HABIGANJ: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 9,500 bullets, 80 magazines, five wireless sets and a radio set during their fresh drive at bordering Satchhari jungles in Chunarughat upazila Friday. The recovered ammunition included 8,360 rounds of 7.62 MM...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has claimed that decentralisation of the National University aims to protect the institution by removing all complications in its functioning. “As the number of colleges in the country has been increasing day by day, some...
The skirmish on Iqbal Road Friday afternoon left one injured, said Moahmmadpur police Sub-Inspector Rajib Bhuiyan. He said an improvised bomb was hurled at police from a Hizb-ut Tahrir procession. Police dispersed the procession by firing rubber bullets and buckshots...
India has said hydroelectric power generated in its north-eastern region could be transmitted via Bangladesh to other SAARC countries. India’s Power, New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goel floated the idea at the 5th SAARC power ministers’ meeting in New...
The 50th birthday of Sheikh Russell, youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed in a befitting manner Saturday. On this day in 1964, Sheikh Russell, youngest of three brothers of Awami League President...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed her commitment to low-carbon, climate-resilient development while urging the large carbon-emitting countries to reciprocate the robust commitments of countries like Bangladesh. She announced that Bangladesh would never exceed the average per capita carbon emitted...
SYLHET: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Friday hinted that the pay scale of university and college teachers will also be increased in tandem with the hike in the pay scale for government employees. “The pay scale of government employees has...
NEW DELHI: The much-expected SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation (Electricity) has been finalised in the fifth SAARC energy ministers meeting here, according to a news agency. The two-day meeting concluded here Friday with the assurance of ministers of SAARC...
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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressed his resolve to maintain massive stimulus for a prolonged period but shrugged off the need to expand it soon, remaining upbeat on the outlook despite signs the economy may be in a mild...
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PABNA, Oct 16: Thousands of farmers in different upazilas of Pabna district are now engaged in bean cultivation as it proved profitable and farming of it has changed the lives of many cultivators in the area. Over 30/40 trucks loaded...
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KHULNA, Oct 16: A snatcher was killed in a gunfight with police at Kodla area under Terokhada Upazila of the district on Wednesday night at about 10 am. Four police personnel including officer-in-charge were injured during the gunfight. Police also...
RANGPUR, Oct 16 (BSS): Speakers at a coordination meeting here today stressed for comprehensive efforts to create mass public awareness against corruption for launching social movement in building a corruption free Bangladesh. They put special emphasis on educating the young...
NATORE, Oct 16 (BSS): A court here on Wednesday afternoon sentenced four persons to suffer life term imprisonment for trading drugs on September 19, 2012. Additional district and session judge Rohibul Islam pronounced the judgment in his crowded courtroom. The...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 16 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here yesterday stressed the need for making the forthcoming deworming week scheduled to be observed from October 19 to 25 a total success for building a worm-free society. They underlined the need...
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PABNA, Oct 16: A missing armyman was found dead in Pabna. The decomposed body of the victim was recovered from a waterbody of village Mazidpur in Pabna Wednesday evening. The victim Md. Obaidul Haque, 40, of Moheshpur Upazila in Jhenidah...
NETRAKONA, Oct 16 (BSS): Cultivation of tomato gained much popularity among the vegetable cultivators in different rural areas of the district in recent years for being a profitable variety. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said many farmers have...
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NILPHAMARI, Oct 16: Harvesting of early variety paddy started in Nilphamari district. Farmer's are now harvesting such verities like Shakti, Gold, ACI, Sonar Bangla, Aloron, Gajaron, Bina-7, BR Dhan-52, Norica and so on. Now harvested paddy started to come in...
SYLHET, Oct 16 (UNB): A college girl was killed and 25 people were injured as a bus carrying them plunged into a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in South Surma upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Rubi Begum,...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 16 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a man from the kitchen room of his house at Cikdair village in Raozan upazila on Thursday morning, 10 days after he was reportedly chopped to death by his wife over...
Worker dies falling from a truck in Dinajpur A worker died after he fell from a goods-laden truck at Jail road area of Dinajpur Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Khalil Hossain, 45, son of Raisuddin of Dharmapur vunder...
Another report says: Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at Dipchar village in sadar Upazila Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rashid, 40, of village Rajapur and Imran Hossain Zowrdar, 44, of...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct. 16 (Xinhua): Vietnam will face fierce competitions from Asian and African rice exporters in the future, especially from Thailand, the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) predicted today. During the harvest season for the winter-spring crop, Thailand...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged Greece to invest in Bangladesh, availing of congenial investment facilities. She also requested her Greece counterpart for taking more steps to ensure the welfare of Bangladeshi expatriates living in his country. The Prime...
A writ petition was filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking its directive on the government and the Dhaka University authorities to allow the family of Prof Piash’s Karim to take his body to Central Shaheed Minar. Eunus Ali...
The government will construct a 520.60-metre-long bridge over the Dhaleswari River in Tangail at a cost of Tk 554.7 million. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) on Thursday signed the agreement with construction firm ‘Mir Akter Hossain Limited’ in this regard,...
The government is going to recruit 189 factory inspectors under the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments following a recommendation of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). According to a PSC notification issued on Thursday, 189 candidates from 33rd...
Limon Hossain who was shot and maimed by Rab three years and seven months back came out clean as a court in Jhalakati on Thursday exempted him from the charges in a case filed for obstructing law enforcers from discharging...
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