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Speaker for parliamentary diplomacy to resolve Rohingya crisis

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said on Friday Bangladesh is hosting the 63rd conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and it should take opportunity of parliamentary diplomacy through the CPA to find a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis, reports BSS."We can discuss the Rohingya issue...

Voters enlisted after 2012 to get laminated ID cards

More than 11 million voters, who got registered after 2012, will receive laminated national ID cards instead of smart NIDs for casting ballots in the 11th general elections, the commission officials have said."Some complications related to production of smart cards" have led EC to make the decision on October 31,...

50,000 more Rohingyas waiting to enter BD

COX 'S BAZAR, Nov 3 (UNB): Some 50,000 more Rohingyas have gathered on the other side of the border to enter Bangladesh amid a fresh wave of exodus from Myanmar's Rakhine state.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sources said the forcibly displaced Myanmar citizens were waiting at two border points -- Medi,...

Rumi's book unveiled

A book, Rumir Koutuk Shamvar (Rumi's jokes collection), authored by Kazi Monirul Islam Rumi was unveiled at the Feni Samity auditorium in the city's Paltan area on Friday, said a press release.President of Feni Samity, Dhaka, Fazlul Karim Chowdhury was present as the chief guest while News Editor of the...

Youth lands in jail for ‘demeaning Kaaba’ on FB

FARIDPUR, Nov 3 (UNB): A case has been filed under section 57 of the ICT Act against a young man who was earlier arrested for posting a photo on his Facebook wall demeaning the Holy Kaaba, reports UNB.The accused is Bishnu Kumar Malo, a resident of Malo Para under Krishnapur...

7.5pc Rohingya kids victims of acute malnutrition: Unicef

Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening acute malnutrition - a rate double seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, Unicef said on Friday."The Rohingya children in the camp - who have...

Police nab 28 'robbers' after gunfight, four cops hurt

SAVAR, Nov 03 (UNB): Twenty-eight suspected robbers were arrested after a gunfight with police at Nabinagr Bus Stand in Ashulia today.Abdul Awal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ashulia Thana, said that tipped off that a gang of inter-district robbers is preparing for committing robberies, police took position on the Dhaka-Aricha highway on...

WEATHER- 04-11-2017

Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB.Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged and day temperature may rise slightly over the country, Met office said.The country's highest temperature of 32.8 degrees Celsius was recorded on Friday in Sitakundu...

The trial operation of train

The trial operation of train on the newly-built second Bhairab railway bridge over the Meghna River began on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi are likely to inaugurate the bridge through video conference on November 09. — Focus Bangla