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● Chief Adviser pays homage to Jimmy Carter ● March for Unity demands 'Proclamation of July Uprising' by Jan 15 ● Nationwide gas supply disruption expected for 72 hours ● Zahidul, Saddam new president, secy general of Islami Chhatra Shibir ● Khulna triumph over Chattogram despite Shamim's heroics ● Students' motorcade come under attack in Bagerhat ● No use of fireworks, crackers tonight: Adviser Rizwana

Workers end 32-hr protest in Ashulia following BEPZA assurance

Omer Faruk/Shakib Ahmed

Workers of defunct Lenny Fashions and Lenny Apparels factories ended their 32-hour-long protest on Wednesday evening after receiving assurances from the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA).The withdrawal of the demonstration has allowed traffic on the Nabinagar-Chandra highway to return

Hasnat, Sarjis survive road accident on Ctg-Cox's Bazar highway

Shakib Ahmed

Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, were involved in a road accident on way back to Dhaka on Wednesday evening.The incident occurred around 7:30 PM at Haji Rastar Mor in Chunati union on the Chattogram-Cox's

Protest at IU demands ban on ISKCON

Juel Rana/Shakib Ahmed

A large protest rally was held at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Wednesday as part of National Student Solidarity Week, calling for a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).The demonstration, organized by the IU unit of

Death row convict in Gazipur sensational murder case arrested after 6.5 years

Rafiq Sharkar/Shakib Ahmed

Police on Wednesday arrested a death row convict in connection with the sensational murder case at Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district, after more than six years.The covict, Falan, 57, sentenced to death in 2018, was apprehended on Wednesday afternoon in

2 BG Press employees held over BCS question leak

Shakib Ahmed

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has detained two employees of BG Press on charges of leaking questions for the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The arrestees,are Md Majnu Mia, 59, a porter at BG Press, and Md Akram Hossain, 47, a

Anti-polythene drives: Over 38,000kg polythene seized

Shakib Ahmed

Department of Environment (DoE) has intensified its crackdown on illegal polythene production and distribution, conducting 162 mobile court drives nationwide between November 3 and 26, 2024. These operations resulted in fines totaling Tk 19,16,300 imposed on 336 business entities. Additionally,

100 tonnes of rice imported from India via Banglabandha land port

Shakib Ahmed

For the first time in two years, Bangladesh imported 100 tonnes of Atap rice from India through the Banglabandha land port in Panchagarh on Tuesday. The shipment, delivered in four cargo trucks, was imported by Pahar International via Al Amin

46th BCS preliminary exam results re-announced

Shakib Ahmed

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has republished the results of 46th BCS preliminary examination, announcing a total of 21,397 candidates eligible for the written stage.This revised list released on Wednesday, follows the preliminary exam conducted on April 26. According to

Illegal fishing nets worth Tk 24 lakh seized in Rajbari

Sirajul Islam/Shakib Ahmed

Daulatdia River Police in Rajbari's Goalanda upazila have seized and destroyed 4 lakh square meters of illegal fishing nets worth approximately Tk 24 lakh during a special operation in the Padma River.The operation was conducted on Wednesday (November 26) and

Six AL men among 33 held over lawyer murder, violence in Ctg

Shakib Ahmed

33 individuals have been arrested by police in connection with the violence and murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram.Of them, six were arrested by Chattogram Metropolitan Police as suspects over the murder of lawyer Alif and 21 for