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'People must choose AL for development'

'People must choose AL for development'

-- 2017-12-09 06:07:41

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said for the sake of the advancement people must choose Awami League. "There is no alternative to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for country's development...,"...

NCD detains 7 with 5850 Yaba, 115 liters liquor in Ctg

NCD detains 7 with 5850 Yaba, 115 liters liquor in Ctg

-- 2017-12-09 04:36:07

Members of Narcotics Control Department (NCD) here in separate drives arrested seven drug traders with 5850 pieces of Yaba tablets and 115 liters liquor from different area in the city early Saturday....

Police expanding 999 emergency services across country

Police expanding 999 emergency services across country

-- 2017-12-09 04:26:47

Bangladesh police is going to launch the expanded emergency services across the country using toll free phone number 999 by this month. The police want to upgrade the services aimed at giving service...

Weather likely to improve by Monday

Weather likely to improve by Monday

-- 2017-12-09 04:02:24

The gloomy weather is likely to improve gradually from Monday but the light to moderate rain caused by the depression in the Bay may continue over the country till Sunday, says a met bulletin. "The...

Mymensing’s rail link with Jamalpur snaps

Mymensing’s rail link with Jamalpur snaps

-- 2017-12-09 03:42:47

The rail communication between Mymensingh and Jamalpur was disrupted on Saturday morning as two bogies of an oil laden train derailed at Bidyaganj Railway Station in the district. Jamalpur Railway St...

Paramount Textile arranges AGM

Paramount Textile arranges AGM

-- 2017-12-09 03:31:19

Paramount Textile Limited has organised its 11th annual general meeting (AGM) at Spectra Convention Centre in Gulshan area of the capital, recently. The AGM approved 15.0 per cent dividend, 5.0 per c...

Husband strangulates pregnant wife to death in B’baria

Husband strangulates pregnant wife to death in B’baria

-- 2017-12-09 03:13:26

A husband allegedly strangulated pregnant his wife to death in Ghatura area of Sadar upazila early Saturday following family feud. The deceased was identified as Rojina Begum, 20, wife of Sonali Ahme...

BGB detains 10 Bangladeshis along Benapole border

BGB detains 10 Bangladeshis along Benapole border

-- 2017-12-09 03:04:06

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 10 Bangladeshi from Daulatpur border in Benapole on Saturday. They were detained while entering into the country illegally. The detainees include fo...

Policymakers, researchers, private  sector should work closely: Experts

Policymakers, researchers, private sector should work closely: Experts

FE Report 2017-12-08 12:29:48

Speakers at a programme on Thursday said policymakers, researchers and private sector should work closely to lessen the gap between supply and demand of research to get the best implication results....

Training programme on tailoring makes a school dropout self-reliant

Training programme on tailoring makes a school dropout self-reliant

Our Correspondent 2017-12-08 12:22:14

MAGURA, Dec 05: School dropout Shikha is now enjoying a new life. Shikha is the daughter of Hanif Sheikh of village Barunatal under Magura sadar upazila. Hanif Sheikh is the owner of a petty tea st...

Police detain 23 with gunpowder in Dinajpur

Police detain 23 with gunpowder in Dinajpur

-- 2017-12-08 12:04:48

Police arrested 22 persons including two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and two drug traders from different areas of the district. Police launched a special drive in the last 12-hour ending at 8am on F...

BGB rescues two girls while being trafficked to India

BGB rescues two girls while being trafficked to India

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh rescued two girls from Kaliati village along Baikari border in Sadar upazila while being trafficked to India on Thursday night. They are Kamrunahar, 15, daughter of...

BNP warns PM of legal action over Khaleda remark

BNP warns PM of legal action over Khaleda remark

Agencies 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Accusing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of disseminating ‘false and defamatory’ information – former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family members have assets i...

Rohingya widows find safe haven

Rohingya widows find safe haven

Reuters 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Dawn hues of pink and purple reveal a dusty valley in Bangladesh's southern hills quilted with a dense settlement of red tents home to more than 230 women and children grieving for lost husbands and f...

Police arrest two with arms at Benapole

Police arrest two with arms at Benapole

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Police arrested Two people along with firearms from Navaron Burujbagan area on Beanpole-Jessore Highway under Sharsha upazila of Jessore early Friday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the area and...

Bogra brinjal farmers getting fair price this season

Bogra brinjal farmers getting fair price this season

Our correspondent 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Farmers of Bogra district are happy as they are getting fair price of brinjal this year. The tasty vegetable was grown massively across the area including its vast char land amid favourable weather c...

Design complexity stalls modernisation of Khulna Railway Station

Design complexity stalls modernisation of Khulna Railway Station

Our correspondent 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Design complexities are delaying the modernisation of a railway station in Khulna district, begun in April 2015. Now it is 44 months on since the Cabinet Committee of Public Procurement approved the...

National Memorial to remain closed from 13-15 Dec

National Memorial to remain closed from 13-15 Dec

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

The National Memorial at Savar in Dhaka will remain inaccessible to the public from December 13 to December 15 over cleanliness purpose, an official release said on Thursday. Ahead of the day, peop...

DCC’s repair fiasco renders BTCL’s 0.9m landlines dead

DCC’s repair fiasco renders BTCL’s 0.9m landlines dead

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)’s repair work has severed BTCL’s ‘core cable’ affecting about 900,000 landlines, including those of fire services, across the country. “...

PM’s comments on Khaleda totally false, fabricated: BNP

PM’s comments on Khaleda totally false, fabricated: BNP

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

BNP accused the Prime Minister of giving ‘false and defamatory’ information about its chief Khaleda Zia and her family members’ assets in Saudi Arabia. “The PM’s comment...

Twin brothers die in Lakshmipur road crash

Twin brothers die in Lakshmipur road crash

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

Twin brothers have died in a road accident in Lakshmipur on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Hasan and Hossain, 14, sons of Khurshed Alam of Shafipur village in Lakshmipur Sadar upaz...

Husband allegedly kills wife in C’nawabganj.

Husband allegedly kills wife in C’nawabganj.

-- 2017-12-08 11:16:00

A woman was killed when her husband allegedly hit on her head with a stick at Gidnipara village in Sadar upazila on Thursday evening. Officer-in-charge of Sadar police station Saber Reza Ahmed said S...

Two youths die in Dhaka ‘gunfight’

Two youths die in Dhaka ‘gunfight’

-- 2017-12-08 10:14:38

Two unidentified youths have died in a ‘gunfight’ with members of the Detective Branch (DB) in Dhaka city's Badda early Friday. Officer-in-charge of Badda police station Kazi Wajed Ali s...

Army deployment in Rangpur city polls EC’s call: Inu

Army deployment in Rangpur city polls EC’s call: Inu

-- 2017-12-08 09:29:04

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said the Election Commission (EC) will take decision over the army deployment in the upcoming Rangpur City Corporation election. "The election will be held as...

Gazette on judges' service rules next week

Gazette on judges' service rules next week

-- 2017-12-08 08:29:44

The government hopes to publish the gazette clarifying the service rules for lower court judges next week. Law Minister Anisul Huq expressed the hope on Friday while talking with reporters after a pr...

E-government plans for 10 municipalities underway: Palak

E-government plans for 10 municipalities underway: Palak

-- 2017-12-08 06:50:07

Work is underway to prepare e-government master plans for 10 municipalities as part of government’s intent to make digital services available for all. State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahm...

UN wants stability in Rakhine before Rohingya repatriation

UN wants stability in Rakhine before Rohingya repatriation

-- 2017-12-08 06:14:23

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has said that peace and stability must be restored in Myanmar’s Rakhine state before starting Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh. UNHCR spokesman Ad...

Don’t cast vote for BNP: Mosharraf

Don’t cast vote for BNP: Mosharraf

-- 2017-12-08 05:12:02

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain urged the people not to cast their vote for BNP in next polls. “The party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia became champion for fi...

BGB detains two with gold bars worth Tk 17m

BGB detains two with gold bars worth Tk 17m

-- 2017-12-08 03:15:12

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two suspected smugglers along with 26 gold bars worth Tk 16.7 million from Benapole check-post area on Friday. The arrestees are Imran Hossian, 22, s...

Two women die in Barisal road crash

Two women die in Barisal road crash

-- 2017-12-08 01:19:47

Two women were killed and three others injured in a road crash at Naruttampur area in Banaripara upazila of Barisal district on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Fatema, reports UNB. Md...