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Some 0.14 million (1.44 lakh) people of 10 villages in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district use a bamboo bridge over the Jamuna Canal in the village which has turned very risky. The residents of 10 villages on two sides of the canal use the bridge every day for going to schools, colleges and bazaars. Children and elderly people find it difficult to cross the bamboo bridge. The villages are Boro Shikanika, Choto Shikanika, Padmanagar, Kajela, Kathalia, Butterpukur, Malai, Rasulabad Purbapara, Dakkhinpara, Dala and Mola, according to UNB report. Rasulabad Union Parishad Chairman Ali Akbar said a process to build a concrete bridge there is underway as he has sent a proposal to higher authorities in this regard.....

Published at: 2017-03-02 00:00:04

Neymar scored a sublime goal as Barcelona thrashed Sporting Gijon on Wednesday to go top of La Liga, reports BBC. On the night that coach Luis Enrique announced he will quit in the summer, Lionel Messi's header and an own goal by Juan Rodriguez put Barca in control. Carlos Castro made it 2-1 but Luis Suarez and Paco Alcacer extended the lead before Neymar's free-kick and Ivan Rakitic completed the rout. Barca are one point clear of Real Madrid, who drew 3-3 with Las Palmas. Zinedine Zidane's side still have a game in hand on the champions.....

Published at: 2017-03-02 00:00:04

US stock indexes surged more than 1.3 per cent to close at record highs on Wednesday after Donald Trump lifted optimism and investors viewed a looming interest rate hike as a glass half full. The Dow Jones blasted through the 21,000 mark for the first time after Trump's measured tone in his first speech to Congress. The S&P financial index soared 2.84 per cent, outperforming the other 10 major sectors, also helped by key Federal Reserve officials who hinted at an interest rate hike this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.46 per cent to end at 21,115.55, while the S&P 500 rallied 1.37 per cent to 2,395.96. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.35 per cent to 5,904.03. Seven of the 11 major S&P sectors gained more than 1.0 per cent, including energy, up 2.05 per cent. About 8.1 billion shares changed hands on US exchanges, the most in 2017 and well above the 6.9 billion daily average for the past 20 trading days. During Wednesday's session, Lowe's jumped 9.5 per cent after the home improvement chain issued an upbeat sales forecast. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 2.08-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 3.05-to-1 ratio favoured advancers. The S&P 500 posted 140 new 52-week highs and five new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 218 new highs and 38 new lows, according to Reuters.....

Published at: 2017-03-02 00:00:04

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged terrorist along 'with a revolver' from Rajdharpur village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Amirul Islam, son of Saidul Islam Shah, a resident of Nagarbathan village in the upazila. Tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the area and arrested Amirul at night, said Major Monir Ahmed, commanding officer of RAB-6. RAB members recovered the revolver after searching his body. A case was filed.....

Published at: 2017-03-02 00:00:04

The hearing of a petition by Bangladesh's top apparel business body for a review of the top court verdict ordering to demolish its multi-storey office building has been deferred. The 16-storey office building of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) was built in violation of the Wetlands Protection Act nearly two decades ago endangering wetlands in the capital Dhaka. In 1998, then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set the foundation stone of the building. The construction works began the same year. The building was inaugurated in 2006 by Khaleda Zia, the then prime minister. The High Court ordered it to be taken down in 2011 as the building was constructed in violation of the law. The Appellate Division in June last year upheld the verdict, reports bdnews24.com. As a last ditch attempt to save its office building, the BGMEA filed a petition for a review of the top court's verdict, which was supposed to heard on Thursday. The three-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha deferred the hearing as Attorney General Mahbubey Alam pleaded for more time. In October 2010, the High Court issued a rule asking why the building should not be razed. The rule came after a lawyer presented a report carried by an English language daily on the building. The court had then sought explanations from the secretary of the public works ministry, RAJUK, BGMEA president, district administration and Dhaka metro police commissioner. In 2011, the High Court ordered the structure to be taken down as it found the building had been constructed in violation of laws geared to protecting wetlands. “The BGMEA Bhaban is like a cancer in the Hatirjheel project and if the building is not taken down immediately, it will infect not just Hatirjheel but the entire Dhaka City,” the court said in its verdict. It also said ‘the reason behind sparing a certain influential quarter with strong financial backup beyond the reach of the law is completely unacceptable’. The full verdict was available two years later, when the BGMEA moved the Appellate Division against the ruling. On Jun 2, 2016, the Supreme Court turned down the petition and upheld the High Court's verdict. The full verdict was published in November, where the top court said if the BGMEA fails to carry out the demolition, the city authority RAJUK will be instructed to start demolishing the 16-storey building in 90 days and then realise the cost from the trade body.....

Published at: 2017-03-02 00:00:04