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PM stresses connectivity to boost regional cooperation

PM stresses connectivity to boost regional cooperation

-- 2018-06-24 17:43:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said connectivity is very much important to establish regional communication and boost cooperation among the neighbouring countries. She said this when newly ap...

Shipping ministry signs APA with 12 subordinate bodies

Shipping ministry signs APA with 12 subordinate bodies

-- 2018-06-24 16:56:52

The Shipping Ministry on Sunday signed “Annual Performance Agreement” (APA) for 2018-19 fiscal with subordinate 12 offices and organisations aimed at accelerating government’s work a...

Police cordon off ‘militant hideout’ in Gazipur

Police cordon off ‘militant hideout’ in Gazipur

-- 2018-06-24 16:51:50

Members of law enforcing agencies have cordoned off a 'suspected militant hideout' at Maona area of Gazipur. They began the operation at the two-storey building in Sreepur municipality’s Kewa W...

Sylhet flood victims receive cash, relief materials

Sylhet flood victims receive cash, relief materials

-- 2018-06-24 16:49:19

The government has distributed a total of 1,686 metric tonnes of rice and Tk 1.857 million among the flood affected people in two districts of Sylhet region. According to the district administrations...

‘Sheikh Hasina to head poll-time government’

‘Sheikh Hasina to head poll-time government’

-- 2018-06-24 16:41:26

Food Minister Qamrul Islam has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will head the poll-time government as there is no scope for people or party to get inducted in that administration, who have no partici...

Army chief pays farewell call on PM

Army chief pays farewell call on PM

-- 2018-06-24 16:33:06

Outgoing chief of Army Staff General Abu Belal Muhammmad Shafiul Haq made farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in Dhaka on Sunday. PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said...

Govt forms probe body over Gaibandha road crash

Govt forms probe body over Gaibandha road crash

-- 2018-06-24 16:21:50

The government formed an 11-member committee to probe the road accident that left 18 people dead in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha district on Saturday. Sishir Kumar Roy, additional secretary to Roa...

CIID officials detain Malaysian man with gold bars

CIID officials detain Malaysian man with gold bars

-- 2018-06-24 15:59:33

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials arrested a Malaysian national along with 10 gold bars worth Tk 27.4 million from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka ear...

Light to moderate rainfall likely over country: Met

Light to moderate rainfall likely over country: Met

-- 2018-06-24 15:45:15

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes are likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Rangpur, Mymensingh and...

Three siblings drown in Kishoreganj pond

Three siblings drown in Kishoreganj pond

-- 2018-06-24 15:24:43

Three siblings have drowned in a pond while playing nearby in Ashtoka village of Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj. The deceased are: Jonaki, 9, Chadni, 7, and Safayeat Ullah, 4, children of Helal Udd...

Indian Navy chief arrives in city

Indian Navy chief arrives in city

-- 2018-06-24 15:24:37

Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy Admiral Sunil Lanba arrived in Dhaka on Sunday following an invitation from the Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed. Admiral Sunil Lan...

Police recover body of female garment worker in Gazipur

Police recover body of female garment worker in Gazipur

-- 2018-06-24 13:12:45

Police have recovered the body of a female garment worker from her home in Gazipur’s Sreepur area and said they are looking for her husband. Sreepur Police Station SI Md Mostafizur Rahman said...

Supreme Court order on Khaleda's bail July 2

Supreme Court order on Khaleda's bail July 2

-- 2018-06-24 12:55:03

The Supreme Court has fixed July 2 to pass the order on a leave-to-appeal against the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the 2015 Cumilla ars...

BGB deployed ahead of Gazipur city polls

BGB deployed ahead of Gazipur city polls

-- 2018-06-24 12:25:01

A total of 29 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have been deployed in Gazipur ahead of the city corporation elections scheduled for Tuesday. The border guards were deployed at differe...

‘Extremist leader’ dies in Pabna ‘shootout’

‘Extremist leader’ dies in Pabna ‘shootout’

-- 2018-06-24 11:40:15

A suspected leader of outlawed party 'Lal Pataka' was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Dhalar Char area of the district town on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Nizam Mandal...

Rivals stab ‘robber’ to death in Gaibandha

Rivals stab ‘robber’ to death in Gaibandha

-- 2018-06-24 11:32:38

A suspected robber was stabbed to death and his brother injured as their rivals attacked them in Kashdaho village of sadar upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Paresh and the injured...

Savar road crash leaves motorcyclist dead

Savar road crash leaves motorcyclist dead

-- 2018-06-24 11:27:57

A motorcyclist was killed while another injured as a pick-up van hit their motorcycle on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Hemayetpur area of Savar on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Abul Hashem...

Police recover two bullet-hit bodies in Jashore

Police recover two bullet-hit bodies in Jashore

-- 2018-06-24 10:48:47

Police recovered two bullet-hit bodies from Begaritola area in Monirampur upazila of Jashone on early Sunday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Officer-in-Charge of Monira...

188 exporters to get CIP status

188 exporters to get CIP status

Talha Bin Habib 2018-06-24 10:34:49

The government has decided to award the commercially important person (CIP) status to over 180 people for their contribution to exports, a senior official said. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of t...

Cops detain 250 Jamaat-Shibir men in Ctg

Cops detain 250 Jamaat-Shibir men in Ctg

-- 2018-06-24 10:30:30

Police in a drive arrested at least 250 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir while conducting a so-called secret meeting at Motel Saikat in the port city on Saturday nigh...

SDG agenda progress up for review next month

SDG agenda progress up for review next month

Rezaul Karim 2018-06-24 10:22:06

The government is set to review the progress in attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs) next month, officials said. The progress in the development agenda implementation will come up for r...

Far East Knitting sees steady growth in last five years

Far East Knitting sees steady growth in last five years

Mohammad Mufazzal 2018-06-24 10:07:20

Far East Knitting & Dyeing Industries (FEKDI) exhibited a steady growth in sales revenue and net profit during last five financial years (FY) from 2012-13 to 2016-17. The company's earnings per s...

Gas supply shortage hits Ctg city hard

Gas supply shortage hits Ctg city hard

Pankaj Dastider 2018-06-24 10:06:22

The people of Chattogram have been facing severe gas crisis as its supply from Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd has reached the lowest level recently. The region is now getting, on average, 10...

17 held in anti-drug drives in city

17 held in anti-drug drives in city

-- 2018-06-23 21:14:23

Police in anti-drug drives on Saturday arrested 17 people from the city's Dakshinkhan area on charges of trading and consuming drugs. Members of Dakshinkhan Police Station in association with Dog Squ...

Move to set up 100 MW grid-linked solar plant

Move to set up 100 MW grid-linked solar plant

-- 2018-06-23 21:04:06

The North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) will set up a 100-megawatt grid connected photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power Plant in Faridpur. The move was taken as part of the state-owned compa...

Polls schedule in October: EC secy

Polls schedule in October: EC secy

-- 2018-06-23 20:57:26

Secretary of Election Commission (EC) secretariat Helal Uddin Ahmed has said the schedule of 11th Jatiya Sangsad election will be announced in late October. He told reporters after a meeting on law a...

Brazil’s supporter electrocuted while celebrating win

Brazil’s supporter electrocuted while celebrating win

-- 2018-06-23 20:44:27

A supporter of Brazil football team electrocuted in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj distrit on Friday night while celebrating his team's win against Costa Rica in the ongoing FIFA world Cup 2018. The d...

Gazipur city election campaign gains momentum

Gazipur city election campaign gains momentum

-- 2018-06-23 20:28:37

Campaign for the upcoming election of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC), scheduled to be held on June 26, has gained momentum. All the contenders, including the mayoral ones, fully geared up their campa...

IGP joins UNCOPS in NY

IGP joins UNCOPS in NY

-- 2018-06-23 20:15:28

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwari joined at the 2nd United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) UNHQ in New York that began on Thursday. Remembering the contribution of Bangladesh P...

Non-MPO teachers, employees stage token hunger strike

Non-MPO teachers, employees stage token hunger strike

-- 2018-06-23 19:52:00

Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions staged a token hunger strike in front of the National Press Club in the city on Saturday demanding bringing them under the monthly pay order...