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Rohingyas demand role in repatriation negotiation

Rohingyas demand role in repatriation negotiation

Mir Mostafizur Rahman 2018-09-03 09:50:14

A platform of Rohingya has placed several demands, including "direct, meaningful and sustained consultation" with the refugees in the repatriation process. In a letter to the UN Security Council (UNS...

Birangana Rama Chowdhury no more

Birangana Rama Chowdhury no more

Agencies 2018-09-03 09:39:59

Rama Chowdhury, a writer and one of the 0.2 million (200,000) Biranganas of the Liberation War, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Monday. She was 82. Rama Chowdhrury who had been suff...

Developments will stop if AL doesn’t return to power: Tofail

Developments will stop if AL doesn’t return to power: Tofail

-- 2018-09-02 22:13:43

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday claimed that all the development works will stop if the Awami League (AL) does not return to power in the upcoming national polls. The AL leader made the clai...

Commercial hog plum cultivation gains popularity in districts

Commercial hog plum cultivation gains popularity in districts

Our Correspondent 2018-09-02 21:52:12

NATORE, Sep 02: Commercial hog plum cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of peasants in the district this season. Sources said hog plum farming is gaining popularity among the farme...

Sylhet Hi-Tech Park to open new era in IT sector, says minister

Sylhet Hi-Tech Park to open new era in IT sector, says minister

Our Correspondent 2018-09-02 21:50:57

SYLHET, Sept 02: Minister for Post, Tele communication and ICT Mostafa Jabbar said in order to achieving the vision 2021 through the use of ICT in all strata of life the government has been working si...

Death toll from Rangpur collision rises to seven

Death toll from Rangpur collision rises to seven

-- 2018-09-02 21:41:54

The death toll from a collision between a bus and a minibus in Rangpur have gone up to seven. The authorities have launched an investigation into the road crash that left at least 18 others injured i...

PM against hurried imposition of EVM

PM against hurried imposition of EVM

-- 2018-09-02 21:15:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suggested that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) should not be imposed hurriedly as it is a matter of practice. "I was always and still I'm in favour of it (EVMs)...

Tejgaon roads to remain illegal parking free from Monday

Tejgaon roads to remain illegal parking free from Monday

-- 2018-09-02 20:59:05

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Panel Mayor Jamal Mostafa on Sunday said roads near the Tejgaon truck stand will remain free from illegal parking from Monday. He came up with the information whil...

18,693 hajj pilgrims return

18,693 hajj pilgrims return

-- 2018-09-02 19:15:05

A total of 18,693 pilgrims have returned home in 51 return flights during the last seven days after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia. Among the 51 flights, 29 were operated by Biman Bangladesh Airline...

'Election to be fair, no doubt'

'Election to be fair, no doubt'

-- 2018-09-02 19:14:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no doubt that the next general election will be held in a free and fair manner. "There's no doubt the election will be free and neutral... we're not the...

BNP will endanger the Hindu community: Quader

BNP will endanger the Hindu community: Quader

-- 2018-09-02 18:17:09

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has reminded the Hindu community of the communal violence they faced after the BNP’s electoral victory in 2001 and warned that it may recur if...

Govt won’t allow any anarchy over religion: Mosharraf

Govt won’t allow any anarchy over religion: Mosharraf

-- 2018-09-02 18:06:55

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the government would not allow anyone to create anarchy in the country in the name of religion....

46 rivers swell, 40 fall

46 rivers swell, 40 fall

-- 2018-09-02 17:52:47

Water levels in 46 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 40 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, seven are stea...

SI dies as reckless bus hits motorbike in city

SI dies as reckless bus hits motorbike in city

-- 2018-09-02 17:41:50

A Sub-Inspector (SI) of Rupnagar Police Station was killed as a bus hit his motorcycle from rear side at Rainkhula on Mirpur Zoo Road in the city on Sunday afternoon. SI Uttam Kumar, 32, was heading...

Myanmar diminishing their position using fake pictures: PM

Myanmar diminishing their position using fake pictures: PM

-- 2018-09-02 17:33:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the propaganda using false pictures by Myanmar military against Rohingyas as ‘disgusting’. “What Myanmar is doing is disgusting,” sh...

Bogura road mishaps claim three lives

Bogura road mishaps claim three lives

-- 2018-09-02 17:11:39

Three people were killed and 38 others injured in separate road accidents in Bogura today (Sunday). The deceased were identified as Sajjad Ali, 20, son of Ranju Mia under Gobindaganj upazila in Gaiba...

Quader suggests BNP to follow democratic path

Quader suggests BNP to follow democratic path

-- 2018-09-02 16:26:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged BNP to follow democratic path to get people’s mandate in the next general election. The road transport and bridges minister made the rema...

PM briefing media on BIMSTEC summit

PM briefing media on BIMSTEC summit

-- 2018-09-02 16:22:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has started briefing journalists at her official residence Ganabhaban about the outcomes of her just-concluded visit to Nepal for attending the 4th BIMSTEC summit. The pr...

President calls for social movement against anarchy attempt

President calls for social movement against anarchy attempt

-- 2018-09-02 16:20:04

President Abdul Hamid has underscored the need for waging a social movement against any attempt of creating anarchy in the society in the name of religion. The President also urged the people of all...

Police detain five for blackmailing traders

Police detain five for blackmailing traders

-- 2018-09-02 16:06:16

Police in separate drives on Saturday night detained five people in Gopalganj on charge of blackmailing traders and extorting money from them. The arrestees are Kamrul Islam Molla, 50, Sohag Molla, 2...

Fire-fighters recover body of man in Shitalakkhya

Fire-fighters recover body of man in Shitalakkhya

-- 2018-09-02 15:39:19

The body of a man who went missing after jumping from a trawler into the Shitalakkhya River two days ago has been found dead near in the port city of Narayanganj. The victim has been identified as 19...

AL must step down before polls: BNP

AL must step down before polls: BNP

-- 2018-09-02 14:59:29

BNP on Sunday warned that the government must quit as people will not allow Awami League to hold the national election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Speaking at a press conference at the party'...

Rajshahi police detain 48 in anti-narcotics drive

Rajshahi police detain 48 in anti-narcotics drive

-- 2018-09-02 14:56:53

Police detained 48 people including 20 suspected drug peddlers from different parts of Rajshahi city from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. The law enforcers also recovered drugs from their possess...

Five die in Rangpur head-on crash

Five die in Rangpur head-on crash

-- 2018-09-02 13:43:00

At least five people were killed and 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Seo Bazar in Rangpur city on Sunday. The identities of deceased could not be known yet, reports UNB....

Fire guts several shops in Jashore

Fire guts several shops in Jashore

-- 2018-09-02 13:38:14

At least five shops were reportedly gutted as a fire broke out at Boro Bazar in Jashore district town on Saturday night. Parimal Chandra Kundu, deputy director of Jashore Fire Service and Civil Defen...

10 RMG workers injured as human hauler overturns

10 RMG workers injured as human hauler overturns

-- 2018-09-02 12:36:16

At least 10 readymade garment (RMG) workers were injured as a human hauler overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bhabanipur area of Gazipur city on Sunday morning. Witnesses said the accident too...

Man drowns in Sylhet

Man drowns in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-02 12:27:17

A man drowned at Champa Khari Beel in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Miah, 42, a resident of Rajonpur village in the upazila. Quoting to family mem...

Ansar found dead in Gazipur

Ansar found dead in Gazipur

-- 2018-09-02 12:23:18

Police have recovered the body of an Ansar from a Textbook Board warehouse in the Morkun area of the Tongi township in Gazipur. Police believe the deceased, 25-year-old Md Junayed, committed suicide...

Schoolgirl dies after falling into hole in Cumilla

Schoolgirl dies after falling into hole in Cumilla

-- 2018-09-02 12:02:15

A schoolgirl died after falling into a hole made for lifting sand at Khodaitol village in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Fahmida Akhter Raisa, a third...

'Outlaw' dies in Rajbari ‘shootout’

'Outlaw' dies in Rajbari ‘shootout’

-- 2018-09-02 11:42:20

An alleged member of an outlawed party was killed in a reported shootout with police at Alamdanga area of Kalukhali upazila in Rajbari early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, 35,...