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Four to walk gallows for killing Gazipur schoolboy

A Gazipur court yesterday sentenced four people including two siblings to death for killing a schoolboy at Pubail in the city in
21 April 2016

Road crashes kill two, injure three

A five-year-old boy was killed as a truck ran him over on Bhomra-Alipur road in Dhalipara of Satkhira Sadar yesterday.
21 April 2016

Academic activities of honours courses at Cuet to resume May 3

The academic activities of the Honours courses at the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) will resume on May 3.
21 April 2016

State-of-the-art nat'l data centre closer to reality

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has recently given the nod to taking on a $154 million concessional loan from a Chinese state
21 April 2016

Leaders pledge specific actions on carbon pricing

A panel of World Bank Group, including six heads of states and governments, yesterday agreed on an ambitious global target
21 April 2016

Death anniversary

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Satya Ranjan Dasgupta, an anti-British movement activist and social worker.
21 April 2016

Shift case to speedy trial tribunal

Cultural personalities yesterday demanded justice for the murder of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and
21 April 2016

Demolition of quake-vulnerable buildings starts in Sylhet

Sylhet City Corporation demolished a residential building at Tantipara in the city yesterday as the three-storey building was
21 April 2016

HC refuses to stay trial proceedings against Khaleda

A High Court bench yesterday refused to stay the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable
21 April 2016

Sylhet can listen to Dhaka FM now

Dhaka FM 90.4 inaugurated its official broadcasting in Sylhet yesterday.
21 April 2016

ACC won't spare corrupt big shots either

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Secretary Abu Md Mustafa Kamal yesterday reiterated that big shots who have been found involved in corruption will be arrested in due time.
21 April 2016

With bribe, wife gets ‘alone time’ with jailed husband, then gets caught

A woman has managed a chance to ‘reunite’ with her imprisoned husband bribing her way through prison guards. Successful for a brief period of time, she got caught in the act.
21 April 2016

ACC sued 97 people in Mar

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved filing of 34 cases against 97 people including government officials, public representatives and businessmen in March this year.
21 April 2016

18 ‘robbers’ held in Jatrabari

A total of 18 people have been detained with arms from Dhaka’s Jatrabari. Police said they were preparing for a robbery in the area.
21 April 2016

BCL leader assaults DU journalist

A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader yesterday hurled abuses and assaulted a journalist at Modhur Canteen in Dhaka
20 April 2016

Workshop on texts, theories held at Metropolitan University, Sylhet

Metropolitan University, Sylhet organised a workshop on Texts and Theories at the university, said a press release yesterday.
20 April 2016

Discussion on freedom of expression held in capital

ARTICLE 19 organised a discussion titled “Freedom of Expression and Incitement: Drawing the Line” at BRAC Centre Inn
20 April 2016

Boy dies in knife accident

A nine-year old boy bled to death after he accidentally fell on a kitchen knife in the capital's Kadamtoli area yesterday.
20 April 2016

Water transport workers go on indefinite strike

Bangladesh Water Transport Workers Federation embarked on an indefinite strike from today to press home a 15-point demand
20 April 2016

Create more scope for education for poor: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed taking more initiatives so that the country's poor and meritorious
20 April 2016