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Govt has zero tolerance to grabbing of Halda

CHATTOGRAM, May 20: Chairman of the National River Protection Commission (NRPC) Mujibur Rahman Hawladar said the government is highly sensitive to the existence of the Halda River and will never tolerate any kind of encroachment upon and pollution of the water-body. The NRPC chief ordered the district administration to pull...

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ACC intensifies anti-graft monitoring

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has increased its monitoring activities against bribery and other grafts in government offices in the month of Ramadan and ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.In this connection, two separate enforcement teams of ACC paid sudden visits to Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Office of the Comptroller and...

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UNFPA ED due in city today

UNFPA Executive Director (ED) and UN Under-Secretary-General, Dr. Natalia Kanem will visit Bangladesh on May 21-24. It will be her first visit to Bangladesh as the ED of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Dr. Kanem became UNFPA head in October 2017 with the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary-General, said...

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Plea to execute HC order on vested property quickly

Speakers at a programme demanded on Sunday quick implementation of the High Court (HC) directives on the Vested Property Return Act to ensure people's rights affected by Enemy Property Act, reports UNB.They came up with the demand at a press conference jointly organised by Association of Land Reform and Development...

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Saudi Arabia honours BAF chief

Military Attache, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Bangladesh Brigadier General Mohammed Turki M. Al-Garni handed over 'King Abdulaziz Collar Merit of Excellent Class' awarded by His Majesty King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Soud to Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar, BBP, ndc,...

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Police recover driver’s body at Uttara

A microbus driver was found dead at the capital's Uttara (west) on Saturday night with multiple knife injury marks in his body. Police was yet know the motive behind the murder. The man, 30, received injuries by sharp knife in his body including chest, abdomen and back. The incident took...

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DU students stop four buses protesting sexual harassment

Students of Dhaka University (DU) stopped on Sunday four buses of Trust Paribahan on the campus protesting sexual harassment of a female student of the university by a transport staff, reports UNB.Sahabuddin, helper of a bus of Trust Paribahan , misbehaved with the victim, a student of Finance Department, and...

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WEATHER-21-05-2018

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

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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal inaugurating a mass awareness programme

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal inaugurating a mass awareness programme against drug abuse at Zero Point in the city on Sunday by pasting a poster with anti-drug slogans — Focus Bangla

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