JnU students to march towards PMO today

The Jagannath University students on Sunday announced a march towards the Prime Minister’s Office to press home their demand for constructing residential halls on the land of just moved-out Dhaka Central Jail in the old part of the city.

5 killed, over 100 injured in tornado, storm

A sudden tornado killed at least five people and injured about 60 people in Faridpur, and at least 40 people were injured in storms and heavy rainfall that damaged houses, trees and crops in several other districts on Sunday.

AUGUST 21 GRENADE ATTACK: No justice yet

Victims and victim families are still crying for justice for the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally as two cases for the attack are still pending with a tribunal while the plotters are yet to be identified.

B’desh makes no headway in offshore exploration

Bangladesh has yet to explore its vast offshore areas in the Bay of Bengal and keeps a huge quantity of potential resources including hydrocarbons and fish out of the country’s economy in the process.

RAMPAL THERMAL PLANT: Nat’l committee prepares for a grand rally in Dhaka on Nov 26

National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports will hold a grand rally in Dhaka on November 26, if the government does not back off from executing the coal-fired Rampal power plant by November 23.

200 LP gas cylinders explode in Bogra

Around 200 liquefied petroleum gas cylinders of Padma Oil Company Limited exploded during unloading the cylinders from trucks at Sujabad of Shahzadpur in Bogra on Saturday.

Kamal Hossain teams up GM Quader, Md Shahidullah and others to float new forum

A new forum named ‘Jatiya Oikya Prokriya’ was floated on Saturday, headed by Gana Forum president Kamal Hossain, aiming to unite the nation on 14 basic and nationally important issues.

Gazipur knitting factory catches fire

A knitting factory at Chandra in Gazipur caught fire early Saturday and was brought under control after four and a half hours of the incident.

Govt steps urged to end repression of women, children

Politicians, academics and professionals on Friday at a discussion meeting in the capital expressed concern over increasing number of incidents of repressions of women and children in the country.

Paint walls to beautify buildings

Dhaka north city mayor said on Friday that there were no legal billboards in the city and that the city corporation would dismantle all those unauthorised hoardings, soon.