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 government will move to reform the cadre service within a month, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday.
The finance minister was speaking at a review meeting on sixth five-year plan, said planning ministry officials.
To make administration more dynamic, the existing 28 cadre services will be accommodated into four or five clusters.
Muhith also said administration and additional secretaries may be recruited on competitive selection basis by inviting applications. If competent persons are unavailable, positions may be filled by people outside government services.
The ruling Awami League (AL) and its associated and like-minded bodies decided to take to the streets across the country to resist, what the party leaders said, planned violence by Jamaat-Shibir to hinder the war crimes trial.
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Germany will provide 10.97 million euros (equivalent to Tk 111.37 crore) to Bangladesh as climate change fund for cyclone affected people in the coastal areas particularly in Barguna and Patuakhali districts.
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India's new External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid lauded strengthening of democratic institutions and practices in Bangladesh and expressed hope that the next general elections would see the democratic process further strengthened in Bangladesh.
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Different organisations yesterday condemned the violent attacks on law enforcers and vandalism carried out by Jamaat-e-Islami and pro-Jamaat student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir around the country on Monday and Tuesday.
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International Crimes Tribunal-2 will decide on November 13 whether it will initiate contempt of court proceeding against ruling Awami League leaders Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Matia Chowdhury for allegedly disrespecting the tribunal.
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The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory of Sadmusa Group in Chittagong Tk 30.75 lakh for polluting the Halda river.
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