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UNGA can force Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingya

UNGA can force Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingya

KHAWAZA MAIN UDDIN 2020-08-31 13:07:53

The view that the United Nations cannot act without a Security Council resolution to compel Myanmar to take back its displaced Rohingya people from Bangladesh is wrong, precedents suggest. The world...

One dies in Netrokona blast

One dies in Netrokona blast

-- 2020-08-31 12:25:56

A young man was killed and another injuries in a blast in a scrapped goods shop in Durgapur upazila of Netrokona district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sabuj Miah, 35, son of Yead A...

Mortal remains of war hero CR Dutta arrive in Dhaka

Mortal remains of war hero CR Dutta arrive in Dhaka

-- 2020-08-31 11:49:50

The mortal remains of Bangladesh war hero CR Dutta, who died in a US hospital at the age of 93, arrived in Bangladesh on Monday. An Emirates flight brought his coffin to Hazrat Shahjalal Internationa...

Khulna SP infected with Covid-19

Khulna SP infected with Covid-19

-- 2020-08-31 09:51:35

SM Shafiullah, superintendent of Khulna police, and his three family members have been infected with coronavirus. The SP was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital on Friday night, said Shahidul...

BMD predicts light to moderate rain, thunder showers

BMD predicts light to moderate rain, thunder showers

-- 2020-08-31 09:48:35

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday forecasted light to moderate rain, thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind for many places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions, in the...

Bangladesh foreign secretary likely to visit India soon

Bangladesh foreign secretary likely to visit India soon

-- 2020-08-30 22:01:21

Bangladesh foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen is likely to visit India in middle of September, a month after his Indian counterpart’s sudden two-day Dhaka tour, diplomatic sources in Dhaka and Ne...

Robbers snatch motorcycle after killing teen in city

Robbers snatch motorcycle after killing teen in city

-- 2020-08-30 21:22:36

Miscreants snatched away a motorcycle after hacking a teenager to death and injuring his cousin in City’s Wari area on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Munna, 17, son of Monirul Islam. B...

Three die with Covid-like symptoms in Satkhira

Three die with Covid-like symptoms in Satkhira

-- 2020-08-30 20:58:45

Three people, suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems, died in isolation unit of Satkhira General Hospital on Sunday. The deceased are Nesar Ahmed, 65, Jamal Ali and Firoza Khatun, 78. Hos...

Former footballer Aslam tests Covid-19 positive

Former footballer Aslam tests Covid-19 positive

-- 2020-08-30 20:37:36

Former national footballer Sheikh Mohammad Aslam has tested positive of Covid-19 along with a few members of his family, the former football-star confirmed to the media, reports UNB. Before him, Bado...

Sinha killing: Liaqat gives confessional statement

Sinha killing: Liaqat gives confessional statement

-- 2020-08-30 20:31:06

Suspended Inspector Liaqat Ali of Baharchhara police out-post on Sunday gave confessional statement in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Teknaf. His confessional s...

Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna-4 by-poll

Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna-4 by-poll

-- 2020-08-30 19:57:56

The ruling Awami League on Sunday nominated Iswardi Upazila Chairman Nuruzzaman Biswas as the party candidate for the upcoming by-elections to Jatiya Sangsad Pabna-4 constituency. The nomination was...

Shias observe muted Ashura in Bangladesh

Shias observe muted Ashura in Bangladesh

-- 2020-08-30 19:45:52

Shia Muslims in Dhaka have observed Ashura in a subdued manner, performing the mourning rituals in remembrance of the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussain under tight restrictio...

Chattogram Port ranks 58th among world’s top 100 busiest ports

Chattogram Port ranks 58th among world’s top 100 busiest ports

-- 2020-08-30 19:23:10

Chattogram Port, the country’s gateway of overseas trade, has advanced six steps in terms of annual handling of containers in latest edition of Lloyd’s List, world’s oldest journal o...

ICT controller of certifying authority gets global recognition

ICT controller of certifying authority gets global recognition

-- 2020-08-30 18:15:24

The controller of certifying authority under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division received international recognition from Canadian organisation Chartered Professional Accountant (CP...

‘BD Legal Aid’ app gives free legal services to poor, helpless

‘BD Legal Aid’ app gives free legal services to poor, helpless

-- 2020-08-30 18:08:49

The helpless and poor litigants of the country are getting free legal aid staying at home through the ‘BD Legal Aid’ app which is now available on Google Play Store.  ‘BD Legal...

Flood situation in Rajshahi division improves

Flood situation in Rajshahi division improves

-- 2020-08-30 17:20:55

Overall flood situation in the Ganges basin improved further today (Sunday) as the water level is declining constantly in most of the rivers for the last couple of days due to dwindling of the onrush...

Dhaka sixth worst in Air Quality Index

Dhaka sixth worst in Air Quality Index

-- 2020-08-30 17:13:38

Dhaka ranked sixth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday. The capital city had an AQI score of 112 in the morning, indicating that the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups. A nume...

Tazia procession brought out defying police ban

Tazia procession brought out defying police ban

-- 2020-08-30 16:57:05

Residents of Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur have brought out the Tazia procession to mark Ashura in defiance of a ban amid the coronavirus epidemic. Police had positioned themselves on the east side to b...

History repeated Karbala tragedy on August 15, 1975 in Bangladesh: PM

History repeated Karbala tragedy on August 15, 1975 in Bangladesh: PM

-- 2020-08-30 16:49:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the history virtually repeated the Karbala tragedy in Bangladesh on August 15, 1975 with Ziaur Rahman being the key shadow man behind the carnage plot, repo...

DNCC launches eviction drive to free roads, footpaths

DNCC launches eviction drive to free roads, footpaths

-- 2020-08-30 16:40:57

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will launch an eviction drive on Sept 7 to clear the roads and sidewalks of encroachment, said Mayor Md Atiqul Islam. “The authorities will confiscate an...

BGB recovers 140,000 Yaba tablets from Teknaf

BGB recovers 140,000 Yaba tablets from Teknaf

-- 2020-08-30 16:22:28

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have recovered 1.4 lakh contraband Yaba tablets on early Sunday. Lt Col Faisal Hasan Khan, commanding officer of BGB battalion-2 of Teknaf, said their team to...

Bangladesh reports 42 new virus deaths, cases cross 310,000

Bangladesh reports 42 new virus deaths, cases cross 310,000

-- 2020-08-30 15:58:51

Bangladesh has registered 42 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the body count to 4,248. The tally of infections jumped to 310,822 on the back of 1,897 confi...

Don’t allow infiltrators into AL: Sheikh Hasina

Don’t allow infiltrators into AL: Sheikh Hasina

-- 2020-08-30 15:31:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked her party leaders not to allow the infiltrators into Bangladesh Awami League (AL) saying that the party’s image will be tarnished due to their misdee...

Mortal remains of war hero CR Dutta to arrive in Dhaka Monday

Mortal remains of war hero CR Dutta to arrive in Dhaka Monday

-- 2020-08-30 13:54:38

The mortal remains of Bangladesh war hero CR Dutta, who died in a US hospital at the age of 93, will arrive in Bangladesh on Monday morning. An Emirates SkyCargo flight left for Dubai from Florida wi...

Dhaka’s air unhealthy for sensitive groups

Dhaka’s air unhealthy for sensitive groups

-- 2020-08-30 13:08:19

Dhaka ranked sixth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday. The capital city had an AQI score of 112 in the morning, indicating that the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups. A nume...

DNCC caught unaware of delinquent holdings!

DNCC caught unaware of delinquent holdings!

KAMRUN NAHAR 2020-08-30 10:22:54

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) does not have any actual data and information about the number of holdings that do not pay holding tax, an official said. They only have a list of 0.25-million...

BSMMU launches clinic for Covid-19 survivors’ follow-up treatment

BSMMU launches clinic for Covid-19 survivors’ follow-up treatment

-- 2020-08-29 22:51:49

A clinic was launched at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) on Saturday, for follow up treatment of the people who have survived Covid-19. Professor Kanak Kanti Barua, vice-...

BD’s first automated sleeper factory ready for production

BD’s first automated sleeper factory ready for production

-- 2020-08-29 21:44:07

The China Railway Group Limited (CREC) has prepared a factory to make concrete sleepers for the Bangladesh Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) last month. Officials said this is the first automate...

Biman suspends flights on four int’l routes until Sept 30

Biman suspends flights on four int’l routes until Sept 30

-- 2020-08-29 21:07:14

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended international flights to Kuwait, Kolkata, New Delhi and Manchester until September 30 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Biman’s Deputy General Manager Tah...

FM vows to bring back one killer of Bangabandhu in Mujib Year

FM vows to bring back one killer of Bangabandhu in Mujib Year

-- 2020-08-29 20:53:11

Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen has expressed his hope to bring back home at least one of the remaining five fugitive convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman wi...