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Steps taken to improve service quality at police stations: IGP

Steps taken to improve service quality at police stations: IGP

-- 2018-06-03 18:27:14

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Javed Patwary on Sunday said several effective steps have been taken to improve the quality of services at police stations, aiming to build a people-friendly polic...

Interest on savings certificates likely to remain unchanged in FY19

Interest on savings certificates likely to remain unchanged in FY19

-- 2018-06-03 17:58:15

The interest rate of the various savings certificates is likely to remain unchanged in the upcoming budget for financial year 2018-19 (FY19). “The government has no decision to reduce the inter...

JS budget session to begin Tuesday

JS budget session to begin Tuesday

-- 2018-06-03 17:19:21

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) budget session for 2018-19 fiscal will begin on Tuesday. Earlier on May 15, President M Abdul Hamid summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him by the Article...

Killing, rape of children mark sharp rise in five months

Killing, rape of children mark sharp rise in five months

Sajibur Rahman 2018-06-03 17:07:49

Incidents of murder, rape and suicide of children have marked a significant rise in the first five months of 2018 over the corresponding period of the last year, according to Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar...

Road mishap leaves three dead in Bagura

Road mishap leaves three dead in Bagura

-- 2018-06-03 16:43:17

Three people were killed as a covered van hit them on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Sonka Bazar under Sherpur upazila in Bagura on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sadek Ali, 55, Al Mahmud, 35 and Mo...

PM opens second Dharla Bridge

PM opens second Dharla Bridge

-- 2018-06-03 16:23:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened the second Dharla Bridge in Kurigram district. She inaugurated the bridge, named Sheikh Hasina Dharla Bridge, through a videoconference from her official...

HC grants bail to Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury

HC grants bail to Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury

-- 2018-06-03 16:09:56

The High Court (HC) has granted a three-month bail to BNP leader Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, younger brother of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in two separate cases. A HC bench of...

Cops arrest 70 in anti-drug raids in city

Cops arrest 70 in anti-drug raids in city

-- 2018-06-03 15:56:17

Police have arrested 70 drug users and sellers in raids in Dhaka. According to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Md Masudur Rahman, they were arrested in various operations on Sunday from...

Police arrest man on charges of raping stepdaughter

Police arrest man on charges of raping stepdaughter

-- 2018-06-03 15:01:37

Chattogram police have arrested a man accused of raping his stepdaughter. The 16-year-old minor filed a case against her stepfather on Saturday, claiming that he had been threatening and raping her f...

EC may not register any new parties

EC may not register any new parties

-- 2018-06-03 14:51:19

Election Commission officials say none of the over six dozen prospective parties applying for registration are likely to receive approvals ahead of the coming eleventh parliamentary elections. &ldquo...

Drug suspect dies in Tangail ‘gunfight’

Drug suspect dies in Tangail ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-06-03 12:29:30

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during an anti-narcotics drive at Golra village under Kalihati upazila in Tangail early Sunday....

Sirajganj road mishap claims three lives

Sirajganj road mishap claims three lives

-- 2018-06-03 12:11:24

At least three people were killed and three others injured following a head-on a collision between a truck and covered van on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Dadpur area of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj on Sun...

‘Addict’ dies in Panchagarh police custody

‘Addict’ dies in Panchagarh police custody

-- 2018-06-03 11:15:12

Police said a suspected drug addict died from heart attack under police custody after being arrested from Baniapara area of Panchagarh district town early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Kajol...

CNG cylinder blast kills two in Noakhali

CNG cylinder blast kills two in Noakhali

-- 2018-06-03 11:04:37

A cylinder of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw exploded after the vehicle crashed into a tree on Sonapur-Char Alexander road in Companir Hat area of Noakhali Sadar upazila on Sunday morning, leaving two people...

Three die as truck plunges into Shariatpur ditch

Three die as truck plunges into Shariatpur ditch

-- 2018-06-03 10:36:20

Three workers were killed and six others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Khelsi area of Shariatpur sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Md Rahmat...

Shurwid faces no bar to reduce paid-up capital

Shurwid faces no bar to reduce paid-up capital

Mohammad Mufazzal 2018-06-03 10:27:16

Shurwid Industries Limited would have no restriction to reduce its paid-up capital subject to the court's permission and compliance with the companies act, according to legal experts and officials. O...

Japan intends to confirm over $1.83b in aid next week

Japan intends to confirm over $1.83b in aid next week

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-06-03 10:21:57

Japan is likely to confirm a US$ 1.83 billion in aid for Bangladesh next week, officials said Saturday. The money from the country's largest bilateral development partner is meant to bankroll six dev...

TCB truck sale is a rare sight in some city areas

TCB truck sale is a rare sight in some city areas

Talha Bin Habib 2018-06-03 10:14:40

Consumers hardly found any dealers selling commodities at subsidised rates under a government programme in some areas in the city over the past week. Consumers said in the absence of dealers in those...

World Bicycle Day Sunday

World Bicycle Day Sunday

-- 2018-06-02 21:30:01

The first official World Bicycle Day will be celebrated on Sunday in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world to create awareness about multiple societal and health benefits of using the bicycle for...

Road accidents claim 13 lives in seven districts

Road accidents claim 13 lives in seven districts

-- 2018-06-02 21:16:31

At least 13 people were killed and 28 others injured in separate road accidents across the country on Saturday. In Faridpur, three students were killed in two separate road accidents on Dhaka-Khulna...

Commuters suffer for bad shape of  Bogura-Naogaon connecting road

Commuters suffer for bad shape of Bogura-Naogaon connecting road

-- 2018-06-02 21:06:01

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, Jun 02: Thousands of commuters as well as heavy vehicles are suffering much due to bad shape of the Bogura-Naogaon connecting road for a long time.The awful condition of some...

Sylhet growers complete Boro harvest safely

Sylhet growers complete Boro harvest safely

-- 2018-06-02 21:05:34

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, June 02: At last farmers of the Sylhet region completed Boro harvest. Growers and officials concerned are happy as a safe harvest has been managed this season.Some 481,521 hec...

'Myanmar will take back Rohingyas if they return voluntarily'

'Myanmar will take back Rohingyas if they return voluntarily'

-- 2018-06-02 20:54:07

Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingyas refugees if they volunteer to return, said the country's National Security Adviser Thaung Tun on Saturday. He said it while speaking at the Shang...

Special bus service for women opens in city

Special bus service for women opens in city

-- 2018-06-02 20:35:09

A special bus service for women has officially started operation in Dhaka aiming to relieve female commuters from unwanted experiences. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated...

Police form probe body over ‘torture’ on Habiganj journo

Police form probe body over ‘torture’ on Habiganj journo

-- 2018-06-02 20:10:02

Police formed a three-member committee on Saturday to investigate the alleged torture on a local journalist at police custody in Habiganj. Acting superintendent of Habiganj police ASM Shamsur Rahman...

Police arrest 27 during anti-drug drives in city

Police arrest 27 during anti-drug drives in city

-- 2018-06-02 19:54:22

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday arrested 27 people from city's Bihari camp in Pallabi area for taking and selling illegal drugs. A Special team of the DMP, including Pallabi Police Statio...

PM hosts iftar for family members, relatives

PM hosts iftar for family members, relatives

-- 2018-06-02 19:50:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar party for her family members and relatives at Ganabhaban on Saturday. The Prime Minister went round different tables set for the guests, exchanged pleasan...

Uproot source to make anti-drug drive effective: CMP Commissioner

Uproot source to make anti-drug drive effective: CMP Commissioner

-- 2018-06-02 19:27:54

If the source of illegal drugs is not rooted out, the anti-narcotics crackdown will not bring any effective result, said Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner. “It is extremely diff...

‘Drug addict’ commits suicide in police custody

‘Drug addict’ commits suicide in police custody

-- 2018-06-02 18:35:05

An alleged drug addict committed suicide by hanging himself in custody at Sonaimuri Police Station in Noakhali on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Tajul Islam Tushar, 23, a rickshaw puller an...

JS speaker seeks global support for Rohingya repatriation

JS speaker seeks global support for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2018-06-02 18:26:58

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury sought support of the international community for voluntary, safe, peaceful and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland in M...