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Send able officers abroad to serve migrants better

Former officials of the expatriate welfare ministry's labour wing yesterday recommended appointing experienced, skilled and devoted
19 April 2016

Shafik's arrest politically motivated

Condemning journalist Shafik Rehman's arrest and terming it “politically motivated” and the manner it was conducted “fraudulence”, BNP
19 April 2016

Allegations of nomination trade in AL to be probed

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the ruling Awami League (AL) would form a
19 April 2016

Fire guts valuables of five houses in Chittagong

Fire gutted valuables, worth Tk 3 lakh, of five houses in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong early yesterday.
19 April 2016

Tribunal orders ads for six Gaibandha fugitives

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday ordered its registrar's office to publish ads in two national dailies, one
19 April 2016

Businessman found dead in a Dhaka hotel

Police recover the body of a businessman from a residential hotel in Tejgaon area of Dhaka.
19 April 2016

Cop shot in Dhaka

Sub-Inspector of Detective Branch of Police is shot by miscreants when he was raiding in Tatnibazar area of Dhaka to nab criminals.
19 April 2016

Gazipur city mayor Mannan suspended, again

Gazipur city’s mayor MA Mannan has been suspended again, days after the Supreme Court validated his position in respect to implication in a case.
19 April 2016

JnU students vandalise vehicles

Students of Jagannath University (JnU) vandalise at least seven vehicles including buses in front of the campus in old Dhaka.
19 April 2016

EC commissioners should quit, Shujan demands

Reflecting on the “poor performance" during the recent union parishad elections, a civil society platform has demanded that Election Commissioners “should quit” immediately.
19 April 2016

Baby killed at Uttar Khan, mother under scanner

A one-and-a-half-year old boy has been stabbed to death at Uttar Khan in Dhaka. Police are primarily suspecting the mother to be the killer.
19 April 2016

5 ‘kidnappers’ held from Mohakhali, 1 rescued

Law enforcers claim to have detained five kidnappers from Dhaka’s Mohakhali area. One victim is said to have been rescued from their grasp.
19 April 2016

UN experts stress humane approach to drug control

Ahead of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS), a group of United Nations human rights experts have called upon states to use the occasion to integrate their human rights obligations in the international drug control regime.
18 April 2016

Goyeshwar slams BNP for not observing Ilias' disappearance anniversary

BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday strongly criticised the party's high-ups for not holding any programme marking the fourth anniversary of disappearance of its leader M Ilias Ali, and for urging the government to trace him out.
18 April 2016

ASK worried over Shafik Rehman's arrest

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed deep concern over the arrest and remand of senior journalist Shafik Rehman.
18 April 2016

Youth found dead in Ctg

A youth was found dead in his room in Bakalia area of Chittagong city yesterday morning.
18 April 2016

Laundry room asst of DU hall jailed for sexual harassment

A laundry assistant of a dormitory of Dhaka University was sentenced to two years' imprisonment yesterday and a teacher of Jagannath University was suspended for allegedly sexually harassing female students.
18 April 2016

Train ticket scalper jailed, three booking staff suspended in Sylhet

Three ticket-booking assistants of Sylhet Railway Station yesterday were temporarily suspended and a ticket scalper was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for scalping.
18 April 2016

Do not let renovations alter historic sites' originality

Stating that the authorities concerned have been destroying the original state of historical sites during renovations, Prime Minister
18 April 2016

CDA inspects three tilted buildings

A five-member technical committee of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) yesterday afternoon inspected three buildings out of nine that tilted more or less during Wednesday's earthquake, in the port city.
18 April 2016