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Customs recover Tk 5.5m gold bars at HSIA

Customs intelligence recovered 10 gold bars Saturday weighing 1.160 kg hidden inside two mobile phones and arrested a passenger in this regard at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city, reports BSS."The passenger Mohammad Abu Taher alias Mohammad Abdur Rahim (43), from Satkania, Chittagong, reached Shahjalal Airport at around...

Thrust on modernisation of madrasa education

Speakers at a discussion stressed on Saturday the need for modernising madrasa education, mainly the Qawmi one, with its integration into the mainstream education as 75 per cent students of such educational institutions remain jobless for lack of expertise, reports UNB.They also said the government should bring Qawmi madrasas under...

12 litterateurs get Bangla Academy Award

Twelve personalities have been declared as recipients of the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puraskar 2017, reports UNB.Director General of Bangla Academy Shamsuzzaman Khan announced the names at a press briefing at the Shamsur Rehman auditorium on Saturday.The recipients are - Mohammad Sadik and Maruful Islam (poetry), Mamun Hossain (fiction), Professor Mahbubul...

President seeks Indonesia's help to repatriate Rohingyas

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday further sought continued support from Indonesian government to ensure a safe, dignified, sustainable and voluntary return of the displaced Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh being the worst victims of military atrocities at Rakhine state of Myanmar, reports BSS."The President sought Indonesia's support for durable and...

Nasrul asks Desco officials to serve consumers sincerely

State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has directed the officials of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (Desco) to sincerely serve the consumers, reports UNB."You have to work with innovative ideas to provide prompt and best services to the consumers," he told officials while addressing a biannual conference of diploma...

WEATHER- 28-01-2018

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over northwestern part and river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country during midnight until morning, the...