No complete list of martyred intellectuals, 44 years on
The nation is still in the dark about how many intellectuals were killed by the Pakistani occupation army and their local collaborators, as successive governments could not prepare a complete list in 44 years after the independence.
Body of sunken oil tanker’s missing master recovered
The missing body of capsized oil tanker OT Southern Star 7 master, Mokhlesur Rahman, was recovered on Sunday morning from Shela river at Mrigomari area of Sunderbans, forest officials said.
Villagers collect 8000 litres of spilled oil from Sundarban
The Padma Oil Company has bought eight thousand litres of furnace oil from the villagers who collected them from the Shela River and its connecting canals in the Sundarban.
PM’s son takes $2 lakh a month as adviser: Khaleda
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday question what kind of advise the prime minister’s son provides at a cost of $ 2 lakh a month. ‘What kind of advise he gives at such cost?
Section 144 imposed in Ashuganj
The local administration on Saturday imposed section 144 in Ashuganj upazila as two rival groups of Awami league called separate programmes at the same venue and time, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Over 100 boats collect spilled oil at Sunderban
Forest department on Saturday launched a fresh drive with 100 boats and over 200 villagers to collect the furnace oil that spilled in river Shela and adjacent canals in Sundarban by the sunken tanker Southern Star-7.
Ferry service resumes after 5 hrs at Shimulia-Kawrakandi
The ferry service that was shut due to extreme foggy weather at Shimulia-Kawrakandi route resumed after a long 5-hour this morning.
Oil slick clean-up effort frustrating
Irrawaddy dolphin not in sight, small fish, snakes dying, say locals
JUST students block road, burn truck after 3 killed in road accident
Students of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) set fire to a truck and put barricade on Jessore-Chougacca road on Friday, protesting the death three people including a fellow student in a road accident in the morning.
Independence in peril: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said national independence and sovereignty was in ‘peril’ as hegemony was expanding its tentacles. In a message marking the 134th anniversary of birth of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
