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Shortage of ferries causes tailbacks at Paturia, Daulatdia

Shortage of ferries forced hundreds of vehicles to remain stranded at Paturia and Daulatdia terminals for hours on Friday. At Daulatdia ferry terminal, a three-kilometre tailback was witnessed in the morning while... Full story

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Shab-e-Barat observed

Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, was observed across the country Thursday night with due religious fervour and devotion. The devout Muslims spent the night at mosques and homes saying prayers, reciting from the holy Qur’an and seeking... Full story

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Labour leaders want revision of workers’ minimum wage

Leaders of different labour organisations on Friday demanded to the government for revising the minimum wages of workers, including those of the RMG sector, considering the price hike of daily commodities. Full story

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Hill bodies denounce ‘malicious’ campaign against Kalpana

Hill organisations on Thursday and Friday went out on demonstrations against ‘malicious’ campaigns against Kalpana Chakma, who disappeared in 1996, and remained untraced till date, and set fire to copies... Full story

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Akbar Ali for judicial probe of extrajudicial killings

Amid the Human Rights Watch demand to abolish the Rapid Action Battalion due to its controversial role, former adviser to the caretaker government Akbar Ali Khan has stressed conducting judicial probe of all extrajudicial killings. ‘The extrajudicial killings... Full story

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3 babies born through frozen embryo transfer technique

Three babies were born at a clinic in the capital on Friday by application of frozen embryo transfer technique. A doctors’ team led by infertility expert Firoza Begum carried out the process at Bangladesh Assisted Conception... Full story

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Train kills youth

A youth was crushed under the wheels of a running train near Alamdanga rail station in Chuadanga on Thursday morning. The deceased was Binju Ali, son of Aynal Haque of Kalidaspur village in Alamdanga upazila. Full story

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Bodies of five expat workers arrive

The bodies of five expatriate workers died in fire incident in Malaysia arrived in the capital early Friday.Foreign ministry officials said coffins carrying the bodies reached the capital on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines... Full story

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Draft law for marine univ soon: official

A draft law to establish the country’s first marine university in Chittagong will be finalised soon. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting of education and shipping ministries held at the secretariat with... Full story

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EC likely to update voters’ roll before Rangpur city polls

The Election Commission is likely to update the voters’ roll of newly formed Rangpur City Corporation before its election to avoid any complexities like that in the two city corporations in Dhaka. Full story

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Razakar Bahini was formed with Jamaat leaders, members: Muntassir

Dhaka University history teacher Muntassir Uddin Khan Mamoon on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal -1 that the former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam was the first member of the Shanti Committee’s... Full story

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HR won’t be upheld until judiciary made strong: Rafiqe-ul Huq

Senior lawyer Rafique-ul Huq on Thursday said that human rights would not be upheld strongly until the judiciary could be strengthened. He, however, said that courts were protecting human rights but some courts... Full story

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Fisheries Week begins today

The National Fisheries Week-2012 will begin across the country today. The theme of the week this year is ‘Silvery fish calls for poverty alleviation’. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is expected to inaugurate... Full story

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Woman held in Kaliganj for stealing gold ornament from a house in Dhaka

The Kaliganj police on Thursday afternoon arrested a woman from village Badurgachha in Jhenaidah for her alleged involvement in theft of golden ornaments from a residence in New Maeket area in Dhaka. Full story

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Dipu calls for closer bonds with IOM

The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, has called for concerted efforts by Bangladesh and International Organisation of Migration to bring transparency and making migration development centric in order to ensure... Full story

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Muslim Aid gave relief in Cox’s Bazar

Muslim Aid Bangladesh field office distributed relief goods among the flood affected people at Ramu Upazila in Cox’s Bazar on July 4. A pack of 10 kilograms of rice and 1kg lentil were given to each of 450 families. Full story

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Schoolteacher faces arrest for trading porn footage

A teacher of a government high school has gone into hiding after a court in Patuakhali ordered his arrest, charging him with acting in porn video footage. Chief Judicial magistrate of Patukhali Tapon Roy issued the... Full story

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Man hacked to death

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his brother-in-law at Saildigha village in Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj Thursday night. The deceased was Ali Islam of the village. Quoting local people the police said... Full story

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2 hurt as BCL factions clash at RU

The leaders of two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League Rajshahi University unit received stab wounds as they clashed on Wednesday night allegedly over a candidacy issue. The injured, Kawsar Ahmed Koushik... Full story

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Two gecko smugglers jailed, 8 geckos recovered

A Rapid Action Battalion mobile court sentenced two gecko smugglers to six months jail term after a RAB team held them with eight geckos from the capital’s Chandrima Uddyan area on Thursday afternoon. Full story

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