Authorities of Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) east zone have closed down 46 of the 228 railway stations due to severe workforce shortage. This has resulted in delays of over 30 minutes on different routes of the zone.
The probe committee formed by Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) to investigate the devastating fire and explosion at Sitakunda’s BM Container Depot last month could not ascertain the source or specific reason behind the fire.
Ashikur Rahman (28) was returning home for Eid after taking treatment at a Dhaka hospital. But little did he know that he’ll never reach his destination.
A boy was found dead in a Buddhist monastery in Abdullahpur South Baruapara in Chattogram yesterday.
BNP will stage protest across the country tomorrow as the party did not to get permission for holding a rally in Dhaka.
A man was killed in a road accident before Dinajpur Central Bus Terminal in Dinajpur town yesterday.
The deceased was Badal Chandra Das, 75, of Barabandar area in Dinajpur.
Police said Badal died on the spot as a bus hit him when he was crossing the road around 11:30am.
Thousands join the anti-war criminal rally of the Gonojagoron Mancha at Shapla Chattar in the capital's commercial hub Motijheel yesterday.Photo: STAR
The Committee of Action for Research, Extension and Services (CARES) will hold a two-day international conference titled "Applications of Biotechnology in Addressing the Development Needs of Bangladesh" at The Westin Dhaka from May 25.
In this regard, CARES has invited submission of abstracts covering biotechnological implications on agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, animal and poultry, biomedical and pharmaceutical, nutrition and food sciences, environment and climate change, and economic resources.
Abstracts should be emailed to Dr SK Roy at [email protected] by April 15.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid gives a medal to a graduating student of East West University at the university's 12th convocation held on its campus in the capital's Aftabnagar yesterday. Photo: Courtesy
One Struggle, a multi-national platform, organised an event in solidarity with the International Mother Language Day at Florida International University in Miami, USA.
The event was organised on February 22 and it consisted of a panel discussion followed by a cultural programme.
After discussions, panellists along with the audience lit candles and raised their fists in a message of solidarity with the movement at Shahbagh.
In the cultural part, several singers, including Farhana Orchi and Piyala Sukla, performed Bangla songs.
Dirty water from drains flood the street at Kadamtali in Chittagong. Due to construction of Kadamtali-Dewanhat flyover, the drainage system in the area is in a very bad condition, causing sufferings to people in the area. The flyover is being constructed although it is not in the master plan of Chittagong Development Authority. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Russell T Ahmed, CEO of champs21.com, and AFM Salimullah, principal of SOS Hermann Gmeiner College, among others, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the college premises yesterday. Champs21.com, the country's pioneer e-learning service provider, launched The Daily Star English Club at the college. The club is an initiative to help Bangla medium students with their English. Photo: Courtesy
The historic Bangladesh Betar, Chittagong centre, the glorious Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during Liberation War, steps into its golden jubilee tomorrow, but beset with problems and decreasing number of listeners rather than being a modernised radio station.
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