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Mayor Annisul's body arrives today

FE Report 2017-12-02 10:32:08

The body of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who died in a London hospital on Thursday after months of his battle with various neuro complications, will be brought to the capital...

NBR collects Tk 42.81b income tax until Nov 30

FE Report 2017-12-02 09:47:19

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) received over Tk 42.81 billion (4,281.32 crore) as income tax until November 30, 2017, up by 28.37 per cent over the corresponding time of 2016. A total of 15,56,6...

Youth stabbed dead in Chittagong

-- 2017-12-02 09:22:52

A young man has been stabbed to death over a previous enmity at Jhaldi in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong. The deceased was identified as Didarul Alam, 28, son of Najir Ahmed of the village, reports...

One chopped dead in Comilla

-- 2017-12-02 09:18:27

A young man was chopped to death and two others were injured in an attack allegedly by local Jaitya Party men over playing badminton at Darichar village in Homna upazila on Friday night. Police said...

President hosts doa mahfil at Bangabhaban

-- 2017-12-02 09:03:33

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday hosted doa and milad mahfil at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban after Zohr prayers on the occasion of Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the anniversary of the emergence of Prophe...

PM goes to Cambodia on three-day visit tomorrow

-- 2017-12-02 08:46:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Phnom Penh Sunday morning on a three-day official visit to Cambodia. The premier will pay the visit at the invitation of her Cambodian cou...

Tribute to a man with a mission

-- 2017-12-02 08:31:19

Annisul Huq's time as Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor is cut short by his untimely demise. But his legacy as a 'Man with a Mission' will, surely, be long remembered. As people in their thousands p...

Amu calls on Pranab in India

-- 2017-12-02 08:16:50

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has met former President of India Pranab Mukherjee at the latter’s office. According to a BSS report, they discussed the whole gamut of bilateral issues of...

Dissolving parliament a must before polls: Moudud

-- 2017-12-02 08:15:30

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said that the current parliament must be dissolved no matter whether the next general election is held before or after the tenure of the current government. "It's n...

Pabna road mishap takes lives of two

-- 2017-12-02 07:42:46

Two people, including a woman, were killed and four others injured when a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nurpur area on Pabna-Gachhpara road in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased have been...

Pope leaves Dhaka after three-day state visit

-- 2017-12-02 07:31:04

Pope Francis has left Dhaka wrapping up his three-day busy state visit here. During his visit, he had an emotional interaction with some Myanmar's displaced Rohingya Muslims alongside meetings with t...

Rohingya relocation not to hamper repatriation: Inu

-- 2017-12-02 06:59:48

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that the relocation of Rohingya people from Cox's Bazar to any other place will not hamper the repatriation process. "The Rohingyas have been given shelt...

President calls for quick, impartial disposal of cases

-- 2017-12-02 06:37:37

President Abdul Hamid has said that the judges have to ensure quick disposal of cases to overcome problems of delay in trial process and backlog of cases. He also asked them to do it in an impartial...

‘Neighbor’ stabs man dead in Ctg

-- 2017-12-02 04:32:57

A young man was stabbed to death over a previous enmity at Jhaldi in Banshkhali upazila. The deceased was Didarul Alam, 28, son of Najir Ahmed of the village. Abdul Malek, a neighbour of Didarul, ha...

Pope visits orphans in Dhaka on last day of trip

-- 2017-12-02 03:54:36

Pope Francis visited a home in Dhaka founded by Mother Teresa for orphans, unwed mothers and destitute elderly on Saturday.  He wrapped up his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. The pope, who leav...

Mobile court fines 5 for harassing B’baria college girl

-- 2017-12-02 03:12:44

Five youths were fined Tk 50,000 over the harassment of a college girl at Khagatoa village in Nabinagar upazila. A mobile court here fined them on Friday noon Those fined are Ranjit Devnath, Ariful...

BNP doing bad politics on Rohingya issue: Inu

-- 2017-12-02 02:57:19

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) and Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Saturday said BNP is doing bad politics on Rohingya issue. BNP’s bad politics would be harmful for the...

Larma warns of unrest in the hills

-- 2017-12-02 02:03:58

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, known as Shantu Larma, has warned the government that the hill regions would be be engulfed in unrest. Unrest will take place unless it fully honours the 1997 Chittagong...

3,500 hectares of land under bean production in Narsingdi district

-- 2017-12-01 12:41:17

NARSINGDI, Nov 30 (UNB): Bean cultivation has been gaining popularity in the district after a large number of farmers have involved themselves in bean farming considering good profit in low investment...

Malta cultivation expands in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2017-12-01 12:40:37

GOPALGANJ, Nov 30: Malta cultivation has recently started on commercial basis in Chandradighalia village under Gopalganj Sadar. Mafizur Rahman, a grower of the village, has started farming BARI-1 m...

Condolences pour in for Annisul Huq

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Tributes pour in for Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq, who died at a London hospital around 4.23 pm (London time) Thursday. He was 65. Annisul was kept on life support at the intensive...

Pope celebrates open-air Mass at Suhrawardy Udyan

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass in Suhrawardy Udyan on the second day of his visit to Bangladesh. The pope presided over a sacramental ceremony in which several Catholics were ordained to pr...

Nasirnagar attack ‘mastermind’ walks out on bail

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

The suspected mastermind of the attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila last year was released on bail on Thursday afternoon after serving five months and a 10 days in jail. Dewan Atiqur...

Aromatic rice farming going on in full swing

Our correspondent 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Aromatic rice cultivators of Rangpur district are in joyous mood as they have been witnessing a congenial weather condition this year. They are optimistic about attaining a plentiful yield of the prod...

Pope says ‘Rohingya’ for first time

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Pope Francis used the word ‘Rohingya’ for the first time to refer to refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar during his current trip to Asia. “The presence of God today is also c...

84 sexual abuse Rohingyas get treatment at MSF

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has provided treatment for 84 survivors of sexual violence at MSF’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit in Kutupalong. More than 90 per cent of the survivors are...

Police rescue missing Natore priest

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Police have rescued priest and school teacher Father Walter William Rozario from Kadamtoly Bus Terminal in Sylhet, five days after he went missing from Natore. "Father Walter William Rozario, who wen...

Cops arrest 32 with drugs in Dinajpur

-- 2017-12-01 11:49:02

Police arrested 32 persons including seven drug traders from the district in the last 12-hour. Police conducted a special drives from different areas of the district in the last 12-hour ending at 8am...

Government emphasising on CHT development: PM

-- 2017-12-01 09:09:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the government is emphasising more on the development of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) than other parts of the country as this area was neglected for mor...

President, PM greet nation on Eid-e-Miladunnabi

-- 2017-12-01 08:58:14

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the nation and Muslims across the world on the occasion of the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)...