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Auto rice mill near school
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Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
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Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
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Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
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Country
Internet to be cheaper as VAT on ITC, IIG, NTTC reduced to 5pc
The government has reduced the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on International Terrestrial Cable (ITC), International Internet Gateway (IIG) and Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) to five percent.
27 August 2020, 15:23 PM
Bangladesh wins People's Choice Award at Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Bangladesh has won the People's Choice Award at Stockholm Junior Water Prize for using naturally produced polyglutamic acid along with moringa to purify water.
27 August 2020, 15:07 PM
EC filing case against Dr Sabrina for possessing dual NIDs
The Election Commission (EC) is going to file a case against JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury for having acquired dual National Identity Cards (NIDs) with fake information.
27 August 2020, 14:29 PM
Embezzling Tk 45 lakh: 2 GPO employees held in Ctg
Two employees of Savings Department of General Post Office (GPO) in Chattogram were detained by the authority and handed over to the police on charge of embezzling Tk 45 lakh from clients which was deposited at GPO.
27 August 2020, 14:10 PM
'Murdered' girl found alive: HC asks for case records, summons IOs
The High Court today asked for the case records and summoned two investigation officers in order to examine how three accused gave confessional statements on the rape and killing of a girl even though she was found alive in Narayanganj.
27 August 2020, 13:53 PM
Restoration of air connectivity with India proposed by Indian High Commissioner
Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das today proposed restoration of air connectivity with Bangladesh, following the months-long cancellation of air services with the neighboring country due to the Covid-19 outbreak since April.
27 August 2020, 12:53 PM
Fake Covid-19 certificate: Trial against Sabrina, 7 others begins
The trial of the case filed against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and seven others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates began today at a Dhaka court with deposition of the complainant.
27 August 2020, 12:32 PM
Japan signs $5 million grant for promoting primary education in Bangladesh
Japan has signed a grant agreement of $5 million with Bangladesh for promoting quality primary education in the country, the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka said today.
27 August 2020, 12:01 PM
SC upholds HC orders on staying trial proceedings against 6 BNP leaders
The Supreme Court today upheld High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against six BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in nine separate vandalism and arson cases filed in 2015.
27 August 2020, 11:01 AM
Covid-19 has pushed 62% 'ethnic minority' in plains into extreme poverty: survey
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed nearly 62 percent ethnic minority people who live in plains below extreme poverty line, according to a survey of Indigenous People's Development Services (IPDS).
27 August 2020, 10:50 AM
Junior School Certificate, equivalent exams won’t be held this year
Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will not be held this year.
27 August 2020, 10:45 AM
ADB unveils 2021-2023 programme to address Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has programmed $5.9 billion firm and $5.2 billion standby project assistance for Bangladesh in 2021-2023, according to the new Country Operations Business Plan (COBP) for Bangladesh.
27 August 2020, 10:05 AM
Providing subsidy to power sector won’t always be possible: PM
Urging all to maintain austerity in electricity use, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it will not always be possible to provide subsidy for power generation.
27 August 2020, 09:27 AM
Schoolboy murder: HC commutes death of 2 convicts to life term
The High Court today commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment in a sensational schoolboy murder case filed in Gazipur in 2017.
27 August 2020, 09:00 AM
Medical technologist held for providing fake Covid-19 certificate
Detectives claimed to have arrested a medical technologist of Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila Health Complex for providing fake coronavirus certificate.
27 August 2020, 08:06 AM
Educational institutions to remain closed till Oct 3
The government has extended closure of all educational institutions till October 3, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus, according to a press release of Education Ministry.
27 August 2020, 07:40 AM
Regent Group chairman Shahed indicted in arms case
A tribunal in Dhaka has framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.
27 August 2020, 06:05 AM
ACC seeks 20-day remand for suspended DGHS official in money laundering cases
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought a 20-day remand for quizzing Abzal Hossain, a suspended accountant of the medical education department under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in connection with two separate money laundering cases.
27 August 2020, 05:29 AM
Police officer dies of Covid-19 in Kushtia
The officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station in Kushtia died from coronavirus last night.
27 August 2020, 05:10 AM
Mahbub Uz Zaman reappointed Bangladesh Ambassador to China
The government has extended the tenure of Bangladesh Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman with a one-year contractual appointment.
26 August 2020, 18:12 PM