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Hospitals asked to prepare for treating possible chemical attack victims

Hospitals asked to prepare for treating possible chemical attack victims

-- 2018-09-09 21:43:09

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday asked the country's specialised hospitals, medical colleges and sadar hospitals for taking necessary steps to ensure the proper treatment of...

Rally held seeking Shahidul Alam’s release

Rally held seeking Shahidul Alam’s release

-- 2018-09-09 21:07:35

Speakers at a protest rally held in Dhaka city have demanded immediate release of Shahidul Alam, an internationally acclaimed photographer, and also release of student leaders arrested during recent s...

'Govt to form medical board for Khaleda soon'

'Govt to form medical board for Khaleda soon'

-- 2018-09-09 20:50:34

A medical board will be formed to check the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and make recommendations to take necessary steps for her medical treatment. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan...

Cultivators preparing for early  winter cauliflower production

Cultivators preparing for early winter cauliflower production

Our Correspondent 2018-09-09 20:46:53

BOGURA, Sept 09: A good number of farmers in Shibganj, Sherpur, Shajahanpur, Sariakanndi, Sonatola and Dhunot upazilas of the district are taking preparation for the cultivation of early winter caul...

Fire guts cookeries godown in Chattogram

Fire guts cookeries godown in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-09 20:45:31

A cookeries godown was gutted as a fire broke out in Baroquarter area under Pahartali thana in Chattogram city Sunday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit from the godown at around 1:3...

Police arrest eight members of Milon Bahini

Police arrest eight members of Milon Bahini

-- 2018-09-09 20:27:21

Police on Sunday arrested eight people in a case filed over carrying out attack and vandalism at a house of a religious minority member at Gilapol village of Sharsha Upazila in Jashore. A gang of mis...

Death of infant Akifa: RAB detains bus owner in Faridpur

Death of infant Akifa: RAB detains bus owner in Faridpur

-- 2018-09-09 19:58:35

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive on Sunday arrested the owner of 'Ganj-e-raj Paribahan' bus from the district town in connection with the death of one-year-old Akifa, who was hit by...

49,716 Hajj pilgrims return home

49,716 Hajj pilgrims return home

-- 2018-09-09 19:56:03

A total of 49,716 hajj pilgrims have so far returned home by 133 hajj flights – 68 Saudi Arabian Airlines and 65 Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The return flights will continue till September 26, H...

Parliament to go into another session in October

Parliament to go into another session in October

-- 2018-09-09 19:24:19

The 10th Jatiya Sangsad will go into another session in a suitable time in October, before the eleventh parliamentary election. Meanwhile, the 22nd session of the current parliament started at 5pm on...

NBR moves to check tax evasion

NBR moves to check tax evasion

-- 2018-09-09 19:10:08

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has put a strong vigilance mechanism in place to keep tax evasion in check. Official sources said NBR took the move as it does not want to underachieve its set goal of...

Bangladesh supports Estonia for UNSC non-permanent member

Bangladesh supports Estonia for UNSC non-permanent member

-- 2018-09-09 18:34:42

Bangladesh has announced to support Estonia for its bid to become non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali made the announcement during a meeting w...

‘UPs to enjoy benefits of optical fibre network by this year’

‘UPs to enjoy benefits of optical fibre network by this year’

-- 2018-09-09 18:28:30

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said Bangladesh is now one of those countries which are leading the digital industrial revolution. “Country&rsqu...

Hasina, Modi to inaugurate two rail projects today

Hasina, Modi to inaugurate two rail projects today

-- 2018-09-09 18:12:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the construct work of two railway projects through video conferencing today (Monday). The two projects, Kulaura-S...

BPDB to install solar panels on govt buildings

BPDB to install solar panels on govt buildings

-- 2018-09-09 18:07:31

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will set up solar panels on the rooftop of government buildings in Jamalpur district this year. District BPDB officials said under the project on ‘Impl...

Assailants shoot dead UP chairman in Satkhira

Assailants shoot dead UP chairman in Satkhira

-- 2018-09-09 17:04:28

An unidentified group has shot and hacked a local council chairman to death in Satkhira’s Kaliganj upazila. The incident took place at Krishnanagar Union’s Beledanga Bazar area at around...

Timeline for completion of Padma Bridge uncertain: Quader

Timeline for completion of Padma Bridge uncertain: Quader

-- 2018-09-09 17:03:10

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has expressed uncertainty over completion of the Padma Bridge construction work by the scheduled time. “The Padma River is the most unpredict...

Teenage girl commits ‘suicide’ by jumping into Dhanmondi lake

Teenage girl commits ‘suicide’ by jumping into Dhanmondi lake

-- 2018-09-09 16:56:34

A teenage girl has committed suicide by jumping into Dhaka’s Dhanmondi lake after an altercation with her younger sister, police said. The girl has been identified as 17-year-old Mosharat Khand...

Khaleda’s lawyers seek CJ’s intervention

Khaleda’s lawyers seek CJ’s intervention

-- 2018-09-09 16:49:54

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyers have urged Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to take legal action over handling of the Zia Welfare Trust graft case in a makeshift court on the prison premi...

Electrocution kills college student in Khulna

Electrocution kills college student in Khulna

-- 2018-09-09 15:51:48

A college student died from electrocution at Sreefaltala in Rupsha upazila of Khulna on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Alimur Islam, 21, son of Habibur Rahman and a degree (pass) leve...

Man ‘hacks father to death’ in Pabna

Man ‘hacks father to death’ in Pabna

-- 2018-09-09 14:50:36

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son at Pirpur village in Ataikula upazila of Pabna on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Abu Hanif Khan, 60. Quoting family members, Kamrul Isl...

Lawmen arrest two siblings with hemp in Jhenaidah

Lawmen arrest two siblings with hemp in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-09-09 14:27:40

Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control arrested two siblings along with hemp from Foyla village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah on Sunday morning. The arrestees are Atiar Rahman and Matiar...

Two teams claim success in  hilsa genome sequence

Two teams claim success in hilsa genome sequence

-- 2018-09-09 14:25:27

Two Bangladesh-based research teams have announced that they have successfully mapped the genome sequence of the hilsa fish. Though both groups conducted their research separately, they announced the...

Cement-laden ship capsizes in Bay of Bengal

Cement-laden ship capsizes in Bay of Bengal

-- 2018-09-09 14:20:43

A lighter ship carrying cement clinkers has sunk in the Bay of Bengal after a collision with another vessel, the BIWTA says. The accident occurred near Noakhali’s Tangarchar, about a kilometre...

Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas: PM to world

Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas: PM to world

-- 2018-09-09 13:16:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to come up with specific effective steps to force Myanmar to take back their over one million forcibly displaced nationals living i...

Atrocities against Rohingyas: UN urges ICC to urgently open probe

Atrocities against Rohingyas: UN urges ICC to urgently open probe

-- 2018-09-09 11:46:55

United Nations Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide Adama Dieng has urged International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to consider the recommendation of the ICC’s Pre-Tr...

Scanty rain hits veg production

Scanty rain hits veg production

Md Sayed Mofidul Babu 2018-09-09 11:20:30

Vegetable growers of Rangpur are apprehensive about the expected yield of their produce this season owing to lack of rainfall. The region has not been witnessing rain for over three weeks as a result...

Bus hits, kills man on Dhaka-Aricha highway

Bus hits, kills man on Dhaka-Aricha highway

-- 2018-09-09 11:14:21

A man was killed after being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Bathuli area of Dhamrai upazila on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Dinesh Chandra Sutradhar, 45, a resident of...

Record agro-product exports in FY ’18

Record agro-product exports in FY ’18

Yasir Wardad 2018-09-09 11:09:25

The exports of agricultural products rose sharply in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, propelled by record shipments of processed foods. Traders exported products worth $674 million in FY ’18, a 22 per...

Government may exempt export-oriented sectors

Government may exempt export-oriented sectors

Monira Munni 2018-09-09 10:53:39

The government is mulling exempting export-oriented sectors including RMG from the existing mandatory obligation of group insurance amid strong opposition from rights groups, officials said. The gove...

China investment, trade fair opens

China investment, trade fair opens

Ismail Hossain from China 2018-09-09 10:50:14

Thousands of business leaders and investors gathered at the opening of the 20th China International Fair for Investment and Trade on Saturday. The three-day event has been organised at the Xiamen Int...