Nothing to worry about Assam’s NRC list, says home minister
GAZIPUR, Sept 01 (UNB): Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday there is nothing to worry about Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) list as no Bangladeshi infiltrated into India after 1971. "We want to say it clearly that no Bangladeshi entered India after '71, whoever had gone there...
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Overhead wires
Overhead wires and cables tangled with electric poles putting city dwellers' life at risk. The photo was taken from Road No 10 at Banani in the city on Sunday — Focus Bangla
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DSCC announces Tk 36.31b budget giving priority to mosquito control
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) announced a mid-term five year communicable disease control and research project as part of its mosquito control programme while placing Tk 36.31 billion budget for the FY 2019-20.DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Sunday placed the budget at a press briefing at the Nagar Bhaban in...
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Govt retracts two-yr medical internship proposal amid student protests
The government has withdrawn a proposal to extend the existing year-long internship programme for MBBS graduates to two years, reports bdnews24.com.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on August 27 issued a circular attaching the draft policy and sought opinions on the issue by September 18.But the draft has been...
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Bangladesh Naval Ship Somudra Avijan
Bangladesh Naval Ship Somudra Avijan left Chattogram naval jetty on Sunday to take part in training to be held in Sri Lanka and India from September 07 to 17 — ISPR
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BTV to be aired in India from today
Bangladesh Television (BTV), the state-owned TV channel, will start airing its programmes in India today (Monday) by using Bangabandhu 1, the country's first communication satellite, reports BSS.Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will inaugurate airing the BTV programmes at 3.00pm.
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Land offices to come under CCTV surveillance to curb corruption
Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said on Sunday land offices across the country will be brought under CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras' surveillance to ensure corruption-free land services, reports BSS."CCTV cameras will be installed at all the land offices across the country to ensure corruption-free service…. The DPP (Development Project Proposal) is...
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Govt to set up load control centres on major highways
The government has undertaken an initiative to set up some 21 excel load control centres on the major highways across the country in a bid to ensure safe plying of goods-laden vehicles and make those highways durable through controlling over-loaded vehicles, reports BSS."A project to this end is likely to...
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Police recover 13 bomb-like objects in Bhola
BHOLA, Sept 01 (UNB): Police recovered 13 bomb-like objects from the roof of a toilet of a mosque in Prem Road area in the district town on Sunday.Mohammad Kaisar, superintendent of police of Bhola, said Shariful Islam, a cleaner of the mosque, spotted the bomb-like objects on the roof around...
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WEATHER 02-9-2019
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the southern part of the country in...
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