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Rohingya influx causes serious threat to waste management

Waste management has become a key concern for Cox's Bazar now as population of Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of this district has risen to more than 1.5 million people due to the Rohingya influx. The highly dense population generates 10,000 tons of waste per month and locals call for immediate...

SC lawyer issues legal notice over Digital Security Act

A lawyer of the Supreme Court issued on Tuesday a legal notice to the concerned authorities for proper amendments to nine sections of the much-debated Digital Security Act, reports UNB.The lawyer, SM Zulfikar Ali Zunu, served the notice over registered mails to the ministers and secretaries of Ministry of Information,...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanging greetings

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanging greetings with the cabinet members, Chief Whip, diplomats, chiefs of three services, and civil and military high officials at Hazrat Shajalal International Airport on Tuesday prior to her departure for Saudi Arabia on a four-day bilateral visit — Focus Bangla

President urges Dutch, Korean envoys to help boost bilateral cooperation

Ambassadors of South Korea and Netherlands separately presented the credentials to President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday at Bangabhaban, reports UNB.The envoys are Hu Kang-il of South Korea and Hendrikus GJ (Harry) Verwiji of the Netherlands.President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin briefed the press after the meeting.The President said, "South Korea is...

BD for more focus on finance to mitigate climate change

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Masud Bin Momen said the implementation of 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development will largely depend on success in halting global climate change and reducing disaster risks, reports UNB.He stressed the need for more focused discussion on climate finance and climate justice...

DU publishes Gha unit admission test results

The results of the 'Gha' unit admission test for the first-year honours courses of Dhaka University (DU) under 2018-2019 academic session was published on Tuesday with 26.21 per cent pass rate.DU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman officially published the results at the university's administrative building on Tuesday, amid allegation...

Four to walk gallows for double murder in Kishoreganj

KISHOREGANJ, Oct 16 (UNB): A court sentenced on Tuesday four people to death and 21 others to life term imprisonment in a double murder case in 2012.The condemned convicts are Alamin, Mizanur Rahman, Nazmul and Swapan of Joyka village in Karimganj upazila. The court also fined them Tk 0.5m each.The...

BAF chief meets Indian officials in New Delhi

Chief of Bangladesh Air Staff Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat met Indian high civil and military officials separately in New Delhi on Monday, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) chief made a courtesy call on Chief of Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa at the Air Headquarters, said...

HC commutes death penalty of two

The High Court (HC) commuted on Tuesday the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment over the killing of journalist Farhad Khan and his wife Rahima Khatun in the city in 2011, reports UNB.An HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin passed the order...

13th death anniv of MA Samad today

The 13th death anniversary of MA Samad, an insurance legend and founder of Bangladesh General Insurance Company Ltd (BGIC), will be observed today (Wednesday), says a press release.After his retirement as managing director of Jiban Bima Corporation, he established BGIC, the first insurance company in private sector after the country's...

Police arrest driver over 'pushing youth to death' in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 16 (UNB): Members of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested on Tuesday a bus driver from the Balutoba area in Cumilla for allegedly pushing a youth to death from a moving bus in the City Gate area of the port city on August 27.The arrestee is Didarul Alam...

BFSA fines two eateries in city

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) conducted on Tuesday anti-adulteration drives in the city's Kalabagan and Mirpur areas and fined two eateries, including a Chinese restaurant, Tk 1.1 million, reports UNB.BFSA Executive Magistrate Tushar Ahmed along with ASP Mohammad Nur Islam, operations officer of APBn-5, conducted...

WEATHER-17-10-2018

Weather is likely to remain dry over the country in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday).Day and night may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said..The country's highest temperature of 34.1 degrees Celsius was recorded on Tuesday in Jashore and the lowest 17.5 degrees in Tetulia...

Protesting question paper leak

Aktar Hossain, a student of Dhaka University Law Department, reading a book while observing hunger strike in front of the Raju Sculpture on the campus on Tuesday, protesting question paper leak of the university admission test — FE phoro