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President Md Abdul Hamid on a walkabout at the fair venue

President Md Abdul Hamid on a walkabout at the fair venue after inaugurating Livestock Service Week 2018 at Bangladesh Krishibid Institution in the city on Saturday. Story on Page 20 — PID

WB offers support for Rohingya people, host communities

FE ReportThe World Bank (WB) stressed the need for urgent support to the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh as the crisis was growing at a rapid pace surrounding the persecuted Myanmarese nationals in the country. "… there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the...

DU admits seven colleges' affiliation done in haste

The Dhaka University administration admits that its affiliation programme with seven colleges was implemented 'without prior preparation or planning', reports bdnews24.com.The statement came from the university's public relations department on Saturday amid protests by Dhaka University students calling for an end to the affiliations. Students from the colleges have also...

2nd phase of Biswa Ijtema ends today with Akheri Munajat

The second phase of the three-day 53rd Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, will end with "Akheri Munajat" (concluding prayers) tomorrow (Sunday) on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, reports BSS.Seniormost Imam (Pesh Imam) of the Kakrail Jame Mosque Mawlana Md Jubaer will conduct...

Rohingyas need to feel safe enough before return: UN

The United Nations has reiterated its call for voluntary repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh saying Rohingyas need to feel that the situation is safe enough for them, reports UNB."It is up for people to choose to go home. No one should choose for them. Any repatriation of Rohingyas back to...

Four die in Jessore 'gunfights'

JESSORE, Jan 20 (UNB): Four suspected robbers were killed in separate 'gunfights with their cohorts' in Sadar and Jhikargaccha upazilas early Saturday.The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.On information about a gunfight between two groups of robbers, a team of police conducted a drive inNagorpur area of...

'Hired goons' kill woman in Ctg

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jan 20: A housewife was killed allegedly by hired goons at Patiya upazila in Chittagong on Saturday following the erection of a boundary wall forcibly by the club owner's people near a four- storey building.In protest against the killing of the housewife, thousands of local people put up...