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Newly formed RMP, GMP get chiefs

Newly formed RMP, GMP get chiefs

-- 2018-07-18 20:20:28

The Home Ministry has appointed two senior police officers as the chiefs of newly formed Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RMP) and Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP). Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metr...

Eight left parties launch alliance

Eight left parties launch alliance

-- 2018-07-18 20:18:25

Eight left parties have launched a new platform styled 'Left Democratic Alliance' to strengthen the alternative political force against bad politics. The parties formally announced the journey of the...

Writ seeks stay on Kurigram-3 by-polls

Writ seeks stay on Kurigram-3 by-polls

-- 2018-07-18 19:43:41

A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking a stay on the Kurigram-3 by-polls slated for July 25. Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Alam filed the writ on behalf of a resident of Kurigram-4 cons...

Court rejects bail plea of quota reform leader

Court rejects bail plea of quota reform leader

-- 2018-07-18 19:40:03

A court in Dhaka has rejected the bail plea of quota reform movement leader Rashed Khan in two separate cases. The joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council was sent to...

JS body discusses Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018

JS body discusses Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018

-- 2018-07-18 19:27:20

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Women and Children Affairs on Wednesday discussed Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018 at its 46th meeting at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with Rebeka Momin, MP,...

37,225 people held in anti-drug drives: Amu

37,225 people held in anti-drug drives: Amu

-- 2018-07-18 18:19:29

A total of 37,225 people were arrested and 25,575 cases were filed in the drives against narcotics across the country so far, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said on Wednesday. Amu heads the cab...

Countrywide cultural festival on July 20, 21

Countrywide cultural festival on July 20, 21

-- 2018-07-18 18:12:05

A two-day cultural festival will be held across the country on July 20-21, aiming to build a culturally aware new generation and spread cultural practices among people. Cultural Affairs Minister Asad...

Two-week painting exhibition to begin on Friday

Two-week painting exhibition to begin on Friday

-- 2018-07-18 18:05:11

A two-week painting exhibition of artist Halimul Islam Khokon titled 'Images of Inner Vision' will begin at La Galerie, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka on Friday evening. Artist Shahid Kabir will attend...

EC takes all-out preparations to hold polls in three cities

EC takes all-out preparations to hold polls in three cities

-- 2018-07-18 17:49:24

Election Commission (EC) has taken all-out preparations to hold the upcoming polls in three city corporations – Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet- in a free, fair and transparent manner. “The...

Bangladeshi store owner shot dead in Florida

Bangladeshi store owner shot dead in Florida

-- 2018-07-18 17:45:12

A Bangladeshi store owner has been shot dead in Florida in a case that local police described as a robbery. His friends said it was a hate crime. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 61-y...

Solar power street lights illuminate Chirirbandar

Solar power street lights illuminate Chirirbandar

-- 2018-07-18 17:29:25

To achieve success over ‘Power at every home’ programme, one of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 10 special initiatives, solar power-run street lights are illuminating 40-kilometre...

1.0m Rohingyas vulnerable to natural calamities: IMO

1.0m Rohingyas vulnerable to natural calamities: IMO

-- 2018-07-18 17:20:55

Almost one million Rohingyas living in Bangladesh face a triple threat of extreme weather, funding shortfalls and uncertainty about their future. Head of the UN Migration Agency William Lacy Swing ma...

Bangladesh tops as third fish producing country: FAO

Bangladesh tops as third fish producing country: FAO

-- 2018-07-18 16:57:24

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has recognised Bangladesh as the third top aquaculture fish producing country in the world after the People’s Republic of China...

HSC results today

HSC results today

-- 2018-07-18 16:42:26

The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published today (Thursday). Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hand over the results to Pr...

President to return home Thursday

President to return home Thursday

-- 2018-07-18 15:48:51

President Abdul Hamid will return home from London tomorrow (Thursday). He will land in Bangladesh at 11.05am at the VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Assistant Press Secretary...

Customs officials nab man with gold bars inside stomach

Customs officials nab man with gold bars inside stomach

-- 2018-07-18 15:45:32

Customs officials arrested a man along with 10 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Wednesday morning. The arrestee is Ramjan Ali, hailing from Fatikchari upazila. Wing...

PM starts 3m saplings plantation for martyrs

PM starts 3m saplings plantation for martyrs

-- 2018-07-18 14:29:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the 3.0 million saplings plantation programme to pay tributes to 3.0 million martyrs of the country's Liberation War. The Prime Minister on Wednesday star...

Earl Miller likely to replace Marcia Bernicat

Earl Miller likely to replace Marcia Bernicat

-- 2018-07-18 13:29:00

US President Donald Trump plans to nominate veteran US diplomat Earl R Miller to be his ambassador to Bangladesh, the White House said. Miller, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has serv...

Speeding bus kills man in city

Speeding bus kills man in city

-- 2018-07-18 13:02:36

A man was killed as a bus ran over him in city's Shahbagh area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, 50, a private car driver and son of Abdus Salam of Matlab from Chandpur distric...

DU teachers, students protest BCL men attacks

DU teachers, students protest BCL men attacks

-- 2018-07-18 12:45:32

Students and teachers of History department as well as many other departments of the Dhaka University on Wednesday formed a human chain at the foot of Aparajeyo Bangla in the campus protesting the ass...

FBCCI for speedy construction of Patenga Terminal

FBCCI for speedy construction of Patenga Terminal

FE Report 2018-07-18 12:38:07

Business leaders have called for speedy completion of Patenga Terminal construction work to help ease the container congestion in the Chittagong port. They also suggested earmarking a specific area i...

Mobile court raids put 19 in prison

Mobile court raids put 19 in prison

-- 2018-07-18 12:17:48

Two separate mobile courts in Rajshahi on Tuesday sentenced 19 suspects to different jail terms on charge of drugs abuse and drug trading. Earlier Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 29 alleged dru...

‘Gunfight’ leaves robber dead

‘Gunfight’ leaves robber dead

-- 2018-07-18 11:33:08

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Bhaturia in Harinakundu upazila of Jhenaidah on Tuesday night. The deceased—Amirul Isl...

Manikganj road crash kills man

Manikganj road crash kills man

-- 2018-07-18 11:11:20

A shopkeeper has been killed after a truck ran over him on Manikganj-Singair road at Bymile Bus Stand in Singair upazila on Wednesday. Hashmat Ali Mallik, 37, a grocery shop owner was killed when a s...

Tk 25.95b BWDB project to mitigate Ctg waterlogging

Tk 25.95b BWDB project to mitigate Ctg waterlogging

Pankaj Dastider 2018-07-18 10:41:15

The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has undertaken a project involving Tk 25.95 billion (2595 crore) to address the waterlogging problem in the city port. Another project involving Tk 56.16...

No further extension of Accord-Alliance tenure

No further extension of Accord-Alliance tenure

FE Report 2018-07-18 10:38:33

The government has reiterated its stance of not extending the tenure of two Western retailers' platforms -- the Accord and the Alliance -- beyond December 2018. The two foreign inspection agencies we...

LDC graduation: Planning minister calls for more int'l support

LDC graduation: Planning minister calls for more int'l support

FE Report 2018-07-18 10:32:41

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has urged the global development and trading partners to extend support for Bangladesh during its graduation to a developing nation status. He said, "A growing n...

Paper industry on the upswing

Paper industry on the upswing

Saif Uddin 2018-07-18 10:24:43

The country's paper industry has been on a positive growth trajectory as the demand for paper rising on both the local and international markets, insiders said. Only a few years back, imported paper...

'Saudi not to provide extra slot of hajj flights'

'Saudi not to provide extra slot of hajj flights'

-- 2018-07-17 21:17:42

The Saudi Arabia government has confirmed that they would not provide extra slots for hajj flights this year. Religious Affairs Ministry Secretary Md Anisur Rahman revealed the information during a m...

DU proctor receives ‘death threat’

DU proctor receives ‘death threat’

-- 2018-07-17 21:01:20

Dhaka University Proctor Prof AKM Golam Rabbani reportedly received a death threat on Tuesday. The university authorities filed a general diary with Shahbagh Police Station over the matter. Contacte...