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Metropolitan

Railway’s east zone reels from manpower crisis

Authorities of Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) east zone have closed down 46 of the 228 railway stations due to severe workforce shortage. This has resulted in delays of over 30 minutes on different routes of the zone.

Sitakunda Blast: Who started the fire?

The probe committee formed by Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) to investigate the devastating fire and explosion at Sitakunda’s BM Container Depot last month could not ascertain the source or specific reason behind the fire.

Eid joy marred by tragedy

Ashikur Rahman (28) was returning home for Eid after taking treatment at a Dhaka hospital. But little did he know that he’ll never reach his destination.

Boy found dead in Ctg monastery

A boy was found dead in a Buddhist monastery in Abdullahpur South Baruapara in Chattogram yesterday.

Barred from rally at Suhrawardy, BNP to hold protest across country tomorrow

BNP will stage protest across the country tomorrow as the party did not to get permission for holding a rally in Dhaka.

Sawmill, shops gutted in Barisal

A sawmill and several shops were gutted in a devastating fire in Chandmari area of Barisal city on Saturday night.
Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the mill and soon engulfed the adjacent areas.
Being informed, Barisal fire service unit rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control with the help of locals.

Police informer found dead

A police informer was found dead in the capital's Paltan area early yesterday.
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BYLC Graduate Network launched

The launching ceremony of Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) Graduate Network, a leadership programme, was held at Brac Center Inn in the capital on Saturday.
Freedom fighter Lt Col (retd) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir was present as chief guest on the occasion.
Ejaj Ahmed, president of Brac, and Babar Kabir, senior director of the organisation, also spoke at the programme
Quazi Sajjad said training would help the participants prepare themselves for the challenges of job markets.

Khaleda Zia under death threats

BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that death threats were being issued against their party chief Khaleda Zia through some blogs and social media Facebook.
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Pranab optimistic about passing bill

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed optimism about his government introducing and passing a constitutional amendment bill in parliament to give effect to the provisions of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh and its 2011 protocol in the current budget session.
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West zone railway stations on alert

Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday issued security alerts at all railway stations under West Zone following Saturday night's arson attack on three coaches of Silk City intercity train at Rajshahi Railway Station.
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Hearing deferred again till Apr 9

A Dhaka court yesterday for the second time deferred until April 9 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
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Dhaka university's 47th convocation today

Dhaka University's 47th convocation, the biggest programme to confer degrees, will be held today at the university's central playground at 11:30am.
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