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US-Israel war on Iran
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Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia
Youth critically injured in landmine blast near Myanmar border, locals say
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Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister
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Southeast Asia
Gazipur Mayor MA Mannan suspended again
Gazipur City Corporation's Mayor MA Mannan was suspended again yesterday, five days after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court order that stayed his earlier suspension in an arson case.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Cop gets shot during raid in capital
A sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police was shot by miscreants during a drive to nab criminals in Tantibazar of Dhaka yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Country's first ever online reproductive, sexual health master's prog launched
The first ever online master's programme on sexual and reproductive health was launched for the midwives in Bangladesh.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Man's hanging body found in Dhaka hotel
A trader was found dead in a hotel in the capital's Farmgate yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
ACC arrests 13 for stealing Tk 9.5cr
The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday arrested 13 persons across the country in 10 separate cases filed between 2014 and 2016 for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Vessel owners, cargo traders trivialise Sundarbans
Though experts think, cargo vessels plying through the Sundarbans' rivers are like “mobile bombs” for the tigers, the vessel owners are putting pressure on the government, demanding to reopen the Shela river route for cargo operations.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
ACC arrests Ctg trader in graft case
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested an iron rod trader at Agrabad in Chittagong city yesterday afternoon in a case filed
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Website to help public servants spell correct Bangla launched
The public administration ministry has launched a website to help government officials and employees spell Bangla words correctly as
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Obituary
Syed Kamal Uddin Ahmed, an advocate, died of cencer, in Sylhet Nurjahan Clinic in the city yesterday morning. He was 70.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Road crashes kill five including 9-year-old
Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed and another was injured in road accidents in five districts yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Rab rescues abducted man
Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have rescued an abducted man and arrested five abductors in a raid at an under-construction building in the capital's Mahakhali Niketan area on Monday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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, 16:37 PM
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, 12:00 PM
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, 07:37 AM
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, 07:35 AM
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, 06:49 AM
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, 04:37 AM
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, 04:34 AM
UK, Belgium, Sri Lanka get new envoys
Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Ismat Jahan will replace High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Md Abdul Hannan
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Khaleda files two pleas with HC challenging trial court order
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed two petitions with the High Court challenging a lower court order that rejected her two applications in connection with Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Sunday.
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM