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PM for hundred per cent literacy to build poverty-free BD

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has said the government will ensure hundred per cent literacy to build poverty and hunger-free Bangladesh, report agencies.She said the country needs many golden sons in the coming days to build the 'Golden Bengal' of Bangabandhu.The PM made the comments while addressing a function at...

Many women own male relatives' illegal wealth unknowingly

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Sunday said a good number of women to their unawareness own illegal wealth which was basically obtained with illicit income by their male relatives like husband, father or brother.In around 90 per cent of the cases filed by the commission women have no...

Cholera vaccination campaign for Rohingyas begins

A massive cholera vaccination campaign to halt the spread of cholera began in Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar and their surrounding host communities on Sunday, report agencies.The initiative has been taken to protect nearly one million Rohingyas during the ongoing monsoon season.This is a second cholera vaccination campaign being held...

ACC quizzes two businessmen over bribery of Tk 40 million

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned two businessmen over an alleged bribery of Tk 40 million borrowed from Farmers Bank and later sent to an "important" person's bank account through a pay order, reports bdnews24.com.The businessmen, Md Shahjahan and Niranjan Chandra Saha, arrived at the ACC headquarters in the capital's...

Ctg customs seizes cigarettes brought under false declaration

CHATTOGRAM, May 6: The Chittagong Customs House (CCH) seized a container and sealed it off for importing cigarettes under false declaration today.The officers of the AIR (Audit, Investigation and Research) of the CCH on a tip off found the brands of Benson & Hedges, Black and Dunhill imported from Singapore...

BR wants to run train thru Padma Bridge since its inauguration

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is still hopeful of running train through Padma Bridge since the day of its inauguration despite delay for years in signing a loan agreement with China to implement the Padma rail link project.Though the construction work under the project may linger further due to more time to...

Domestic help gets acquitted

A Dhaka court acquitted Khadiza Akter Shumi, a domestic help, in a case filed over killing of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman in 2013, reports UNB.She was cleared of the charges as the allegation brought against her could not be proved, Judge of Dhaka Child Court...

WEATHER-07-05-2018

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers and lightning flashes accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh & Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Chattogram, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls and hails...

Myanmar should take lesson from BD's religious harmony: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suggested on Sunday Myanmar to take lesson from the prevailing religious harmony in Bangladesh, reports BSS. "I think that Myanmar should take lesson from Bangladesh that how a country could be run by maintaining (traditional) religious harmony," she said.The prime minister was addressing a view-exchange meeting...