Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has said it is vital to consider third-country resettlement in parallel to repatriation of the Rohingyas to their place of origin in Myanmar, reports UNB."Accepting refugees through third-country resettlement is one of the permanent solutions. It is a way to share the burden of...
Read moreA smartly turned-out contingent from Bangladesh Police giving a guard of honour to former Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar (Inset) after a namaz-e-janaza at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city on Friday. He was later laid to eternal rest at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard — Focus Bangla
Read moreThe 46th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed across the country in a befitting manner today (Saturday), reports BSS.On August 27 in 1976, the poet breathed his last at the then PG Hospital, now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, in the city.The poet was...
Read moreCUMILLA, Aug 26 (UNB): Three Bangladeshis, including two siblings, were killed as a private car carrying them plunged into a ditch near Taif city in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to their relatives in Cumilla.The dead are Md Faruq Khan (23), his brother Md Parvez (21) and Md Saddam (21)...
Read moreThree cars together worth Tk 42 million purchased for a government project are being used for personal comfort by top officials although it is mandatory to return the vehicles to the transport pool after the completion of a project, reports bdnews24.com.The three Toyota Landcruiser Prado TX cars were purchased for...
Read moreProf Dr Father Patrick Daniel Gaffney has been appointed vice chancellor (VC) of Notre Dame University Bangladesh (NDUB) for a second term spanning four years. A gazette notification signed by Deputy Secretary Dr Md Farhad Hossain was issued by the Education Ministry on August 22 in this regard.With a vast...
Read moreNARAYANGANJ, Aug 26, (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said on Friday they arrested six members of an alleged inter-district robbery gang including its kingpin.They were arrested while preparing for robbery in Purbobhabnathpur area under Sonargaon upazila.The elite force also recovered a foreign pistol, one round of bullet, one Chinese axe...
Read moreA man who faces charges of defrauding Meher Afroz Shaon, the widow of celebrated writer Humayun Ahmed, has been placed on a one-day remand, reports bdnews24.com.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Islam issued the order on Friday in response to the police's application to interrogate him for three days, according to SI...
Read moreTwo construction workers died falling off an under-construction high-rise building in the city's Agargaon area on Friday.The deceased were identified as Rokon Uddin and Shahadat Hossain, according to the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.Quoting eyewitnesses, Alif Ibne-Aziz, duty officer at the police station, said the two workers were on a hanging...
Read moreA truck has ploughed into a motorcycle in Khulna's Fultola, leaving two teenagers dead, reports UNB. The accident occurred on the Khulna-Jashore Highway near the upazila's Raripara on Thursday. The victims are 17-year-old Minhaz Hasan Raj from Begunbaria village, and 18-year-old Tajibur Rahman Shadat from Taltala Sirajkati village. They were...
Read moreMAGURA, Aug 26 (UNB): A Magura court has sentenced three people to one and a half years of rigorous imprisonment for collecting money from a pharmacy owner in the guise of human rights activists.The court of district senior judicial magistrate handed down the punishment to Kalpana Roy, Hasina Begum and...
Read moreFish-cutting in the city's markets emerged long ago as a service much fitting the needs of the buyers. They have the fishes just bought processed into the desired shapes by the professional cutters, who are mostly women striving for a living. The picture was snapped from the capital's one of...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions over the country until 6:00pm today (Saturday), according to Met office.Day temperature may fall by 1-2 °C and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country....
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