Four get life term for killing youth in Pirojpur
PIROJPUR, Oct 13 (UNB): A Pirojpur court on Tuesday sentenced four youths to life imprisonment and jailed two others for five years for killing a young man in Bhandharia upazila for a motorcycle.Sohel Rana, Molin Ghorami, Masum Billah and Al Amin were given life imprisonment. The other two convicts are...
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Experts for implementation of National Housing Policy
Experts at a webinar on Tuesday called for strict implementation of the national housing policy to help ensure shelters for all, especially lower income group.According to them, the authorities concerned like National Housing Authority (NHA) and RAJUK are not playing their designated role, lacking in capacity and became housing providers...
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Ekushey Padak winning writer Rashid Haider dies
Ekushey Padak winning writer Rashid Haider died due to old age complications in the city on Tuesday. He was 80, reports UNB.He breathed his last at his residence at around 08:30 am.
President Abdul Hamid on Tueaday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of writer Rashid Haider.In a...
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Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed inaugurating the newly-constructed complex of Army School of Physical Training
Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed inaugurating the newly-constructed complex of Army School of Physical Training and Sports (ASPTS) in Trishal Military Training Area of Mymensingh Cantonment on Tuesday — ISPR Photo
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UN Women for establishing just society
UN Women country director Shoko Ishikawa has called for building a just society as Covid-19 followed by multiple disasters have put achievements at the crossroads."Global coronavirus pandemic is a wake-up call for building a more equal and more inclusive society," she said on Monday.Ms Ishikawa said this while addressing a...
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Teenage girl 'gang-raped' in Ctg hotel
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 13 (UNB): A teenager girl has reportedly been gang-raped at a residential hotel in Sitakundu upazila. Police arrested seven people including the hotel manager in connection with the incident.The arrestees are-Alim Hossain, 22, Mohammad Rifat, 19, Mohammad Emon Islam, 20, Rony, 20, Barek, 22, Nayan, 22 and Nur...
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Mercury rises in city
Mercury in Dhaka inched up further on Tuesday as no mentionable rainfall was recorded on the day.The Met Office recorded the maximum temperature at 34.6 degrees Celsius in the city on the day from 33 degrees Celsius in the previous day.The country's highest temperature, on the other hand, was recorded...
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Sampan Festival in Ctg Oct 16-17
Our Correspondent CHATTOGRAM, Oct 13: Chattogram City Awami League (AL) will arrange a two-day Sampan Festival on October 16 and 17 with a call to protect the river Karnaphuli from encroachment, siltation and pollution. This festival is part of celebrations marking the Mujib Borsho, the City AL leaders said. General...
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icddr,b, Rotary Club of Dhaka Mavericks, Bangladesh and Rotary Club of New Haven,
icddr,b, Rotary Club of Dhaka Mavericks, Bangladesh and Rotary Club of New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Rotaract Club of Yale and other Rotary and Rotaract Clubs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen icddr,b's ongoing Covid-19 emergency response for Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) or Rohingya FDMNs at icddr,b's Mohakhali...
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