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Govt to buy 13m litres of palm olein, 2,000 tonnes of lentil

FE REPORT The government has approved procurement of 13 million litters of refined palm olein and 2,000 tonnes of lentil to sell at subsidised rates among the poor people amid price spiral of the key essential commodities. The approval was given on Thursday at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee...

Govt begins recruitment of 2,842 secondary school teachers: Milon

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Thursday told the parliament that the government has started the recruitment process to fill the vacant posts of assistant teachers in the government secondary schools, report UNB."Currently, there are a total of 2,842 vacant posts of assistant teacher in government secondary schools across...

Ex-Army officer’s DNA samples collected

Investigators have collected DNA samples from former Army officer Hafizur Rahman for testing, a decade after the rape and murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, reports bdnews24.com.Inspector Tarikul Islam of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), who is leading the investigation, confirmed the development on Thursday evening. "The DNA samples have...

Bishwa Shahitya Kendra Founder Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed met with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman

Bishwa Shahitya Kendra Founder Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed met with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital on Thursday. — PID

Two killed, two others injured in Ctg landslide

OUR CORRESPONDENTCHATTOGRAM, Apr 23: Two workers died and two others were injured, as soil collapsed on them during excavation for the CWASA drainage system in Halishahar of the port city on Thursday.The victims were identified as Tushar (22), and Rakib (25). They both hailed from Dinajpur district. The injured persons...

Three held over theft of BMU construction materials

FE REPORTPolice arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in stealing construction materials of Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) in the capital's Shahbagh area. The arrestees were identified as Al Mamun Sarker (33), Md Mamunur Rashid (40) and Md Masum Billah (35).The incident took place around 6:0am on Tuesday when a...

Capstone Course 2026/1 ends at NDC

The Capstone Course 2026/1, an intensive three-week strategic leadership programme, concluded on Thursday at the National Defense College (NDC), Mirpur Cantonment. Bangladesh Army Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman graced the closing ceremony as the chief guest and distributed certificates among the capstone fellows, according to a press release.A total...

Army Chief returns home from Malaysia

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Thursday after completing a four-day official visit to Malaysia, reports UNB.During the visit, he attended the Defence Services Asia (DSA) and National Security Asia (NATSEC ASIA) 2026 Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur as the representative of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.He also participated...

Begum Fawzia Samad's 15th death anniv tomorrow

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the 15th death anniversary of Begum Fawzia Samad, wife of Late M. A. Samad, the founder of Bangladesh General Insurance Company, according to a press release.She was the founder and editor of 'Minar', the first Bangla children's magazine - published in 1949. She opened her Dhanmondi home...