UN, int'l bodies should work inside Myanmar for Rohingyas' return: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday international organisations and UN agencies should work inside Myanmar for the return of Rohingyas to their homeland, reports UNB.She also said Myanmar should start the repatriation process to take its nationals back from Bangladesh.The Prime Minister said this when outgoing French Ambassador Marie-Annick...
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Abdul Hamid placing a wreath on coffin of HM Ershad
President Abdul Hamid placing a wreath on the coffin of HM Ershad at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in the city on Monday morning — Focus Bangla
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Rangpur JP against burial of Ershad in capital
RANGPUR, July 15 (UNB): A grave was dug in Rangpur for Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad, who passed away on Sunday, as the leaders of the party's Rangpur unit on Tuesday announced to thwart any move to bury him in the capital.On Sunday, party senior leaders decided to bury...
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HC orders probe into ADM’s 'inaction'
The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the government to conduct an enquiry about the allegations of inaction against additional district magistrate (ADM) in Feni PK Enamul Karim over the killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, report agencies. The ADM is also president of the governing body of Sonagazi Islamia Senior...
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HC asks BNP's Shimul Biswas to surrender
The High Court (HC) ordered on Monday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas to surrender before a lower court within two weeks in a case lodged over obstructing police in performing their duties, reports BSS.An HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md Riaz Uddin...
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More FFs to get houses in Mujib Year: Mozammel
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said on Monday the government has taken plans to build more houses for freedom fighters (FFs) and hand over the houses to them in the Mujib Year to be celebrated in 2020, reports BSS."A total of 2,962 houses have already been allotted for...
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Sheikh Hasina holding talks with Indian High Commissioner
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holding talks with Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Monday — Focus Bangla
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Cops recover two 'drug traders' bodies in Cox's Bazar
COX'S BAZAR, July 15 (UNB): Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two suspected drug traders from Kata Pahar area of the district town on Monday.The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.Informed by locals, police recovered the bodies around 12:00 pm, said Farid Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model...
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'Criminal' injured 'while making bomb' in Chuadanga
CHUADANGA, July 15 (UNB): A suspected criminal was injured while 'making bomb' in his house at Dhannoghora in Damurhuda upazila on Monday morning.The injured was identified as Abdul Hakim (42), son of late Abu Bakar Mondol.
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