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Indonesia President to meet Rohingyas this month

Indonesia President to meet Rohingyas this month

-- 2018-01-02 07:04:55

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is likely to arrive in Bangladesh to discuss various bilateral issues. During his two-day stay, the Indonesian Joko will also visit the Rohingya camps in Cox’s...

OIC human rights watchdog to visit Rohingyas Wednesday

OIC human rights watchdog to visit Rohingyas Wednesday

-- 2018-01-02 07:02:55

A delegation of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set to visit the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday. The OIC delegation, during their four day visit, will acquire first-hand info...

No foreign pressure over polls: Shahriar

No foreign pressure over polls: Shahriar

-- 2018-01-02 04:57:28

The government thinks no country will put pressure on Bangladesh over the next national election supporting the demand of BNP or any banned political party. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahr...

BNP hatching conspiracy to create turbulence: Hasan

BNP hatching conspiracy to create turbulence: Hasan

-- 2018-01-02 04:25:29

Awami League Publicity and Publications Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said BNP is hatching conspiracy to create a disordered situation in the country centering the next general election. "BNP wants to ca...

SC defers gazette notification on Judges' disciplinary rules

SC defers gazette notification on Judges' disciplinary rules

-- 2018-01-02 03:31:42

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court deferred the hearing for an order on issuance of gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for judges. A five-member Appellate Division bench, led by acti...

SUST holds career festival

SUST holds career festival

-- 2018-01-02 03:19:49

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Career Club has organised a two-day job festival in its campus. Vice-Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed inaugurated the career festival around 10:00 am...

Don’t be reliant on safety-net allowances: PM

Don’t be reliant on safety-net allowances: PM

-- 2018-01-02 01:51:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her government is providing various allowances under the social safety-net programme. "We've a goal to provide allowances, no one has to be dependent on i...

Authorities shift site for Ctg IT village

Authorities shift site for Ctg IT village

Our Correspondent 2018-01-02 01:43:15

The proposed site for the IT (Information Technology) village has been shifted to Firoz Shah Shahid Minar area from Bakolia in the port city due to land dispute. Sources at the IT Park Authority said...

500 more Rohingyas enter Bangladesh

500 more Rohingyas enter Bangladesh

-- 2018-01-02 01:22:32

Some 500 more Rohingyas arrived in Bangladesh over the last few days keeping the total number of new arrivals at 655,500. The IOM Needs and Population Monitoring Report said that there have been 628...

Cold waves to hit country in January

Cold waves to hit country in January

-- 2018-01-02 01:14:32

A cold wave and two mild cold waves may sweep over the country in January, according to monthly outlook of Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Besides, temperature may decrease below 8 degree Celsi...

IBBL opens agent banking outlet

IBBL opens agent banking outlet

-- 2018-01-01 12:22:36

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has inaugurated its agent banking outlet at NH Computer Training Center in Bagherpara upazila of Jessore, recently.  Ranajit Kumar Roy, MP, Jessore-4 Constituency...

High market price delights  Bogra fish farmers

High market price delights Bogra fish farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-01-01 12:00:00

Due to lucrative market price, hundreds of fish cultivators of the district have attained financial solvency in recent time. The fish farmers are making handsome money this season for a good producti...

Cabinet to get reshuffled; Oath-taking today

Cabinet to get reshuffled; Oath-taking today

-- 2018-01-01 12:00:00

Speculation is rife that the country’s 50-member cabinet is likely to see an expansion within a day or two. Several sources say State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Narayan Chandra Chanda...

Farming of winter vegetables on the rise in Panchagarh

Farming of winter vegetables on the rise in Panchagarh

-- 2018-01-01 12:00:00

The poor and marginal farmers in Panchagarh are passing a busy time in farming various kinds of winter vegetables during the current Rabi season. District Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of...

Free textbooks being distributed across the country

Free textbooks being distributed across the country

-- 2018-01-01 12:00:00

Some 354.29 million (exact figure 35, 42, 90,162) textbooks are being distributed among the students of primary to intermediate-level across the country in 2018 academic year. Education Minister Nuru...

ACC summons six more AB Bank directors 

ACC summons six more AB Bank directors 

-- 2018-01-01 11:52:14

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday summoned six more members of the AB Bank's Board of Directors for interrogation on money laundering. ACC Assistant Director (Public Relations) Pranab Ku...

Ex-Habiganj councillor dies in police gunfire

Ex-Habiganj councillor dies in police gunfire

-- 2018-01-01 11:50:16

Yunus Miah, a former municipal councillor, has been killed in police gunfire in Habiganj’s Chunarughat. The incident occurred at Magurunda village in Paikpara Union around midnight on Sunday, s...

Schoolboy dies in Barisal road crash

Schoolboy dies in Barisal road crash

-- 2018-01-01 11:21:03

A class-three student was killed as a motorcycle hit him on Janukisingh road in Kaunia area of Barisal district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Tanvir, son of Delwar Hossain and cla...

New Year welcomes 8,000+ new Bangladesh babies

New Year welcomes 8,000+ new Bangladesh babies

-- 2018-01-01 10:33:37

Nearly 8,370 babies were expected to be born in Bangladesh on the New Year's day (January 1). UNICEF came up with the disclosure on Monday, saying that the new babies will account for 2.17 per cent o...

Ferry service disruption causes tailback at Paturia ghat

Ferry service disruption causes tailback at Paturia ghat

-- 2018-01-01 10:07:51

Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route have remained halted since Sunday midnight due to blurred visibility caused by thick fog. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) manager at Ar...

Spadework on for BD-Lanka container feeder service

Spadework on for BD-Lanka container feeder service

Syful Islam 2018-01-01 10:05:31

A new container feeder service between Chittagong and Colombo may set sail by April, officials said, as spadework for the shipping operations is underway. Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) and Ce...

Over 4,000 lost lives in road accidents in 2017

Over 4,000 lost lives in road accidents in 2017

-- 2018-01-01 09:48:26

At least 4,284 people were killed and 9,112 others injured in 3,472 road accidents across the country in 2017. UNB says among the deceased 516 are women and 539 children. The fatal accidents took pl...

JCD factional clash leaves one dead

JCD factional clash leaves one dead

-- 2018-01-01 07:57:43

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was killed in a factional clash in Court Point area of Sylhet on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abul Hasnat Shimu, former assistant...

This year vital for achieving development goals: Mosharraf

This year vital for achieving development goals: Mosharraf

-- 2018-01-01 07:56:18

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Khandker Mosharraf Hossain feels this new year is very important for achieving the country’s overall development goals. "We've gained remark...

Five die in Bogra bus-covered van collision

Five die in Bogra bus-covered van collision

-- 2018-01-01 07:44:30

Five people died in a road accident at Noy Mile on Bogra-Dhaka highway in Shahjahanpur of the district on Monday afternoon. The identities of the deceased are yet to be known. 20 others were injured...

Aug 21 grenade attack: Prosecution concludes argument

Aug 21 grenade attack: Prosecution concludes argument

-- 2018-01-01 07:25:51

The prosecution of August 21 grenade attack cases concluded argument on Monday and sought death penalty for 49 accused, including BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman. Chief prosecutor of the case...

People with disability can change world: Palak

People with disability can change world: Palak

-- 2018-01-01 06:30:10

Training and assistance can enable people with disabilities to change the world, said State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak "With specialised training and as...

Explosion at Panthapath hotel: Another ‘militant’ held

Explosion at Panthapath hotel: Another ‘militant’ held

-- 2018-01-01 05:11:51

Law enforcers have arrested a top leader of banned militant outfit Neo-JMB over the explosion at hotel Olio International in Panthapath of Dhaka on August 15 last year. A joint team of Counter Terror...

Move to repair damaged roads by two weeks

Move to repair damaged roads by two weeks

-- 2018-01-01 05:02:07

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the damaged roads across the country will be repaired within two weeks. The minister came up with the remarks while talking to reporters a...

Gazipur teenager stabbed to death

Gazipur teenager stabbed to death

-- 2018-01-01 03:20:03

A teenage boy was stabbed to death allegedly by driver and helper of a human hauler in Janerchala area in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on Monday. The deceased was identified as Shafiq (16), hailing f...