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.
Khulna Shipyard Limited will handover a newly built Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) to Bangladesh Army today.
Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan will receive the vessel, which measures at 19.75 metres in length and 7 metres in width, said Commander Monirul Ahsan, also the deputy general manager of Khulna Shipyard.
China Shipbuilding Offshore Company (CSOC) made the designs and provided the materials for construction of the vessel, the first of its kind built for Bangladesh Army.
Former army chief Abdul Mubin had inaugurated its construction works on June 29, 2011.
The ship is able to move at a speed of 12-20 nautical miles an hour, Monirul said, adding that the import of such a vessel would cost the country over Tk 50 crore.
Murders in Chittagong city have alarmingly increased recently with 15 people becoming victims of gruesome killings in just over a month, preceding November 9.
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A large section of slum dwellers in cities consists of migrants from coastal areas who have been victims of natural disasters and these cities should take adequate measures to accommodate them, speakers said at a seminar yesterday.
At the seminar styled “Climate Induced Migrants: Adaptation and National Policy” held at Jatiya Press Club in the capital, climate change activists urged the government to do proper homework and prepare a national policy on climate displacement.
Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud said the government would commission a study in this regard, which would help to place arguments in international level and prepare a national policy.
The seminar was organised by a group of NGOs.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) asked 14 Janata Bank officials, including its general manager (GM) and assistant general manager (AGM), to appear before it next week to be interrogated over the Hall-Mark loan scam.
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President Zillur Rahman yesterday said the government is opening new missions in those countries that have potentials to increase trade with Bangladesh as well as to recruit skilled and unskilled manpower from it.
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The High Court yesterday directed Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zahirul Haque to explain by November 26 why he took charges of two cases filed under Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 into cognizance without government approval.
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Senior Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim yesterday urged Finance Minister AMA Muhith to talk less as true "leadership involves talking less and listening more".
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South Keraniganj police recovered the body of an unidentified youth five hours after it was discovered left in a drum at Sadarghat Launch Terminal in the capital yesterday.
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Three more prosecution witnesses gave their statements before a Dhaka court yesterday regarding the killing of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali.
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