Md Abbas

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the faces of Awami League leaders have dried up in fear and there are no more smiles left on their faces.

Dhaka North City Corporation has blacklisted Marshal Agrovet Chemical Industries Ltd over anomalies in importing BTI pesticide used in anti-mosquito drive.

The company that imported the much-hyped BTI pesticide to destroy Aedes mosquito larvae for the Dhaka North City Corporation does not have the importing licence. Despite this, the company took part in the open tender and came out as the lowest bidder.

Four-year-old Roja Moni has been fighting for her life with 30 percent burns for last three days after sustaining the injuries in a massive fire at a chemical warehouse and adjacent houses in Keraniganj on August 15.

School children navigating through ankle-deep water while clutching their parents’ hands, office goers waiting for public transport in the morning standing over waterlogged roads and auto-rickshaw/rickshaw pullers cashing in on the opportunity to charge extra fares -- these have become all too familiar sights in the streets of Dhaka during monsoon.

As he had actively protested against Ayub's dictatorship, and was indeed jailed, he felt compelled to protest against Ershad's dictatorship through his poetry.

The ruling Awami League uses force to remain in power yet it cannot suppress the BNP’s one-point movement by filing cases and carrying out attacks against its activists, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a rally yesterday afternoon.

“Throughout the journey, death knocked at my door several times, but I never lost my focus, I never gave up,” said Ikramul Hasan Shakil, the intrepid conqueror of the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT), home to three of the highest peaks in the world.

Matuail turned into a battleground as clashes erupted between BNP activists and ruling party activists along with police in and around the area today

It was around 11 in the morning. Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists started to gather on one side of the road at Dholaikhal in Old Dhaka to stage a sit-in programme.Many were carrying sticks and soon started shouting anti-government slogans

From its mammoth rally in the capital’s Nayapaltan, BNP yesterday announced sit-ins for today at all the major entry points to Dhaka as part of the party’s larger movement to force the government to hold the upcoming national election under a non-party government.

A labour court case should be disposed of within 60 days from filing and the time can be extended for another 90 days if there is any valid reason, according to the law.

Rafiqul Islam of Old Dhaka has been working at a machinery shop for several years, saving his earnings to accumulate Tk 5 lakh over a decade.

The capital’s Mugda Medical College Hospital has been struggling to cope with the steep rise in the number of dengue patients over the last few weeks.

There was a time when coconut, palm, tamarisk, and mangrove trees swayed with the winds on Kuakata Beach. Their tall trunks guarded the shore-dwellers against the wrath of natural calamities.

The massive fire that broke out in the Sagar Nandini-2 oil tanker in Jhalakathi’s Sugandha river on Monday evening was doused yesterday morning after an 11-hour-long frantic effort.

There were reports of chaos and delay due to the complexities caused by Electronic Voting Machines during yesterday’s Rajshahi City Corporation elections.

Awami League’s mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton won Rajshahi City Corporation election with strong support from low-income groups.

Sukumar Ghosh, a 95-year-old determined voter from Ghoshpara of Rajshahi city, overcame all his ailments to make it to the voting centre at Barendra College

Turnout in today’s polls remains a concern for the camp of the Awami League mayor candidate in Rajshahi city.