The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a move to probe the allegation of money-laundering and accumulation of illegal wealth by DATCO Group chairman Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher, a controversial businessman. “The Commission at its regular meeting Monday decided to...
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RANGPUR, Nov 2: The iron mine project at Pirganj upazila in Rangpur district, about 45 kilometers off the city has remained abandoned for years. According to official sources the geological experts of the then Pakistan discovered the mine in 1968...
The admission tests of Chittagong University (CU) scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday have been rescheduled for November 7 and 8 respectively due to hartal. Akbar Hossain, secretary of the CU Admission Committee and also Deputy Registrar, informed this on Monday,...
A BSS report says: Mayor of Rangpur City Sarfuddin Ahmmed Jhantu today said Shaheed Waleedad Muhammad, who embraced martyrdom here in the anti-British "Sipahi Biplob" in 1857, remains as a great hero in the sub-continent. "The supreme sacrifice of Shaheed...
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TANGAIL Nov 2: The 43rd National Co-operative Day 2014 was observed in Tangail Saturday and elsewhere in the country. To mark the day, district co-operative office organised different programme such as rally, discussion meeting and prize distribution to the best...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 2 (BSS): Farmers of all the seven upazilas in the district are expecting bumper production of Transplanted (T) Aman Paddy during this current season. Office sources said Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) set a target to cultivate T-Aman...
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NILPAHAMARI, Nov 2: After a long delay the foundation of the proposed hospital was laid in Nilphamari. Minister of Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor laid the foundation of the hospital on Saturday last. To be established on 30 decimal of land...
JESSORE, Nov 2 (UNB): Three members of a family, including two minor girls, fell sick presumably after taking tea prepared with 'adulterated tea leaves' in Upashohor area of Jessore town on Saturday night. The three were identified as Ashique Arafat,...
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PABNA, Nov 2: The curse of dowry took away life of a brilliant college girl who got married following a love affair a year ago in Bakchipara village of Pabna sadar Upazila early Friday. Police caught two suspects in connection...
JESSORE, Nov 2 (UNB): Three members of a family, including two minor girls, fell sick presumably after taking tea prepared with 'adulterated tea leaves' in Upashohor area of Jessore town on Saturday night. The three were identified as Ashique Arafat,...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 2 (BSS): Speakers at a community level discussion said there should be adequate measures for providing sanitation facilities for the village people to make them free from various airborne and waterborne diseases. They viewed time has come to...
MADARIPUR, Nov 2 (UNB): An elderly woman was killed and 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people over cutting earth at Mahishmari village in Rajoir upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Kulsum...
SYLHET, Nov 2 (UNB): A truck driver was killed and two helpers injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Rashidpur Bazar mosque Saturday. The deceased was identified as Alal Mian, 30, son of late Darbesh Ali of...
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GOPALGANJ, Nov 2: National Youth Day-2014 was observed in a befitting manner in Gopalganj yesterday (Saturday). District Administration and Jubo Unnayan Audhidoptor, Gopalganj, jointly organised the programme. Youth rally, discussion meeting, cheque distribution and a cultural function marked the day...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 2 (BSS): Jute growers' of the district are happy getting fair price of their jute produced this year. Some jute growers and traders said over the last few years, farmers became disappointed for low jute price for which...
Body of a youth recovered in Savar Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from a roadside ditch at Dendabor area in Ashulia of Savar in Dhaka district on Sunday morning. Local people spotted the body in a...
KOBANI, Nov 2 (Reuters): Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hoping they might tip the balance in the battle to defend the town against Islamic State, as US-led air strikes continued...
NEW DELHI, Nov 2 (Reuters): India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday he was committed to bring back funds illegally deposited in banks outside the country to avoid tax, widely referred to as "black money". In his second radio...
BURKINA FASO, Nov 2 (Reuters): Opposition parties and civic groups in Burkina Faso have called a mass rally for Sunday in protest at the army takeover after the resignation of President Blaise Compaore. They said the management of the transition...
IRAN, Nov 2 (Reuters): An Iranian-British woman who took part in a demonstration in Tehran against a ban on women attending some men's sporting events was jailed for a year for spreading anti-state propaganda, Iranian media said. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25,...
Pro-Russian separatists will vote to set up a breakaway regional leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday aiming to take their war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West as the big guns still boom across the territory,...
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (AP): President Barack Obama and Republicans offered clashing views about America's trajectory in the final weekend before an election in which control of Congress and 36 governorships will be at stake. Obama emphasised economic growth during his...
Islamic State group kills 50 in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 2: Iraqi officials and Sunni tribal leaders say Islamic State group extremists have shot 50 tribesmen, women and children in the head, killing them. Sunday's attack is the latest mass killing...
KHULNA, Nov 2 (UNB): Bangladesh will play Zimbabwe in the 2nd Test of the Bashundhara Cement Test series beginning today (Monday) in their lucky ground-Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium-here with a hope to seal series with a match to spare. The...
ABU DHABI, Nov 2 (AFP): Pakistan were on the verge of their first series win over Australia in 20 years and victory in the second Test after skipper Misbah-ul Haq rewrote the recod books with his belligerent batting in Abu...
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