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PM passes busy day holding meetings

Although it was a weekly holiday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina passed a busy day on Saturday holding meetings with important ministers, advisers and party leaders, reports UNB."During the meetings, the Prime Minister gave various directives to the ministers, advisers and party leaders on various issues," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim...

Home-goers suffering on highways for mismanagement, alleges BNP

BNP on Saturday alleged that Eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings on their way home due to the "mismanagement" of the government authorities, reports UNB. "There're long tailbacks on the highways near the ferry terminals, including Dhaka-Aricha one.Trains are packed and their roofs are overcrowded as the government didn't...

FF Gulzer Hussain of Netrokona dies

NETROKONA, Aug 10 (BSS): Advocate Gulzer Hussain, a close associate of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and an organiser of the Liberation War, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital in Dhaka today.Family sources said Gulzer, 74, left behind his son and a host of...

Quader warns against charging passengers extra fare

Transport Minister Obiadul Quader on Saturday said transport companies charging homebound passengers extra fares will be punished, reports UNB.When asked about the schedule collapse and allegations of charging additional fare, Quader said he had heard that some vehicles were running late."It's not right to make sweeping accusations. You have to...

Rape case filed against five Khulna GRP cops

Khulna, Aug 10 (UNB): A case was filed against five policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Government Railway Police (GRP), on Friday evening for allegedly gang-raping a woman in custody eight days ago.The victim filed the case with GRP Police Station against OC Osman Gani Pathan and four others, said Kushtia...

DU to observe National Mourning Day

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the National Mourning Day and 44th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15 with due solemnity, reports BSS.The national flag, university and hall flags will be hoisted at half-mast atop all...

CTG mayor urges city dwellers not to slaughter animals on roads

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 10 (BSS): Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin on Saturday urged the city dwellers not to slaughter their sacrificial animals on the roads."Sufficient spots have been designated in the city for slaughtering animals on Eid day so that the waste could be managed properly", Nasir...

JP Chairman greets people on Eid-ul-Azha

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman GM Quader on Saturday greeted the people of the country on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. Wishing happiness for all, Quader said Eid is a festival for all, irrespective of religion, ethnicity and creed.He hoped that this year's Eid happiness would be equally shared...

Nasim for continuing anti-dengue campaign

Awami League (AL) presidium member and central 14-party alliance spokesman Mohammed Nasim on Saturday urged the authorities concerned to continue the anti-dengue campaign round the year, reports BSS. He made the call while addressing a discussion meeting at the auditorium of Institution of Diploma Engineers (IDEB), Bangladesh in the capital.The...