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1,508MW power to add to nat’l grid by December

1,508MW power to add to nat’l grid by December

-- 2018-05-10 18:34:53

Five power plants having 1,508 megawatt (MW) generation capacity would be commissioned by December this year as the government is working to implement by 2020 the seventh five-year-plan related to SDG...

Nation awaits its first-ever satellite launch

Nation awaits its first-ever satellite launch

-- 2018-05-10 18:29:14

Bangladesh is set to embark on a new era as the country has completed all necessary preparations to launch its first-ever satellite, Bangabandhu-1. Bangladesh will be the 57th country to launch geost...

Eight zebras, rescued at Jashore, sent to Banghabandhu Safari Park

Eight zebras, rescued at Jashore, sent to Banghabandhu Safari Park

-- 2018-05-10 17:54:43

Eight zebras, rescued from Satmile area in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district early Wednesday, have been sent to Banghabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur following a court order. Detective branch of poli...

DMP files 3268 cases over traffic rule violations

DMP files 3268 cases over traffic rule violations

-- 2018-05-10 17:48:51

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Wednesday filed 3268 cases on charges of traffic rule violation. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on the city streets also realised...

BGB arrests man with $40,000

BGB arrests man with $40,000

-- 2018-05-10 17:23:59

The Border Guard of Bangladesh or BGB has detained a man in possession of $40,000 early on Thursday. The 30-year-old Enamul Hoque was detained from Amrakhali check post in the border area, said Lieut...

‘People to foil attempt to rig vote in Khulna’

‘People to foil attempt to rig vote in Khulna’

-- 2018-05-10 17:14:53

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned that people will foil any attempt of vote rigging in Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls. "You (AL) have staged a drama by going t...

Man gets six-month jail for burying dogs, puppies alive

Man gets six-month jail for burying dogs, puppies alive

-- 2018-05-10 16:46:36

A court in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced a security guard to six months jail in a case filed under the Cruelty to Animals Act for burying two dogs and 14 puppies alive at Bagichartek in Rampura in 2017....

Ginger farming in Nilphamari going on in full swing

Ginger farming in Nilphamari going on in full swing

Our Correspondent 2018-05-10 16:00:41

The cultivation of ginger is going on in full swing across the Nilphamari district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 2150 hectares of land have been b...

Deaths from lightning hit 67 in May

Deaths from lightning hit 67 in May

-- 2018-05-10 14:20:37

The death toll from lightning strikes across Bangladesh in May has risen to 67. Reported add that at least 24 people have been killed in a single day after 70 such deaths occurred in March and April....

SC orders Gazipur polls by June 28, overturning stay order

SC orders Gazipur polls by June 28, overturning stay order

Agencies 2018-05-10 13:46:02

The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court stay order on the Gazipur City Corporation polls and directed the Election Commission to hold the election by June 28. The bench, led by Chief Justice Sy...

Mymensingh’s Riaz Uddin Fakir gets death for war crimes

Mymensingh’s Riaz Uddin Fakir gets death for war crimes

Agencies 2018-05-10 12:44:42

A war crimes tribunal has sentenced Riaz Uddin Fakir to death for his role in genocide in Mymensingh during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. He has been convicted of genocide and crimes aga...

Lightning kills B’baria Palli Bidyut worker

Lightning kills B’baria Palli Bidyut worker

-- 2018-05-10 12:40:34

A worker of Palli Bidyut Samity was killed by lightning at Boro Pukurpar area in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 35, a line man of Suhilpur Palli Bidyut...

Assailants shoot cable trader dead in city

Assailants shoot cable trader dead in city

-- 2018-05-10 12:33:30

A cable businessman was shot dead by miscreants in the capital's South Badda area on Wednesday night, said police. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 30, owner of Razzak 'Max Cable' of Mid...

Police kill suspected robber in ‘shootout’

Police kill suspected robber in ‘shootout’

-- 2018-05-10 12:13:31

A suspected ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Gobindahuda village in Damurhuda upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mirajul Islam Mia, 47,...

National Professor Nurul Islam passes away

National Professor Nurul Islam passes away

-- 2018-05-10 12:08:33

Noted litterateur and National Professor Mustafa Nurul Islam has passed away in the capital due to old-age complications. He was 92. Nurul Islam breathed his last at his residence around 9:00pm on We...

Two launches collide in Buriganga

Two launches collide in Buriganga

-- 2018-05-10 12:05:04

Two launches have collided on the Buriganga river near Dhaka’s Sadarghat, leaving a man wounded on Thursday morning. Enamul Haque, chief of Sadarghat Police camp said Dhaka-bound MV Sabbir-2 an...

Dhaka: Day drowns in dark

Dhaka: Day drowns in dark

Shafiqur Rahman and Nafisa Nowrin 2018-05-10 11:20:11

Heavy darkness enveloped Dhaka city for around half an hour from 11:00am on Thursday. Along with this came rains, bringing the city to a halt. The skies started clearing at 11:25am and things came bac...

Locals lynch ‘mugger’ in city

Locals lynch ‘mugger’ in city

-- 2018-05-09 21:48:38

A suspected mugger was lynched in the city's Moghbazar area on Wednesday. The deceased was known as Mangal, 25, son of Jakir Hossain. Further details of the victim were not available. Police said lo...

DU student dies falling off tree on campus

DU student dies falling off tree on campus

-- 2018-05-09 21:02:41

A Dhaka University (DU) student died falling off a mango tree on the campus in the city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Towfique Omar, 23, a first-year student of Urdu Department. Hailin...

AL expresses no-confidence in KCC returning officer

AL expresses no-confidence in KCC returning officer

-- 2018-05-09 20:56:06

Ruling Awami League has expressed no-confidence in returning officer of Khulna City Corporation (KCC). The party alleged that activity and behaviour of the returning officer was biased towards a part...

31m people face legal issues every year in Bangladesh

31m people face legal issues every year in Bangladesh

-- 2018-05-09 20:44:44

Every year as many as 31 million people confront with legal challenges in Bangladesh, according to findings of a study presented at a report launch event in the city on Wednesday. A majority of these...

Nahid stresses mass awareness to keep students aloof from militancy

Nahid stresses mass awareness to keep students aloof from militancy

-- 2018-05-09 18:05:19

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday urged the teachers and guardians to be aware so that students are not misguided by evil forces. The minister camde the call while speaking at the 5th...

Two cases filed over killing of Naniarchar UZ chairman, four others

Two cases filed over killing of Naniarchar UZ chairman, four others

-- 2018-05-09 17:52:49

Two separate cases were filed in connection with the killing of Naniarchar upazila chairman advocate Shaktiman Chakma and four others in separate attacks on May 3,4. Rupam Chakma, an assistant of Sha...

Rizvi accuses govt of conspiring against KCC polls

Rizvi accuses govt of conspiring against KCC polls

-- 2018-05-09 17:37:57

BNP on Wednesday alleged that people are worried about the fate of Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls as the government has various 'evil designs' to stop the voting. Speaking at a press briefin...

Lightning strikes claim 19 lives

Lightning strikes claim 19 lives

-- 2018-05-09 17:23:22

At least 19 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes across Bangladesh on Wednesday. Among the victims, six were killed in Habiganj district alone. Meanwhile, three people died...

DSCC conducts cleanliness campaign at Baitul Mukarram Mosque

DSCC conducts cleanliness campaign at Baitul Mukarram Mosque

-- 2018-05-09 17:17:51

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Wednesday conducted a special cleanliness campaign at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city to ensure a clean and comfortable environment for the devotees...

Miscreants hack physician in city

Miscreants hack physician in city

-- 2018-05-09 16:51:27

A leader of Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) was hacked by some unidentified miscreants at Doel Chattar in the city on Wednesday. Samiul Alam Sohan, 45, general secretary of DAB and medical of...

Minister asks Biman to lay off elderly staffers

Minister asks Biman to lay off elderly staffers

-- 2018-05-09 16:47:00

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal has come up with a solution to the problems at Biman Bangladesh Airlines - lay off elderly employees. The minister was addressing a programme a...

BTV to broadcast Bangladesh’s first satellite launch

BTV to broadcast Bangladesh’s first satellite launch

-- 2018-05-09 16:26:50

State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) has taken initiative to telecast live the launching of Bangabandhu-1, country's first commercial satellite, early Friday. "Bangladesh Television will be teleca...

56.9pc women not in education, employment, training: CPD

56.9pc women not in education, employment, training: CPD

-- 2018-05-09 16:11:48

Country’s 56.9 per cent women population with working age are not there in education, employment and training (NEET) category, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said. The civil society thin...