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Water transport workers’ indefinite strike from tonight
Water transport workers will go for indefinite work abstention from tonight to press home their 15-point demands including wage hike.
22 August 2016, 14:36 PM
Fishing resumes in Kaptai Lake
The authorities allowed the fishermen to resume fishing in the Kaptai Lake from yesterday, ending a ban imposed earlier on May 12.
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM
25 more infected with anthrax in Sirajganj
Twenty-five more people have been infected with anthrax in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj in the last couple of days, bringing the
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Tea workers' strike today
Workers of 23 tea gardens in Habiganj will observe a strike today, demanding due wages and rations for 16 weeks of 400 permanent
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Dyke construction demanded
Hundreds of erosion victims of eight villages in Kawkhali upazila formed a human chain on boats on Sandha River
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Guardian turns crazy, beats teacher
A guardian of a student beat up a primary school teacher at Pirojpur Sadar upazila of the district yesterday as her child
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bamboo bridge only means
Local people, mostly students of three educational institutions in Kalapara upazila, are crossing a bamboo bridge on a
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Petrol pump owners threaten strike Aug 28
Petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers have threatened for a countrywide token strike on August 28 if the government does not meet its 12-point demand by then.
20 August 2016, 07:05 AM
Man dies during cops' raid in Rangpur
A Saudi Arabia expatriate dies when police went to his house in Rangpur city to detain him as a suspect in a theft case.
20 August 2016, 06:16 AM
Bismillah of India
In a delightful paradox, the man who best represented the holy Indian city of Varanasi was Bismillah Khan. Born on March 21,
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
5 ‘ABT, Hizb ut-Tahrir’ men held in Dhaka, Ctg
Law enforcers claim to have arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and two of Hizb ut-Tahrir in separate drives in Chittagong and Dhaka.
19 August 2016, 05:10 AM
Indigenous people keep vigil for safety in Bandarban
Life in Dabong Khali Marma Para in remote Baishari union of Bandarban's Nykkhongchhari upazila has been anything but usual of late.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Orphaned by lightning, 8 siblings in despair
The seven sisters and one brother had a somewhat happy life under the care of parents at their Purbo Jalalpur village home in Adampur
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
2 girls die from snakebite
Two schoolgirls died from snakebite at different villages in Monirampur upazila early yesterday. The deceased are Muslima Khatun, 11,
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Lightning kills 3
Three people were killed by lightning at Naldubi village in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari on Tuesday. The deceased were Abu Bakkar
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Madrasa boy missing
An eleven-year-old boy, who went missing from Mohipur area in Kalapara upazila of the district nearly three months ago, is still traceless.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Prime govt lands grabbed in Cox's Bazar
Influential quarters have allegedly grabbed government land worth several hundred crore taka in the heart of tourist town Cox's Bazar, but the administration has not taken any steps to recover the state property.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bad weather halts Paturia-Daulatdia launch service
Launch service on Paturia-Daulatdia remains suspended since this morning due to strong current in the river Padma triggered by inclement weather.
17 August 2016, 05:52 AM
Elephant kills woman
A woman was killed by an elephant in Purbo Chaillatoli area under Longodu upazila on Monday night. The victim was Anupa Begum, 45, of
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
'Bring schoolboy Janom's killers to book'
Local people, teachers and fellow students yesterday formed a human chain demanding arrest of the prime accused in the case for killing
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM