A laudable initiative
Kushtia bidi factory owner signs accord not to employ children: NGO to provide schooling
It was a unique occasion. In the first such event in the country, a big bidi factory released 200 children from hazardous jobs and signed an agreement not to employ children any more.
Syedpur Rly Workshop to be modernised
Communications Minister moved by success of Bangladeshi engineers: Export quality carriages can be built, officials say
Overwhelmed with the success of Bangladesh engineers, Communi-cations Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda has said the Syedpur Railway Workshop will be modernised and its carriage construction unit reopened.
Suspension of Surma hanging bridge project triggers protests
Month-long agitation includes 'grand rally' on May 20, hartal on May 31
Suspension of a government decision to construct a hanging bridge to replace the 68-year old Keane Bridge over Surma river in Sylhet city has triggered widespread agitation in the district.
Uplift programme in Gaibandha faces setback
MP-UP chairmen discord over sharing of foodgrains
The Food for Works Village Infrastructure Renovation Progra-mme in Sundarganj upazila faces setback due to disagreement between the local member of parliament (MP) and the union parishad (UP) chairmen
20 hurt in Jhenidah post-polls violence
Cop bullet-hit by criminal in Kushtia
Twenty people were injured in a post-polls clash at Kabirpur village of Sailkupa upazila in Jhenidah district on Monday.
AL MP killing slated
The Savar unit of the Awami League (AL) and the Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA) condemned the killing of AL lwamaker Ahsanullah Master.
31 trauma victims treated
The Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCT) on Monday treated the victims who were tortured by the joint forces during the 'Operation Clean Heart' Here.
Tk 8.60 lakh smuggled goods seized, 4 held
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) jawans of 7 Rifles Battalion, Sarail arrested four persons and recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods worth about 8,61,086 taka in a month.
Piracy on the Brahmaputra
Pirates on Monday looted cash and goods worth one and a half lakh taka from a merchant boat at Putimari here along the Brahmaputra basin.
Seven persons were also injured.
22 held in B'baria
Brahmanbaria police in a special drive arrested 22 persons from different parts of the district within 24 hours.
The arrested were absconding for a long period.
Appeal for help
Rezaul Karim Reza, a social worker of Kurigram district and a former athlete of Kurigram District Sports Association is now suffering from blood cancer.
