OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
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Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Environment
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
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Country
Country in the right position to fight against coronavirus: health minister says
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque says that the country is now exactly in the right position to fight against Coronavirus, although there were delays initially in understanding the situation.
30 July 2020, 13:37 PM
US committed to fighting against human trafficking: US Ambassador
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller reaffirms his country’s commitment to working with Bangladesh in combating human trafficking.
30 July 2020, 12:46 PM
5 arrested in connection with rape of teenage girl in Patuakhali
Five suspected rapists were held in connection with a case filed for raping a nineteen-year-old girl at a residential hotel in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila last night.
30 July 2020, 12:03 PM
Lead exposure: Bangladesh 4th worst-hit in terms of affected children
Bangladesh is the fourth most-seriously hit in terms of the number of children affected by lead poisoning on a massive and previously unknown scale in the world, according to a new global report.
30 July 2020, 11:20 AM
60 pankauris rescued in Moulvibazar
Forest officials rescued 60 pankauris – cormorants -- during a drive in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar last night.
30 July 2020, 09:47 AM
Police officer, 2 others killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram
Three people, including a police officer, have been killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram city and Lohagara upazila of the district.
30 July 2020, 09:29 AM
No scope to study in shelters: Flood-hit children lagging behind
"When will we return home, mother?’ eight-year-old Rabbi Islam, a second-grader, asks his mother. “I can’t read here, I want to go home so I can study,’ he says.
30 July 2020, 09:17 AM
Father, son dies in Gaibandha road crash
A father and his son were killed in a road accident in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila today.
30 July 2020, 09:09 AM
Expatriate, 2 family members killed in Gopalganj road accident
Three members of a family, including a Singapore returnee, has been killed and two others injured as a rented car lost control and hit a roadside railing on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj’s Kashani upazila.
30 July 2020, 08:06 AM
Journalist, family members attacked in Lalmonirhat
A journalist and his family members were injured in an attack carried out by some local criminals in Lalmonirhat Sadar last night.
30 July 2020, 07:15 AM
ACC pleas for showing Farmers Bank ex-audit body chief, his son arrested
The Anti-Corruption Corruption (ACC) has submitted a petition to a Dhaka court for showing Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former audit committee chairman of Farmers Bank Ltd, and his son Rashedul Haque Chisty, arrested in a case filed over the misappropriation of Tk 63 crore.
30 July 2020, 06:23 AM
Suspected bidi smuggler killed in ‘BGB firing’ in Moulvibazar
A suspected bidi smuggler has been killed as Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) allegedly opened fire on his gang in self-defence in Hazipur union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila.
30 July 2020, 05:55 AM
Famed poultry farm goes into nosedive as demand falls
Universal Poultry Hatchery Limited, a large poultry farm in Jhenidah, faces closure due to various problems including drastic fall in demand of poultry meat during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Jashore’s largest Satmile Haat sees poor sale
The pandemic has badly affected the sale of cows at Satmile Haat, the largest cattle market in Jashore, although there is huge supply of cattle.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Take steps to ensure hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays come with labels, warnings’
The High Court has directed the government to take necessary steps to print or label clear and proper warning and necessary cautions on different hand sanitisers and disinfectant sprays that contain flammable ingredients.
29 July 2020, 17:39 PM
Pallabi Police Station blast: IS claims responsibility; DMP says claim ‘fake’
Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the explosion at Pallabi Police Station in Dhaka today, which left five policemen injured, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
29 July 2020, 16:48 PM
Next CVF conference to be held in Dhaka in 2021: Ban Ki-moon tells PM
The next Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) conference will be held in 2021 in Dhaka, commemorating the “Mujib Borsho” (Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary), said CVF President Ban Ki-moon.
29 July 2020, 16:18 PM
Strengthen trans-border cooperation to fight human trafficking, say experts
Speakers during a webinar today stressed on the need for strengthening legal procedure and increasing national and trans-border cooperation to effectively fight human trafficking.
29 July 2020, 15:09 PM
Lalmonirhat SI threatens “crossfire”, extorts Tk 19 lakh from ‘drug dealer’
Selim Reza Chowdhury, a sub-inspector (SI) of Aditmari Police Station in Lalmonirhat, extorts Tk 18.90 lakh from an alleged drug smuggler, after threatening to “put him in a crossfire”.
29 July 2020, 14:53 PM
Support needed for a rights-based approach to combat human trafficking
Two platforms on migration and counter-trafficking have called upon the government, civil society actors, and private sector partners to collectively support a rights-based approach to combat human trafficking.
29 July 2020, 13:04 PM