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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
Verdict after 11 years: rapist gets life term
A court in Barguna has sentenced a man to life in prison and fined him Tk 2 lakh for raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl 11 years ago.
18 November 2020, 10:34 AM
Close shops by 8pm: Taposh urges businesses, shops
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged shop owners and business establishments to close shops by 8:00pm every day.
18 November 2020, 10:16 AM
Teenager raped in Lalmonirhat
A student of class ten was forcibly picked up and raped on her way home from tuition this morning in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat, police said.
18 November 2020, 09:49 AM
Joy Bangla Youth Award highlights stories of silent young changemakers
Some of them reached out to the homeless, the distressed with help when everyone was supposed to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak.
18 November 2020, 08:03 AM
Fire at Kumargaon Plant: power supply in Sylhet, Sunamganj may fully resume this afternoon
Power supply is likely to be restored in Sylhet and Sunamganj on completion of the repair work at Kumargaon Power Plant, engineers said today.
18 November 2020, 08:01 AM
Buses torched in Dhaka: 120 BNP men get anticipatory bail in 11 cases
The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to 120 BNP leaders and activists including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy till January 5 in 11 cases filed for torching buses in Dhaka on November 12.
18 November 2020, 07:59 AM
Body of missing newborn found in Bagerhat pond
The body of a newborn was found in a pond this morning, three days after the 17-day-old was missing from her parents' home in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat.
18 November 2020, 05:43 AM
Bogura-7 MP in parliament blames feminists for rape; says ‘tamarind theory’ could be applied
Independent MP of Bogura-7 Md Rezaul Karim Bablu has said in parliament that feminists are to blame for the increase in rape incidents around the country, even resorting to comparing women to tamarinds in line with a religious cleric’s words in 2013.
17 November 2020, 18:37 PM
Bangladesh can never budge from its founding principle of secularism: Sajeeb Wazed Joy
Bangladesh can never budge from its founding principle of secularism, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT advisor and CRI chairperson Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
17 November 2020, 18:03 PM
Lalmonirhat schoolgirl abducted
A schoolgirl was abducted allegedly by one of her neighbours in Sadar upazila on Friday.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
RHD removes 60 illegal structures
At least 60 illegal structures on the land of Roads and Highways Department (RHD), beside the Dhaka-Khulna Highway, in Madhukhali upazila were demolished during an eviction drive of the department concerned yesterday.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
High-yield Aman variety proves successful
Farmers participating in a test cultivation of BRRI-87, a variety of Aman rice, in Baniary village under Nazirpur upazila, are delighted after reaping more than double the harvest than the local variety.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Case filed against man for raping 13yr old in Narayanganj
A case was filed in connection with the rape of a thirteen-year-old girl in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila.
17 November 2020, 17:43 PM
Advocateship candidates stage sit-in near law minister's Banani residence
A section of candidates for advocateship staged a sit-in near the residence of Law Minister Anisul Huq at Banani in Dhaka today demanding their enrolment as lawyers through viva voce without any written tests.
17 November 2020, 15:17 PM
Death penalty for rape: Amended women and children repression prevention Bill passed
The 'Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020' was passed in Parliament today ensuring death penalty as the highest punishment for rape.
17 November 2020, 14:51 PM
Tk 1.4cr compensation for death of passenger: Air Transport Bill passed
Parliament passes “The Air Transport (Montreal Convention 1999) Bill, 2020” paving the way for an air passenger to get some USD 160,000 (Tk 1.4 crore) as compensation in case of death.
17 November 2020, 13:59 PM
Kotwali OC among four police officials sued for extortion
Four police officials including an officer-in-charge in the capital have been sued on charges of extortion.
17 November 2020, 13:31 PM
Sacked officer of insurance development authority gets 5yrs in jail for taking bribe
A Dhaka court today sentenced Mohammad Abdul Motaleb, a junior officer who was discharged from Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA), to five years' imprisonment for taking Tk 1.5 lakh as bribe.
17 November 2020, 13:16 PM
Law to be enacted soon to set up Sylhet Development Authority: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Sylhet Development Authority will be established through enacting a law to ensure planned development of Sylhet metropolitan area.
17 November 2020, 13:11 PM
Col (retd) Shawkat Ali laid to rest in Shariatpur
War hero and an accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case, Colonel (retd) Shawkat Ali was laid to eternal rest with state honour and army gun salute at his village home in Naria, Shariatpur this afternoon.
17 November 2020, 12:15 PM