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Now MPO-listed teachers on fast unto death

Around 2,000 teachers and employees of MPO-listed educational institutions went on a fast unto death in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Monday demanding nationalisation of their institutions, reports UNB. They began the hunger strike as their demand for nationalising all educational institutions having Monthly Pay...

Move to expedite establishing multimodal transport hub

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges (MoRTB) has taken a move to speed up the process of establishing a multimodal transport hub at Gabtoli bus terminal.It has taken the initiative as part of its plan to set up a mass transit system with the city's northwestern area.Sources said the...

Students want DU's affiliation with 7 colleges scrapped

Dhaka University (DU) students demonstrated in front of the vice-chancellor's office on Monday demanding an end to the university's ties with seven affiliated colleges, reports bdnews24.com.The protest entered its second day on Monday as the students began a march from the Aparajeyo Bangla statue on the campus.After making a round...

40 Sundarbans robbers to surrender today

BAGERHAT, Jan 15 (UNB): Some 40 members of three more robber gangs active in the Sundarbans, including their ringleaders, are going to surrender to law enforcers today (Tuesday) in a bid to return to normal life.They will surrender at the Rapid Action Battalion-8 office in Barisal in the presence of...

Drug addict son assaults mother

RAJSHAHI, Jan 15 (UNB): A woman was beaten up and injured by his drug addicted son at Daukandi Parila village of Durgapur upazila on Sunday.The injured woman was Monjuara Begum, 50.Monjuara's another son Mithun Ali said that his elder brother Mahabur Rahman, who is drug addicted, used to torture his...

Vessel goes aground in Ctg port channel

CHITTAGONG, Jan 15: A container-laden vessel got stranded in Chittagong Port channel on Monday while it was approaching from outer anchorage towards jetty.However, the vessel will not create any problem in the movements of other ships, as it was stuck beside the main channel, said Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) officials.They...

IFRC team leader leaves B’desh after govt order

A team leader of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or IFRC left Bangladesh, as ordered by the government, after she prevented officials from entering a makeshift hospital in Bandarban to see Rohingyas wounded in a fire, reports bdnews24.com.Nuran Higgins left Bangladesh on Monday morning, a...

Police nab SUST student on rape charge

SYLHET, Jan 15 (UNB): Police arrested a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from a mess in the Akhalia area for allegedly raping a college girl.The arrestee was identified as Md Saiful Islam, son of late Akram Ali, hailing from the Maijbai area of Sunamganj district and...

BSF pick up BD national from Burimari border

LALMONIRHAT, Jan 15 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members picked a Bangladeshi national from the Muglibari area along Burimari border in Patgram upazila early Monday.The victim was identified as Mofazzal Hossain, 33, son of late Abdul Hanif of the Muglibari area in the upazila.Contacted, Rangpur-61 Border Guard Battalion (BGB)...

Four more die from burn injuries in Rangpur

Four more people have died from burn injuries at Rangpur Medical College Hospital after trying to ward off the winter cold with a fire, reports bdnews24.com.One man and two women died between 6am and 7:30am on Monday, while another woman died at 10pm on Sunday.They were identified as Khukumoni, 70,...

Hawkers demand rehabilitation before eviction

Hawkers demanded on Monday that they be rehabilitated before their eviction from footpaths, reports UNB.The demand was made from a human chain formed by 'Bangladesh Hawkers Sangram Parishad' in front of the National Press Club in the city. The human chain programme was arranged marking one year into the eviction...

US Ambassador in Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat addressing

US Ambassador in Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat addressing the inaugural session of the 8th Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) International Conference at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in the city on Friday. The conference ended Sunday.

An exercise of Bangladesh Army at Swarna Dweep in Noakhali

GOC of 17 Infantry Division Maj Gen Shamim-uz-Zaman, GOC of 33 Infantry Division Maj Gen Md Rashed Amin and lawmaker Mamunur Rashid Kiron witnessing an exercise of Bangladesh Army at Swarna Dweep in Noakhali on Sunday. — ISPR photo

The newly-formed committee of the BCS (taxation) Association paid its homage to martyrs

The newly-formed committee of the BCS (taxation) Association paid its homage to martyrs at the National Memorial at Savar in the city on Saturday.