PM hands over Independence Award-2018
Eighteen distinguished personalities have been given the 'Swadhinata Padak-2018' (Independence Award), the highest civilian honour of the country, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over on Sunday the award to the recipients at a function organised by the Cabinet Division...
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ACC set to observe Corruption Prevention Week from today
The national anti-graft watchdog is set to observe Corruption Prevention Week-2018 from today (Monday) with the theme 'If Corruption Stops, Development will Accelerate' with a view to encouraging citizens to stand against graft menace.The weeklong event (for consecutive eight years) will be inaugurated by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood...
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Five bodies recovered from Shitalakkhya
NARAYANGANJ, Mar 25 (UNB): The bodies of five young men were recovered early Sunday after a boat sank in the Shitalakkhya River following a collision with a cargo vessel in Rupganj upazila on Friday.Of them, a team of Fire Service recovered a body from the river in Rupsi Kazipara area...
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HC summons civil surgeon, six other docs
The High Court summoned on Sunday the Civil Surgeon of Comilla and six other physicians to appear before it on April 4 to place their explanation over a faulty cesarean operation when doctors cut the baby's head off, reports UNB.An HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice AKM...
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NSU Pro-VC gets 'Outstanding Alumni Award'
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Designate) of North South University (NSU) Professor Gias U Ahsan has been awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award -2017 among the International and National Graduate Alumni of the Mahidol University, says a press release.The award- giving ceremony was held at the Royal Reverb in Bangkok on Saturday.
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Obituary of Husne Ara Hanam
Husne Ara Hanam, mother of senior TV news anchor and regular contributor to The Financial Express Mohiuddin Babar, died in the city on Wednesday. She was 87, says a press release.Her Qulkhwani will be held at the Khanqa Serajia mosque, Golf Heights (beside Maasranga TV) on Airport Road in the...
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WEATHER-26-03-2018
Rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Noakhali and Comilla with hails at isolated places in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Monday), reports UNB.Weather may remain mainly dry with...
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