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UNDP, BRTC launch pilot project to provide bus passengers travel data
The UNDP has launched a pilot project with Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to provide bus passengers
12 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Abducted student rescued in Ashulia
Police rescued a youth from Gazipur's Kaliakoir jungle yesterday noon, one day after his abduction.
12 November 2015, 18:00 PM
RMG workers demonstrate for dues in Gazipur
Workers of Huda Winty Sweater Fashion Ltd demonstrated in front of the factory premises at Shalna of Gazipur
12 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Nur Hossain brought back from India
The government last night brought back Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj, from India.
A team of police took Nur in its custody after the Indian Border Security Force handed him over to the Border Guard Bangladesh at Benapole around 11:30pm, said Superintendent of Police Khandaker Muhit of Narayanganj.
A microbus carrying the police and BGB personnel entered India and drove for about 10 minutes until it met a BSF vehicle, reports our Benapole correspondent.
12 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Flyover to create traffic mess in Ctg
Construction of the flyover between Muradpur and Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong city and the subsequent plan to extend
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Workshop on strategic plan for environment held
Proper and strong management of environment and natural resources is essential to ensure sustainable development of the ecosystem, speakers said in a workshop yesterday.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Withdrawal of extra fees demanded
SSC examinees formed human chains in Chittagong city demanding withdrawal of all additional charges which different
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt asks Amnesty Int'l to apologise
Blasting the Amnesty International over a statement on war crimes trial, the government has demanded the rights watchdog withdraw the statement immediately and apologise for its highly objectionable pronouncement concerning the pro-independence forces.
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Two killed in road accidents
A police officer was killed as his motorcycle was hit by an auto-rickshaw around 10:00am in Rajshahi city while he was
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Papon narrates at court how his mother Ivy died
Nazmul Hasan Papon, son of late President Zillur Rahman and Ivy Rahman, yesterday narrated how and where his
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Publisher Tutul released from hospital
Shuddhoswar publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, who came under machete attacks in the capital on October 31, was released from hospital yesterday.
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Abducted child rescued
Police rescued a 7-year-old boy, Md Showrov Miah, who was abducted from Ashulia three days ago, from Hemayetpur in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Abducted N'ganj bride rescued
Rapid Action Battalion rescued a bride from Gazipur's Jamalpur Mirpara Sunday night three days after she had been abducted from Araihazar in Narayanganj on the wedding day.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM
JSC examinee's death on road sparks protest
Two, including a JSC examinee, were killed and another was injured when a bus rammed into a rickshaw on Dhaka-Mawa highway in Kuchimora of Munshiganj while they were going to the examination centre yesterday morning.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Violence against children on rise for impunity
Incidents of child repression have increased alarmingly this year mainly because of the culture of impunity, claims a non-government report.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM
DEPZ factory shuts sine die over workers' demand for benefits
The management of an Indian owned garment factory in Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), on the outskirts of the capital shut down the factory for an unidentified period yesterday following workers demonstration for service benefit.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Textile engineers demand arrest of two Noman Group officials
Textile engineers will observe a daylong work stoppage at all garment factories on Sunday if the managing director and the director of Noman Group, who allegedly beat up their fellow engineer, were not arrested by Thursday.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Clear Tejgaon terminal by Nov 27
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq issued a November 27 ultimatum to the truck owners to clear the illegal infrastructures from Tejgaon terminal to increase parking space to reduce traffic congestion of the area.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Hasina sees local, foreign conspiracy
Denying the existence of Islamic State in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a local and foreign conspiracy is afoot to establish that cohorts of IS are active in the country.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Four to die for killing Rajon
Rajon and Rakib. The teen boys, both aged 13, from Sylhet and Khulna were killed by some brutes in July and August. The barbaric murders shook the nation to its core and stirred massive outcries in the social and mainstream media. Yesterday, two courts in the two districts sentenced six people to death for their murders.
A Sylhet court yesterday handed down death penalty to four people for the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajon that stirred a huge outcry all over the country.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM