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Severe gridlock on Dhaka-Chittagong highway
Holiday-makers are suffering immensely due to a severe gridlock on Dhaka-Chittagong highway. Meanwhile, the traffic situation of Dhaka-Tangail highway improves. Due to excessive pressure of traffic, the vehicles are moving slowly but the tailback has eased to a great extent.
9 September 2016, 04:19 AM
Intercity train service from Panchagarh demanded
Citizen's rights activists brought out a procession from the District Bar Library in the town on Thursday demanding immediate intercity
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Zakia fighting for life in Rangpur hospital
Brutally stabbed by a rejected stalker on Wednesday, eighth grader Zakia Sultana, 14, is fighting for life at Rangpur Medical College
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Villagers suffer as road in awful state for years
People of eight villages in Rajapur upazila of the district are suffering immensely as the Pukurijana-Bashtola-Mankisundar connecting
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM
River erosion threatens Jahangir bridge
Erosion by Sugandha River is increasing in the district, endangering an important bridge and threatening to cut-off road
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM
BR inaugurates 2 new trains ahead of Eid
The Bangladesh Railway authorities inaugurates two new trains at Kamalapur Railway Station ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
8 September 2016, 10:14 AM
Dhaka-Aricha, Dhaka-Ctg highways in chaos
Tailbacks have formed on the Dhaka-Aricha and Dhaka-Chittagong highways causing immense sufferings for home-goers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Additional load of transports on the road has caused the gridlocks.
8 September 2016, 04:55 AM
Sherpur VIP Road in bad shape
The Sribordi crossing-TNT road, also known as VIP Road, in Sherpur looks more like a canal than a road due to the potholes developed on it.
7 September 2016, 18:00 PM
HC for providing security to Justice Gobinda’s family, relatives
The High Court directs the government to provide security to the family members and relatives of Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore in Kadambari area of Madaripur.
7 September 2016, 14:59 PM
BSF picks up Bangladeshi
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi from near the zero line at International Border Pillar in Chargaon area under
6 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Threat to withdraw case
A man, accused in a case for trying to violate a widow in Sonatola upazila on June 4, is threatening the victim and her family members to
6 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Star News Plus: Indian cattle ban boosts Bangladesh cow market
Today Bangladesh can meet a large part of its meat demand from its domestic sources. This is the success story of a ban becoming a boon for Bangladesh.
6 September 2016, 14:27 PM
HC bars Ctg BAF Shaheen College from charging extra fees
High Court directs the authorities concerned to refrain from charging additional fees from the students of BAF Shaheen College in Chittagong for next six months.
6 September 2016, 11:32 AM
‘Rampal power plant for personal interest’
People in favour of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans are driven by their own interests, alleges National Committee to Save the Sundarbans.
6 September 2016, 06:37 AM
High alert at Benapole for Zika virus
Immigration police at the check post of Benapole land port has been kept on special alert to prevent the spread of Zika virus through the
5 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Mir Quasem execution: BR staff held for FB post in Ctg
A Bangladesh Railway staff is arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police from Khulshi area in the port city for posting provocative comments on Facebook in support of executed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.
5 September 2016, 15:54 PM
Lightning kills 2 cousins
Two cousins were killed by lightning at Shibnagar village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday. The deceased
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
BSF hands over bodies of 3 more fishermen
Bodies of three more Bangladeshi fishermen, who drowned when a trawler was caught in a storm and sank in the Bay on
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Risky bamboo bridge only means
About 50,000 people of two unions in Madarganj upazila have been facing immense sufferings for want of a
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Jamaat hartal Monday
Jamaat-e-Islami calls an eight-hour-long hartal (shutdown) across the country on Monday, protesting the execution of its leader Mir Quasem Ali.
3 September 2016, 17:08 PM