People left to suffer as buses go off roads
Thousands of people suffered throughout Sunday as most of buses and other transports in Dhaka city and adjacent districts were taken off the roads ahead of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s rally in the capital.
Judiciary freed of burden: AG
‘The judiciary is now free from a burden’, attorney general Mahbubey Alam said Sunday when reporters asked for his reaction about Chief Justice SK Sinha’s resignation from abroad.
CJ Sinha resigns
Chief Justice SK Sinha, now in Canada, resigned on Friday at the end of his 39-day leave. His resignation letter, sent through the Bangladesh High Commissioner in Singapore, an hour before flying to Toronto, reached the President Saturday, a senior foreign ministry official told New Age.
Space crunch slows shifting Rohingyas to mega camp
About 46 per cent Rohingyas are yet to be shifted to the government-designated mega camp for them inside two months of its launch because of inadequate space and continued arrival of Myanmar ethnic minorities.
RANGPUR CLASH, ARSON 2,000 sued in two cases
Police on Saturday filed two cases against around 2,000 people, including 73 named, for Friday’s arson and vandalism of houses and temples of Hindus in village Thakurpara under Rangpur Sadar. In the cases, filed with Kotwali and Gangachara police stations, 48 people, mostly local leaders and activists of Jamaat, were arrested for their suspected involvement in the attacks.
Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express starts journey Nov 9
‘Bandhan Express’, the new passenger train service between Khulna and Kolkata, has been scheduled to be inaugurated on November 9 in a bid to ease communication between two neighbouring countries
Shannon meets Khaleda
US under secretary of state for political affairs Thomas A Shannon at a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia discussed the country’s latest political situation, next general election and Rohingya issue on Monday morning
ROHINGYA CRISIS New arrivals crowd border
Several thousand new Rohingyas reached Bangladesh border with Myanmar early Monday as the ethnic minority people have continued to flee violence in their villages in Rakhine State of the country.
Amin Jute Mill in Ctg catches fire
A fire has broken out at Amin Jute Mill in Oxygen area in Chittagong city on Tuesday morning. Humayun Kabir, service operator of Agrabad fire service and civil defense station, said the fire originated around 10:15am
University student hacked to death over betting on BPL match
A BBA student of a private university was hacked to death near his residence at Post Office Lane of Madhya Badda in the capital on Monday.The victim was identified as Md Nasim Ahmed
