Govt must heed Fitch's warning
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Padma Barrage must have clear rationale
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End extortion in Dhaka’s waste trade
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Stop the rape of our children
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Stop objectifying women on Facebook
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End the culture of extortion in slums
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Stop trafficking of youths into war
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Milan appointed as ULAB Treasurer

Milan Kumar Bhattacharjee has been appointed the Treasurer of ULAB for a four-year term.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

ACC favours AL people

The BNP yesterday termed the Anti-Corruption Commission a "graft-protection commission", and claimed it has been following a biased policy to save the ruling party.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Milan appointed as ULAB Treasurer

Milan Kumar Bhattacharjee has been appointed the Treasurer of ULAB for a four-year term.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

NHRC plans to meet new army chief to discuss CHT

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold a dialogue with the newly appointed army chief to establish trust among the stakeholders in Chittagong Hill Tracts, said its
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Illegal drinking water plant sealed in port city

In separate drives, two mobile courts of the Chittagong district administration fined four factories and three shops Tk 94,000 and sealed off a factory for various irregularities in
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Hill slope dwellers in Ctg asked to go to safer places

The Chittagong district administration yesterday asked the people dwelling on the risky hill slopes in the city to move to safer places due
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Menon campaigns among iftar sellers for hygiene

Rashed Khan Menon, civil aviation and tourism minister, yesterday inaugurated a training based public awareness campaign for the
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM

MP’s son Rony on 4-day remand

A Dhaka court allows detectives to take Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling party lawmaker Pinu Khan, on a four-day remand in a case filed in connection with the shooting and killing of two people on April 14.
24 June 2015, 06:31 AM

Latif Siddique gets bail in 10 more cases

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in more 10 cases filed for hurting people's religious sentiment.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

TTTI’s certificate distribution programme held

Trust Technical Training Institute (TTTI), a vocational training institute directed by Bangladesh Army, yesterday distributed certificates
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Court withdraws arrest warrant hours after issuance

Hours after issuance of arrest warrant against Jubo Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, a Dhaka court yesterday withdrew its order upon a reconsideration petition submitted by his lawyer in a bomb blast case.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Communication of police to become digital wireless

The government has taken projects to bring the overall policing under digital wireless communication system, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told parliament yesterday.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Seminar on manufacturing sector in Bangladesh held at IUB

The Centre for Business Policy Research at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a seminar titled “Manufacturing Sector in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges” yesterday.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

DU English dept refutes exam boycotters' claim

The Department of English of Dhaka University yesterday refuted the claim of the master's students who boycotted the first semester final exam on Monday that they had not gotten adequate time for preparation and the admission process had been incomplete.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Abul Khair Chy new chairman of EU Board of Trustees

Abul Khair Chowdhury, Asstt Governor of International Rotary, was elected the chairman of the Eastern University (EU) Board of Trustees for 2015-16 in an election held at the 12th annual general meeting of the EU Foundation recently.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Human trafficking gang busted in capital

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested four human traffickers and seized a huge number of fake passports from their travel agency, housed in Shapla Building in the capital's Motijheel, early Monday.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Mubarak joins AERE as DG

Dr Mubarak Ahmad Khan, chief scientific officer of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, joined as the director general of Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) in Savar on June 14, says a press release.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

SC's iftar for president, PM Jun 27

The Supreme Court authorities for the first time have arranged an iftar party at its administrative building for June 27 in honour of the president, prime minister and speaker in parliament.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Poet Mahadev Saha hospitalised in Canada

Poet Mahadev Saha has been admitted to Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, Canada, with lung and heart complications on last Friday.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Mobile Courts may get extra powers

Three new clauses have been proposed to be added to the Mobile Court Act 2009 in a bid to empower executive magistrates.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM