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Bagerhat road crash death toll rises to four

Bagerhat road crash death toll rises to four

-- 2018-11-09 19:03:27

Three more construction workers, who were injured in a road accident in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat on Thursday evening died at a Khulna hospital on Friday, taking the death from the accident to four...

Remove election campaign materials within 7 days: EC secy

Remove election campaign materials within 7 days: EC secy

-- 2018-11-09 18:51:43

Deputy Commissioners and Divisional Commissioners were directed to remove all the election campaign materials, including posters, archways and gates, from public places within the next seven days. El...

Utilise youngsters’ potentials to attain success in sports: President

Utilise youngsters’ potentials to attain success in sports: President

-- 2018-11-09 18:20:14

President Md Abdul Hamid has urged all concerned to utilise the indomitable stamina, courage and potentials of youngsters to attain success in global sports. The president made the call while deliver...

EC announces election schedule swiftly at govt behest: BNP

EC announces election schedule swiftly at govt behest: BNP

-- 2018-11-09 17:56:22

BNP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) 'unilaterally' announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections ignoring the opinions of political parties at the behest of the gover...

RAB nabs two suspected arms trader in C’nawabganj

RAB nabs two suspected arms trader in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-11-09 17:05:56

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected arms traders in Chapainawabganj on Thursday. They were detained from Sonamasjid Jalshukarbil in Shibganj upazila of the district and hav...

Police recover body of youth in Pabna

Police recover body of youth in Pabna

-- 2018-11-09 16:51:29

A young man was found dead at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila of Pabna on Friday. The victim was identified as Sohel Mia, 23, son of Helal Hossain of Madhupur area. Local people spotted the body of Soh...

Five die in road accidents  in Tangail, Shariatpur

Five die in road accidents in Tangail, Shariatpur

-- 2018-11-09 16:42:09

Five people were killed in road crashes that took place in Tangail and Shariatpur districts on Friday. Among them, three ill-fated were killed when an unknown vehicle rammed a CNG run auto-rikshaw at...

Oikyafront’s Rajshahi rally starts

Oikyafront’s Rajshahi rally starts

-- 2018-11-09 15:52:30

Jatiya Oikyafront has started its rally at Madrasa Maidan in Rajshahi city to mobilise public support in favour of the alliance’s various demands for holding the 11th parliamentary elections in...

EC appoints returning officers for national elections

EC appoints returning officers for national elections

-- 2018-11-09 13:13:17

The Election Commission has appointed Deputy Commissioners of all the districts and two divisional commissioners as Returning Officers(ROs) to conduct the 11th national elections to be held on Decembe...

Awami League starts selling nomination papers

Awami League starts selling nomination papers

-- 2018-11-09 12:36:16

The ruling Awami League on Friday started selling the party’s nomination papers for the upcoming 11th parliamentary election. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader inaugurated the sale...

Dr Kamal not to attend Oikyafront rally due to illness

Dr Kamal not to attend Oikyafront rally due to illness

-- 2018-11-09 12:19:13

Dr Kamal Hossain, the leader of the Jatiya Oikyafront opposition alliance, will not attend a planned public meeting in Rajshahi due to a high fever. “However, he is keeping in close contact wit...

Tangail road crash leaves three dead

Tangail road crash leaves three dead

-- 2018-11-09 11:28:16

Three people were killed when a, unknown vehicle rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw at Hatia under Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Sabur Mia, 35, son of Akter...

PCJSS man gunned down in Rangamati

PCJSS man gunned down in Rangamati

-- 2018-11-09 10:45:37

A member of Parbatiya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot dead by miscreants at Baradam Bandartala under Longdu upazila in Rangamati in the early hours of Friday. The victim was...

US Embassy to remain closed Nov 11

US Embassy to remain closed Nov 11

-- 2018-11-09 10:24:24

The American Embassy, including its Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K. Blood American Center Library, will remain closed on Sunday in celebration of Veterans Day, an American...

Youth stabs schoolgirl in city

Youth stabs schoolgirl in city

-- 2018-11-08 22:39:37

A schoolgirl was stabbed by a young man at her house in the city's Motijheel AGB Colony area on Thursday. The injured was Joya Mondal, 15, daughter of Anti-Corruption Commission Inspector Gopal Chand...

Another three parties join BNP alliance 

Another three parties join BNP alliance 

-- 2018-11-08 22:34:15

Ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections, three new parties joined the BNP-led alliance on Thursday night, turning it into a 23-party one. Leaders of Bangladesh Jatiya Dal, People's Party of Banglad...

Police detain three over rape charge

Police detain three over rape charge

-- 2018-11-08 22:28:14

Police on Wednesday arrested three people for allegedly gang-raping a female Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee in Dhanbari upazila of Tangail. The arrestees are Abdur Rahman, Majharul Haque...

Rangpur spinach cultivators in joyous mood with  plentiful output

Rangpur spinach cultivators in joyous mood with plentiful output

Our Correspondent 2018-11-08 21:54:52

RANGPUR, Nov 08: Spinach cultivators in the district are in joyous mood as they are achieving an excellent yield of their produce during this year. A good number of growers said that with the hope...

AL Parliamentary Board meeting on Sunday

AL Parliamentary Board meeting on Sunday

-- 2018-11-08 21:37:05

A meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Board will be held at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka city on Sunday. Prime Minister and Awami League Parliamentary Board Presi...

Election materials sent to all districts

Election materials sent to all districts

-- 2018-11-08 20:45:38

The Election Commission (EC) has sent the election materials, including nomination papers, to all districts. The election materials reached the district election offices across the country on Thursda...

ACC prepares 23 suggestions to curb corruption

ACC prepares 23 suggestions to curb corruption

-- 2018-11-08 20:44:37

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday sent a report to cabinet division with a set of 23 suggestions to curb corruption in the income-tax department. A three-member institutional team of t...

Election on Dec 23: CEC

Election on Dec 23: CEC

-- 2018-11-08 19:45:20

The 11th parliamentary elections will be held on December 23 (Sunday), Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda announced in a televised address to the nation on Thursday. While addressing the...

Cattle trader dies in Kushtia road crash

Cattle trader dies in Kushtia road crash

-- 2018-11-08 18:08:18

A cattle trader was killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a human hauler on Kushtia-Rajshahi highway on Thursday morning. The mishap took place in Talabari area of Ramipur upazila which l...

2,200 arrested despite PM’s assurance: Rizvi

2,200 arrested despite PM’s assurance: Rizvi

-- 2018-11-08 17:56:36

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that more than 2,200 leaders and activists were arrested over the last three days centring Oikyafront's Tuesday's rally though the Prime Mi...

Dhaka-Panchagarh direct train service from Nov 10

Dhaka-Panchagarh direct train service from Nov 10

-- 2018-11-08 17:46:38

A direct train service on Panchagarh-Dhaka route is scheduled to be launched on November 10, aiming to ease communications with the country's northern district. At present, Drutojan Express and Ekota...

Detectives arrest eight NGO employees over ‘militant link’

Detectives arrest eight NGO employees over ‘militant link’

-- 2018-11-08 17:43:18

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested eight employees of an NGO from its Mirpur DOHS office in the city's Pallabi on Wednesday night for...

RAB nabs two JMB militants with firearms, ammo

RAB nabs two JMB militants with firearms, ammo

-- 2018-11-08 17:39:07

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested two presumed militants of Jama’atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), including its divisional military wing commander, with several firearms and ammunition f...

Free country from drug, militancy: PM to BGB

Free country from drug, militancy: PM to BGB

-- 2018-11-08 17:36:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) to work with utmost honesty and sincerity to free the country from the onslaughts of militancy, terrorism and drug. &l...

Election-time govt may be announced Friday: Muhith

Election-time govt may be announced Friday: Muhith

-- 2018-11-08 17:13:55

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the election-time government may be announced on Friday. “There will be no new faces in the election-time cabinet,” Muhith said after a cabinet commit...

3,960 cases filed over traffic rule violation

3,960 cases filed over traffic rule violation

-- 2018-11-08 17:05:15

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Wednesday filed 3,960 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation....