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New Army chief takes office

New Army chief takes office

-- 2018-06-25 18:23:19

Lieutenant General Aziz Ahmed on Monday took over as the Chief of Bangladesh Army for three years. He formally took over the charge from outgoing Army Chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, re...

UGC to accord reception to three national professors

UGC to accord reception to three national professors

-- 2018-06-25 18:20:02

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will accord reception to the newly appointed three national professors. The three professors are: Emeritus Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Emeritus Professor Dr. A...

UN lauds Bangladesh’s role in global peacekeeping

UN lauds Bangladesh’s role in global peacekeeping

-- 2018-06-25 18:15:55

Visiting UN Under-Secretary-General (SG) for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Sunday lauded Bangladesh’s steadfast engagement in global peacekeeping. “This is an opportunity...

DSCC launches anti-mosquito drive

DSCC launches anti-mosquito drive

-- 2018-06-25 18:08:56

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon formally inaugurated a programme to identify and destroy breeding grounds of Aedese mosquito in all the 57 wards under the DSCC on Monday. The...

Six JMB men get jail terms in Sherpur

Six JMB men get jail terms in Sherpur

-- 2018-06-25 18:03:51

A Sherpur court on Monday sentenced six members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to different jail terms in a case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act. Senior District and S...

President, PM congratulate Erdogan

President, PM congratulate Erdogan

-- 2018-06-25 17:56:43

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election as the President of Turkey. In a message sent to the Turkish President, Abdul Hami...

Sports Council Bill placed in JS

Sports Council Bill placed in JS

-- 2018-06-25 17:54:21

The National Sports Council Bill, 2018 was placed in Parliament on Monday with a view to making the existing law more time-befitting. State Minister for Youth and Sports (Independent Charge) Dr Biren...

24th death anniversary of Jahanara Imam Tuesday

24th death anniversary of Jahanara Imam Tuesday

-- 2018-06-25 17:49:46

The 24th death anniversary of Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam, who spearheaded the movement for trial of the war criminals, will be observed in the country on Tuesday. Jahanara Imam, the brave mother of...

Non-MPO teachers, employees start hunger strike 

Non-MPO teachers, employees start hunger strike 

-- 2018-06-25 17:28:51

Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions on Monday went on hunger strike for an indefinite period demanding enlistment of their institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme....

Lightning strikes leave four dead in Satkhira

Lightning strikes leave four dead in Satkhira

-- 2018-06-25 17:26:22

Four people have died and eight others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Shyamnagar and Sadar upazilas of Satkhira on Monday. Syed Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar Pol...

'Filing false case over dowry to invite trouble'

'Filing false case over dowry to invite trouble'

-- 2018-06-25 17:21:28

A bill titled, 'The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018', was placed in Parliament on Monday incorporating a new provision of punishment for filing any false case. State Minister for Women and Children Affa...

Commuters suffer as torrential rain inundates city roads

Commuters suffer as torrential rain inundates city roads

-- 2018-06-25 17:21:12

Incessant rainfall, triggered by monsoon, swamped many parts of the capital on Monday, causing immense sufferings to commuters. Most roads, lanes and bylanes in different parts of the capital went un...

PM for ensuring five-hour driving time

PM for ensuring five-hour driving time

-- 2018-06-25 17:02:23

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the concerned authorities to ensure proper execution of the provision of five-hour driving time of the transport drivers on highways. She also asked for keeping...

Cops recover launch staff’s body in Chandpur

Cops recover launch staff’s body in Chandpur

-- 2018-06-25 16:10:18

The body of a launch staff, who went missing on Saturday, was recovered from the Meghna river near Chandpur launch ghat on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Selim Miah, 37, a staff of 'M...

BR ex-chief engineer AM Zia Uddin Mahmood dies

BR ex-chief engineer AM Zia Uddin Mahmood dies

-- 2018-06-25 15:21:17

AM Zia Uddin Mahmood, former chief engineer of Bangladesh Railway (BR), has passed away at the age of 80. He had been living with stomach and lung cancer for some time, the family said. Mahmood pa...

Met forecasts heavy rainfall

Met forecasts heavy rainfall

-- 2018-06-25 14:58:28

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Rangpur, Barishal, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours commencing 12:00 pm today. T...

Police bust fake medicine factory in Gaibandha

Police bust fake medicine factory in Gaibandha

-- 2018-06-25 14:43:07

Police busted a fake medicine factory and arrested two people at Durgapur village in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha district on Sunday night. A team of police raided the factory at a house around 11:30...

Suspected drug trader dies in Chapainawabganj ‘gunfight’

Suspected drug trader dies in Chapainawabganj ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-06-25 12:41:01

A suspected drug trader has been killed and another injured in an alleged gunfight with police at Chowka in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Monday. The deceased was identified as Kaiyum, 28...

Five die in Tangail road crash

Five die in Tangail road crash

-- 2018-06-25 10:48:26

At least five people have been killed and 29 others injured after a truck crashed into a roadside ditch in Tangail’s Kalihati. The accident occurred on the Tangail-Mymensingh Highway near a bri...

Probe into Tk 469m HPNSP fund swindle gets underway

Probe into Tk 469m HPNSP fund swindle gets underway

Kamrun Nahar 2018-06-25 10:47:41

The ministry of health is now investigating the allegation of embezzlement of funds worth over Tk 469 million belonging to the Fourth Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Programme (HPNSP), an offi...

Two including extremist leader killed in Pabna

Two including extremist leader killed in Pabna

-- 2018-06-24 21:28:17

Two people including the leader of an extremist party were chopped and shot to death over establishing upper hand at Ataikula of Pabna on Sunday. The victims were identified as Abdul Gafur, 55, son o...

Rangpur cultivators get good papaya yield this season

Rangpur cultivators get good papaya yield this season

Our Correspondent 2018-06-24 21:26:51

RANGPUR, June 24: The papaya cultivators under the district have become ecstatic as they are getting good yield of their produce during this year. A good number of growers said with the hope to make...

'Initiative underway to increase navigability of Buriganga'

'Initiative underway to increase navigability of Buriganga'

-- 2018-06-24 20:44:43

The government has taken an initiative to increase the navigability of Buriganga River and to protect the river from pollution. Water Resource Minister Anwar Hossain Monju came up with the statement...

Fish species in Halda river face extinction as water pollution worsens

Fish species in Halda river face extinction as water pollution worsens

-- 2018-06-24 20:14:06

Various species of fish in Ralda River are facing extinction due to unabated water pollution, triggering a threat to an important source of protein and other nutrients for humans.  Meanwhile, e...

BNP nominates Bulbul, Sarwar for Rajshahi, Barishal city polls

BNP nominates Bulbul, Sarwar for Rajshahi, Barishal city polls

-- 2018-06-24 19:38:05

BNP has nominated Moasaddek Hossain Bulbul and Mujibur Rahman Sarwar for Rajshahi and Barishal city corporation elections respectively. Party's secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced...

Foyez Ahmed new Public Admin Ministry Secy

Foyez Ahmed new Public Admin Ministry Secy

-- 2018-06-24 19:07:30

In a reshuffle in the administration, Foyez Ahmed, secretary to the Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, has been made secretary to the Public Administration Ministry. The Public Administra...

Gazipur election atmosphere very good, says Kamal

Gazipur election atmosphere very good, says Kamal

-- 2018-06-24 19:06:14

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the atmosphere in Gazipur City Corporation ahead of its election is very good. "Of course, a good atmosphere has been prevailing in the city... everythin...

Staff accuse ex-Cayman governor Anwar Choudhury of bullying

Staff accuse ex-Cayman governor Anwar Choudhury of bullying

-- 2018-06-24 18:56:14

Anwar Choudhury, the Bangladeshi-born governor of the Cayman Islands recalled to London by the UK Foreign Office, has been accused of bullying employees, engaging in drunken arguments and demanding a...

Army chief calls on President

Army chief calls on President

-- 2018-06-24 18:50:37

Outgoing Army chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq paid a farewell call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday. During the meeting, the Army chief expressed gratitude to the Presid...

UN delegation calls on air chief

UN delegation calls on air chief

-- 2018-06-24 18:20:09

A five-member delegation of United Nations, led by Jean Pierre Lacroix, under secretary general of Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), called on Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Masihuzzaman S...