FARHAD MAZHAR ABDUCTION Court record bus ticket seller’s statement
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka on Thursday recorded the statement of an executive of Hanif Paribahan in Khulna who reportedly issued to poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar a ticket for a Dhaka-bound bus on Monday.
80kg venison, two deer heads, skin seized in Bagerhat
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized a trawler with 80 kilograms of venison, two deer heads and a skin from Sunderbans at Katlar Canel of Sarankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday night.
Flood, landslides kill 7 in Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban
Flood and landslides amid incessant monsoon rains killed at least seven people in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban Wednesday night and Thursday. Five of the victims either drowned in, or were washed away by, flood waters while the rest two were found buried under their houses in landslides.
Rain brings miseries to city life
Hours of monsoon rain sent under water almost all thoroughfares, lanes and by-lanes in capital on Wednesday, triggering severe terrific congestion that disrupted city life.
FARHAD MAZHAR ABDUCTION Detectives launch investigation, not clear about motive
Detective police on Wednesday formally launched investigation into the abduction of poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar, found on a Dhaka-bound bus in Jessore 18 hours after his reported abduction from Dhaka Monday morning.
Three Khagrachari govt pry schools closed fearing landslide
Dighinala upazila administration on Wednesday closed three government primary schools for indefinite period apprehending landslide due to incessant downpour.
Muhith now looks for alternative plan to arrange Tk 20,000cr
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said he will come up with a plan to arrange Tk 20,000 crore to meet the revenue target
Fresh areas flooded in six dists
Almost all the rivers in the country swelled on Wednesday, inundating fresh areas in further deterioration of flood situation.The flood forecasting and warning centre in 24 hours ending on Wednesday morning recorded rises in water level at 65 of the total 90 points.
Farhad Mazhar released in own custody, hospitalised
Poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar, who was allegedly abducted from Dhaka Monday morning and found on a bus in Jessore Monday night, was admitted to BIRDEM hospital after a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court released him in his own custody on Tuesday.
FACTORY BOILER EXPLOSIONS Lack of inspection, owners’ negligence blamed
Labour rights groups on Tuesday blamed absence of proper inspection by the government agency concerned and factory owners’ negligence for the frequent boiler explosions, which claimed so many lives across the country.
