Four of a family among five killed in Chittagong road accident
Five people, including four members of a family, were killed in a road accident in front of the Toll Plaza of Shah Amanat Bridge at Karnaphuli in Chittagong city early Sunday.
‘Test specialist’ Mominul axed as BCB names 1st Test team
Selectors in a massive controversy on Saturday omitted country’s one of the finest Test batsmen Mominul Haque from the Bangladesh squad for the first Test against Australia, beginning in Dhaka on August 27.
PM to visit flood-ravaged Kurigram, Dinajpur Sunday
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the flood-ravaged Kurigram and Dinajpur districts on Sunday to see for herself the devastation caused by the ongoing flood fury.
Potholed highways remain a worry ahead of Eid
Most of the national and regional highways and district roads, battered by rain for days, have been in a dilapidated condition, much to the worries of holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Mostaque, Zia also behind Mujib’s killing: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that Khandaker Mostaque and Ziaur Rahman had their part in the conspiracy to kill Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members.
Dists around capital inundated
The floods took a serious turn Wednesday inundating new areas in the country’s middle zone and the districts surrounding the capital as the Ganges, the Jamuna and the other major rivers swelled further, Water Development Board officials told New Age.
No food crisis in country, says Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said there is no food crisis in the country due to the persisting flood and there will be no crisis in the future either.
Is Dhaka turning into a Durvasa city?
UNLESS we do at least some things right, Dhaka is, we have ample reasons to fear, turning into a Durvasa city. In Hindu puranas, Durvasa, son of Atri and Anusuya, is a rishi (sage) who, it is said, is impossible to live with. The very name Durvasa means ‘one who is impossible to live with. Dhaka, like Durvasa, is turning into a city impossible to live in.
‘Extremist’ killed in police operation at Dhaka hotel
A suspected extremist was killed during an operation codenamed ‘Operation August Bite’ by police at a suspected hideout at a hotel near Square Hospital at Panthapath in Dhaka on Tuesday
Floods snap rail link in north
Rail communications of most of the northern districts with rest of the country and within themselves remained snapped for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday amid severe flooding, leaving people of the region to suffer immensely.
