A physician in Barisal was sent to jail on Tuesday for allegedly sexually abusing a female patient. Shaheduzzaman, officer in charge of Barisal Kotwali police station, said Shah Alam Chokdar lodged a case on Monday night under section 10 of the act for prevention of torture against women and children against Jahangir Alam Selim, former
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College level theatre fest begins in Barisal
A three-day college level divisional drama festival, on the liberation war, started at Barisal Aswani Kumar Hall on Friday night. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised the festival as part of its year-long, nationwide programme to celebrate 40 years of independence of the country. The inaugural ceremony
In’tl Children’s Film Festival begins
The four-day Fifth International Children’s Film Festival started at Bangladesh Development Society auditorium in Barisal city on Saturday. In association with UNICEF, Children’s Film Society Bangladesh is organising the festival titled ‘Future in Frames’ without any entrance fee. Prof Md Hanif, former principal Govt BM College, inaugurated the festival
Recovery of Barisal waterbodies demanded
Recovery, re-excavating and preservation of rapidly disappearing major waterbodies in the city and its outskirts were demanded by local elites in Barisal on Thursday. The demands were placed in a meet the press progamme, jointly organised by non-government organisations Parjatan Trust, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood (CSRL) and Uttarayan, at Barisal Reporters Unity on Thursday. ... Read more
No fire stations in 17 UZs
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
Manpower crisis defers launch of SBMCH ICU
The launch of two-storey 80-bed intensive care and casualty unit of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital was deferred due to acute manpower crisis that hit the hospital unit after its inauguration in April 2011, said the hospital authorities. The SBMCH director, Abdur Rashid, said that the unit with modern equipment was set up to ensure ... Read more
Stalker stabs teacher to death
Accused held A pregnant school teacher was stabbed to death for resisting unwanted amorous advances by a Jubo League activist in Agoiljhara upazila of Barisal yesterday. Police arrested Sirajul Islam alias Abul Gomosta, 35 in this connection. According to locals, he is known as an errant figure with a position in the upazila unit youth ... Read more
Take a hilsa, get marbles free!
It would have been funny but for the deplorable business practice: buy a hilsa, get marbles free. That, however, is precisely what happened on Tuesday to one Mashreful Islam Saikat, a student of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and vice-president of the Chhatra Kalyan Parishad (students’ union). While buying his morning quota of four fish from ... Read more
Cargo boat sinks in Meghna
4 missing Four crewmembers went missing after a clinker-laden cargo boat capsized yesterday following collision with an oil tanker in the Meghna river in Hizla upazila of Barisal. Eight other crewmembers were rescued after the accident. The oil tanker OT Raida coming from Chittagong hit the Dhaka-bound cargo boat MV Wising
Girl kills herself
She was videoed by force before making it public; culprit arrested A college girl of Barisal Government Braja Mohan College committed suicide late on Monday after her male classmate circulated her obscene video clips via mobile phone. The victim, 22-year-old Suparna Bachhar, was an honours third year student of mathematics department at Govt Brojo Mohon ... Read more
Passengers destined to suffer as Barisal port dev work goes slow
The work of the Barisal river port development project is going on at a snail’s pace, with the deadline already missed several times. People will suffer during Eid rush in September as the work is not expected to end before December. The deadline for completing the project was April of the current year and after ... Read more
Drug addiction takes a bad turn in Barisal
Parents filed 6 cases against addicted children within a month The number of drug addicts has gone up in the Barisal city and its adjacent areas in the recent times. Declining socio-cultural and moral values, slack family bond and increasing frustration arising out of intense life-struggle are attributed to this rising trend of addiction in ... Read more