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.
One of the six coaches which came off tracks near Feni railway station yesterday, suspending rail communications between Chittagong and other parts of the country for 12 hours. The derailment occurred as the track bolts and fasteners were removed by unknown miscreants. Photo: Banglar Chokh
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the Islamic Foundation chief decided to keep shut the north gate of the national mosque Baitul Mukarram on Fridays because he got involved in politics.
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Hundreds of people rallied in Chittagong and Khulna cities yesterday as part of their ongoing movement to demand death penalty for all war criminals.
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A local leader of pro-Awami League Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed allegedly by activists of pro-Jamaat student body Islami Chhatra Shibir in the capital's Uttar Badda area yesterday.
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Road accidents killed eleven people and injured eight others in Dhaka, Rajbari, Brahmanbaria and Jhenidah yesterday.
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Ten students of MA Khaleq Degree College in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district were injured following a clash between two rival Bangladesh Chhatra League groups after the college's students' union election result was made public on Thursday.
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Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad, the ruling Alwami League backed white panel, won 12 posts, including that of the president, in the Dhaka Bar Association election for 2013-14 on February 27 and 28.
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Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday condemned the atrocities of Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamaat backed Islami Chhatra Shibir on Thursday, after the verdict sentencing Delawar Hossain Sayedee to death was announced.
Expressing grief over Thursday's incidents, ASK said Jamaat and Shibir are trying to destroy Bangladesh's religious harmony, said a press release.
On Thursday, at least 40 people were killed and about 200 others were injured in a burst of violence as Jamaat-Shibir activists clashed with police after Sayedee's verdict was announced, added the release.
