upazila around 12:30pm for 10 munities. In
Another girl raped in Savar
Four people arrested Savar police early yesterday arrested four youths including a female in connection with violating a college girl and keeping footage of the incident. The arrestees are Rayhan, 20, a second-year student of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology in the capital, Mohidur Rahman, 21, a first-year student of Savar College, Danesh, 32, neighbour
All accused admit role
Says investigation officer Bithi Akter Eva, the 18-year-old arrested for abetting the gang rape of a teenage girl in Madhupur, has admitted handing over the victim to the rapists. Bithi and four other accused — Nuruzzaman alias Gada, 42, Shajahan Ali, 40, Moniruzzaman Moni, 39, and Harunur Rashid Harun, 27, — were
Exotic birds, monkeys seized at airport
Police recovered 10 monkeys and 160 birds of rare species from Shahjalal International Airport in the capital after those were illegally imported from South Africa Thursday night. The police said they had arrested Clearing and Forwarding agent Mostafizur Rahman, 45, in this connection. The birds and animals were brought by
Fuel oil prices go up again
BNP to enforce general strike any day next week in protest The government increased the prices of all fuel oils, except furnace oil, by Tk 5 to Tk 7 a litre with effect from midnight past Thursday. Prices of diesel and kerosene have been increased by Tk 7 a litre, from Tk 61 to Tk ... Read more
Stop them, right now
HC again asks Rajuk to stop all activities of illegal housing schemes; stays effectiveness of Ashiyan City’s DoE certificate The High Court yesterday once again directed Rajuk to immediately stop all activities of unauthorised housing projects including their filling of land, advertisements, and selling plots in and around Dhaka. In response to a writ petition, ... Read more
BSF again kills 2 Bangladeshis
Abducts three others Indian Border Security Force shot dead two more Bangladeshi youths at Bibhishon frontier in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj early on Wednesday. Masud Rana Babu, 23, and Shahidul Islam, 28, were shot dead and their bodies were taken away by BSF, officials of Border Guard Bangladesh
Trapped in a hell for 4 days
Gangrape comes to light after 3 weeks; 4 rapists, their female aide remanded in Tangail For four days she was raped not by one, not by two, but by four brutes. Brutes they are, for they not only raped the 15-year-old schoolgirl, they also took obscene photos and recorded videos on their camera. On the ... Read more
ACC sues 18 executives of 5 more cos, 17 bank officials
Sonali Bank Scam ACC sues 18 executives of 5 more cos, 17 bank officials The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed as many as 26 cases against 18 senior executives of five more companies and 17 officials of Sonali Bank over their alleged involvement in swindling of the bank’s money. Officials of ACC filed the cases with ... Read more
Govt schools fail to make their mark
Government primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions mostly fail to make their mark they have failed to compete with non-government and private schools to capture top positions. No government schools could be in the 10 best institutions in the country and even among schools under the Dhaka education board, according to results of this ... Read more
Hatirjheel opens today
Project to ease Dhaka’s traffic; BGMEA building illegally stays in the lake The much-hyped Hatirjheel-Begunbari integrated development scheme in the capital opens to public today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to formally inaugurate the site, despite the fact that the 15-storey illegal building of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) stands boldly in ... Read more
Realtors want no Rajuk actions
Dubious Housing Business Realtors want no Rajuk actions Real estate developers’ association Rehab in a letter has asked Rajuk not to “interfere” in its five-day housing fair that opens in the city today. Real Estate Housing Association of Bangladesh (Rehab) is holding the fair at the city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Abdul Mannan Khan, state ... Read more
Four die as boat sinks in Meghna
At least four people drowned and two others went missing as a boat drowned in the Meghna after hitting a jetty amid dense fog in Chandpur yesterday. Earlier on Monday, one person was killed and five others were hurt when two speedboats collided head-on due to poor visibility on the
BSF kills 2
Indian Border Security Force shot dead two Bangladeshi cattle traders on Bujruk border in Thakurgaon early yesterday. The deceased are Nur Islam, 28, and Moktar Dai, 27, of Haripur upazila, said Major Muntasir Mamun Siddique, operations officer of Border Guard Bangladesh, Dinajpur-2. Around 4:30am, BSF men of Borra camp opened fire on a group of cattle traders, ... Read more
Celebrations turn deadly
65 killed on New Year’s day around the globe At least 65 people were killed and hundreds more were injured during New Year celebrations around the globe yesterday. Tragedy struck Ivory Coast when at least 61 people died and dozens more were injured as a crowd that had gathered for New Year’s fireworks stampeded in ... Read more
Free textbook distribution from today
Primary and secondary students attending schools this morning will return home happy with a set of new textbooks. Today starts the free distribution of 26,17,74,606 copies of textbooks among some 3,68,86,172 students of primary and secondary grades across the country. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will open the much-awaited Textbook Festival Day
10,000 to get jobs in KL
Dhaka gets formal request Lifting a four-year ban, the Malaysian government has decided to recruit 10,000 male workers from Bangladesh for its plantation sector, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said yesterday. The ministry had received a formal request in this regard through the Kuala Lumpur
BGMEA probe finds workers’ link
Tazreen Factory Fire BGMEA probe finds workers’ link A section of workers and officials of the factory was involved in igniting the deadly fire at Tazreen Fashions in Ashulia that killed 112 workers on November 24, said a probe report of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association released on Monday. ‘We found names of some ... Read more
Muggers kill Ctg student
A student of Chittagong Polytechnic Institute was stabbed to death allegedly by muggers in Mehedibagh area of the port city early yesterday. Following a wave of protest triggered by the killing, the Chittagong Metropolitan Police suspended assistant sub-inspector Tarikul Islam, team leader of a patrol team deployed in the