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TV channels enjoying full freedom, says PM

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday all the television channels in Bangladesh are enjoying full freedom, report agencies."All the television channels are enjoying full freedom," she said when a delegation of the Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) met her at the Prime Minister's Office.PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul...

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Haphazardly kept rickshaws

Haphazardly kept rickshaws and illegally set up shops in front of the outdoor gate of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the city, causing immense suffering to the people visiting the hospital for medical treatment everyday. The picture was taken on Wednesday — FE photo

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MEWOE to probe assault on Bangladeshi man in Brunei

The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) will investigate the incident of physical assault on a man by some people at the Bangladesh embassy in Brunei.The ministry will also take necessary action based on the evidence against those involved in the incident, said a press release, issued by...

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Minni's bail hearing ends, HC order today

The High Court on Wednesday fixed today (Thursday) to issue its order on Aysha Siddika Minni's bail petition in the case filed over her husband Rifat Sharif's murder in Barguna. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman fixed the date after a hearing on...

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Officials of Chattogram Development Authority

Officials of Chattogram Development Authority and members of Bangladesh Army in a joint drive demolishing illegal structures in Takpara area of the port city on Wednesday — Focus Bangla

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BD girl gets award at WorldSKills contest

Bangladeshi competitor Nafisa Sadaf Anchol received the Best of Nation Award, the first time in the country's history, at the WorldSkills Competition (WSC) concluded in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday.Two competitors from Bangladesh-Tanjim Tabassum Islam in patisserie and confectionery and Anchol in fashion technology-performed exceedingly and earned appreciation from the organisers...

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Speaker leaves for Maldives to attend confce

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury left Dhaka on Wednesday for Maldives to attend the 4th South Asian Speakers' Summit on achieving sustainable goals, reports UNB. The Summit will be held on September 1-2 in Malay, the capital city of Maldives. Senior Secretary of Parliament Secretariat Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan and...

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IU officers threaten indefinite work abstention

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Aug 28 (UNB): The Islamic University Officers' Association has threatened to go for an indefinite work abstention from September 02 if their three-point demand is not met.A press release, signed by the association's President Shamsul Islam Zhoha and General Secretary Mir Morshed, was issued in this regard on...

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Youth gets death for killing child after rape

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 27 (UNB): A youth was sentenced to death on Tuesday for the killing of a child after rape in 2014.Sirajganj's Women and Child Repression Tribunal also fined convict Nur Islam (30) Tk 0.1 million.He was also jailed for life for abducting the victim and fined Tk 50,000. He...

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Cop 'shoots' himself to death in Kurigram

KURIGRAM, Aug 28 (UNB): A sub-inspector of police reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself at his rented house in the district town on Wednesday afternoon. The dead is Selim Jahangir (38), son of Abul Kalam Azad of Phulbari upazila in Dinajpur district. He was posted at Sadar police camp. Mahibul...

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814 cartons of foreign brand cigarettes seized at Ctg airport

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 28 (BSS): Customs intelligence and investigation officials seized on Wednesday 814 cartons of foreign-made Ezee brand cigarettes from three passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Shah Amanat International Airport.On a tip-off, the officials recovered the 814 cartons foreign brand cigarette worth about Tk 1.0 million from seven separate...

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Mother kills herself after argument with son

BHOLA, Aug 27 (UNB): A woman died of self-immolation after an altercation with her son at Dalalpur village in Borhanuddin upazila on Tuesday evening.The dead is Parul (35), wife of late Iqbal Patwari of the village. Quoting family members, Md Enamul Haque, OC of Borhanuddin thana, said Parul committed suicide...

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WEATHER 29-08-2019

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka and Rjshahi divisions with moderately heavy falls at places in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm...

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