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Youth critically injured in landmine blast near Myanmar border, locals say
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BSF hands over body to BGB
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the body of a Bangladeshi to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday evening.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Mymensingh village cop dies in post-polls violence
A village defence policeman was strangled in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh yesterday following, what police said, an election rivalry
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
2 found dead in 2 dists
Police recovered the bodies of two men in two districts yesterday.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
My (Long-Suffering) Cameras
I did not have a camera in childhood, nor did I show a gift for photography as a precocious child. My dear aunt Chhotofufu gave me my
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
4 killed in road accidents
Four people were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday and on Thursday.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Obituary
Nasima Banu, a central committee member of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League, died of old-age complications at Bangabandhu Sheikh
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Children trapped in exam cycle
Guardians of students studying at different schools in the capital yesterday demanded the government to abolish the primary terminal
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
JU BCL activists vandalise shops
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Jahangirnagar University yesterday vandalised a few food shops and vehicles in Gerua Bazar
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
92pc people to get power by 2018
The whole Bangladesh will be brought under 100 percent electricity coverage by 2021 and the government is now looking forward to
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Seminar on language, culture held in Shilpakala Academy
American Alumni Association in partnership with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy held a seminar “Languages and its Influence on
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Fire breaks out at RMG factory
Fire gutted valuables at a garment factory in Kanchpur of Narayanganj, outside the capital, yesterday.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Hefajat threatens movement again
Hefajat-e-Islam yesterday afternoon threatened to take to the street if their demand of canceling the move of removing Islam as the state
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Obituary
Zillur Rahman, former factory manager of British Tobacco Company, died at a city hospital on Tuesday morning. He was 78.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
'Drug peddler' dies falling from 7-storey Old Dhaka building
Following a “chase by police”, an alleged drug peddler died after falling from the roof of a seven-storey building in Huseni Dalan area of
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Badsha Mondal
Badsha Mondal; father of Abdur Rahman Tulu, staff reporter of Bangladesh Protidin,died of old-age complications in his residence in
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
1971 spirit ruined for lack of democracy
The spirit of the Liberation War has been totally ruined as there is no democracy in the country, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Bogra man killed in attack over pond
A man was allegedly killed by his rivals following a feud over the ownership of a pond in Dhundar village under Nandigram upazila in
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Debates, cultural event held at AUW
Vibrant debates and a colourful cultural event marked the second day of the four-day international conference organised by Asian
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
5 Mymensingh men abducted by 'Rab impersonators'
Unknown people, identifying themselves as members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), abducted five youths in Mymensingh's Bhaluka
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Philippine bank president goes on leave amid $81m dirty money investigation
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) president Lorenzo Tan has gone on indefinite leave of absence on the heels of the government’s probe on the US$81 million in dirty money that slipped through the cracks of the local financial system with the bank’s branch in Jupiter Street, Makati as the gateway.
23 March 2016, 09:20 AM