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S'pore wants quick repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar

Visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan underscored on Sunday the need for speedy repatriation of Rohingya people from Bangladesh, reports UNB.Dr Vivian Balakrishnan came up with the view when she met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganobhaban in the morning.After the meeting, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed...

Thrust on beneficiaries' database, digital payment system

Making a beneficiaries' database, introducing digital payment system and enhancing monitoring activities are imperative to make social security programmes more effective and purposeful.Besides, reform in programme design, use of information technology and stakeholders' capacity-building resources are also essential in this regard.Experts made the remarks at a working session following the...

ACC stops realising extra fees by Hazaribagh school

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday prevented a school in the city's Hazaribagh area from realising extra fees from students for form fill-up for the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations.Based on a complaint received on hotline-106, an ACC enforcement team led by its assistant director Faruq Ahmed raided Saleha...

Authorities move to ban tourism in Sundarbans for three months

KHULNA, Nov 04 (UNB): The Forest Department has taken a move to impose a ban on tourism in the Sundabans from June to August considering the three months as a breeding period of wild animals.A proposal in this regard has already been sent to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and...

Madrasah student gets electrocuted at Hefajat's rally

A madrasah student was electrocuted during Hefajat-e Islam's thanksgiving rally in the city's Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday, reports UNB.The dead is Saiful Islam (22), son of Moslem Uddin of Dhanbazar village in Madabpur upazila in Habiganj district and a student of Brahmanbaria Title Madrasa.Saiful came in contact with a live...

Journo Abdul Baten passes away

Abdul Baten, former news editor of the Daily Ittefaq, died at his Savar residence on Sunday, report agencies.He was 92.Abdul Baten, a member of Jatiya Press Club, had been sufferings from lung cancer. He breathed his last around 12:50 am.He left behind his daughter and a host of relatives to...

WEATHER-5-11-2018

Light rain/drizzle is likely at one or two places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Sunday).Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met...