The Cabinet approved on Monday the draft of 'The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018' incorporating a new provision of punishment for filing any false case, reports UNB.The approval came at the cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed...
Read moreThe 157th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore will be observed today (Tuesday), reports BSS.On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 Bengali year, Rabindranath was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata. On the occasion, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages, paying rich tributes to the poet. In...
Read moreAt least 36 people have been killed, nine of them alone on Monday, by lightning strikes in the first week of May after 70 were killed in March and April, reports bdnews24.com.Monday's deaths occurred in Sherpur, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj and Habiganj, acoording to officials of local administration or police station or...
Read moreThe High Court (HC) expressed on Monday shock over tragic death of Government Titumir College student Rajib Hossain whose right hand was lost after being pressed between two buses in the city, reports UNB.An HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque expressed the shock during...
Read moreThe World Thalassemia Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe today (Tuesday) to create awareness about the deadly disease and the importance of blood donation, reports UNB.The theme of this year's day is: "Thalassemia past, present and future: Documenting progress and patients' needs worldwide".Thalassemia is...
Read moreThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has threatened to file a case against Deputy Inspector General of police Mizanur Rahman for obstructing their investigation into his finances, reports bdnews24.com.The police official failed to submit documents necessary for the investigation by the deadline, said ACC Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin. In January, Rahman, who...
Read moreKazi Ghiyasuddin has received 'The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays' from the Japanese government in recognition of his contribution to strengthening cultural exchange through promoting modern art in Japan and Bangladesh. According to a press release issued by the Japanese Embassy on Sunday, the government of...
Read moreKUSHTIA, May 7 (UNB): A suspected criminal was killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Pipulbaria Kalurmath in Daulatpur Upazila early Monday.
Read moreABM Azizul Islam, former adviser to a caretaker government, and Salehuddin Ahmed, former Bangladesh Bank governor, posing for photograph with the participants at a workshop on Step by Step Guide to Writing Research Paper, organised by BRAC Business School in the city Monday
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind and lightning flashes are likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal divisions with moderately...
Read moreA Milad mahfil in progress on the Z. Rahman Premier Bank School and College premises recently. The programme was arranged marking the first death anniversary of Begum Kaniz Fatema, mother of Premier Bank Limited Chairman Dr HBM Iqbal
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