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photo of the day
From fake flowers and fruits to looking glasses and shiny discs -- Jahangir Hossain has decorated this rickshaw to his heart’s content. He comes to Dhaka from Narayanganj every morning to earn a living. A well decorated rickshaw attracts more passengers, helping him take home around Tk 700 every day, said Jahangir. The photo was taken recently in Dhanmondi. Photo: ANISUR RAHMAN
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SUST student killed in Sylhet road crash
A Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) student was killed in a road crash in Sylhet yesterday.
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DU considering holding final exams online
The deans’ committee of Dhaka University yesterday recommended holding final examinations of all academic years via online.
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‘Make local authorities’ permission mandatory’
Permission from the local authorities should be mandatory to stop unplanned development in rural areas, said Local Government, Rural Development
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Cumilla residents demand justice for college girl’s death
Several thousand citizens gathered to form a human chain at Kandirpar of Cumilla yesterday noon to protest death of a college girl at her flat in Dhaka’s Gulshan area.
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Sector commander Nooruzzaman’s death anniversary
Today is the 10th death anniversary of Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman, Bir Uttam, commander of sector-7 during the 1971 Liberation War.
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Cryptocurrency to finance militancy!
Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested two members of banned militant group “Neo-JMB” from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday.
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‘Declaring Amin Uddin SCBA president without election against charter’
The pro-BNP faction of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday protested the declaration of Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, a pro-Awami League lawyer, as the new SCBA president without election.
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Rab arrests yaba-peddling ‘gypsies’
Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday conducted a drive in the capital’s Basila area in Mohammadpur and arrested five youths of a drug racket with 77,000 yaba pills on Tuesday, who they said were taking an innovative disguise to peddle the contraband.
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Woman dies after fall from rickshaw as muggers snatch her bag in capital
A woman died after she fell from a rickshaw as muggers from a private car pulled her bag in Dhaka’s Kamalapur area early yesterday morning.
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646 tonnes of plastic waste produced in Dhaka every day
Dhaka city produces 646 tonnes of plastic waste every single day, which is 468 tonnes more than 15 years back in the capital, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Mercy Tembon said at a programme yesterday.
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Ensure budgetary allocation for persons with disabilities
Inclusive budget allocations for persons with disabilities are required to ensure accessibility for them in the society, said speakers at a virtual discussion yesterday.
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Transgender volunteers winning hearts at DMCH
Holding a placard inscribed with “I am a volunteer. How can I help you?” Sagarika was waiting at the entrance of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Covid-19 unit. As soon as an ambulance arrived, she rushed towards it, helping the patient get off from the vehicle.
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Man arrested for gang-rape in Rajshahi
Police arrested a man on charge of gang-rape in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila early Tuesday.
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Charbaria massacre, never to be forgotten
By the time April of 1971 was coming to an end, the Pakistan army started to form an idea of Barishal as a bastion of freedom fighters. The onslaught first began on the 18th of that month. They attacked Barishal city with a barrage of bombs.
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Manage groundwater properly to save Barind from water crisis: speakers
The government should take steps for proper management of groundwater to save the Barind region from scarcity of water, demanded speakers at a virtual meeting yesterday.
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UK, South African variants behind 2nd Covid-19 wave in Ctg
A study by researchers of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) found that mostly the UK variant and partly the South African variant of coronavirus are behind the second wave of Covid-19 in port city, which started in late March.
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Shopping mall closed for four hrs in capital
China Town shopping mall in Dhaka’s Paltan area was shut down for around four hours after its authorities failed to follow health safety rules yesterday morning.
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Teachers harassed, syndicate meeting suspended at RU
Rajshahi University (RU) administration suspended a syndicate meeting yesterday, after a hostile incident involving the university’s teachers and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) took place. During the incident, a number of teachers said they were harassed.
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Kutupalong camp to get solar lighting
Beyond2020, a UAE-driven humanitarian initiative has announced deployment of solar energy lighting solutions at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. This is expected to benefit at least 4,500 residents.
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Inter-district commuters find lockdown workaround
Since the countrywide “lockdown” started from April 5 to curb the spread of Covid-19, construction worker Md Sumon has been unable to find any work.
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The web should be more accessible for visually-impaired
Speakers at a webinar yesterday demanded special technologies and methods to make websites of different organisations more accessible to people with visual impairment.
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Aid available for all journos in need
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said government aid is available for all destitute journalists, even those who criticise the government.
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Press Freedom Day observed in Barishal
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, journalists in Barishal yesterday sought a safer work environment and demanded assurance of their livelihoods.
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Evercare Hospital begins operations in port city
Global healthcare consortium Evercare Group has started operating its second chain hospital Evercare Hospital Chattogram, providing both outdoor and indoor health services since early April.
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Protect waterbodies, forests to solve water crisis in CHT: speakers
During every dry season, indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts face acute water shortage.
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Consider student visa emergency service
Bangladeshi students studying at various German universities, stuck in the country ever since the second wave of Covid-19 broke out, have appealed to the German Embassy in Dhaka and the foreign ministry to facilitate student visa processing amid the “lockdown”, considering it as an emergency and special service.
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Rab detains two in Savar over alleged rape of minor
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-4) detained two people from Savar’s Aminbazar area on Sunday night for allegedly raping a 14-year old girl.
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Jaintapur sees road crash at same spot for second day
For the second consecutive day, a road accident occurred in the same area of Sylhet’s Jaintapur, killing three people and injuring two others this time.
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‘Stop character assassination of victims of violence’
Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha (BNPS) expressed grave concern over the prevailing culture of character assassination of women and their family members in media, especially in connection with the recent death of a college girl at a Gulshan apartment.
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Release 51 arrestees before Eid: activists
Noted rights activists yesterday demanded the release of 51 people who were arrested between March 25 and April 28 in connection with the movement against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.
