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Fog disrupts ferry service
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed around 9:10am yesterday after nearly 2 hours of disruption caused by the dense fog.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes after two hours of disruption caused by dense fog.
25 January 2016, 05:22 AM
Bus service on Dhaka-Pabna route resumes
Bus service on Dhaka-Pabna highway through Sirajganj resumed following a fruitful discussion between the transport owners and workers
24 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Stop illegal sand lifting from Khowai River
Habiganj unit of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) formed a human chain in the district town yesterday, demanding steps to stop
24 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Ctg doctors call off strike
Physicians demonstrating in Chittagong for the withdrawal of cases filed against their colleagues called off their strike today after assurance from the city mayor.
24 January 2016, 10:37 AM
Water transport workers’ strike from Tuesday
Water transport workers will go for an indefinite countrywide strike from Tuesday to press home their 15-point demand including wage hike.
24 January 2016, 07:40 AM
3 picnickers die after taking liquor in Naogaon
Three picnickers died and four others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village in Badalgachhi upazilla
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Patients suffer as docs on strike for pay hike
Demand salary hike, 13 doctors of Dinajpur Diabetes Hospital yesterday started an indefinite strike, badly hampering the treatment
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
57 Faridpur sadar schools shut for 2 days over health concerns
Faridpur district administration has declared to shut a total of 57 schools in Sadar upazila for two days after 103 students complained of respiratory problems for unknown reasons.
23 January 2016, 11:53 AM
3 picnickers die after taking liquor in Naogaon
Three picnickers have died and four others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village in Badalgachhi upazilla on Saturday.
23 January 2016, 07:22 AM
GANO ADALOT
It all began on December 29, 1991 when a report was published in a local newspaper that Ghulam Azam was elected the Amir of
22 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Two die of diarrhoea
Two kids have died of diarrhoea at Kotchandpur Upazila Health Complex in the district within 11 days. The deceased are nine months old
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM
A novel initiative to stop school dropouts
The managing committee chairman of Bhaina Shaheed Mosharraf-Dalil Uddin High School in Harinakundo upazila under the district has
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Radicalisation of Bangladeshi workers dates back to 2013
In April 2013, terrorist group Islamic State announced it would expand its operations beyond Iraq as the civil war in Syria worsened. That same year, a group of Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore began a closed religious study group to discuss these conflicts that involved Muslims, and whether they should take up arms.
21 January 2016, 08:40 AM
JP observing hartal peacefully in Rangpur
Jatiya Party (JP) observes a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Rangpur city protesting an attack on SM Yasir, member secretary of the city unit of JP.
21 January 2016, 05:54 AM
Buses go off Dhaka- Pabna highway protesting extortion
Dhaka-Pabna bus services through Sirajganj district remained stopped from yesterday as transport workers and owners stopped plying of the vehicles protesting rampant extortion on the highway.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Arrests shock Bangladeshi community in Singapore
The Bangladeshi community in Singapore has expressed shocked at the news that 27 Bangladeshi nationals who were working there had been arrested for supporting IS, al-Qaeda.
20 January 2016, 13:29 PM
Temperature drop likely: Met office
Midway through the winter, today’s untimely rain may result in temperature drop by 1 to 3 degree centigrade, the Met office has said.
20 January 2016, 12:10 PM
27 Bangladeshi workers held in Singapore for supporting IS, al-Qaeda
Twenty-seven male Bangladeshis working in Singapore are arrested for supporting the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda.
20 January 2016, 08:57 AM
Human chain foiled in Khagrachhari
Police foiled a human chain programme organised by indigenous people in Changhi square area of Khagrachhari town yesterday morning.
18 January 2016, 18:00 PM