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BR picks Indo-Bangla JV

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally chosen a joint-venture company between India and Bangladesh for the Dhaka-Narayanganj railway track development work, nearly two years after construction came to a halt following the exit of the Chinese contractor.The cost of the project, which involved developing dual gauge track in parallel with the...

Police return 251 lost mobile phone sets to real owners

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) handed over on Thursday 251 lost and snatched mobile phone sets to their rightful owners.Deputy Police Commissioner of Tejgaon zone of DMP Ibne Mizan handed over the mobile phone sets to the owners at Shyamoli in the capital.DMP sources said police recovered and handed over the...

DNCC removes 400 illegal structures from roads, footpaths

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Wednesday removed about 400 illegal structures occupying footpaths and roads conducting two separate drives in the city's Agargaon and Uttara areas in a bid to reclaim public spaces.DNCC Zone 1 Zonal Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Mohammad Saiful Islam and DNCC Executive Magistrate...

Snail-pace work on installation of a water supply pipeline

Snail-pace work on installation of a water supply pipeline, by Dhaka Wasa, in the arterial road of Old Dhaka's Alu Bazar has become a nagging pain for the travellers to the ever-busy business hub. The picture was snapped on Thursday. — FE photo

Model Meghna shown arrested in fraud case

A Dhaka court has showed arrested model Meghna Alam in a case filed with the capital's Dhanmandi Police Station over fraud with a foreign diplomat by luring him into a romantic trap, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Miah passed the order on Thursday as police produced Meghna before the court...

JUST teacher suspended over rape charge

JASHORE, Apr 17 (UNB): A teacher of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) has been suspended on charge of raping a woman in Chattogram last year.The accused, Dr Sujan Chowdhury, is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, and a resident of Chattogram.The decision to suspend the...

Arav Khan jailed for life term in murder case

A Dhaka court has sentenced eight people, including Mohammad Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan, a Dubai-based gold dealer, to life imprisonment in SB inspector Mamun Imran murder case, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Zakir Hossain Galib pronounced the judgments on Thursday. The other convicts are Suriya Akter Keya (21), wife...

Weather (2025-04-18)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), according to the...