Guterres hears 'unimaginable' accounts of killing, rape from Rohingyas
COX'S BAZAR, July 02 (UNB): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, now visiting Rohingya camp, heard "unimaginable accounts of killing and rape from Rohingya refugees" who recently fled from Myanmar."They want justice and a safe return home," he tweeted from Rohingya camp on Monday.In another tweet ahead of reaching the Rohingya...
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TIB slams inactivity of law-enforcers
Expressing deep concern over the recent attacks on the quota reform activists, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has condemned inactivity of the law-enforcing agencies in this regard.It also demanded exemplary punishment of the attackers following proper legal procedure.The Dhaka chapter of the Berlin-based international organisation expressed its concern through a...
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Ctg Rotarians hold rally
CHATTOGRAM, July 02: Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation AJM Nasir Uddin said country's Rotarians are providing humanitarian services to the distressed people of the society. He said this while inaugurating a rally of the zone Karnaphuli of the Rotary International District on the occasion of its assuming office in the...
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DGHS finds irregularities at Max Hospital in preliminary probe
CHATTOGRAM, July 02 (UNB): Max Hospital was operating without approval from the Directorate of Health Services (DGHS) and Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC), said Health Services director for hospitals and clinics Kazi Jahangir Hossain on Sunday night."Various irregularities have been identified in primary investigation. The Max hospital authorities were...
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Janaza of two BAF pilots held
Namaj-e-janaza of the two pilots of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held at the big top hanger of BAF Base Bashar in Dhaka Cantonment in the city on Monday afternoon, reports UNB.Two pilots of the BAF-Squadron Leader Md Serajul Islam and Squadron Leader Enayet Kabir Polash-were killed as a BAF...
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Two to die, four get life in prison for murders in two districts
NARAYANGANJ, July 02 (UNB): A court here on Monday sentenced two people to death for killing a minor boy in 2012.The convicts are Mohiuddin Hasnat and Saiful Islam. Of them, Mohiuddin's trial was held in absentia.According to the prosecution, Jharna Begum, wife of Tofajjal Hossain, a resident of Manipur in...
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BJKS defends its road crash report as authentic
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) defended on Monday its road crash report claiming it to be authentic, reports UNB.Earlier on Sunday, Road Transport and Bridges Ministry claimed that the report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity stating that a total of 339 people were killed in road accidents across the country...
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Cops arrest female 'drug trader'
KHULNA, July 02 (UNB): Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested a suspected female drug trader along with 7,500 Yaba tablets from Raipura area under Labanchara thana of the city on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Surma Begum (32), wife of Selim Gazi, a resident of the area.Rasheduzzaman, deputy director...
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Jurno Anis Ahmed dies
Anis Ahmed, executive editor of The Daily Observer, passed away at his Mohammadpur residence in the city on Monday morning. He was 64, reports UNB.Ahmend, a permanent member of the Jatiya Press Club, left behind wife, a daughter, a son, a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.Anis...
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Mobile court fines diagnostic centre for keeping expired reagents, injections
A mobile court of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has fined Popular Diagnostic Centre's Dhanmondi branch in the city Tk 2.5 million for keeping expired reagents and injections, reports bdnews24.com. Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam said they seized 'huge' amounts of expired reagents and injections during a drive on the diagnostic...
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WEATHER-3-07-2018
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Sylhet and Rangpur divisions, reports UNB.It may also occur at many places over Barishal, and Chattogram divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Khulna divisions...
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Teachers and employees of educational institutions continuing fast unto death
Teachers and employees of educational institutions continuing fast unto death demanding their inclusion in the government's Monthly Pay Order (MPO) in front of the National Press Club in the city Monday — FE Photo
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Colleagues of Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui
Colleagues of Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui, who was killed in South Sudan, carrying his body for burial at Banani graveyard in the city Monday — Focus Bangla
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