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President urges police to serve people with honesty, sincerity

President Abdul Hamid urged on Wednesday the police to serve people with honesty and sincerity being imbued with the Liberation War spirit and thus gain their trust, reports UNB."Anyone who comes to you to take service shouldn't be harassed. You need to make sure they can avail of necessary services...

Angelina Jolie called on Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen

UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie called on Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the city on Wednesday. State Minister Shahriar Alam was also present during the meet — PID

Prisoners to be allowed to talk to relatives over phone

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told Parliament on Wednesday that the government has taken a project to make arrangements for prisoners to talk to their relatives through telephone from the country's all jails, reports UNB.Replying to a question from treasury bench member Didarul Alam (Chattogram-4), the minister, however, said militants, top...

Philippines opens visa centre in Ctg today

CHATTOGRAM, Feb 6: The Philippines opens its visa centre in the port city today (Thursday) that will boost up bilateral trade with the ASEAN country.Honourary Consul of the Philippines in Chattogram Mohammed A Awwal said with the opening of the new visa centre, they were going to meet a long-cherished...

Registration begins for Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid 3rd edition

Registration for the 3rd edition of 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid', one of the most popular TV reality shows, began officially on Wednesday.Country's one of the leading brands- Ispahani Mirzapore- has been hosting the Bengali linguistic competition and TV reality show since 2017 aiming to motivate the young generation to practise and...

‘Democracy around world faces alarming decline’

Democracy is facing an 'alarming' fall throughout the world as more countries move toward authoritarianism, according to an annual report by the Freedom House, reports bdnews24.com.The report, titled Freedom in the World, assesses the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world and is composed of numerical ratings...

Minister says news on ‘plastic rice’ baseless

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak on Wednesday trashed reports on the manufacturing of so-called plastic rice in Bangladesh, saying it was impossible, reports UNB."News reports on plastic rice are baseless. The rice in question has been cooked and also made into puffed rice. Claims about it being plastic rice aren't realistic,"...

Man gets life in prison for violating girl

MANIKGANJ, Feb 06 (UNB): A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for violating a schoolgirl after abduction in Singair Upazila 12 years ago.The convict is Golam Mostafa, son of Mofizuddin of Sudkhira village. He was tried in absentia as he jumped bail.The court also fined him...

WEATHER-7-2-2019

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.Light fog may occur at places over the country during early morning, the Met Office said.Night temperature may rise by 1-2 degrees Celsius and day temperature may rise...

Chief of Air Staff giving away Inter Base Flight Safety Trophy

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, BBP, OSP, ndu, psc giving away Inter Base Flight Safety Trophy to Base Zahurul Haque for the best Flight Safety record in 2018 at BAF Falcon Hall in the city on Wednesday — ISPR