National

Construction work of Bangabandhu Square on in full swing

The construction work of Tk 59 crore 28 lakh Bangabandhu Square is going on in full swing at Talaimari area of the city. Already the work of 720 pilings have been completed and work of ground mat-concrete is continuing. If the work continues according to the schedule, the Bangabandhu Square wil...

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NU students for holding postponed exams by March

Students under National University (NU) on Saturday have declared to start a movement unless the authorities of NU announce the schedule of postponed examinations under the varsity by next March.They made the declaration at a meeting held at Zero Point and in front of Rajshahi College on Saturday mo...

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Unauthorised herbal clinics mushrooming in Rajshahi

A large number of unauthorised herbal clinics and dispensaries have been mushroomed in Rajshahi during the last one-decade. Many of those herbal clinics were also allegedly advertising   obscene advertisements through the social media and the local cable networks which were making the onli...

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Leaders with clean image will lead Rajshahi BCL: Lekhok

Lekhok Bhattarcharya, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League at the annual conference of Rajshahi Metropolitan Unit of Chhatra League has said, only the leaders with clean images who are inspired by the ideals of Bangabandhu and will play a vital role in strengthening the hands of Prime Mini...

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‘River City’ to be built on Padma Char land

As a part of the feasibility study and technical survey for the construction of the ‘River City’ on the emerging char-land of the river Padma near Rajshahi city, Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton and representatives of Marsh International headed by Abu Sayed Chowd...

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Man held while stealing corpse from grave

Local people at Godagari have nabbed a Kabiraj (Ayurvedic Practitioner) during his attempt to steal a corpse from inside a grave at Rasulpur village under Matikata union of the upazila on Wednesday evening.  The Kabiraj was identified as Dilip Das, 52, son of late Jatan of the same village.Acco...

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PM’s blankets distributed among well-off people in Rajshahi!

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has kicked-off the programme of distribution of blankets through public-representatives to the poor, helpless people to remove their plight during the cool winter. However, local woman MP Advocate Adiba Anjum Mita has allegedly distributed those blankets among wealt...

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People of 20 Char-villages of Bagha suffer from various crises

More than 35,000 people living at 20 char villages of Bagha upazila in Rajshahi district have been suffering from various crises due to absence of minimum civic amenities. They are deprived of almost all basic facilities including medical treatment, education, transportation and communication, ...

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Betel leaf shed set on fire

Miscreants in Bagmara set ablaze a betel leaf baroj (shed) on Thursday night resulting a huge loss of the baroj owner Yead Ali. Affected Yead Ali has lodged a complaint with Bagmara police station in this connection. According to the complaint, as a sequel of previous enmity, Shahjamal, Fa...

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‘RUET to turn world-class digital varsity’

Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Sheikh, Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has said that authorities of the varsity have been working to turn RUET into a world-standard digital university.RUET Vice-Chancellor Dr. Rafiqul Islam was speaking as the chief at the functi...

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RCC distributes wheel chairs among disabled people

Authorities of Rajshahi City Corporation and the Department of Social Welfare, Rajshahi jointly distributed wheel chairs among disabled people of the city on Wednesday noon.Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman Liton distributed 17 wheel chairs among disabled people as the chief ...

City

Auto-rickshaw drivers realise fare hike demand

By chanting 'Joy Bangla' slogan hundreds of autorickshaw drivers start their wildcat strike demanding hike of passenger fare on Sunday morning, and at noon, Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton assured the striking autorickshaw drivers that he would declare the rate of i...

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Youth survives second attempt of suicide!

A youngster has attempted to commit suicide by jumping down from the second floor of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday morning.  The person was identified as Hillol (24) son of Hafizur of Sheikhpara area of the city. Earlier, on Saturday (February-5) afternoon, he attempted to commit ...

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NESCO moves to install smart prepaid meters in Rajshahi

Jakiul Islam, Managing Director of Northern Electric Supply Company ( NESCO), in an exchange of views meeting with journalists and local elites at NESCO office in Rajshahi on Thursday noon said that NESCO is a service-oriented government organisation and the prepaid smart-electric meters in Rajshahi...

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Barendra Industrial Park boon for Rajshahi farmers

Just four years ago, after plucking tomato three to four-time from the field, tomato farmers of Godagari did not pluck rest of the tomatoes from their fields because the price of tomato by that time fell so low that the farmers did not get the return of the labour cost by selling that. As a result, ...

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Six AL leaders including Godagari Mayor expelled

Six leaders of Godagari Municipal Awami League including the Mayor of Godagari Municipality have been expelled from the party for their alleged involvement in breaching the party discipline. Recommendations have been sent to the Rajshahi district AL and the Central AL leaders for the permanent ...

City

School teacher succumbs to injuries in Puthia

A school teacher injured in clashes at Puthia upazila died during treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday early morning. The victim was identified as Sohel Rana (35) son of freedom fighter Abdus Sobhan Ali of Mahendra village of the upazila and Assistant Teacher of Domadi Gover...

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Slums of Rajshahi are still controlled by drug peddlers

Despite regular operations and the recovery of a huge quantity of drugs almost every day by the members of law enforcement agencies, various types of drugs are still easily accessible in almost every corners of the city streets and the labyrinths. Especially slums of Rajshahi are now the havens...

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Cultivation of NF plants decreasing in Rajshahi

The cultivation of pulse and pulse-like Nitrogen Fixation (NF) crops are decreasing day by day in Rajshahi. As a result, people of the region are being deprived of vegetable-protein consumption and the soil is also losing its fertility.According to sources of Agricultural Extension department in Raj...

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Passenger shed leased out by RCC

Authorities of Rajshahi City Corporation have allegedly leased out a Passenger Shed at Luxmipur area of the city to a ruling party leader and the leaseholder has set up a blazer shop there. However, local people have reacted adversely in the incident of such leasing. It is learnt, the lease rec...