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Railway’s east zone reels from manpower crisis
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.
Sitakunda Blast: Who started the fire?
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.
Eid joy marred by tragedy
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.
Boy found dead in Ctg monastery
A boy was found dead in a Buddhist monastery in Abdullahpur South Baruapara in Chattogram yesterday.
Barred from rally at Suhrawardy, BNP to hold protest across country tomorrow
BNP will stage protest across the country tomorrow as the party did not to get permission for holding a rally in Dhaka.
3 sued for assaulting TV journo
Pedestrian at risk
Jamaat's Attack on Minority Communities
1) The ruins of the Hindu neighbourhood of Dhopapara in Banshkhali, Chittagong after the belligerent activists and supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir torched all houses and a temple there on Thursday. 2) A man offering prayers in the burnt down temple of Dhopapara. 3) A man trying to salvage whatever he can in the wreckage of Banshkhali Upazila Parishad, which also came under the Jamaat-Shibir arson attack on Thursday. 4) A shattered idol of a Hindu goddess in a temple at Dumuria in Morelganj upazila, Bagerhat following an attack of zealots early yesterday. 5) The remains of an early Friday attack on the...
150 flown to capital from Cox's Bazar
One hundred and fifty tourists, who were stranded in Cox's Bazar due to the ongoing unrest across Bangladesh, returned to the capital in three special flights yesterday night, said Md Ruhul Amin, deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar.
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Jamaat-Shibir violence condemned
A group of 21 eminent personalities yesterday condemned "the recent killings of civilians and law enforcers and attacks on minorities by a quarter, which is leading the country towards conflict in the name of protesting the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee".
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Reactionary forces attacking minorities as in 1971
The country's minorities have been the target of attack of the reactionary forces after Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death Thursday for war crimes in the Liberation War, minority leaders said yesterday.
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Strict control urged
Discussants at a roundtable yesterday stressed the need for strictly controlling formalin import and its use where food items were sourced to reduce food adulteration.
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Effectiveness not ensured due to limitation
Although the enactment of Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010 is a “milestone†to protect women from domestic violence in the country, effective use of the law has not been ensured due to some limitations in it, said legal experts and rights activists yesterday.
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Bangladesh possible tourism destination
Bangladesh, with its various positive aspects including cultural uniqueness and indigenous traditions, has the potential to thrive as a tourism destination, said an Australian travel writer at his photographic book launching.
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SSC, equivalent examinations rescheduled
The SSC and its equivalent examinations slated for today and Tuesday (March 5) have been rescheduled for March 9 and March 6 respectively due to a three-day countrywide hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami and opposition BNP.
Prof Abdus Salam Hawlader, acting chairman of Dhaka Education Board and head of Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, told the news agency that the examinations slated for today will be held on March 9.
The examination slated for Tuesday will be held on Wednesday.
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent Dakhil and SSC vocational examinations simultaneously began across the country on February 3.
Three youths killed in capital
Two youths were stabbed to death and another died after falling from the roof of a building in separate incidents in the capital on Friday night and yesterday.
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HRW urges govt, Jamaat to end violence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the government and Jamaat-e-Islami to put an end to the ongoing violence, which sparked off after Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death Thursday.
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