A total of 17 upazilas in Barisal division have no fire service station, while 610 fire incidents caused damage worth more than Tk 14 crore in the division this year. A total of 103 fire incidents also occurred last year. Sources of Barisal divisional fire service and civil defense station (FSCD) claimed that they had ... Read more
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Power price goes up from today
The government is going to increase power price at subscriber’s level today. “The announcement in this regard will be made on Thursday,” Chairman of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commissions Yusuf Hossain told The Independent on Wednesday. “But I cannot say anything more than this right now” he
Psychological treatment : getting maximum from minimum resources
Graham Edward Powell Mental Health problems are common in Bangladesh and have a serious impact. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), about 14 million people are suffering from mental illness in Bangladesh and the common problems are depression and anxiety disorders. WHO says that the impact of depression on functioning is 50 percent greater than ... Read more
Kamal gets BCB nod for top ICC post
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday named its president AHM Mustafa Kamal as Bangladesh’s candidate for the International Cricket Council vice-president post for the next two years. The nomination paved the way for Kamal to eventually become ICC chief as the vice-president usually takes over as president of the global cricket oversight
Ilievski resigned for health reasons
Bangladesh football coach Nikola Ilievski on Wednesday said he had to resign for treatment of one of his old complications but not for Bangladesh’s poor performance in the recently-concluded SAFF Championship. The coach, who was heavily criticised for Bangladesh’s elimination from the first round of the SAFF Championship in New Delhi earlier this month, resigned ... Read more
Making money thru’ stealing credit cards
Postal staff involved with the gang If you have been waiting for a credit card in your mail, you cannot be sure that it will reach you. It is because several gangs, operating for more than two decades, in league with postmen and post office employees in the capital, are active in stealing credit cards ... Read more
Cold claims 10 more lives
Siddiqul Islam, who had come to the port city from Kushtia, used to sell peanuts. But what he earned was not enough to manage accommodation even in the slums. He lived under a shed at Chittagong Parade Ground. With his shabby clothes, a dilapidated blanket and makeshift bed, he has drawn attention of
India regrets, but blames Bangladesh nationals for border deaths
India on Tuesday claimed its Border Security Force opened fired in ‘self defence’ that resulted in killings of three Bangladesh nationals involved in ‘illegal activities’. However, India regrets all incidents of death of Bangladesh and Indian nationals on the border of the two countries, Indian external affairs ministry said in a statement on
Ilievski resigns
Bangladesh football coach Nikola Ilievski has resigned on Tuesday following the team’s poor performance in the recently concluded SAFF Championship in New Delhi. The Macedonian coach has submitted his resignation letter to Bangladesh Football Federation’s national team management committee on Tuesday and is scheduled to leave Bangladesh today,
7 babies die in Rangpur
Country Shivers in Cold 7 babies die in Rangpur Seven new born babies died due to cold-related complications in 24 hours till yesterday evening in Rangpur. Besides, several hundred people, mostly children and elderly ones, with similar symptoms are under treatment at different hospitals in the northern and southern districts as a cold wave has ... Read more
Dhaka plan pro-rich
Say experts The Detailed Area Plan (Dap) of Dhaka City is biased towards the wealthy people as it proposes unequal urban facilities, speakers at a discussion said yesterday. It proposes 20 times more residential land for the wealthy than for the low-paid people in the capital, said Mahabubul Bari, adviser to the Rwanda government on
Public servants to retire at 59
The cabinet on Monday approved extension of the retirement age of public servants by two years from 57, sparking mixed reactions in civil bureaucracy. The public administration ministry at the weekly cabinet meeting placed a draft for amendments to the Public Service (Retirement) Act 1974, proposing extension of the retirement
Dhaka lodges protest with Delhi
The government on Sunday lodged a ‘strong protest’ with the Indian authorities ‘condemning’ the latest killings of Bangladesh nationals by the Border Security Force of the country in the frontier districts, the foreign ministry said in a news release. Expressing its ‘disappointment’ that such killings took place despite firm assurances at
Faulty seats of Palki being replaced
One-Month-Old Boeing Faulty seats of Palki being replaced The economy-class seats of Palki, Biman’s new Boeing 777-300ER that began commercial operation last month, are being replaced as their armrests started falling apart. US company Weber had supplied the seats of the aircraft. It is now replacing the armrests in the economy class at its own ... Read more
REHAB fair abuzz with visitors
Hundreds of people thronged the housing fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka yesterday, although the venue was open to customers only for four hours for the best bargains. Braving cold weather, prospective buyers of plots and apartments queued at the entrance of the fair in the evening after the third day of the ... Read more
BSF kills 4 Bangladeshis in 48 hours
The Indian Border Security Force shot four Bangladeshis dead in the frontier districts of Kurigram, Dinajpur and Meherpur on Friday and Saturday in a latest spate of killings despite repeated assurances by New Delhi not to open fire on unarmed civilians on the borders. BSF personnel at Narayanganj camp in Cochbihar district killed Alamgir Hossain, ... Read more
Cold wave grips country
Claims 3 more lives; fog disrupts flights, ferry movement Bone-chilling cold and thick fog hit the people hard, especially in the north, yesterday claiming at least three more lives raising the toll to nine in the last two days. Hundreds, mostly children and the elderly, are suffering from different cold-related diseases due to this spell. ... Read more
Retirement age may rise by 2 years
Public Service Retirement age may rise by 2 years Cabinet sits tomorrow to consider proposal A proposal for extending retirement age of public servants by two years may be placed before the cabinet for approval tomorrow. If the proposal gets through, the new retirement age of 59 may take effect from January 1 next year. ... Read more
Muggers kill 2 SUST students
Two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology died after people said to be muggers had attacked their boat in a lake in Sylhet on Friday evening. The police on Saturday morning found the two dead in the river Chengerkhal. The deceased were Khairul Kabir and Dipankar Ghosh Anik, second-year students of
Poor porcupine
Trapped, killed on CU campus Locals trapped and killed a porcupine on the Chittagong University (CU) campus yesterday. Mohammad Jinnah, aged around 45, at about 4:00pm trapped the porcupine from a bush in CU, said witnesses. Tying it up with rope, Jinnah was crossing the building for the faculty of arts and humanities when the ... Read more