Political commitment stressed to end women repression

Rights activists in the Barisal city formed a human chain on Thursday, protesting at violence against women and demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators through speedy trial. Full story

Chobi Mela VII Int’l Fest of Photography begins Jan 25

Organisers of Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography Bangladesh hold a meet the press in Dhaka on Thursday. — New Age photo

Chobi Mela VII International Festival of Photography will begin on January 25 and continue till February7 in Dhaka. This seventh edition of the festival features 34 exhibitions with artists representing more than 24 countries, said a press release. The theme of this year’s festival is fragility. Full story

40 shanties burnt

A woman wails over her burnt goods after a fire razed City Slum at Dhalpur in the capital on early Thursday. A total of 40 shanties were burnt in the fire. — Indrajit Ghosh

Forty shanties burnt down as a devastating fire broke out at a slum in the city’s Dhalpur area on Thursday morning. Sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a shanty on Wasa Road under Jatrabari police station at about 9:40am and soon engulfed 39 other shanties. Full story

Robbers loot house of late army officer

Robbers looted goods worth Tk 1 lakh and other valuables from the house of a late army officer in the Sylhet city early Thursday. Local sources said six to seven masked people, with firearms, entered the... Full story

Slight rise in temperature likely

Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary or partly cloudy sky over the country till 6:00pm today. Thick fog may occur over the river basins and moderate to thick fog elsewhere over the country during midnight till noon, Met Office said. Full story