Saturday, 27 Jul, 2024

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TeacherÔÇÖs Movement: 130 private colleges in uncertainty

DHAKA: Movement by private college teachers to press home an eight-point charter of demand has created uncertainty in around 130 private colleges.Private college teachers were engaged in movement and lobbying at different levels of the government since the beginning of this year with

Rupganj RMG violence: 22 wounded, 4 by bullet

NARAYANGANJ:  At least 22 people were injured, four by shotgun bullet, as an agitation by garment workers for salary and eid bonus erupted into a violent clash with police at Rupganj Sunday, witnesses said. Sources said the agitating workers of Rupashi Mairuli and Shikder Apparels of

Forest Ministry staffers run families on extras!

DHAKA: A good number of staff members of the Environment and Forest Ministry keep most part of their salaries in their provident fund and run their families on extras they allegedly earn by unfair means. One of the office assistants of the Ministry has stashed 87 percent of his salary

HC adjourns hearing petition against IntÔÇÖl Tribunal Act till Monday

DHAKA: The High Court adjourned the hearing on the petition filed by Jamaat challenging the legality of some provisions of the International Crimes Tribunal Act and the first amendment to the constitution till Monday.  An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Abdul Wahhub Mia and Justice

Show cause notices to be served on 14 educational institutions in Bogra

BOGRA: Show cause notices will be served on 14 educational institutions in Sherpur upazila for not observing the National Mourning day on August 15. Sherpur upazila Nirbahi Office Md. Manjur Alam, told banglanews24.com.bd, “Managements of those 14 schools did wrong for not observing the

5,200 bottles phensidyl seized in Savar ; 2 held

SAVAR: Police seized 5,200 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and held two alleged drug peddlers on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital early Sunday.Acting on a secret information that a truck with a consignment of the smuggled phensidyl were being transported to

BG chairman gets bail in four other ÔÇÿharassmentÔÇÖ cases

DHAKA: Separate courts have granted bail to Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam in four cases filed during the past caretaker regime under state of emergency.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Shahadat Hossain granted him the bail in a case filed by one

Truck-bus collision kills 4, injures 27 in Ashuganj

ASHUGANJ: A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway here killed four people and injured another 27 on Sunday.The deceased bus passengers were Muslem Mia, 35, Shahin, 38, Khalilur Rahman, 42 and Renu Mia, 40 hailed from Sunamganj, Barisal, Dhaka and Comilla

War Museum returns Islami Bank donation Sunday

DHAKA: The Liberation War Museum returns a donation made by Islami Bank on Sunday. “We will return their money on Sunday as the bank was closed for weekly holiday,” Museum’s trustee-board member Mofidul Huq told banglanews24.com.bd. Another trustee board member of the museum Akku

Blair meets Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday urged the UK to continue its support for Bangladesh. Begum Zia’s call came as she met visiting former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the residence of British High Commissioner in Dhaka.BNP Vice President Shamsher

15 hurt as BDR, mob clash

BRAHMANBARIA: At least 15 people, including jawans of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), were injured in a clash between BDR men and local people over taking photographs of smuggled goods at Brahmanbaria rail station Saturday. Witnesses said the BDR raided Dhaka-bound Mahanagar Prabhati train and

No doubt BNP govt was involved in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday blamed the last BNP-led 4-party alliance government for the August 21 grisly grenade attack on her Awami League party rally she addressed in 2004.“There is no doubt that the BNP government was behind the grenade attack,” she told a meeting

DU students protest grading by Business faculty

DHAKA: A group of students of Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University Saturday went on rampage on the campus to protest what they said ‘faulty grading system’ introduced by their faculty.   They demanded implementation of the common grading system introduced by the University

Rangpur MC teacher injured in terrorist attack; Students boycott class, stage demo

RANGPUR: Students of Rangpur Medical College Saturday boycotted classes and staged demonstration on the campus protesting terrorist attack on a teacher.The students also besieged the office of the college Principle demanding exemplary punishment to the miscreants. The doctors and teachers

Rab-terrorist gunfight: 2 held with firearms

GAZIPUR:  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two suspected terrorists after trading fire with them at Tongi Bazar on Friday night. According to a press release, signed by senior Assistant Director of RAB- 1, on Saturday, acting on information that a gang of gunrunners would

13 die drinking toxic local liquors in Sylhet

SYLHET: Thirteen people died in an alcoholic catastrophe after drinking fermented liquors in Balaganj upazila till Saturday morning, says a latest report.Local sources said a group of 14/15 people took local liquor at a house of Goabazar under Osmani Nagar Thana on Wednesday night and

No doubt BNP govt was involved in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday blamed the last BNP-led 4-party alliance government for the August 21 grisly grenade attack on her Awami League party rally she addressed in 2004.“There is no doubt that the BNP government was behind the grenade attack,” she told a meeting

Two killed in city road crash

DHAKA: Two unidentified old men were killed in separate road accidents in the capital, Dhaka, early Saturday. Police recovered the body of a sexagenarian man from Badda at about 1:15am while another man, aged around 65, from the roadside near Rab-1 office at Airport road at about

Robbers kill 3 bus passengers, injures 10 in Savar

SAVAR: Armed robbers killed three passengers and injured 10 others during a daring dacoity in a bus on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway on Friday night. Meanwhile, police held three persons as suspects in connection with the robbery. They are bus driver Bazlul Haq, Rana of Savar and Babu Mia of

Bus driver charged with killing 2 secretaries in road accident

SAVAR: The driver of the killer bus that killed two government secretaries in Manikganj accident was Friday charged with murder of the senior officers. Investigating officer of the case of mishap Nurul Islam Bhuiyan submitted charge-sheet with the senior judicial magistrate court of