Section 144 imposed in Ashuganj
The local administration on Saturday imposed section 144 in Ashuganj upazila as two rival groups of Awami league called separate programmes at the same venue and time, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Over 100 boats collect spilled oil at Sunderban
Forest department on Saturday launched a fresh drive with 100 boats and over 200 villagers to collect the furnace oil that spilled in river Shela and adjacent canals in Sundarban by the sunken tanker Southern Star-7.
Ferry service resumes after 5 hrs at Shimulia-Kawrakandi
The ferry service that was shut due to extreme foggy weather at Shimulia-Kawrakandi route resumed after a long 5-hour this morning.
Oil slick clean-up effort frustrating
Irrawaddy dolphin not in sight, small fish, snakes dying, say locals
JUST students block road, burn truck after 3 killed in road accident
Students of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) set fire to a truck and put barricade on Jessore-Chougacca road on Friday, protesting the death three people including a fellow student in a road accident in the morning.
Independence in peril: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said national independence and sovereignty was in ‘peril’ as hegemony was expanding its tentacles. In a message marking the 134th anniversary of birth of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Dhaka Central Jail’s prison guard electrocuted
A prison guard of Dhaka Central Jail was electrocuted on Thursday morning.
Affects at lest 24,000 hectares of Sundarbans
The Sunderbans is facing unprecedented threats from spreading oil spills from a tanker that sank in the Shela River near Mrigamari in the Sunderbans Tuesday morning. Spilled oil spread to 60 km on both sides of the river and the canals flowing through the Sunderbans affecting at lest 24,000 hectares of the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Defamation case: Court serves arrest warrant for Tarique Rahman
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice chairman, Tarique Rahman, for his derogatory remarks regarding Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Inflation goes up with new pay scale: Muhith
The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Wednesday said inflation went up with the implementation of fresh pay scale for public employees. Service holders in the private sector faced problems due to the inflation, the minister observed while talking to reporters after a meeting with World Bank’s new executive director, Shubash C Grag, at his residence.
