Saturday 4th July, 2009
Young girl dies as roof of bldg collapses
The Daily StarA young girl was killed and his younger brother injured as the roof of a shabby building collapsed on them at the Railway Colony in Narayanganj yesterday. The dead was identified as Nargis Akhter...
159 illegal electricity lines snapped
The Daily StarBangladesh Power Development Board disconnected 159 electricity lines on the first day of its drive against illegal electricity connections, says a press release.A taskforce formed by the BPDB...
Call centre, telecom solution business launched
The Daily StarCommerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan speaks at the launching ceremony of call centre and telecom solution of Inspire Communications Limited at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in...
BPO awaits govt nod for setting up ATMs at post offices
The Daily StarBangladesh Post Office is awaiting the government's nod to set up automated teller machines (ATM) at the post offices across the country.BPO had applied for such services few months ago with a...
Establish expat welfare bank for NRBs
The Daily StarSpeakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to establish an expatriate welfare bank to help the Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) living and working abroad in sending remittance to the country...
Journo beaten to death
The Daily StarA journalist was beaten to death by some unidentified criminals at Uttara in the city yesterday.The victim, Nurul Islam Rana, a reporter of the fortnightly magazine Mukta Mon, came under attack when...
Eviction of freedom fighters protested
The Daily StarMuktijoddha Nou-Commando Bahumukhi Samobai Samity leaders yesterday condemned the mindless eviction of freedom fighters from their government-allotted land at Kafrul and demolition of the commando...
RTI Forum hails Info Commission
The Daily StarThe Right to Information Forum, a network of more than 30 organisations and individuals, has hailed the formation of the Information Commission headed by former secretary M Azizur Rahman.The RTI...
30 war crime suspects sued in Bagerhat
The Daily StarA case has been filed against 30 suspected Rajakars in Morelganj on charges of killing 11 freedom fighters and looting houses during the War of Liberation in 1971.Morelganj police recorded the case...
Son commits suicide after killing father
The Daily StarA young man committed suicide being crushed under the wheels of a train yesterday after he had stabbed his father to death at Pirgachha upazila here on Thursday night.Pirgachha police identified the...
Call to implement pledges made for youths
The Daily StarSpeakers at a meeting yesterday urged the government to announce specific programmes for implementing the pledges made for youths in its election manifesto. They said the government must implement...
AL may seek more time from EC for council
The Daily StarRuling Awami League may seek an extension of time from the Election Commission (EC) to hold its central council to ratify the provisional changes made to its constitutions for registration.AL...
Rail link snapped as train derails in Thakurgaon
The Daily StarRailway communications between three northern districts remained suspended for the last 24 hours as a passenger train derailed at Harinarayanpur village in Thakurgaon on Thursday noon.Dinajpur...
Indian govt approves $239m for South Asian University
The Daily StarThe Indian government has approved payment of 239.39 million US dollars for setting up the South Asian University. The approval of the amount, which is about 79 percent of the total cost of the full...
Nazim Kamran, his brother, son-in-law released on bail
The Daily StarFormer lawmaker Nazim Kamran Choudhury, husband of former adviser to a caretaker government Geeteara Shafiya Choudhury, his brother and son-in-law were set free on bail yesterday 16 hours after their...
AL leader killed in Bogra clash
The Daily StarA local Awami League leader was killed and five people were injured during a clash over control of a pond at Nanglu in Dhanut yesterday. The dead was identified as Abu Saim, 48, president of Nanglu...
Four killed in road accidents
The Daily StarFour people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj, Jhenidah and Gaibandha yesterday. Our correspondent in Manikganj reports: A woman and her son were killed in a...
3 injured in roof collapse
The Daily StarThree construction workers were injured as the roof of an underconstruction building of Kalkini Health Complex collapsed on them yesterday. The injured, identified as Zakir Hossain, 30, Akhter...
Coal import thru' four land ports suspended
The Daily StarImport of coal from India through four land stations in Sylhet division remained suspended since Thursday due to a government ban on import of coal containing over one percent sulphur.The ban was...
Fate of Benarasi Estate still hangs in balance
The Daily StarBenarasi saree weavers at Mirpur in the capital are passing a miserable life as the future of proposed Benarasi Estate at Bhashantek is hanging in balance even 25 years after the land allocation by...
'One-third of country may go under water'
The Daily StarRegulatory Reforms Commission Chairman Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday warned that one-third land of the country would go under water if effective measures are not taken to tackle the climate change...
Tiger kills one in Satkhira
The Daily StarA villager who went to the Sundarbans to collect firewood was killed in an attack by a tiger at Kolmaria in Bara Keyakhali canal area in Satkhira yesterday.The victim was identified as Abdul Karim...
OFA Dhaka Chapter executives
The Daily StarThe installation ceremony of the newly elected Executive Committee of Old Faujians' Association Dhaka Chapter for the term 2009-2011 was held at OFA Secretariat at Mohakhali DOHS in the city...
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