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Bench asst on three-day remand for 'issuing fake bail orders'
A Dhaka court yesterday placed a bench assistant of Dhaka Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, on a three-day remand in a case filed for
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Taher, Nani implicated in Netrakona freedom fighter murder again
A prosecution witness yesterday corroborated testimonies of previous witnesses that Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani killed freedom fighter Dabir Hossain in Netrokona town during the Liberation War in 1971.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM
UN chief calls for refugee action
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed yesterday to governments to step up their response to Europe's migrant crisis following more drowning at sea and the discovery of migrant bodies in an abandoned truck in Austria.
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Mahatma Gandhi Smarak Sadan holds discussion in capital
Mahatma Gandhi and Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam were poles apart, but they both had a common dream to free their motherland from British
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Rescuing water bodies from grabbers an imperative
The government must immediately reclaim the designated flood flow zones, water retention areas and canals from realtors and
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Sold my property to Khandker Mosharraf willingly at fair price
Dayamoyee Asram owner Arun Guha Majumder yesterday said he willingly sold his Jheeltuli house in Faridpur to LGRD Minister Khandker
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka river choked as authorities remain silent
A spinning mill now stands on a flood plain earmarked as conservable in the capital's master plan with the authorities playing the role
28 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Reading Nazrul Islam after Walter Benjamin
‘Early in his life, Kazi Nazrul Islam, the most notable Muslim poet of modern Bengal, edited and published a weekly Bengali journal named Dhumketu, the Comet.
28 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Kazi Zafar's family wants to bury him on JS premises
Family members late Kazi Zafar Ahmed, chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party and former prime minister during HM Ershad's regime, sought
28 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Land erosion worsens
The flood water started receding from Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha but erosions by the rivers Dharla and Jamuna, which were triggered
28 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Female blogger seeks police protection
A blogger files a general diary with Mohammadpur Police Station in Dhaka this afternoon seeking protection as she fears for her life.
28 August 2015, 13:25 PM
1, 100 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas died in sea in 18 months
At least 70 people are estimated to have died of starvation, dehydration, disease and abuse by the crews at sea on ships abandoned in May this year, said the UN Refugee Agency yesterday.
27 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh, Mexico sign MoU to boost relations
Bangladesh and Mexico have agreed to start a dialogue to expand bilateral relations including strengthening trade and commerce.
27 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Digital attendance system introduced at DSCC
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) introduced a digital attendance management system yesterday.
26 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Rabies vaccines scarce for Ctg division poor
Poor dog bite victims in rural areas of Chittagong division have to travel all the way to the port city because only two hospitals there
26 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Consumers still feel unsafe about food
Nearly two years into passage of the Food Safety Act 2013 and six months into formation of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority
26 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Myanmarese separatist group Arakan Army attack BGB patrol team
Myanmarese separatist group Arakan Army swooped on a Border Guard Bangladesh patrol team in Boro Modak area of Thanchi in
26 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Chairman of Rajshahi edu board stand released
The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rajshahi has been stand released yesterday reportedly in the face of
25 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Don't stiff low income communities
Field-level officers and staff of Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) should not discriminate while dealing with water supply
25 August 2015, 18:00 PM
CVASU students decry academic pressure
Students of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) yesterday boycott classes and midterm exams demanding
25 August 2015, 18:00 PM