Illegal structures demolished, sand-stock in Turag auctioned

An excavator removes sand stocked in the River Turag during a mobile court drive on Thursday to reclaim the river from encroachers in line with a High Court order. — Indrajit Ghosh

The authorities on Thursday demolished illegal structures and sand-stocks in the River Turag in an hour-long drive at Sinnirtek in the capital’s Mirpur Beribandh area to implement a High Court order. Md Selim Hossen, executive magistrate of... Full story

Fellows demand capital punishment of culprits

Students of Eden Girls College form a human chain in front of the college in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding death penalty for the acid attackers on their fellow Sharmin Akhter Akhi. — New Age photo

Students of Eden Girls College continued their agitation on Thursday, demanding capital punishment of the culprits who threw acid on their fellow Sharmin Akhter Akhi. During a human chain, they also demanded immediate steps by the... Full story

RU teachers rally against BCL attacks on teachers

Rajshahi University pro-BNP and Jamaat-backed teachers on Thursday staged demonstration on the campus, protesting at the recent attacks on teachers at several public universities by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists. Full story

3 unnatural deaths in city

Two people allegedly committed suicide while an unidentified man was found dead in a toilet at Kamalapur Railway Station Thursday. At Adabar, a rickshaw-puller allegedly committed suicide in his rickshaw garage... Full story

Leadership development programme launched

USAID on Thursday launched a five-year leadership development programme with an aim to prepare about 24,000 community leaders and youths in 16 districts. These people will campaign for alleviating poverty, creating... Full story

Shishu Hospital inaugurates cardiac unit

Dhaka Shishu Hospital inaugurated its cardiac unit on Thursday to render services, including operation, to children with cardiovascular diseases, said a press release. US paediatric heart surgeon Kim F Duncan, from... Full story

DU students protest at violence against women

Dhaka University students formed a human chain at Aparajeya Bangla of the campus on Thursday, protesting at violence against women across the country. A group of students under the banner of DU Sachetan Chhatra-Chhatri... Full story

Seminar on mathematics held at CUET

A seminar on mathematical modeling and simulation was held on Thursday at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology. CUET vice-chancellor Professor Jahangir Alam inaugurated the seminar as chief... Full story

Little change in temperature

Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country till 6:00pm today. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country during midnight till... Full story