Authorities of Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) east zone have closed down 46 of the 228 railway stations due to severe workforce shortage. This has resulted in delays of over 30 minutes on different routes of the zone.
The probe committee formed by Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) to investigate the devastating fire and explosion at Sitakunda’s BM Container Depot last month could not ascertain the source or specific reason behind the fire.
Ashikur Rahman (28) was returning home for Eid after taking treatment at a Dhaka hospital. But little did he know that he’ll never reach his destination.
A boy was found dead in a Buddhist monastery in Abdullahpur South Baruapara in Chattogram yesterday.
BNP will stage protest across the country tomorrow as the party did not to get permission for holding a rally in Dhaka.
Two platoons of army men deployed in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogra yesterday morning to help the administration maintain the law and order following escalating violence were withdrawn in the evening.
The army men were withdrawn from Shahjahanpur area near the Bogra Cantonment at 6:00pm as the area returned to normalcy, said an ISPR release.
Earlier, the army personnel were deployed in Shahjahanpur upazila from 9:00am to help the civil administration maintain the law and order.
Though far better in Dhaka city, vehicular movement across the country was seriously hampered due to Jamaat-e-Islami's 48-hour countrywide hartal beginning yesterday.
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People of the port city yesterday again thronged the sit-in, Gonojagoron Mancha, before Chittagong Press Club protesting the two-day dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.
A mass signature collection campaign was underway at the venue, supporting the six-point demand, including banning of Jamaat and Jamaat backed Islami Chhatra Shibir, and demanding death penalty for all war criminals.
People from all walks of life started joining the demonstration, initiated by Samprodayikota Birodhi Torun Udjog, Chittagong; from 3:00pm and kept it lively with slogans and patriotic songs.
Different political parties and human rights organisations have condemned the ongoing mayhem created by the Jamaat-Shibir alliance.
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A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed and another injured by miscreants in Sylhet city's Akhalia Tapobon Residential area on Saturday night.
The deceased was Jagotjhoty Talukder, former president of Madan Mohon College unit BCL, and resident of Akhaliaghat in the city.
Quoting witnesses, police said a gang of miscreants swooped on Taluker and Sylhet city unit BCL activist Jewel when they were returning home, leaving them injured around 9:30pm.
The attackers also set the victim's private car on fire.
The injured were rushed to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital where Talukder died.
A sawmill and several shops were gutted in a devastating fire in Chandmari area of Barisal city on Saturday night.
Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the mill and soon engulfed the adjacent areas.
Being informed, Barisal fire service unit rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control with the help of locals.
A police informer was found dead in the capital's Paltan area early yesterday.
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The launching ceremony of Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) Graduate Network, a leadership programme, was held at Brac Center Inn in the capital on Saturday.
Freedom fighter Lt Col (retd) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir was present as chief guest on the occasion.
Ejaj Ahmed, president of Brac, and Babar Kabir, senior director of the organisation, also spoke at the programme
Quazi Sajjad said training would help the participants prepare themselves for the challenges of job markets.
BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that death threats were being issued against their party chief Khaleda Zia through some blogs and social media Facebook.
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