HC seeks list of milk, curd producers in city
The High Court (HC) sought on Sunday a list of milk and curd producers in the city, reports UNB. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has been given two weeks to file the list of such companies operating with and without licences.Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM...
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Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman speaking
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman speaking at a press conference on 'Integrity in public administration: policies and practices' at its headquarters in the city on Sunday — Focus Bangla
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Civic bodies stress allocating more for climate fund
Civil society organisations and climate networks have called upon the government to allocate more for climate funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20.They made the call for ensuring climate infrastructure development to protect and save millions of climate vulnerable people in the coastal areas of the country.They were addressing a...
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Tk 8.27b project for waste management in DNCC
The government has taken a project involving Tk 8.27 billion to ensure proper management of waste in the Dhaka North City Corporation, officials said. The DNCC will implement the three-year project titled 'Extension and Modernisation of Aminbazar Landfill'. Under the project, new landfills and incineration plants will be set up...
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Gold trader slaughtered in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, June 23: A gold trader was killed at Bondortila in the port city.The victim is Sonjoy Dhar (46), son of Shudharam Dhar at Foteyarkul in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar.He was the owner of Monisree Jewellers in Bondortila area in the port city. Police recovered the throat-slit body of...
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HC issues rule on installing ACs in courtrooms
The High Court (HC) issued on Sunday a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to install air conditioners (ACs) in courtrooms across the country, reports BSS.An HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order...
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Rupayan chairman gets bail in FR Tower case
A Dhaka court granted on Sunday bail to Rupayan Group Chairman Liyakat Ali Khan Mukul in the case filed over inferno that killed 27 people and injured 70 others at Banani FR Tower on March 28, reports BSS.Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order as Mukul surrendered...
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Cops nab gang-rape ‘mastermind’ in Mymensingh
NETRAKONA June 23 (UNB): A man, suspected to have planned the gang rape of a young girl in Netrakona, was arrested in Mymensingh on Sunday.A team of RAB-14 apprehended Iqbal (24) from Tangua village of Gouripur upazila on Sunday morning.Iqbal is the son of one Siddiqur Rahman of Kendua municipality...
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Two killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
COX'S BAZAR, June 23 (UNB): Two people, including a Rohingya man, accused of human trafficking, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katabunia in Teknaf upazila early Sunday.The dead are Md Rubel Hossain (28), son of Rashid Ahmed of Naitonpara of the upazila; and Omar Faruk (33), son...
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Two workers die from electrocution in city
Two house painters died from electrocution in an under-construction building in the city's Mohammadpur area on Sunday, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Rajon (27), son of Saleh Ahmed and Asif (26), son of Abdul Jalil of Sonaimuri in Noakhali district.
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'Rajuk Service Week'
Housing and Public Works Secretary Shahid Ullah Khandaker inaugurating the 'Rajuk Service Week' at its head office in the city on Sunday — Focus Bangla
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WEATHER 24-6-2019
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy falls at places in the next 24 hours until...
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