A STEP FORWARD
As police and BRTA crack down on unfit vehicles and unlicensed drivers, transport owners have stepped in to help. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A STEP FORWARD
During a mobile court drive on Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka yesterday, the members of Dhaka Transport Owners Association assisted the magistrate and officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in checking relevant papers. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Cross the street safely
A policeman points to the footbridge, just a few metres away, and asks a woman to cross the street safely by using it at Bangla Motor intersection in Dhaka yesterday. Jaywalking has become habitual for the city residents. Photo: Prabir Das
Cross the street safely
A female cop has to stop a man who ventures out despite two policewomen holding back a crowd of potential jaywalkers. Photo: Prabir Das
Motorcycles without valid papers
After the Traffic Week began Monday across the country, scores of motorcycles without valid papers ended up at a temporary dumping station in Mansurabad area of Chittagong city. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Candle-light vigil at the Central Shaheed Minar
Putting on traditional outfit, a toddler takes part in a candle-light vigil at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka yesterday, on the eve of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Garo Students Union organised the event with an aim to making the voices of the country's indigenous communities heard. Photo: Palash Khan
Two day Australian education exhibition at sonargaon hotel
Australian High Commissioner Julia Niblett and IDP Education Bangladesh Country Director Ravi Chandran inaugurate a two-day Australian education exhibition at Sonargaon Hotel yesterday. Mosharraf Khan, country manager of IDP Education Bangladesh, and Mostafizur Rahman, business development manager of Australian Trade Commission, were also present. The exhibition will remain open from 10:30am to 5:30pm tomorrow. Photo: Collected
canals clogged with plastic waste
This collage of pictures shows the degradation of the environment due to the use of plastic. These canals in Keraniganj and Mugda are testament to the poor state of water drainage systems in the country which are clogged with plastic waste that does not decompose easily. Despite a ban, use of plastic continues unabated in the country. Polybags are used in almost all the kitchen markets with shopkeepers giving them away for free for customers to carry their purchases in. Currently, Bangladesh generates around 381.36 tonnes of plastic waste every day while around 249.86 tonnes go to landfills. However, recycling remains a distant dream and plastic continues to accumulate beneath the land creating a barrier between the soil and the water. Little control, cheaper prices and lack of alternatives, all contribute to the use of the plastic. Photo: Sheikh Enam/ Anisur Rahman/ Rashed Shumon
canals clogged with plastic waste
canals clogged with plastic waste
canals clogged with plastic waste
canals clogged with plastic waste
canals clogged with plastic waste
canals clogged with plastic waste
canals clogged with plastic waste
AN ONGOING STRUGGLE
Rain or shine, there seems to be water everywhere in the port city -- be it in front of hospitals, on roads or underneath flyovers. Due to an ongoing “development work” and a lack of proper drainage system, many of the areas remain waterlogged. In addition, dilapidated conditions of many roads continue to add to the residents' miseries. A man drains out water from the main gate of Chittagong Medical College Hospital yesterday. Photos: Rajib Raihan
AN ONGOING STRUGGLE
People walk on a partially damaged footpath with sandbags placed on its side to protect from water spilling over from the submerged road in Barai Para area under Chandgaon Police Station. Photos: Rajib Raihan
AN ONGOING STRUGGLE
A man struggles to move his rickshaw-van on the road. Photos: Rajib Raihan
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Freak microbus accident kills father in front of son
A father and son were making conversation by the highway, reunited after a while, when a freak road accident claimed the life of one of them, right in front of the other's eyes.
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All-female mugger gang busted in Rajshahi
Prof Raihana Akter Jahan is used to travelling alone as there is not too many passengers available on the route that early in the morning.
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Cops arrest two with 900g heroin
Detectives arrested two persons with 900 grammes of heroin worth around Tk 90 lakh in Aminbazar area of Savar yesterday.
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Road crashes kill three
At least three persons including a minor were killed in road accidents in Mymensingh and Cumilla yesterday.
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'Selling yaba to fund sabotage'
Police arrested a leader of pro-BNP youth organisation Jubo Dal with 223 yaba pills in Chattogram city's Sadarghat area early yesterday, claiming that he was running a yaba business with an aim to collect funds for carrying out subversive activities.
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Chattogram College: BCL men continue fighting over posts
Leaders and activists of Chattogram Government College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League once again locked into a clash yesterday over formation of the 25-member college committee.
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Effective partnerships needed to eradicate child labour
Lack of economic solvency of families and ensuring education of children fighting with poverty are key challenges to reducing child labour in the country, parliamentarians said at a roundtable yesterday.
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Railway reclaims land from illegal occupants
Bangladesh Railway in Chattogram yesterday reclaimed around 2.2 acres of its land on Ice Factory Road where a slum had been rebuilt after Railway conducted an eviction drive there in April last year.
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Raisul Huq Bahar laid to rest
Veteran freedom fighter and journalist AKM Raisul Huq Bahar, who died of a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night, was laid to rest at Chattogram Port Graveyard yesterday after his namaz-e-janaza held at Chattogram Bandar Bhaban premises after Asr prayers.
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BRTA resumes scrapping unfit auto-rickshaws
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), Chattogram has resumed scrapping CNG-run auto-rickshaws that are at least 15 years old and plying the port city roads, five months after the High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by vehicle owners challenging the process.
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‘Truck Lagbe’ app launches commercially
A mobile application is launched for easy access of trucks across the country for transporting goods and different products.
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DMP takes security prep for Ashura
Like previous years, nobody carrying bags, sharp weapons or flammable objects would be allowed to enter the venues of Holy Ashura to be celebrated on Friday, police said yesterday.
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Chittagong College: Post-deprived BCL men block road
Post-deprived leaders and activists of Chittagong Government College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League blocked a road in front of
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Issue gazette notification immediately
Quota reformists yesterday staged a demonstration on Rajshahi University campus demanding immediate gazette notification for bringing reforms to the quota system for civil service jobs.
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4,300 acres of hills, forests razed for Rohingya shelters
A total of 4,300 acres of hills and forests were razed down to make temporary shelters, facilities and cooking fuel in Ukhia and Teknaf of Cox's Bazar, threatening the biodiversity of the three ecologically-critical areas of the country, according to a latest report.
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FBCCI mourns Akram Hussain
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) expressed deep shock at the demise of Alhaj Muhammad Akram Hussain, a former president of the organisation.
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Nadia Anwar new AIUB chairperson
Nadia Anwar was nominated the chairman of the Board of Trustees of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), in the 136th board meeting on September 13, said a press release.
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Madrasa teacher held over murder of wife, nephew
Police yesterday detained Ibrahim Khalil Talukder, a teacher and superintendent of Huffazul Quran Madrasa, hours after throat-slit bodies of his wife and her nephew were found inside the premises of the madrasa in Gazipur city.
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Pickup driver beaten to death over parking in Savar
A pickup truck driver was beaten to death allegedly by a workshop owner and his workers following a dispute over parking the vehicle in Savar outside the capital early yesterday.
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Don't nominate anti-liberation individuals
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, a forum for secular Bangladesh and trial of war criminals, yesterday urged the country's
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Three killed in road accidents
Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.
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ACC to sue 6 DMCH employees
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file six cases against six officers and staff members of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for misappropriating over Tk 59 lakh of the hospital.
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BSD concerned over digital security bill
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) led by Khalequzzaman yesterday protested the government's move to pass the proposed Digital Security Act.
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Petition filed to halt nat'l election schedule
A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer yesterday moved a petition before the High Court seeking a directive on Election Commission (EC) and government not to publish any schedule for the 11th parliamentary election until the disposal of a pending rule in this regard.
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Madrasa student brutalised
A ten-year-old student of a madrasa in Gazipur was tortured indiscriminately by his teacher as the boy made repeated requests for leave, according to the boy and his family.
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Ensure caring environment for children at early age
Speakers at a discussion urged all stakeholders to ensure a caring environment for children in their early days through a concerted effort.
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Compensation, not charity
The climate fund committed by the developed countries to the affected developing countries must be considered a compensation, not charity or loans, speakers said at a dialogue organised by TIB at the capital's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre yesterday.
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Rise High Bangladesh at DU, Daffodil, AIUB
With the promise of promoting fresh and innovative export ideas, the third season of Rise High Bangladesh contest held its campus activation programme in three universities in Dhaka on Sunday and Monday.
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Introducing Breadfruit tree in Bangladesh
Many countries have enriched their flora and fauna by collecting samples and seeds from all around the world. The efforts have not always been for commercial purposes. Sometimes, they tasked the embassies to collect samples, or sometimes they sent emissaries, expeditions and researchers. At times, introduction of some species can be environmentally harmful and invasive. Hence introduction of a new species should be made with careful considerations.
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State obligated to ensure rights of every citizen
Twenty-five year old Rounak Jahan Usha fell down the stairs and became paralysed from the waist down in 2011 when she was a first-year college student.
