Keblarchar in Aminbazar, where six students were beaten to death by a mob yesterday, is a major drug den controlled by criminals allegedly under the shelter of law enforcers. Locals say the area is also infamous for illegal sand trading run by criminal gangs in collaboration with some members of law enforcers and unscrupulous people ... Read more
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Power tariff goes up next month
The government is going to increase power tariff in bulk and consumer level from August next for the second time in the last six months.The hike in the power tariff is aimed at minimizing the subsidy in the power sector, according to sources. Earlier on February 1, the power tariff was raised by 11 per ... Read more
Banks disbursed Tk12,184cr farm credit in last fiscal
Access to credit boost production Banks disbursed Tk12,184cr farm credit in last fiscal With the central bank’s strict monitoring and pragmatic measures, banks and financial institutions have achieved over 96 per cent of their annual target in farm credit disbursement in the immediate past fiscal, official sources said. Eight state-owned banks and financial institutions along ... Read more
Harassment drives college girl into committing suicide
A student of Dhaka City College on Sunday night succumbed to injuries she had sustained while attempting to commit suicide after being kidnapped by a stalker and taken to Sirajganj. The victim, Aireen Akter Asha, 19, daughter of Anwar Hossain, died in Square Hospital in Dhaka on Sunday night. Asha was a management department student ... Read more
Viqarunnisa student gives judicial statement
The student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, who was violated by its teacher, gave a judicial statement before a court in Dhaka on Sunday. Magistrate Shamima Parvin of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court recorded her statement given under the Special Act for the Women and Children Repression Prevention
14 killed in road accidents
Fourteen people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Tangail and Natore on Sunday and Monday. In Comilla, four people were killed in a road accident in Barpara area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway under Daudkandi upazila on
4 killed, 7 injured in city road accidents
Four people were killed and seven injured in road accidents in the capital on Sunday and Monday. Among the deceased, three were identified as Golam Hawlader, 18, Samir Uddin, 55, and Khormuz Hossain, 35. The other could not be identified immediately. At Mirpur, two people were killed when a bus got on the footpath near ... Read more
Man says malicious case has ruined his life
Claims company falsely listed him as an absconder Dubai: An expatriate who filed a complaint against his sponsor for non-payment of salary some 18 months ago claims his employer retaliated by filing a fake absconding case against him, which means he is unable to work in the UAE or return to his home country. He ... Read more
Confusion over census outcome
The preliminary results of the fifth census unveiled yesterday became questionable as it contradicts with the numbers projected by different United Nations (UN) bodies and government high-ups last year. As per the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ (BBS) latest census, the country’s population stands at 14.23 crore. The debate over the population surfaced last year when the United ... Read more
Male, female ratio close
The country has 100.3 males against 100 females, though over 119 males live in the capital at present against 100 females. There are 71,255 thousand males against 71,064 thousand females in the country, of which 6,460 thousand males elbowing each other in the capital along with 5,415 thousand females, revealed the
Govt out to eliminate Zia family: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday staged protests across the country against the warrant issued for arrest of its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in the August 21 grenade attack case. A Dhaka court on Thursday issued the arrest warrant against Tarique Rahman, also the eldest son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, and 11 others in ... Read more
Perform official duties without fear: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has encouraged the government officials to perform their official duties without fear of any political manipulation and mishandling. ‘You (government officials) may have your own choice of political party. You may give your vote to a particular party. Those all are your personal matters. But you must do your respective ... Read more
Student dies as brick falls from highrise
A student was killed yesterday as a brick fell on his head from an under-construction multi-storey building on Panthapath in the capital. Habibur Rahman Munna, 18, an HSC examinee of Tejgaon College, died on the spot at around 12:30pm as the brick fell on his head from the 10th floor of under-construction 15-storey Sagupta De ... Read more
Shab-e-Barat tonight
Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with Muslim devotees seeking blessings of Almighty Allah for the wellbeing of mankind. The devotees across the country will pass the night through prayers, reading the Qur’an, milad mahfil, zikr, visiting the graveyards of their near and dear ones and offering special
Rumana won’t see, ever
Surgery on her right eye also fails to raise any hope Rumana Manzur is never going to see again. Eye-surgeons of Vancouver General Hospital, Canada failed to restore the optical nerve in her right eye on Friday while hope for the left eye was already shattered. A team of six eye-surgeons and several other eye-experts ... Read more
Save the passengers
Spurt in road accidents Save the passengers The surge in road accidents across the country in recent times is attributed by experts to the deplorable condition of roads, poorly maintained vehicles, untrained drivers, lack of monitoring, violation of traffic laws and corruption of the law enforcers. A spate of road accidents all over the country ... Read more
Essentials’ price racing up
Vegetables going beyond people’s reach Consumers feel the pinch of soaring prices of essentials and vegetables nearly two weeks ahead of the Ramadan. Prices of onion, rice, pulse, sugar and chickpea have already gone up in city markets. Vegetables such as aubergine, bitter gourd and okra have also become dearer in the last few days. ... Read more
TV journalist, 2 others killed in city road accidents
Belal Hossain Chowdhury, 34, joint news editor of private TV channel Somoy and two others were killed in separate road accidents in the city on Saturday, the police said. The other victims were 30-year old Mohammad Yusuf, quality control manager of Vision Garment and 32-year old day labourer Mohammad Elahi
ConocoPhillips blamed for pollution
US oil giant ConocoPhillips has been held responsible for polluting some 4,250 square kilometres (1,650 square miles) of the Bohai Bay. Of the estimated area, 840-square-kilometre area is seriously polluted, according to a report posted on the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) website on Friday. Following its investigation, SOA ordered ConocoPhillips on Wednesday to suspend its ... Read more
2 housewives killed for dowry
Two housewives were killed for dowry in Cox’s Bazar town and Ramu of the district on Thursday. The victims were identified as Rasheda Akter, 25, daughter of Mohammad Hossain, of South Kolatoli village and Sabera Ali Reha, 22, daughter of Sona Ali of Alirjahan in Cox’s Bazar town. Cox’s Bazar police said Mohammad Aziz, 27, ... Read more