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C'nawabganj road blocked for three hrs
Local people yesterday barricaded the Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port road in Shibganj upazila for three hours, protesting the
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Labourers cry for job
A good number of day labourers are suffering from job crisis as the northern district sees much less activities in different sectors with
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
6 broken bridges not repaired for years
A large number of people in different areas of Tangail, Jhalakathi, Nilphamari and Barisal districts are suffering from communication
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Woes mount as copiers of deed on strike
Service receivers suffer a lot as an indefinite strike, enforced by extra-muharrirs (copiers) at sub-registry office, still continues.
10 December 2016, 18:13 PM
Peak time for brick kilns
Workers at different brick kilns in the district are passing busy time making bricks after a delay of two weeks due to bad
10 December 2016, 18:10 PM
Road to century old temple demanded
Local Hindu people at a human chain in Chirirbandar upazila yesterday demanded a pitch road to Chibuka temple, a 100-year-
10 December 2016, 18:10 PM
Seaports asked to hoist distant warning signal 2
Maritime ports in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no. 2 as cyclonic storm ‘Vardah’ over the southeast Bay and adjoining areas moved slightly west-northwestwards.
10 December 2016, 08:23 AM
US envoy for religious freedom to visit Bangladesh
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein will visit Bangladesh this week.
10 December 2016, 05:00 AM
Cyclone ‘Vardah’ moves northwards
The cyclonic storm, ‘Vardah’, over the southeast bay and adjoining area moves further northwards over the same area.
9 December 2016, 05:14 AM
Hindus in panic
As police are yet to arrest the perpetrators behind the attacks on two temples in the last three months, 200 Hindu families in Shialkhawa
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Another dies, 10 more fall sick in Sylhet
A 65-year-old woman died after eating puffer fish and 10 more fell sick yesterday in Jaintapur upazila of the district.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Call to stop harassing indigenous people
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) organised a 30-kilometre-long human chain from Khagrachhari Sadar to Dudukchara in Panchari
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Mirzapur canal almost dead
An important canal in Mirzapur municipal area of the district has become almost dead due to mindless filling and grabbing.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Another dies after eating puffer fish in Sylhet
Another woman, who fell sick after taking puffer fish in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet yesterday, dies at a hospital in the city, raising the death toll to six.
7 December 2016, 14:14 PM
A cyclone of difference
In the middle of the night, Atul Sur, a fisherman from Koyra, arrives at Dublarchar, an island in the Sundarbans, in a small boat loaded with Batasha (sweets), candles, incense sticks and coconuts.
7 December 2016, 13:14 PM
Dense fog disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferry service
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river resume after two and half hours of disruption triggered by dense fog.
7 December 2016, 05:01 AM
Mumps creates panic in Khulna primary school
Around 50 students have been suffering from mumps for one month, spreading panic among guardians and teachers and decreasing
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
5 die after eating puffer fish in Sylhet
Five people including two children die and 12 others fall sick after eating puffer fish in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet.
6 December 2016, 12:49 PM
21,000 Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from Myanmar: IOM
Around 21,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar, an official of the International Organisation for Migration says.
6 December 2016, 08:12 AM
NCC polls: 20-party campaign starts Dec 10
Excluding the Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP-led 20-party alliance forms three publicity committees to drum for the BNP candidates for Narayanganj City Corporation election.
6 December 2016, 07:52 AM