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 female wild elephant was found dead in Banshkhali eco-park in Chittagong yesterday early morning.
Abdul Matin, in-charge of the eco-park, said local people informed him of the incident.
The elephant was nearly 70-year-old.
He, later, informed the upazila livestock office and the local forest department officials of the matter.
The livestock officials and Matin said the elephant might have been electrocuted there. There were three injury marks on its body.
An autopsy of the elephant was scheduled to be conducted by the livestock officials to ensure the main reason behind the death.
India is ready to extend assistance to Bangladesh in the field of agriculture, said Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday.
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Family members of a university student, who went missing in the capital four months back, yesterday urged the government to find out his whereabouts.
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The country's existing labour law and court are not satisfactory in protecting workers' rights, opined labour rights activists and trade union leaders yesterday.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over to Sanghanayaka Suddhananda Mahathero the deed for a piece of land adjoining the capital's Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery at International Peace Conference yesterday. The land will be used for building an auditorium for the monastery located in Kamalapur. Photo: PID
The entire carriageway of a stretch of the capital's Sayedabad road, which was temporarily repaired just ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, has returned to bad shape again. The photo was taken near Sayedabad level-crossing yesterday. Photo: STAR
Police stay vigilant on the streets around Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital yesterday after the Juma prayers to stave off any violence by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir. Jamaat-Shibir men recently attacked police across the country.Photo: STAR
Finance Minister AMA Muhith's comment on Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus at a programme on Thursday was his personal opinion and not the government's, said Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif.
Hanif, also special assistant to the prime minister, told this to journalists after attending a citizens' assembly in Kushtia organised by Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad Kushtia district unit yesterday.
“Dr Yunus had the scope to do a lot for the country abroad,” said Hanif. But the Grameen Bank founder did not do that, he added.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni receives her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar at the foreign ministry on the latter's arrival in Dhaka yesterday.Photo: STAR
Kathy Spahn, president and CEO of Helen Keller International (HKI), will arrive in Dhaka today on a five-day visit to observe the organisation's programmes in Bangladesh.
During the visit, she will meet the government's high-ups of food, health, and nutrition sectors, said a press release.
She will also visit the HKI's Diabetic Retinopathy, Education, Training and Treatment programme in Chittagong and Homestead Food Production programme in Satkhira.
