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Nahid to consider univ teachers' demands
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday assured taking into consideration demands of teachers of the country's 37 public universities over the
15 June 2015, 18:00 PM
14 billboards, 6 mini poles pulled down
A mobile court of Chittagong City Corporation pulled down nine illegal billboards and six mini-poles and fined six billboard owners Tk 30,000 in Jamal Khan area of Chittagong city yesterday.
15 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Memo for university teachers’ separate pay scale
Public university teachers place a memorandum to the education ministry demanding separate pay scale for them.
15 June 2015, 12:51 PM
Case sees first arrest in five months
After five months of investigation, police arrested a former madrasa official on Saturday evening as prime suspect for the murder of
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Journo Habibur Rahman Milon passes away
Veteran journalist and chairman of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), Habibur Rahman Milon died due to old-age complications at LabAid
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
No arrest yet
Police are claiming that they could neither arrest an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) nor gather information on his three cohorts centring a
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Temporary Biman staff stage demo for regularisation
Over 100 temporary employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines staged a sit-in before the motor transport department on the Hazrat
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Case filed over students' death in Ctg road crash
A case was filed with Akbar Shah Police Station in connection with the road accident that killed two college students and injured another
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Blackout panics DMCH patients
Panic gripped patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital following a power disruption for hours in its newly constructed 10-storey
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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“Prioritisation is totally missing in our budget."
13 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Road crash deaths elicit little public reaction
Due to high frequency of road accidents in the country, around 15 to 20 persons die every day, but it elicits little reaction from the
13 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Demand for arrest of BCL leader still on
General students, teachers, and cultural activists of Rajshahi University continued their protest for the fourth day yesterday, demanding
13 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Salahuddin's wife returns home
Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed who is facing a case in India over illegal entry, returned home from
13 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Victim of petrol bomb attack on running bus in Bangladesh dies
One of the eight victims of a mindless petrol bomb attack on a running bus in Comilla on the Shab-e-Barat night died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday.
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Rampal power plant to damage Sundarbans
Ekushey Padak winning botanist Prof Dwijen Sharma yesterday said the government should cancel the Rampal power plant project as it would cause permanent damage to the Sundarbans.
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Rain triggers flash flood in north
Low-lying areas of the northern Bogra, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts have been inundated by the rising waters of the Jamuna,
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Repression against women to go on if perps not punished
Women will continue to be oppressed in Bangladesh unless the government takes stern action against perpetrators like the kidnappers of
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A Report Card for Humanity 1900-2050
Will we be living better in 2050 than our predecessors did in 1900? The discussion over the state of the world, and whether things are
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Goldsmith shot, robbed in Old Dhaka
Miscreants last night shot a goldsmith and snatched his shopping bag carrying gold in Old Dhaka, said police.
11 June 2015, 20:40 PM
Anonymous letter makes Tureen feel threatened Files GD
An International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor, Tureen Afroz, filed a general dairy (GD) with the capital's Banani Police Station yesterday seeking “necessary action” over an
11 June 2015, 18:00 PM