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ACC raids BRTA, BPDB, passport offices over graft allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) conducted on Sunday three separate drives at BRTA office in Mirpur, BPDB office in Motijheel and Habiganj passport office over graft allegations.Receiving allegations of graft in the process of vehicle registration, vehicle fitness and driving licence issuing, an ACC enforcement team raided Mirpur office of Bangladesh...

Syed Manzur Elahi

Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairperson (In-charge) of the Board of Trustee, East West University (EWU) and former Adviser to the caretaker government, inaugurating the Inter-University Math-Olympiad 2019 on the campus in the city on Saturday, organised by EWU. A total of 250 students from 22 universities and seven schools participated in...

PM opens Military Hardware Display

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the 8-day Military Hardware Display, 2019 at the National Parade Ground in the city on the eve of Independence Day and National Day, reports UNB.She opened the display in the afternoon by cutting a ribbon and releasing balloons. The PM witnessed an attractive...

Govt to announce scrapping of exams up to class three

The government will announce the scrapping of examinations from first to third grade in government primary schools as soon as an alternative method of assessment is finalised, reports bdnews24.com.Primary and Mass Education Secretary Md Akram Al Hossain informed reporters of the matter on Sunday at the Secretariat."The prime minister informally...

82,500 students get pry scholarships

A total of 82,500 students have got scholarships in the Primary Education Completion (PEC) Examinations held in 2018, reports UNB.State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain came up with the information while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Sunday.Among the total scholarship recipients, 33,000 students got...

New secretary of Hindu Religious Welfare Trust

Vishnu Kumar Sarker joined as new Secretary of Hindu Religious Welfare Trust under the Ministry of Religious Affairs recently. He took over charge of the post from Ranjit Kumar Das (Additional Secretary), Project Director, Temple Based Child and Mass Education Program-5th phase, according to a press release.Vishnu Sarkar joined government...

Slain plane 'hijacker' Polash's parents, relatives quizzed

CHATTOGRAM, Mar 24 (UNB): A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has interrogated the parents, relatives and neighbours of Polash Ahmed, the slain 'hijacker' of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, in Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj district.A team of CTTC unit went to Polash's Narayanganj residence around 8...

Students stage demo, block roads protesting fellows’ death in Sylhet, Gazipur

SYLHET, Mar 24 (UNB): The students of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) staged on Sunday demonstration protesting the death of a fourth-year student Wasim Afnan in Saturday's road accident.The students from different dormitories staged demonstration in front of the vice-chancellor's residence around 11 am, and later took position in front of...

ASP Mizan murder Charge sheet against two suspects

Police submitted charge sheet against two suspects over the murder of Savar Highway Police Assistant Police Commissioner Mizanur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun Bhuiyan took cognisance of the charges on Sunday and ordered that warrants be issued against absconding suspect Farooq Howladar.The other charged in the case...

WEATHER-25-3-2019

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of rain/thunder showers at one or two places over Sylhet division and the region of Cumilla in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB.The country's highest temperature 34.8 degrees Celsius was recorded...