COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Oct 5 (AFP): Bangladesh has destroyed at least 30 wooden fishing boats to deter local captains from smuggling Rohingya refugees and illegal drugs across the border from strife-torn Myanmar, officials said on Thursday.Border guards seized the vessels and arrested the captains after they were intercepted Tuesday evening...
Read moreEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged on Thursday the university authorities to generate new knowledge to foster economic progress in the country, reports BSS."New generation must be prepared with modern education alongside developing high moral values and sense of patriotism to build a prosperous country," he told the 6th convocation...
Read moreThe UK government's Department for International Development in collaboration with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has organised a major airlift of relief items to help some of the more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar, reports UNB.There are massive shelter and...
Read moreCustoms Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials arrested a man along with foreign currencies worth Tk 12.8 million (1.28 crore) in city's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city early Thursday, reports UNB.Md Mamun Miah, 41, a resident of Gukulnagar village in Sirajdhikhan upazila of Munshiganj, was arrested before...
Read moreSYLHET, Oct 5 (UNB): A Bangladeshi citizen died after an elevator of a residential hotel collapsed to the ground from the 4th floor in Taif in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.Family sources said Abdul Machhabbir, 40, son of late Abdul Latif, a resident of Korochhkhali village in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj,...
Read moreNewly appointed Ambassador of Sweden in Bangladesh Charlotta Schlyter lauded Bangladesh for its very substantial efforts in assisting nearly half a million people from Myanmar in the context of the ongoing crisis, reports UNB.Ambassador Schlyter expressed her commitment to contribute to further strengthening and broadening relations.
Read moreThe admission test into MBBS course for 2017-18 academic sessions under public and private medical colleges will be held today (Friday), reports BSS.The test will be held from 10 am to 11 am across the country.
Read moreApplicants for Indian tourist visa can walk-in and submit their applications to Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Mirpur Road in the city without a prior appointment from October 10 onwards, reports UNB.This measure is aimed at easing access to Indian visa and strengthening people-to-people contacts between India and Bangladesh,...
Read moreDetectives in a drive arrested five suspected members of a fraud gang, involved in making fake government seals and certificates, from the city's Fakirapool area early Thursday, reports UNB.The arrestees are-Md Abdul Barik, Mohammad Ali, Sabbir Hossain, Shahidul Hoque alias Nizam and and Md Morshed Bhuiyan.
Read moreThe British Council in Bangladesh arranged an event of indigenous tree plantation on Thursday as a part of its environment policy of managing the cultural relations work in a sustainable manner as possible across its platform and programmes, according to a press release. To protect the natural ecosystem of Kutubdia,...
Read moreThe US Embassy in Dhaka, including its consular section, will remain closed on Sunday (October 8) on the occasion of Columbus Day, an American holiday, reports UNB.
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barisal, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country in next 24 hours till...
Read moreBangladesh Council for Child Welfare held an awareness campaign on the World Cerebral Palsy Day in front of the National Press Club in the city on Thursday. — Collected
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