Metropolitan
Railway’s east zone reels from manpower crisis
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.
Sitakunda Blast: Who started the fire?
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.
Eid joy marred by tragedy
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.
Boy found dead in Ctg monastery
A boy was found dead in a Buddhist monastery in Abdullahpur South Baruapara in Chattogram yesterday.
Barred from rally at Suhrawardy, BNP to hold protest across country tomorrow
BNP will stage protest across the country tomorrow as the party did not to get permission for holding a rally in Dhaka.
3 sued for assaulting TV journo
Pedestrian at risk
West zone railway stations on alert
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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Death anniversary
Today is the 11th death anniversary of Syed Md Habibul Haque, founder managing director of Crystal Insurance Company Limited.
He passed away on this day in 2002 at his residence.
Habibul was a prominent personality of the insurance industry. He significantly contributed to the development of the industry in the country, said a press release.
Board of directors, shareholders, executives, all officers and staff of the company prayed for eternal peace of his departed soul.
Bnp Violence In Capital
1) BNP activists temporarily disperse after police fired teargas canisters in their midst in the capital's Shantinagar yesterday. 2) Explosive substances burn on a street in Fakirapool. Jamaat-Shibir activists had hurled those at police from a procession. 3) A firefighter tries to douse the flames on a car set alight by BNP activists before Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on Bailey Road. 4) The shattered windshield of a microbus in Mouchak following an attack by BNP men.Photo: STAR
150 flown to capital from Cox's Bazar
One hundred and fifty tourists, who were stranded in Cox's Bazar due to the ongoing unrest across Bangladesh, returned to the capital in three special flights yesterday night, said Md Ruhul Amin, deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar.
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Jamaat-Shibir violence condemned
A group of 21 eminent personalities yesterday condemned "the recent killings of civilians and law enforcers and attacks on minorities by a quarter, which is leading the country towards conflict in the name of protesting the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee".
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Reactionary forces attacking minorities as in 1971
The country's minorities have been the target of attack of the reactionary forces after Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death Thursday for war crimes in the Liberation War, minority leaders said yesterday.
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Strict control urged
Discussants at a roundtable yesterday stressed the need for strictly controlling formalin import and its use where food items were sourced to reduce food adulteration.
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Effectiveness not ensured due to limitation
Although the enactment of Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010 is a “milestone†to protect women from domestic violence in the country, effective use of the law has not been ensured due to some limitations in it, said legal experts and rights activists yesterday.
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Bangladesh possible tourism destination
Bangladesh, with its various positive aspects including cultural uniqueness and indigenous traditions, has the potential to thrive as a tourism destination, said an Australian travel writer at his photographic book launching.
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