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JS body calls for action against DNCC over Aminbazar landfill

A parliamentary panel has called for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) to be penalised with the maximum fine for running a dumping station in Aminbazar without an environmental permit, reports bdnews24.com.The parliamentary standing committee on environment, forest and climate change ministry made the recommendation on Saturday.The DNCC has been...

DU 'Cha' unit admission test held

DU CorrespondentThe first year honours admission test of 'Cha' unit under the Faculty of Fine Arts for 2019-20 academic session of Dhaka University was held on Saturday.The admission test was held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at 19 centres on the DU campus, said a press release.A total of...

B'desh committed to ensuring bio-safety, says Razzaque

Awami League presidium member and Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque Saturday said Bangladesh is committed to ensuring biosafety as an adaptor of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, reports BSS."Bangladesh has already adapted and enacted the 'Biosafety Rules of Bangladesh, 2012' and 'Biosafety Guideline of...

Malaysia detains 39 illegal workers including 12 Bangladeshis

FE Report Malaysian immigration department has detained 39 migrant workers, including 12 Bangladeshis, during raids at seven vegetable and flower farms in Cameron Highlands on Thursday.Quoting the department's director general (DG), Datuk Indera Khairul Dzaimee Daud, The Star, Malaysian newspaper, on Saturday reported that the operation which was conducted together...

‘Drug trader’, ‘terrorist’ die in ‘gunfights’

A suspected drug peddler and an alleged terrorist were killed in separate 'gunfights' with police in two districts on Saturday, reports UNB.In Mymensingh, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Hobirbari in Bhaluka Upazila here early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Rubel, 31, son of...

Husband flees leaving wife dead at hospital

CHANDPUR, Sept 14 (UNB): A man went into hiding leaving his wife dead at a hospital in the town on Friday.The deceased was identified as Tanzina Akhter, daughter of Munnaf Munshi of Faridganj Upazila also wife of Jewel Khan of Torpurchandi area in Sadar Upazila.Syed Ahmed Kajol, medical officer of...

Road accidents kill two in two districts

Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in road accidents in Feni, and Chattogram districts on Friday and Saturday, report agencies. In Feni, a policeman was killed and three others, including the police super of the district, were injured as the jeep carrying them overturned at Lemua on Dhaka-Chattogram...

BAF chief off to China today

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat will leave Dhaka for China today (Sunday) on a six-day official visit at the invitation of the PLA Air Force, reports BSS.During the visit, the air chief will call on General Wei Fenghe, State Councillor and...

‘Women, children more vulnerable to dengue’

Women and children are more vulnerable to death due to mosquito-borne viral disease dengue this year though rate of the fever has been counted higher among the men, reports BSS.Health experts said gender inequality, malnutrition, lack of awareness, menstruation and pregnancy are the factors those made women more vulnerable while...

Police nab Gazipur man for raping two daughters

Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping his two daughters in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila, reports bdnews24.com."The man was arrested after his wife initiated a case against him on Friday," said Sreepur Police OC Md Liakat Ali. He is also named in several robbery and drug-related cases.The victims' mother said...