Gross negligence of water transport authority led to serious navigability loss in Padma Gross negligence in conducting timely dredging to keep the ferry channels in the Padma navigable has led to the disruption of ferry services between Mawa and Paturia, causing sufferings to thousands of people. Officials of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), which ... Read more
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Ferries run below their capacity
The ferries plying on the Paturia-Daulatdia route were forced to cut down their capacity by more than fifty percent due to low navigability of Padma River. The transportation of goods-laden trucks has been suffering a huge setback due to the capacity reduction coupled with frequent suspension of ferry services on the
Investors run amok as stocks keep plunging
Hundreds of share market investors on Monday ran amok on the road in front of Dhaka Stock Exchange in Motijheel in protest against share prices going into a free fall and in demand for immediate steps from the authorities concerned to stabilise the capital market that had been going through a depression for long. At ... Read more
182 BGB men jailed, 5 acquitted in BDR mutiny case
A total of 182 members of the signal sector of then Bangladesh Rifles now Border Guard Bangladesh were sentenced on Monday to various jail terms ranging from four months to seven years for their involvement in the February 25-26, 2009 mutiny at its Peelkhana headquarters in Dhaka. The Special Court-8 also fined each of the ... Read more
Cops ‘torture’ two musicians in custody
Two up-and-coming musicians have been tortured with electric shocks and beatings in police custody, families allege. Saimoon Hasan Nahian, a guitarist of D Rock Star champion Power Surge, and Sarkar Mehedi Afif, a guitarist of Mirror Blaze, were arrested on Sunday in connection with a theft, a charge the
Man found dead with wife, son
Police suspect the ‘drug addict’ man committed suicide after killing the two A man, his wife and their five-year-old son were found dead in their house at Shyampur in Savar yesterday. Ranjit Sarkar, 28, was a drug addict, and he might have committed suicide after killing his wife Rita Sarkar, 23, and his only son ... Read more
Road safety left in limbo
Abul presides, Shahjahan rules the meeting; 5-hour discussion produces little The National Road Safety Council, chaired by Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, was largely dominated by Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday and it failed to decide on anything significant on road safety. The five-hour meeting discussed issues which have been talked about over and over ... Read more
Media shown the door
Around 60 journalists of print and electronic media were forced out of a meeting on road safety by four ministers yesterday, although the media were invited to cover the event. The four are Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, Home Minister Sahara Khatun and her deputy
10 yrs on, US still mourns
Americans yesterday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful. Law enforcement authorities in New York and Washington were on high alert against what was described as a “credible but unconfirmed” threat of ... Read more
Restriction ready
Electronic Media Restriction ready Draft broadcast policy proposes provisions to limit freedom of media A draft national broadcasting policy has barred private television channels, radios and Internet protocol TVs from broadcasting any program making derogatory comments about national figures like Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a high official said yesterday. The draft also forbids programs that ... Read more
Cox’s Bazar quicksand kills boy
Yet another youth died sinking into a quicksand in Cox’s Bazar sea beach yesterday. The dead is Md Ibrahim, 16, a Class-VIII student of Jatrabari City Corporation Adarsha High School in the capital. On September 3, Md Sun, 17, similarly died at Laboni point of the beach. Earlier on July 29,
Grameen board members harassed
Seven board members of Grameen Bank, who travelled to Dhaka to meet with the well-wishers of the microcredit organisation, were harassed by their former colleagues and security officials yesterday. A section of former Grameen Bank officials and security personnel quizzed them about their tour and the reason for travels to the capital, said the board ... Read more
Eight cops closed for Aminbazar lynching
Eight police personnel, including two sub-inspectors of Savar police station were closed (withdrawn) on Sunday on charge of negligence of duties during the killing of six students at Keblarchar in Baradeshi village of Aminbazar dubbing them robbers in the early hours of July 18. The closed police personnel are identified as sub-inspectors Hariz Sikdar, Anowar ... Read more
Touts cash in on ferry mess
Frequent suspension of ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia and Mawa-Kawrakandi routes has been disrupting communication between Dhaka and 21 south-western districts for the last few days and some unscrupulous people are taking full advantage of the situation. Ferry service on both the routes was suspended for several hours yesterday since several
Kidney, Liver Trade: 10 hospitals involved
Organ trader makes confession Tareque Azam, the key suspect of a network of organ trade in the country, gave his confessional statement before a Joypurhat magistrate court yesterday. In his confession, he named some hospitals, clinics and doctors involved in the illicit business, said F Karim, officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station in
Master of all trades
The television is Sony, the washing machine is Samsung, the stereo system is Panasonic and the fridge is LG, but almost every other household implement is made by him. Each and every item in the house is passionately designed, masterly crafted, minutely detailed and unmistakably reflects his aesthetic
Liver traders go on the prowl
Lure poor into selling portion of their organs; hospitals in Dhaka say no way to check wrongdoing Twenty-three-year old Mehdi Hasan from Bamongram in Kalai upazila had been lured into selling his kidney but ended up losing a part of his liver. Md Abdus Sattar, who used to sell vegetables in Kalai, had enticed him ... Read more
No major structural fault
Khilagaon flyover reopened Experts on Saturday said the displacement of three shuttering plates of the Khilagaon flyover was not a major structural fault and cleared movement of all types of vehicles on the flyover. However, the authorities, after over a 17-hour halt for running a structural check on the flyover, reopened it from Saturday afternoon ... Read more
Lottery to be mandatory for Class-I admission
The government is planning to make the lottery system mandatory for admission to class-I in all schools from the next academic year. The system was introduced in 317 government schools for the current session. The feedback the government has got from all quarters is positive. “We have received very positive response from guardians and students, ... Read more
Robbers kill 4 on train
Four people, including two university students, were killed and three others injured when robbers stabbed and tossed them off the roof of a running train after they tried to overpower them near Begunbari in Mymensingh on Wednesday night. Railway officials and passengers said the robbery was committed in Agnibina intercity train that