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Family urges PM not to forward mercy petition
Family members of Fauzia Rahman Chapa, who was brutally killed in Barisal 26 years ago, yesterday urged the prime minister not to
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Public anger sparks against Shahadat
Protest against cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nrittya Shahadat spilled over onto the street yesterday from social media for torturing their domestic help.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Teachers' rift widening
The sharp division between teachers of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust), created around the protest demanding the vice chancellor's removal, is becoming more prominent day by day with one group accusing the other yesterday of pursuing personal interests.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM
IRRI DG visits BRRI in Gazipur
Director General of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Robert S Zeigler visited Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) yesterday in Gazipur, said a press release.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM
CNG flips at Hatirjheel: 3 hurt
At least three people are injured as a speedy CNG-run auto-rickshaw flips several times after hitting road divider at Hatirjheel in Dhaka.
7 September 2015, 14:49 PM
Have passengers' reps in decision making bodies
Bangladesh Passengers' Welfare Association yesterday demanded inclusion of representatives from passengers in the government committees which fix and revise public transport fare.
6 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Breakfast at Rajshahi eatery makes 30 sick
At least 30 people, mostly cattle traders, fell seriously ill and became unconscious after having breakfast at an eatery in City Bypass Haat area on the outskirts of Rajshahi city yesterday.
6 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Nurul president, Aminul secy of journalists' housing assoc
Senior journalists Nurul Huda and Aminul Haque have been elected president and secretary respectively of the Dhaka Sangbadik Griho Sangsthan Samabay Samity for the next three years.
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Cops yet to confirm nature of Gonojagoron Mancha activist's death in Sylhet
Police are yet to confirm whether the death of Sylhet Gonojagoron Mancha activist Shahriar Majumdar was a suicide or murder.
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt univ teachers to strike Tuesday countrywide
Teachers yesterday called a strike for Tuesday across all the public universities demanding revision of the proposed eight national payscale and a separate one for them.
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Eminent citizens again seek PM's intervention
Eminent citizens yesterday requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's initiative to ensure justice for the brutal murder of Tanwir
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Attackers of religious minorities won't be spared
There will be no place for the perpetrators, who attack on religious minorities in Bangladesh, said Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday.
“I was very shocked hearing that houses and businesses of Hindus had been attacked and grabbed in some areas. We cannot allow such things in an independent country,” he said.
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Solution only in free rivers, canals
The capital may face a much worse flooding in future than what it suffered last week if canals and floodplains are not reclaimed soon, cautioned noted civil engineer Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury.
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Austria, Germany open borders to refugees
Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants yesterday, bussed to the Hungarian border by a
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
US-Bangla aircraft skids off runway at Syedpur Airport
Operations at Syedpur Airport in Nilphamari were halted for two hours yesterday after a wheel of an aircraft of US-Bangla airlines
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Save Pahartali European Club
Socio cultural and right activists yesterday demanded that the government preserve the historic Pahartali European Club as “Pritilata
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Three policemen closed
Three members of Bagharpara Police Station were closed to the District Police Lines on Thursday night after a constable arrested in
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Sarigaan: Male Domain, Female Paradigm
With references to dehototto (esoteric knowledge of the human body), symbols and metaphors of the human body are commonly used in Bangla folk songs.
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Hundreds of houses devoured by Meghna
Nearly 300 acres of croplands and 800 houses and shops were devoured by the river Meghna in Rajapur and Elisha unions in Sadar
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Saifur Rahman worked for country's dev
Former finance minister M Saifur Rahman had worked for the economic development and wellbeing of the country and its people
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM