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ACC team arrests Dhaka WASA official with bribe money

ACC team arrests Dhaka WASA official with bribe money

-- 2018-06-26 17:56:29

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a field officer Md Zahidur Rahman of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) with bribe money of Tk 200,000 from his Uttara office in the ca...

Thrust on promoting heritage sites as tourism attractions

Thrust on promoting heritage sites as tourism attractions

-- 2018-06-26 17:39:07

Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday called for creating greater awareness to conserve and preserve the country's heritage sites, especially archaeological ones, to promote those as tourism attractions....

220 candidates collect nomination forms for RCC polls

220 candidates collect nomination forms for RCC polls

-- 2018-06-26 17:27:10

A total of 220 candidates have so far collected nomination forms from Rajshahi district election office for contesting the forthcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). Of them, two for ma...

Railway to get new rolling stocks

Railway to get new rolling stocks

-- 2018-06-26 17:25:38

The government plans to replace old and dilapidated rolling stocks of Bangladesh Railway with new ones in a bid to further improve the railway services. The Executive Committee of the National Econom...

BNP leader detained over 'evil efforts' against GCC polls

BNP leader detained over 'evil efforts' against GCC polls

-- 2018-06-26 16:50:28

Law enforcers have arrested BNP central executive committee member Major (retd) Mizanur Rahman from Dhaka on charge of his 'evil efforts' to make Gazipur election controversial. Masudur Rahman, deput...

Police retrieve body of ‘criminal’ in Jashore

Police retrieve body of ‘criminal’ in Jashore

-- 2018-06-26 16:44:57

An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of miscreants at Nimtala village in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore early Tuesday. The identity of the deceased could not be kno...

ACC surprises govt transport pool with sudden visit

ACC surprises govt transport pool with sudden visit

-- 2018-06-26 16:33:16

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday conducted a surprise drive in the Department of Government Transport Pool on Abdul Gani road adjacent to Bangladesh secretariat upon receiving a graft a...

Sirajganj road crash claims one life

Sirajganj road crash claims one life

-- 2018-06-26 16:11:59

A bus helper was killed and ten others were injured as the bus hit a roadside electric pole in Vhadrahat bazaar area under Kamarkhanda upazila of Sirajganj district on Tuesday morning. The deceased w...

BNP alleges massive irregularities in Gazipur voting

BNP alleges massive irregularities in Gazipur voting

-- 2018-06-26 14:43:19

BNP has alleged that ruling party men captured over 100 voting centres and were stuffing ballots in Tuesday's election to Gazipur City Corporation. "As per the information we've received so far, over...

Police recover hanging body of college girl in Cumilla

Police recover hanging body of college girl in Cumilla

-- 2018-06-26 14:37:40

Police recovered the hanging body of a female student of Comilla Victoria College from her residence in Daulatpur area in Cumilla district town on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shar...

EU sanctions Myanmar generals for Rohingya violations

EU sanctions Myanmar generals for Rohingya violations

-- 2018-06-26 14:17:20

The European Union (EU) and Canada imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar for Rohingya violations. They penalised the army officials on Monday, including the general in cha...

Police recover woman's body from septic tank

Police recover woman's body from septic tank

-- 2018-06-26 13:33:35

Police have recovered the body of a woman from a septic tank of an under-construction building in Shariatpur on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Iva Akhter, 20, wife of Delwar Cho...

BNP creating controversy over GCC polls: Jahangir Alam

BNP creating controversy over GCC polls: Jahangir Alam

-- 2018-06-26 12:46:27

The BNP has been raising “false allegations” over the Gazipur City Corporation polls to make it controversial, said Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam. His comment came a...

DYD implements Tk 47.1m projects in Rajshahi

DYD implements Tk 47.1m projects in Rajshahi

-- 2018-06-26 12:17:51

Department of Youth Development (DYD) has implemented Tk 47.1-million uplift schemes for making youths self-reliant in various income-generating activities during last nine and half years in the distr...

Another drug suspect dies in police ‘shootout’

Another drug suspect dies in police ‘shootout’

-- 2018-06-26 11:56:20

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Bagmara Beribadh area in Sadar upazila under Bhola region early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 50,...

Jhenaidah road crash kills three

Jhenaidah road crash kills three

-- 2018-06-26 11:45:36

A bus and a human hauler collided head-on at Sadhuhati intersection in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning, killing at least three people and injuring seven others. The deceased were identifie...

Two murder accused die in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

Two murder accused die in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-06-26 10:55:33

Two young men, accused in a schoolboy abduction and murder case, were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Paharpur village of Mirpur upazila in Kustia early Tuesday. The deceased were identi...

DNCRP to monitor prices of computers from next month

DNCRP to monitor prices of computers from next month

Talha Bin Habib 2018-06-26 10:48:53

The government is set to monitor the prices of computers and related accessories from next month, aiming to bring discipline to this sector, official said. The Directorate of National Consumer Rights...

SC upholds Khaleda’s bail in Cumilla arson case

SC upholds Khaleda’s bail in Cumilla arson case

-- 2018-06-26 10:24:52

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Special Powers Act over the 2015 Cumilla arson attack. A four-member bench o...

Govt’s debt from bond sales set to fall 13pc

Govt’s debt from bond sales set to fall 13pc

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-06-26 10:18:20

The government liabilities, in terms of borrowing through domestic debt securities, are likely to be 13 per cent lower in the next fiscal year (FY) over those of the outgoing fiscal. The domestic deb...

State-run sugar mills suffer Tk 14.04b loss

State-run sugar mills suffer Tk 14.04b loss

Rezaul Karim 2018-06-26 10:12:42

State-owned sugar mills have suffered a loss of Tk 14.04 billion for selling sugar at prices less than its production costs, officials said. "The cash-strapped sugar mills are still struggling to m...

Voting in Gazipur city ends

Voting in Gazipur city ends

-- 2018-06-26 09:33:24

Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election concluded on Tuesday amid the allegations of some irregularities in some areas. The voters of the city started balloting at 8:00 am and continued until...

Miscreants hacks Gazipur ward councillor candidate

Miscreants hacks Gazipur ward councillor candidate

-- 2018-06-25 21:36:10

A ward councillor candidate in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls was hacked on Monday by miscreants in the Tin-shed area of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) on Monday evening....

Gazipur city polls Tuesday

Gazipur city polls Tuesday

-- 2018-06-25 21:29:08

The much-awaited Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) will go to its second polls on Tuesday to elect its new mayor and councillors with a big challenge for the two major parties -- Awami League and BNP --...

Bamboo fishing gear improving  livelihood of Faridpur villagers

Bamboo fishing gear improving livelihood of Faridpur villagers

-- 2018-06-25 21:17:31

FARIDPUR, June 25 (UNB): With the arrival of monsoon residents of three upazilas in the district have become busy producing and selling bamboo-made fishing gear, locally called 'Dowari'. Fishing gear...

Cease arrest of BNP men without warrant: EC

Cease arrest of BNP men without warrant: EC

-- 2018-06-25 21:04:56

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday asked the Gazipur SP to refrain from arresting BNP leaders and activists without warrants issued by the respective court ahead of the election there on Tuesday....

Menon criticises Muhith over banking sector irregularities

Menon criticises Muhith over banking sector irregularities

-- 2018-06-25 20:56:49

Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon came down heavily on Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Monday over some irregularities in the banking sector. Menon criticised Muhith for giving too...

GCC polls: HC seeks measures against harassing BNP supporters

GCC polls: HC seeks measures against harassing BNP supporters

-- 2018-06-25 20:09:00

The High Court has asked the authorities concerned take effective measures to stop harassing the supporters and agents of the BNP mayoral candidate during Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls. An HC...

Tribunal sends Biswajit murder convict to jail

Tribunal sends Biswajit murder convict to jail

-- 2018-06-25 20:07:28

A tribunal in Dhaka has sent a convict, who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in the sensational Biswajit Das murder case, to jail. Earlier, the convict, former Bangladesh Chhatra League activi...

EC assures peaceful GCC polls

EC assures peaceful GCC polls

-- 2018-06-25 18:57:42

A high-up official of the Election Commission (EC) said all necessary preparations have been completed to hold the elections to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) on Tuesday (tomorrow) in a peaceful manne...