Demo continues, stays peaceful

Private university students yesterday blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar for over an hour on the first day of their three-day
12 September 2015

Extortion of transporters of cattle won't be tolerated

Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday urged the public to immediately inform the ministry about any incident of
12 September 2015

100 RMG workers of Keya Group fall sick again

Over 100 workers of the Keya Knit Composite Ltd in Jarun area of Gazipur city yesterday fell sick in what doctors said could be assign of
12 September 2015

Public univ teachers to strike again today

Teachers of all 37 public universities will observe a daylong work stoppage today, demanding salaries with due dignity in the eighth
12 September 2015

10 children rescued at Banashree, 3 held

Police rescue 10 children from a flat at Banashree in Dhaka and detained three persons for their alleged involvement in child trafficking.
12 September 2015

A Purist's Struggle

My participation in the Language Movement was not an isolated incident. While I was involved in politics, I studied
11 September 2015

Abducted girl rescued after 2 months

Police rescued a girl from Polashbari village of Nilphamari Sadar on Thursday, nearly two months after her abduction.
11 September 2015

Ferry mounts, damages Sinohydro dredger

A dredger of Sinohydro Corporation got damaged after a ferry mounted it around 10:00am yesterday although ferry service along the
11 September 2015

2 Buet students' residential status suspended

The Sher-e-Bangla Hall authorities yesterday suspended the residential status of two students of the Bangladesh University of
11 September 2015

100 turtles seized in Dhaka, 3 traders jailed

Around 100 turtles seized by the members of Rapid Action Battalion and the officials of Bangladesh Forest Department in Shakhari Bazar of Old Dhaka.
11 September 2015

Nirapod Jibon launches micro life insurance as pilot project

UDDIPAN, a micro finance institution, and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company, Japan launched a cooperative test marketing of micro life insurance project
10 September 2015

Mass awareness must to end misogyny

Mass awareness to change people's negative attitudes towards women is required to ensure their security, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday. They said respect towards women should be implanted in children's minds during the early development years (0-3 years) and later through special classes in school.
10 September 2015

Name, shame culprits

Children falling victim to abuse, instead of keeping silent which encourages the perpetrators, should name and shame the culprits
10 September 2015

The VAT confusion

Despite widespread protests, Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday categorically said the government would not withdraw the value added tax (VAT) imposed on the private universities.
10 September 2015

Daylong traffic chaos stops Bangladesh’s capital

Thousands of private university students took to the streets and blocked traffic in the capital and elsewhere yesterday to press home their demand for lifting the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on their “tuition fees” in the current budget. City dwellers suffered immensely as thousands of students barricaded key points in Rampura, Mohakhali, Baridhara, Dhanmondi and other areas for over six hours since around 10:00am, causing heavy traffic congestion that spilled over to nearby roads and allies.
10 September 2015

Trapped in demo, Dhaka stalls

Traffic problems reaches acute levels in Dhaka after road blockades were set up at several key points by demonstrating public university students.
10 September 2015

35 hurt as students, cops clash in Dhaka over VAT on tuition

At least 35 people were injured in a clash between students of East West University and police in the capital's Badda area yesterday. The students were demonstrating against the VAT imposed on tuition fees of private universities.
9 September 2015

100 RMG workers fall sick 'drinking factory supplied water' in Gazipur

The authorities of a garment factory in Gazipur's Konabari suspended its production yesterday after over a hundred of its workers fell sick allegedly after
9 September 2015

Staff Correspondent, RajshahiDetained Minu in ICU with 'chest pain'

Detained BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu was admitted to the intensive care unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital with "serious chest pain" yesterday, soon after he was administered "local anesthesia" for his root canal treatment.
9 September 2015

Illegal easy bikes still roaming Ctg city

More than 2,000 illegal easy bikes are operating in Chittagong city, violating a recent ban and adding to traffic congestion and the risk of accidents. Though the battery-run three-wheelers are seen in large numbers, police claimed that they were checking the vehicles' presence. Introduced in 2012, the three-wheelers do not have the fitness certificate and route permit and are unregistered. These are imported from China, and each costs Tk 1.5 lakh locally.
9 September 2015