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.
Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) yesterday organised a rapport building workshop at Lake Shore Hotel in the capital to collect ideas for improving Korea Overseas Volunteer Programme in Bangladesh, said a press release.
Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Lee Yun-Young attended the programme as chief guest while the Koica Bangladesh Office Resident Representative Kim Bok-Hee was present as special guest.
A Rajshahi court yesterday sentenced three youths to death by hanging for murdering their college friend, Nadimuzzaman Saad, with a plan to realise a Tk 5 crore ransom from his parents.
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The government has yet to approve urban and housing policies though planned urbanisation remains a key to overall development and urban liveability, leading planners said at a discussion yesterday.
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Two people were killed and at least 10 people injured in separate road accidents in Bogra and Chittagong on Wednesday and yesterday.
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Four more prosecution witnesses gave their statements before a Dhaka court yesterday regarding the killing of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali.
On March 6, Khalaf, an official at the consular section of the embassy in Dhaka, was shot dead near his Gulshan house in the capital's diplomatic enclave.
The prosecution witnesses are Aminul Islam, Khalaf's driver, Saiful Islam, a caretaker of Khalaf's residence; Zulfikar Ali and Helal Uddin, security guards of two other houses near the occurrence spot.
Later, defendant's lawyers cross-examined them.
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports yesterday urged the government to ban open pit mining by December 31, and stop the Rampal power plant project to protect the Sundarbans.
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Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday gave a two-month ultimatum to Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), Bangladesh Police and the country's district administrations to stop plying of unauthorised vehicles on highways.
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The authority of ten more government offices and departments in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) under different ministries were handed over yesterday to each of the CHT District Councils in line with the 1997 peace accord.
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