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Transport owners demand security
Rampant incidents of hijacking of goods-laden vehicles through killing drivers and helpers on highway have left vehicle owners, businessmen and transport leaders deeply worried.
Parents of Wasfia Nazreen at their Banani residence are elated at the feat of their daughter yesterday.
Thousands of people live in illegally developed slums on the slopes of hills in Chittagong city, risking being victims of landslides during the monsoon.
Teletalk 3G only in Dhaka first
Shamim Ahamed bdnews24.com Senior Correspondent Dhaka, May 25 -State-run mobile-phone operator Teletalk will start with providing 3G services to over 300,000 consumers in Dhaka City in July.
Ex-home secy also points finger at Babar
Former Home Secretary Omar Faruk has said the probe committee could not investigate involvement of the National Security Intelligence personnel in the 10-truck arms haul due to obstruction from then State Minister for Home Lutfuzzaman Babar.
Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills is seeking legal counsel to file a defamation suit against state-run Padma Oil Company Ltd, according to a statement sent to The Daily Star by BSRM yesterday.
Traders in Chittagong city's business hub Khatunganj are embracing modern technology in doing business.
'Good's Hill was Al-Shams headquarters'
Good's Hill, the hilltop residence of BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury charged with war crimes, was used by Al-Shams as their headquarters in Chittagong during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, recounted a witness as Salauddin's defence cross-examined him on Wednesday at the International Crimes Tribunal-1. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and his ... (more)
The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities to immediately file a case against Destiny Group and its three engineers for constructing structures on the Cox's Bazar beach without environmental clearance.
Balancing fertiliser production and power generation
Bangladesh is currently passing through a huge energy crunch, which is very clear to most citizens of the land.
'Red jeep brought prisoners, girls'
Emran Hossain Dhaka, May 21 - The red jeep left every morning and returned in the evening with political prisoners and beautiful girls packed inside.
Reazul Bashar bdnews24.com senior correspondent With Tanim Ahmed Dhaka, May 21 - All was well for Garib & Garib when it sent off another shipment to Germany last February.
'I like football more than cricket'
What is the secret to being the best allrounder in ODI cricket? Keep working hard, keep doing the right things, and try and contribute to your team.
The beautiful Patenga beach in Chittagong is yet to be developed for tourism, although it has been attracting thousands of visitors on a daily basis.
Local political elements, inept managers guilty
Chronic failure of mid-level management and influence of local politics are mainly responsible for frequent labour unrest at the city's outskirt Ashulia industrial belt, insiders say.
Chittagong, Bangladesh, an invigorating place
I went because: To accompany a local medical organization as the photojournalist and blogger.
Biggest-ever Yaba seizure in Ctg
Rapid Action Battalion personnel are recording a seizure of 2,70,000 pieces of Yaba tablets in Chittagong yesterday.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and party leader AKM Fazlul Haque Milon chant anti-government slogans as they board the prison van from a Dhaka court yesterday.
SQ Chy defence keeps quizzing witness
BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's defence on Wednesday continued cross-examining the first prosecution witness at the first war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh.
HC sets condition to build Ctg power plant
The High Court on Tuesday ruled that the government may set up the 1,300 MW thermal power plant in Chittagong on obtaining no objection certificates from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chittagong port authority and Civil aviation.