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ICT Division appoints new secretary

ICT Division appoints new secretary

-- 2018-07-08 16:12:30

The government has appointed Planning Commission member Begum Juena Aziz as the new secretary of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division. A Ministry of Public Administration gazette s...

Parliament to pass 17th amendment proposal today

Parliament to pass 17th amendment proposal today

-- 2018-07-08 15:09:10

The 17th amendment to the constitution, which would maintain reserved seats for women in parliament for the next 25 years, will be placed in parliament on Sunday, the parliament secretariat said in a...

Bhola acid attack victim loses battle for life

Bhola acid attack victim loses battle for life

-- 2018-07-08 14:36:02

The teenage girl who suffered serious burn injuries along with her sister after criminals attacked them with acid in Bhola Sadar upazila on May 14, died at CRP Hospital in Mirpur early Sunday. The de...

Quota review body meets for first time

Quota review body meets for first time

-- 2018-07-08 14:34:47

The committee formed to review the quota system for government jobs has sat for the first time as anger is simmering among protesters over the delay. The committee met at the office of its chief, Cab...

Children being groomed efficiently to pierce global competition: PM

Children being groomed efficiently to pierce global competition: PM

-- 2018-07-08 14:07:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government is taking numerous steps to build the children of the country in such a way so that they can compete in the world in a better way than others...

On-duty cop dies in Ashulia road mishap

On-duty cop dies in Ashulia road mishap

-- 2018-07-08 13:13:41

An on-duty police constable was killed when a bus hit him on Bypail-Abdullahpur highway in Nishchintapur area of Ashulia on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Constable William Marty...

Families of US-Bangla plane crash victims await compensation

Families of US-Bangla plane crash victims await compensation

-- 2018-07-08 12:55:40

Nearly four months after the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal, the families of the Bangladeshis killed in the accident do not know how much they will receive in compensation for the deaths, nor...

Rangpur citizens using electricity to boost rural economy

Rangpur citizens using electricity to boost rural economy

-- 2018-07-08 12:46:19

Rural economy of Rangpur district is boosting as the small and medium scale entrepreneurs have set up 5,360 power-run cottage and small-scale industries and enterprises taking the advantage of rural e...

Robbers loot Savar houses, ‘violate’ housewife

Robbers loot Savar houses, ‘violate’ housewife

-- 2018-07-08 11:38:27

Robbers looted valuables from four houses in Razfulbaria area in Savar town and violated a housewife early Sunday. The victim's family members said a gang of robbers numbering 15/16 stormed in the ho...

Minor boy drowns in Thakurgaon pond

Minor boy drowns in Thakurgaon pond

-- 2018-07-08 11:33:32

A minor boy drowned while taking bath in a pond of Hawda village under Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon on Saturday noon. The deceased was identified as Rabbi, 7, son of Dulal Uddin of Goalkari villa...

Cops recover body of unidentified youth in Natore

Cops recover body of unidentified youth in Natore

-- 2018-07-08 11:31:56

An unidentified body of a young man has been recovered from Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Talbaria area of Gurudashpur upazila in Natore on Sunday morning. Officer-in-Charge of Bonpara highway police...

‘Robber’ killed in Gaibandha ‘gunfight’

‘Robber’ killed in Gaibandha ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-07-08 11:27:51

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Sakoa under Palashbari upazila in Gaibandha early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque, a resident of Satarpara are...

Three drug suspects die in  Jhenidah, Mymensingh 'gunfights'

Three drug suspects die in Jhenidah, Mymensingh 'gunfights'

-- 2018-07-08 10:41:17

Three suspected drug traders were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers in two districts in the early hours of Sunday. Two of them - Sajjadur Rahman and Abdur Razzak -  died in Jhenida...

DSE for relaxing terms of banks' TICM report

DSE for relaxing terms of banks' TICM report

Mohammad Mufazzal 2018-07-08 10:41:16

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has recommended the central bank to exempt the banks from showing the short term loans to their brokerage subsidiaries in their Total Investment in Capital Market (TICM) rep...

Rooppur NPP: Construction work of second unit starts on July 14

Rooppur NPP: Construction work of second unit starts on July 14

FE Report 2018-07-08 10:38:05

The construction work of the second unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is scheduled to start on July 14, officials said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the 'first...

Moulvibazar road accident leaves six dead

Moulvibazar road accident leaves six dead

-- 2018-07-07 21:40:01

At least six people have died and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a car and an auto rickshaw in Moulvibazar.    Moulvibazar Model Police Station OC Sohel Ahmed...

Dhaka gets 50th police station at Hatirjheel

Dhaka gets 50th police station at Hatirjheel

-- 2018-07-07 21:36:38

Home Minister Asaduzzaan Khan on Saturday formally inaugurated Hatirjheel Police Station, the 50th police station of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The new police station has been constituted inclu...

Rajshahi population growth  rate decreases to 1.25 per cent

Rajshahi population growth rate decreases to 1.25 per cent

-- 2018-07-07 21:01:14

RAJSHAHI, July 7 (BSS): The population and reproductive growth rates decreased to 1.25 per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively by dint of field level uninterrupted supply of contraceptive items during...

Peasants happy over groundnut  production in Pabna

Peasants happy over groundnut production in Pabna

-- 2018-07-07 21:00:52

Roving CorrespondentPABNA, July 7: Due to favourable climate condition and necessary agri-input, the farmers of Pabna district have achieved over some 0.2 million maunds of fresh groundnut yield this...

'Govt needs formal complaints from abused KSA returnees'

'Govt needs formal complaints from abused KSA returnees'

-- 2018-07-07 20:42:16

The government needs formal complaints to take measures for the female domestic helps, who returned home from Saudi Arabia after being abused. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nu...

RAB arrests four drug traders with Yaba in Sylhet, Ctg

RAB arrests four drug traders with Yaba in Sylhet, Ctg

-- 2018-07-07 20:39:29

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested four suspected drug traders along with 2,110 pieces of Yaba tablets from Zakiganj upazila in Sylhet and EPZ area of Chattogram on Fr...

Lord Carlile unlikely to get entry into India

Lord Carlile unlikely to get entry into India

-- 2018-07-07 20:08:51

BNP Chairperson's legal consultant Lord Alex Carlile is unlikely to get entry into India as the country 'does not want to see any harm' in its ongoing friendly relations with Bangladesh. Indian High...

PM tells AL leaders to resolve conflict ahead of polls

PM tells AL leaders to resolve conflict ahead of polls

-- 2018-07-07 18:53:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday directed Awami League grassroots leaders and activists to resolve their internal conflicts as the next general election will be very tough for the party. "Still,...

Satkhira people urge authorities to save Betna River

Satkhira people urge authorities to save Betna River

-- 2018-07-07 18:39:16

Civic groups in Satkhira district formed a human chain on Saturday urging the local authorities to save the Betna River from the illegal occupants. Satkhira Betna Bachao Andolon and Satkhira Nagorik...

Villagers capture 15-foot python in Faridpur

Villagers capture 15-foot python in Faridpur

-- 2018-07-07 18:38:01

Villagers captured a 15-foot long python from a yard at Borail village in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur district early Saturday while it was taking shelter in a house. Owner of the house Akram Mridh...

Inclusive polls not possible without BNP: Moudud

Inclusive polls not possible without BNP: Moudud

-- 2018-07-07 17:46:33

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said the government must reach an understating with their party for holding a participatory general election. "An inclusive election is not possible without...

Sampriti Bangladesh starts journey

Sampriti Bangladesh starts journey

-- 2018-07-07 17:09:45

Sampriti Bangladesh, a new platform for prominent citizens, has started its journey aiming to overcome divides in society by promoting secular ideals. A ceremony was held marking the inauguration of...

Manikganj char farmers eyeing bumper groundnut yield

Manikganj char farmers eyeing bumper groundnut yield

-- 2018-07-07 17:07:48

The char farmers of Daulatpur, Shibalaya and Harirampur upazilas of Manikganj district are happy getting bumper output of groundnut as harvesting of the crop continues on the char lands during the cur...

Rani Sarker no more

Rani Sarker no more

-- 2018-07-07 16:43:53

Rani Sarker, a national award winning film actress, died of old-age complications at Eden Multicare Hospital in the city at around 4:00am today. Rani Sarker, whose real name was Mossamat Amirun Nessa...

RCC polls: JP candidate Dolon withdraws nomination paper

RCC polls: JP candidate Dolon withdraws nomination paper

-- 2018-07-07 16:36:20

Jatiya Party (JP) nominated candidate Washiur Rahman Dolon on Saturday withdrawn his nomination paper from the upcoming mayoral election in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). Dolon flanked by his party...