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Govt gives priority to reduce road accidents: Quader

Govt gives priority to reduce road accidents: Quader

-- 2018-07-17 18:51:59

The government has given priority to reduce accidents on highways and roads during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader made...

ICC official calls on JS speaker in The Hague

ICC official calls on JS speaker in The Hague

-- 2018-07-17 18:40:06

Motoo Noguchi, chair of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court (ICC), called on Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her hotel s...

Three die in Savar road crash

Three die in Savar road crash

-- 2018-07-17 17:41:07

At least three people have died as a truck collided head-on with a human hauler in Savar on Tuesday morning. UNB reports, 15 others were also injured in the accident that took place at Ashulia-Mirpur...

Villagers beat ex-UP member to death in Cumilla

Villagers beat ex-UP member to death in Cumilla

-- 2018-07-17 17:09:45

A former union parishad member was beaten to death by villagers as he was allegedly taking preparation to commit robbery at Batabaria village in Chandina upazila in Cumilla early Tuesday. The decease...

Bridge collapse disrupts road communication in Barishal

Bridge collapse disrupts road communication in Barishal

-- 2018-07-17 17:07:49

Road communication has been disrupted since Tuesday morning following the collapse of a bailey bridge on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Gaurnadi upazila of Barishal. Locals said the incident took place wh...

Floods inundate five villages in Bhola

Floods inundate five villages in Bhola

-- 2018-07-17 16:59:31

At least seven hundred families of five villages in Tazumuddin and Char Fasson upazilas in Bhola district have been flooded following tidal water and heavy rainfall for last two days. The ring emba...

'Cops to face tough action for drug-link'

'Cops to face tough action for drug-link'

-- 2018-07-17 16:58:58

Deputy Inspector General of Chattogram Police has said everyone, even the officer-in-charge, will be brought to book if found involved in drug trading. "Even, he/she (OCs) will be terminated, if requ...

PM opens G2P to disburse SSN allowances

PM opens G2P to disburse SSN allowances

-- 2018-07-17 16:56:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inaugurated the electronic payment system G2P (Government to Person) to disburse the allowances of Social Safety Net (SSN) programmes. Under the G2P system,...

EC plans to use EVMs in upazila election

EC plans to use EVMs in upazila election

-- 2018-07-17 15:55:24

The Election Commission plans to use a limited number of newly introduced electronic voting machines or EVMs in the upazila election to be held in February. The plan for the use of EVMs in the electi...

Minor girl drowns in B’baria

Minor girl drowns in B’baria

-- 2018-07-17 14:16:02

A minor girl drowned in a pond at Karuatoli village in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Zhinuk also known as Sharabanti, 4, daughter of Shapon Rishi...

Court denies bail to Khaleda in Narail defamation case

Court denies bail to Khaleda in Narail defamation case

-- 2018-07-17 14:06:04

A Narail court on Tuesday denied bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed over her ‘derogatory remarks’ about freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman....

Country witnesses nearly 600 rape incidents in six months

Country witnesses nearly 600 rape incidents in six months

-- 2018-07-17 13:47:35

Nearly 600 incidents of rape occurred across the country in last six months till June 30 this year, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) said. Among the 592 incidents, 98 women and children became victim...

ERF launches website, member directory

ERF launches website, member directory

-- 2018-07-17 13:45:12

Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) on Tuesday has launched its website and member directory. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu formally inaugurated the website (http://bangla.erfbd.com) and the direct...

Miscreants hurl crude bomb at Rajshahi BNP rally, five hurt

Miscreants hurl crude bomb at Rajshahi BNP rally, five hurt

-- 2018-07-17 13:40:00

At least five people including a journalist were injured in a crude bomb attack at an election rally of BNP candidate of Rajshahi City Corporation election in Sagorpara area on Tuesday morning. The i...

Two get life for murder in C’nawabganj

Two get life for murder in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-17 13:27:10

A court in Chapainawabganj on Monday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for murdering a man five years ago. Court sources said Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Shawkat Ali awarded the...

Tribunal sentences four Moulvibazar men to death for war crimes

Tribunal sentences four Moulvibazar men to death for war crimes

-- 2018-07-17 12:35:26

A tribunal has sentenced four Moulvibazar men to death for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The three-member International Crimes Tribunal headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam a...

Two die in city road mishap

Two die in city road mishap

-- 2018-07-17 11:34:42

Two people have been killed and eight others injured when a bus collided head-on with a human hauler at Beribadh in the city’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning. Sub-Inspector Shyamol of Rupnaga...

Microbus gas cylinder blast kills three

Microbus gas cylinder blast kills three

-- 2018-07-17 10:37:37

Three people were killed and another four, including three policemen, injured in a microbus gas cylinder blast in Tangail. A teenage girl who was just rescued from alleged abductors by the police hou...

Bidding for Laldia terminal by July

Bidding for Laldia terminal by July

Syful Islam 2018-07-17 10:19:11

The bidding for the construction of Laldia multi-purpose terminal in Chattogram will take place by this month, officials said. To this end, the Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) has recentl...

JICA mission in city to discuss Matarbari port, new metro rail

JICA mission in city to discuss Matarbari port, new metro rail

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-07-17 10:14:00

A Japanese mission is now in Dhaka to find out the scope for financing the Matarbari port and the second metro rail projects, officials said on Monday. A Ministry of Finance (MoF) official said the...

Watermelon farming by mulching method brings success

Watermelon farming by mulching method brings success

Our Correspondent 2018-07-16 21:02:49

MAGURA, July 16: Outstanding success has been achieved in producing 12 month watermelon by using mulching method. Ferdoush Ahmed Dider of village Shibrampur under Magura Sadar upazila deserves the cre...

Teasel gourd cultivation starts  gaining popularity in Gopalganj

Teasel gourd cultivation starts gaining popularity in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-07-16 21:02:00

GOPALGANJ, July 16: Teasel gourd (kakrol) cultivation has started gaining popularity in Suktail union under Sadar upazila of Gopalganj with the growers making good profit from the crop. The growers a...

Lotkon growers delight over good yield in Pabna

Lotkon growers delight over good yield in Pabna

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-16 21:01:07

PABNA, July 16: Lotkon growers of Pabna district are delighted over good yield and fair market price this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office the farmers have cu...

Five Satkhira OCs transferred

Five Satkhira OCs transferred

-- 2018-07-16 19:47:07

The officers-in-charge of Sadar, Ashashuni, Kalaroa, Shyamnagar and Debhata police stations of Satkhira were transferred. Azam Khan, inspector of Satkhira Detective Branch of police, said Sadar Polic...

IMO reaffirms assistance to BD in Rohingya repatriation

IMO reaffirms assistance to BD in Rohingya repatriation

-- 2018-07-16 18:14:32

Visiting Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing on Monday reaffirmed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his organisation will extend all sorts of supp...

DU students form human chain demanding proctor’s resignation

DU students form human chain demanding proctor’s resignation

-- 2018-07-16 17:56:14

The students of Dhaka University (DU) formed a human chain on Monday demanding resignation of the Proctor Prof AKM Golam Rabbani for his 'failure' to ensure security to the teachers and students of th...

KOICA helps BD eradicate illicit drugs

KOICA helps BD eradicate illicit drugs

-- 2018-07-16 17:55:25

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Monday handed over vehicles and equipment to Bangladesh to support eradicating illicit drugs in Bangladesh under its “I DREAM it” project....

'False mental health certificates to invite punishment'

'False mental health certificates to invite punishment'

-- 2018-07-16 17:32:14

The draft of new mental health law has incorporated provisions of jail or fine for issuing false certificate about the mental health of a person. The Cabinet approved the draft of the Mental Health A...

Quota movement leader Tarek goes missing

Quota movement leader Tarek goes missing

-- 2018-07-16 17:27:04

Parents of Tarek Rahman, a joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council, a platform leading the quota reform movement, remained missing since Saturday. Addressing a press...

Body of another missing student recovered from Meghna

Body of another missing student recovered from Meghna

-- 2018-07-16 17:10:25

The body of another student of a private university, who along with a female student went missing in the Meghna River at Char Sonarampur on Saturday, was recovered from Rail Bridge area in Ashuganj up...