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Nasim warns errant doctors again

Issuing a warning to the doctors working in rural areas, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim Wednesday said stern actions will be taken against those who will be found absent in their workplaces, reports UNB. "If the agricultural officials and upazila officers can attend regularly their offices then why our doctors cannot...

Education UK expo begins in 3 divisions on Feb 13

British Council, Bangladesh is going to organise the 16th 'Education UK Exhibition-2014' in major divisions of the country to facilitate the local students to study in the United Kingdom (UK). Director Partnerships and Programmes of British Council Robin Davies said the exhibition will be held in three divisions-Dhaka, Chittagong and...

ACC quizzes top bosses of two banks

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday quizzed Managing Directors (MDs) of two commercial banks over their alleged involvement in Bismillah Group loan scam. The five-member probe team of the ACC quizzed them from 2.30pm to 4.00pm at the commission's head office in the city, the anti-graft watchdog officials told journalists. They...

Officials asked not to harass tax payers

CHITTAGONG, Feb 5: NBR chairman Ghulam Hossain today said that Income Tax (IT) will be one of the major sources of revenue of the government. The earning from Income Tax will be greater in terms of money than that of value added tax (Vat). So the concerned government officials should...

Auto-rickshaw driver killed in city road crash

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed in a road accident in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area early Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sukkur Ali (38), while details of him could not be known immediately. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Momin said vehicle of Sukkur hit...

Cop missing in gunfight found dead in Meghna

MUNSHIGANJ, Feb 5 (UNB): A police constable, who went missing in the Meghna river after being hit by bullets in a shootout with pirates at Baluakandi village in Gazaria Upazila early Wednesday, was found dead in the river eight hours after the incident. The victim was identified as Abdul Malek,...

BD eyes 25,000 sq km in Bay

Bangladesh expects to have control over nearly 25,000 square kilometres of maritime areas if it wins the case related to the Bay of Bengal maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India, reports UNB. "We'll be able to know exactly how much area we'll get once the final verdict comes out…we're...

News in Brief

Biruni Int'l Confce begins A two-day Biruni International Conference began at Nabab Nawab Ali Choudhury of Dhaka University Wednesday on the occasion of 965th birth anniversary of Iranian scholar Abu Raihan Biruni. Vice-chancellor of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the conference, while Abu Raihan Biruni Foundation Dr Abu Musa...

Dr MA Hai passes away

Prof Dr MA Hai, former head of Physiology Department at BSMMU, passed away due to old age complications at United Hospital in the city Wednesday. He was 78. His namaz-e-janaza was scheduled to be held at Dhanmondi Eidgah Mosque after magrib prayers. His qulkhani will be held after asr prayers...

weather

Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Thursday). Moderate to thick fog may occur over Rangpur division river-basins of the country and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country during midnight until morning, Met Office said. Mild cold wave is...