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Action against offending house owners ordered

Traders pile up wood logs on the bank of the River Buriganga while some of the logs are left into the river polluting water at Faridabad in Dhaka. The photograph was snapped on Wednesday. — Indrajit Ghosh
The government on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to take action against the house owners who dispose of their sewerage into the storm sewers, ultimately polluting the rivers around the capital. The task force responsible for ensuring the... Full story

Delhi submits memo to Hague court

India on Tuesday submitted a ‘counter-memorial’ to the Permanent Court on Arbitration in The Hague on its maritime boundary dispute with Bangladesh. ‘India has submitted the counter-memorial. The court... Full story

BUET teachers postpone movement

The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology teachers who have been rallying for removal of vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the university have postponed their... Full story

Govt decided to allow more fuel oil-run power plants

Ignoring financial crisis and widespread criticism against power generation using fuel-oil, the government had decided to allow installation of more power plants fired by diesel or furnace oil. Full story

Poor efforts fail to improve river water: experts

Poor government initiatives have failed to improve the water quality of rivers around the capital as the disposal of liquid and solid wastes continue to pollute the rivers. Full story

No steps against unsafe selling of drinking water

Unsafe bottled water in different names is being sold in the city streets, bus and launch terminals for a long time but the relevant authorities seem indifferent to the need for taking effective steps to stop it. Full story

Myanmar troops ‘opened fire on Rohingya Muslims’

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Rohingya Muslims, committed rape and stood by as rival mobs attacked each other during a recent wave of sectarian violence, a rights watchdog said... Full story

Is Phelps the greatest Olympian?

US swimming great Michael Phelps kisses his gold medal after the podium ceremony of the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Tuesday. — AFP photo
Who has been the greatest Olympic athlete since ancient Olympia’s multi-sports festival was revived in Athens 116 years ago? The debate was reopened on Tuesday when Michael Phelps... Full story

PM’s proposal ambiguous: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the Prime Minister’s recent proposal on election time interim government is ‘very... Full story

6th witness testifies about mass killings at Alubdi village

Prosecution witness Md Shafiullah Mollah on Wednesday testified that detained Jamaat assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla with his cohorts and Pakistani occupation... Full story

25 more Rohingyas sent back

The Border Guard Bangladesh has sent back 25 more Rohingyas to Myanmar who had entered Bangladesh through various points of Teknaf early Wednesday. The commanding officer of 42 BGB battalion, Lieutenant... Full story

Shaon, Mazhar sued for 'killing Humayun Ahmed'

A lawyer in Chittagong on Wednesday filed a case against Meher Afroz Shaon, the second wife of Humayun Ahmed, and Mazharul Islam, publisher of Annyaprakash Publications Ltd, accusing... Full story

BCB president replies to HC rule

The High Court on Wednesday posted for today the hearing of a rule it had issued over the Bangladesh national cricket team’s proposed tour to Pakistan. The bench of Justice Hassan... Full story

Bangladesh cut off from cyber net

Internet connections in Bangladesh were totally disconnected for three hours on Thursday morning between 2:00am and 5:00am due to repairs carried out on the submarine cable between Singapore and Malaysia. Full story

DG SSF not allowed to attend BDR rebels’ meeting with PM

The then director general of Special Security Force, Major General Mia Md Zainul Abedin, told a Dhaka court trying BDR carnage case on Wednesday that the BDR representatives did not allow his... Full story

Syria rebels say intelligence branches next Aleppo target

Syrian rebels have now set their sights on seizing intelligence branches in the commercial capital Aleppo after taking three police stations there, a rebel commander said on Wednesday. Full story

Kamaruzzaman founded Al-Badr, Al-Shams: Jahurul Bir Protik

A freedom fighter on Wednesday testified that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, founded the Al-Badr and Al-Shams in greater Mymensingh... Full story

Syndicate behind passport abuses

A sinister quarter within the department of immigration and passports was allegedly involved in the incident in which several thousand passports went missing from the Agargaon passport office... Full story

PUST closed amid unrest

Pabna Science and Technology University was declared closed for 31 days from August 5, following violence on the campus that left 10 people injured on Wednesday. Five students were also... Full story

‘Dead man’ returns after 23 years

For over two decades the family thought him to be dead before they saw him again at the Dhaka airport on Tuesday. Moslemuddin Sarkar, after 23 years of disappearance came back to reunite... Full story

Two killed in Manikganj road accident

A human hauler driver and a passenger were killed and 10 others injured when a bus hit it on Dhaka-Paturia Road in Manikganj Wednesday. Driver Surya Mia, 25, son of Meher Ali of village Nihalpur... Full story

Elderly woman killed by land grabbers in Kushtia

A 60-year old woman was hacked to death on Tuesday by miscreants with a motive to grab the land she was living in Kushtia. The police said Shaheda Khatun was killed in the morning... Full story


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