Bangladesh Railway (BR) will begin advance ticket selling from Thursday (July 9) to ease travelling of the homebound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS. Railway department sources said the ticket for July 13 to be sold on July 9, for July 14 to be sold on July 10, for July 15 on July 11,…

Rahiman Begum, a middle-aged woman, was walking down the crowded New Elephant Road in the city, looking anxious. She was stealing glances at the makeshift stalls and restaurants near the crossing at Science Laboratory, hoping to buy Iftar on her shoestring budget. Seasonal vendors on both sides of the…

As many as 922 Bangladeshis stranded in different countries of the world have been repatriated so far since June 2014, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said here yesterday, reports BSS. “The process for bringing the stranded Bangladeshis back home is continuing,” he said replying to a question…

Police in a drive arrested six persons with 26 gold bars from Forest gate area under Panchlaish police station of the city yesterday. Mohi Uddin Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Panchlaish police station, said acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid in the area and arrested the people. He said the…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in a drive, sealed off three factories and fined its owners for manufacturing banned polythene bags in Bangshal area of the capital yesterday. RAB-2 Director Lt Col SM Masud Rana said on secret information a team, led by RAB-2 Deputy Director Didarul Alam, raided at Shihab…

Ignoring continuous rain, the people of Barisal city are going on a shopping spree for Eid. The festival is in its third week and the markets are witnessing large crowds. Large numbers of shoppers are crowding the city’s shopping malls and attending the grand sales. According to the traders, women…

The government has undertaken a project to set up 156 fire stations in different upazilas and important locations across the country, reports BSS. State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan told this in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday while replying to a question from treasury bench member M Abdul…

NARAYANGaNJ: A motorcyclist was killed and two others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Narayanganj link road in Chashara area of the district on Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Parvez, 32, a resident of Kadamtali area of the district. Witnesses said the accident took place…

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi University authorities yesterday celebrated the university's 62nd founding anniversary amid festivity and fanfare on the campus with a vow to establishing a violence-free campus, reports BSS. RU Vice Chancellor Prof Muhammad Mizanuddin inaugurated the programmes at 10 am in front…

Water supply of Barisal Mother and Child Welfare Centre has remained totally suspended for the last 10 days as the transformer on its compound has gone out of order after being hit by thunderbolt. Ten admitted pregnant women were left in the center facing the crisis. Officials of the public health engineering…

RAJSHAHI: The Department of Forest has planned a project with the prime objective of establishing plantation for biodiversity enhancement coupled with improving socio-economic condition in the country’s northwest zone, reports BSS. The scheme also intends to check desertification process through…

A survey on consumer satisfaction claims that on average 87 per cent people are happy with the ‘uninterrupted power supply’ in the country, reports UNB. MIDAS, an NGO, conducted the survey on behalf of the government during October, November and December in 2013, a time when the country’s…

CHITTAGONG: Police recovered the headless body of young man from near a fish enclosure at Sonaichhari in Sitakunda upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Iftekhar Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sitakund police station, said local people spotted the…

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday fined six restaurants Tk 1.97 lakh for producing food items in an unhygienic condition. RAB-2 Director Lt Col SM Masud Rana said as part of their regular drive, a team of RAB-2, led by deputy director Didarul Alam, raided Naiyori Restaurant, Haji Mini…

A total of 27 houses were gutted at a slum in Anu Majhir Ghat area under Sadarghat police station in the city yesterday. Fire Service sources said the fire originated from a kitchen of a shanty around 11am and soon engulfed the adjacent shanties On information, four vehicles of fire service rushed to…

DIU students to join int’l programme A total of 17 students of Daffodil International University (DIU) left for Japan on Sunday to attend Asia Summer Programme-2015 (ASP) at Josai International University (JIU), Japan, says a press release. The programme will start on July 7, 2015 and will continue…