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.
The launching ceremony of Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) Graduate Network, a leadership programme, was held at Brac Center Inn in the capital on Saturday.
Freedom fighter Lt Col (retd) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir was present as chief guest on the occasion.
Ejaj Ahmed, president of Brac, and Babar Kabir, senior director of the organisation, also spoke at the programme
Quazi Sajjad said training would help the participants prepare themselves for the challenges of job markets.
BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that death threats were being issued against their party chief Khaleda Zia through some blogs and social media Facebook.
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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed optimism about his government introducing and passing a constitutional amendment bill in parliament to give effect to the provisions of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh and its 2011 protocol in the current budget session.
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Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) sets underground pipeline by digging a road at Gulshan-1 in the capital, putting passengers of vehicles and pedestrians at risk as there is no safety measure taken around the deep ditch. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday issued security alerts at all railway stations under West Zone following Saturday night's arson attack on three coaches of Silk City intercity train at Rajshahi Railway Station.
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Bangladesh President Md Zillur Rahman greets his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee on the latter's arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday. Photo: STAR
A Dhaka court yesterday for the second time deferred until April 9 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
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Three people were sued yesterday for allegedly assaulting a television channel journalist.
The case, lodged with Mohammadpur police, stated that Nazia Afrin of ATN News was assaulted when she and a videographer were recording footage of picketers setting fire to a human hauler near the capital's Dhanmondi-27 around 7:30pm.
One of the accused is Noman Rashid Chowdhuy, son of former Speaker Humayun Rashid Chowdhury, and the remaining two are unidentified.
Noman had allegedly told her to stop shooting, stating that she was instigating the picketers, said Nazia, adding that when she did not listen to him, he assaulted her.
