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DNCC app for better city services

To lodge a complaint about a dilapidated road or a broken lamp post or any other city service is a hectic affairs as it requires one to go through the labyrinth of the manual complaint system.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Recent eviction drives

It seems that there is a spurt of eviction drives in Dhaka city by Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) officials following the Gulshan killings.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Road in sorry state

Local people formed a human chain in Gouripur of the district on Sunday, demanding immediate steps to repair the five-kilometre Kumri-Mohishati road in the upazila.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Trafficked Bangladeshi children in India

A news report in this paper has caught our attention. An open letter signed by 38 Bangladeshi children stuck in a safe-home in West Bengal asking the prime minister for safe conduct home is both touching and alarming at the same time.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM

PM's counter-terror appeal

The Prime Minister's call for people's support in fighting militancy and extremism effectively is fitting and timely.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Local fruit cultivation gains popularity in 5 N-dists

Cultivation of local varieties of fruits on commercial basis is gaining popularity among farmers and general people at many places in five northern districts of Rangpur region in recent years, bringing a change in the agriculture pattern in the area.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Ear implant woman helps Bangladesh kids

Two years ago Jo Milne became an internet sensation when footage of her hearing for the first time appeared on YouTube. Since then she has rekindled a long-lost friendship, enlisted the support of 1970s pop group The Osmonds and travelled to Bangladesh to help hundreds of deaf children.
2 August 2016, 06:00 AM

One month of the Gulshan tragedy

A month into the Gulshan tragedy, and we can say that some progress has been made but much remains to be done.
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM

BCL infighting in universities

The recent incidents of BCL infighting in various educational institutions have created a worrying situation where academic activities have been seriously hindered and safety and security of general students are under threat.
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Ex-enclave people celebrate one year of freedom

Residents of the former enclaves in Panchagarh and Thakurgaon celebrated the first anniversary of the historic exchange of adversely
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Slain farmer's wife, daughters cry for justice

The two children and wife of slain farmer Shafiqul Islam were seen crying at their home at Shalmara village of Bhelabari union under
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Solar power adds modernity to nomadic life in Lalmonirhat

It's not easy being a nomad in the 21st century. It's not only traditional matters like moving residences, selling traditional remedies and
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Law changed to settle Ctg hill tracts land dispute

Bangladesh government has brought about a major change to the law concerned aiming to put an end to the land dispute problems at Chittagong Hill Tracts.
1 August 2016, 07:54 AM

Chuadanga bauls worried as attackers scot-free

Police are yet to arrest any of the culprits involved in assaulting bauls and burning down their akhra at Gobindpur village in Damurhuda
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Indigenous 'chambol' needs protection

In Mymensingh's Rasulpur Forest the monsoon months of Ashar and Shraban were once a time to ramble; on random expeditions in
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Bauls under attack

In yet another cowardly attack in two weeks, two bauls were assaulted and humiliated and their abode set to fire in a remote village in Chuadanga.
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Don't 'desertify' Gulshan

Fear, along with the government decision to closedown so called illegal establishments in Gulshan area as a reaction to the unfortunate killings in Holey Artisan has helped create the eerie character that Gulshan has taken on today.
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM

People think ACC doesn’t work against graft: ACC chief

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud says people do not want to believe that his organisation works against corruption.
31 July 2016, 13:38 PM

CCC gives city hill dwellers the short shift

The refusal of the Chittagong City Corporation to hand over apartments to 161 poor families is patently unethical. In 2013, under a laudable project initiated by the then-mayor, the CCC started the construction of a seven-storey building by evicting 33 families living in
30 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Expedite terror attack cases

Eleven years have passed and we are still waiting for the conclusion of the first major case of murder in suicide bombing which was directed at the Chittagong Court building premises that took two lives in 2005.
30 July 2016, 18:00 PM