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No human hauler to ply on Dhaka streets: DMP chief

No human hauler to ply on Dhaka streets: DMP chief

-- 2018-09-04 14:08:14

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has warned that no human hauler (locally named as Leguna) will be allowed to ply on the streets of the capital city. "Due to this type of...

HC judge feels embarrassed to hear Shahidul’s bail plea

HC judge feels embarrassed to hear Shahidul’s bail plea

-- 2018-09-04 13:07:27

One judge of a two-member High Court bench on Tuesday felt embarrassed to hear a bail petition filed by photographer Shahidul Alam arrested in a case filed under the ICT Act. Now, the bench comprisin...

Man dies in clash over land dispute in Gopalganj

Man dies in clash over land dispute in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-04 12:12:29

A man was killed in a clash over land dispute in Dakhshin Fukra village of Kashiani upazila under Gopalganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Hingul Sarder, 45, son of Irful Sardar o...

Shariatpur ‘gunfight’ leaves drug suspect dead

Shariatpur ‘gunfight’ leaves drug suspect dead

-- 2018-09-04 12:05:16

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Chhoygaon village of sadar upazila of Shariatpur early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Md Sumon Pahar, accused in...

TV journalist Mamunur Rashid passes away

TV journalist Mamunur Rashid passes away

-- 2018-09-04 11:55:07

Young journalist Mamunur Rashid has passed away at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in the capital on Monday night. Mamunur Rashid, a senior reporter of Ekushey TV covering...

PC defers 6th FYP review report sharing programme

PC defers 6th FYP review report sharing programme

FE Report 2018-09-04 10:55:11

The General Economics Division (GED) suspended the 6th five-year plan (FYP) review report sharing programme, scheduled to be held at the Planning Commission (PC) in the capital on Monday afternoon....

Sylhet mid-level rawhide traders suffering

Sylhet mid-level rawhide traders suffering

Our Correspondent 2018-09-04 10:52:25

Due to shortage of processing and preservation facilities, the small and mid-level rawhide traders and businesses in the Sylhet region suffer much every year. This is why often they have to incur hug...

Police detain UK BNP leader in Sylhet

Police detain UK BNP leader in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-04 10:38:48

Police have detained BNP UK unit Joint General Secretary Shohidul Islam Mamun from his residence in Badambagich area of Sylhet. Based on obvious allegation, the law enforcers arrested him from his re...

'BD, Myanmar show maturity by not raising Rohingya issue in BIMSTEC'

'BD, Myanmar show maturity by not raising Rohingya issue in BIMSTEC'

FE Report 2018-09-04 09:36:09

The Rohingya issue was not discussed in the just-concluded BIMSTEC summit, as neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar showed interest to raise the issue there, said BIMSTEC Secretary General M Shahidul Islam o...

Myanmar army issues a rare apology for fake photos

Myanmar army issues a rare apology for fake photos

-- 2018-09-03 21:03:35

The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority were “published incorrectly”...

Water spinach farming expanding in Joypurhat

Water spinach farming expanding in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-03 21:01:27

JOYPURHAT, Sept 04: Hundreds of grassroots farmers of the district are happy over the good market price of water spinach. Farmers of Khetlal, Panchbibi, Akkelpur, Kalai, and Sadar upazilas of the dis...

13,000 ‘char’ villagers come  under solar power network

13,000 ‘char’ villagers come under solar power network

-- 2018-09-03 20:59:58

RAJSHAHI, Sept 03(BSS): Solar power has brought a social change in many hard-to-reach villages under Char Ashariadaha union council under Godagari upazila of the district. Although having the problem...

Govt plans new law to ensure professional security of doctors

Govt plans new law to ensure professional security of doctors

-- 2018-09-03 20:52:36

The government will formulate a new law for ensuring professional security of physicians as they often face difficulties in their workplaces. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim came up with the statement...

Power and Energy Week to be observed on Sept 6-8

Power and Energy Week to be observed on Sept 6-8

-- 2018-09-03 20:13:06

Power and Energy week is going to be observed from September 6 to 8 across the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the programme at a function at International Convention C...

Hearing on Shahidul Alam’s bail pleas Tuesday

Hearing on Shahidul Alam’s bail pleas Tuesday

-- 2018-09-03 20:09:03

The High Court will now hear on Tuesday a bail petition filed by Shahidul Alam, renowned photographer and Managing Director of Drik Gallery, in a case filed under the ICT Act. An HC bench of Justice...

Three throat-slit Rohingya men rescued alive in Cox’s Bazar

Three throat-slit Rohingya men rescued alive in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-09-03 17:31:37

Three throat-slit Rohingya men were rescued alive from a hill cave at Chakmarkul Pariapara under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar on Monday. They were identified as Nure Alam, 42, son of Sayed Khokon of...

Two BD students join Ruibin Camp in Taiwan

Two BD students join Ruibin Camp in Taiwan

-- 2018-09-03 17:23:17

Two students from Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University represented Bangladesh at Ruibin Summer Camp in Taiwan this year. The two participants are: Urmi Ghosh, a Master's student of Dhaka Uni...

5.0m families to get rice at Tk 10 per kg for 3 months

5.0m families to get rice at Tk 10 per kg for 3 months

-- 2018-09-03 17:21:46

Around 5.0 million extreme poor families across the country will get 30-kg rice per month under the food friendly programme at 10 per kg from September to November this year. Md Arifur Rahman Apu, Di...

Draft labour law incorporates tougher provisions against misconducts

Draft labour law incorporates tougher provisions against misconducts

-- 2018-09-03 16:52:58

The draft of amended labour law incorporated tougher provisions to strictly prohibit misconducts on the part of owners and workers. The draft of Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2018 was approved d...

Police detain 33 in C'nawabganj on various charges

Police detain 33 in C'nawabganj on various charges

-- 2018-09-03 16:31:31

Police in an overnight drive arrested 33 people from different areas in five upazilas of Chapainawabganj on various charges. Mintu Rahman, sub-inspector of district police control room, said as part...

EC to pick polling centres thru  lottery for using EVMs: CEC

EC to pick polling centres thru lottery for using EVMs: CEC

-- 2018-09-03 16:16:56

The Election Commission has yet to determine the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the National Election as it is a political decision, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda. The EC...

Electrocution kills schoolboy in Sylhet

Electrocution kills schoolboy in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-03 15:52:03

A schoolboy died from electrocution and another sustained injuries at Asampara village in Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mashuk, 12, son of Jahur Uddin...

Govt’s political vengeance leads to Tarique’s long exile: BNP

Govt’s political vengeance leads to Tarique’s long exile: BNP

-- 2018-09-03 14:23:02

BNP on Monday alleged that its acting chairman Tarique Rahman has long been in exile being subjected to the government's political vengeance. "Today, we remember the day when Tarique Rahman was relea...

Road crashes claim six lives in two dists

Road crashes claim six lives in two dists

-- 2018-09-03 13:45:03

At least six people were killed and eight others injured in Savar upazila of Dhaka and Senbagh upazila of Noakhali district on Monday morning. In Savar, a pick-up hit a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway...

Journo Mostak Ahmed passes away

Journo Mostak Ahmed passes away

-- 2018-09-03 13:29:03

Mostak Ahmed, a senior journalist of Daily Bhorer Dak, passed away while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology (NIKDU) in Dhaka. Mr Ahmed, former president...

70pc Rohingyas doubtful of Myanmar govt recognising their rights: Survey

70pc Rohingyas doubtful of Myanmar govt recognising their rights: Survey

Kamrun Nahar 2018-09-03 12:50:47

About 70 per cent of the Rohingyas living in various camps in Bangladesh do not believe that the Myanmar government would eventually recognise their rights, a new study on repatriation of the refuge...

Police arrest two in Sylhet over AL expat leader’s death

Police arrest two in Sylhet over AL expat leader’s death

-- 2018-09-03 12:04:44

Police arrested two people from the city on Sunday evening in a case filed over the murder of Awami League Kuwait unit leader SM Abdul Ahad. Mosharaf Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Stat...

RAB nabs six with 120 gold bars weighing 14 kg

RAB nabs six with 120 gold bars weighing 14 kg

-- 2018-09-03 10:40:44

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six people along with 120 gold bars weighing 14kg from a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Panchdona in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Sunday. A team of RAB-...

Battery-run rickshaws ply Ctg roads after court order

Battery-run rickshaws ply Ctg roads after court order

Our Correspondent 2018-09-03 10:36:49

After a long-drawn legal battle, the battery-run three-wheeler rickshaws and auto-bikes have started plying on the Chattogram city roads today. Bangladesh Battery-run Auto-Rickshaw, Auto Bike Servi...

Engineer, two others die in Savar road crash

Engineer, two others die in Savar road crash

-- 2018-09-03 10:23:01

At least three people were killed and five others injured as a pick-up van hit a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Boliarpur of Savar upazila early Monday. The deceased have been identified as Enginee...