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ICT finalises report against Rajshahi ‘war criminal’

ICT finalises report against Rajshahi ‘war criminal’

-- 2018-03-27 14:15:45

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has finalised its report against a Rajshahi man who was allegedly involved in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971. Abdul Hannan Khan, chief coo...

RAB arrests man with firearm, ammo

RAB arrests man with firearm, ammo

-- 2018-03-27 13:44:50

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with a foreign pistol, two rounds of bullets and a magazine from Kokali village of Comilla district on Tuesday morning. T...

Train runs over, kills man in Ctg

Train runs over, kills man in Ctg

-- 2018-03-27 13:15:57

A passenger of CNG-run auto-rickshaw was killed and another injured as a train hit the vehicle at a level crossing in Patia municipal area on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Moin Uddi...

Man to die for killing elder brother

Man to die for killing elder brother

-- 2018-03-27 13:10:35

A court in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his elder brother in Gomostapur upazila in 2016. The convicted man is Shafiul Islam, 32, son of Hadisul Islam, a resident of...

Govt sets deadline to purge outdated autorikshaws

Govt sets deadline to purge outdated autorikshaws

-- 2018-03-27 12:49:58

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has set a deadline to purge autorickshaws older than 15 years from Dhaka and Chittagong. Roads and Highways Department Joint Secretary Dr Mohammed Quamrul A...

Khaleda’s graft case: ACC’s appeal hearing on Wednesday

Khaleda’s graft case: ACC’s appeal hearing on Wednesday

-- 2018-03-27 12:48:52

The High Court has fixed Wednesday for hearing on acceptance of an appeal filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking extension of punishment of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. On...

Police detain 22 in Habiganj

Police detain 22 in Habiganj

-- 2018-03-27 11:55:09

Police, in regular drives arrested 22 people including 12 wanted accused from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9 am on Tuesday morning. Assistant Superintendent of Poli...

Schoolgirl dies as bus runs over in city

Schoolgirl dies as bus runs over in city

-- 2018-03-27 11:38:20

A bus has run over and killed a schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Shaora area when she was returning home from private tuition on her uncle’s motorcycle. Israt Jahan Ripti, a 10th grader at Shaheed R...

SC seeks undertaking from BGMEA on office relocation

SC seeks undertaking from BGMEA on office relocation

-- 2018-03-27 11:26:54

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to give an undertaking saying that it will not file any more time petition...

Bangladesh sees little foreign funds for Rohingya island

Bangladesh sees little foreign funds for Rohingya island

-- 2018-03-27 10:07:04

Bangladesh is not expecting much help from foreign donors as it forges ahead with plans to relocate 0.10 million (100,000) Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island, an undertaking that does not ye...

Three die in Ctg head-on crash

Three die in Ctg head-on crash

-- 2018-03-27 09:41:23

At least three people have been killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Baluchora area of the port city early Tuesday. The deceased are yet...

Indian daily features rare photos of Bangabandhu

Indian daily features rare photos of Bangabandhu

-- 2018-03-26 22:09:47

The Indian Express on Monday published some rare photographs of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with Indian personalities. The Indian daily published the photographs marking th...

Comilla jail honours three convicted freedom fighters

Comilla jail honours three convicted freedom fighters

-- 2018-03-26 22:02:08

Three freedom fighters, who are serving life imprisonment in Comilla central jail in separate murder cases, were honoured by the jail authorities on Monday on the occasion of the 48th Independence Day...

AL observes Independence Day

AL observes Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 21:30:06

Awami League has paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 48th Independence and National Day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Bangabandhu by pla...

AL pays homage to Bangabandhu on Independence Day

AL pays homage to Bangabandhu on Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 21:09:25

Awami League on Monday paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi here on t...

Injured BCL leader dies in Jessore

Injured BCL leader dies in Jessore

-- 2018-03-26 21:07:57

A local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, who sustained injuries in a rival attack, died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rakib Hasan, 28, joi...

BD missions abroad mark Independence Day

BD missions abroad mark Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 20:58:51

Bangladesh missions abroad on Monday celebrated the 48th Independence and National Day paying glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Liberation War martyrs....

BCL suspends two leaders of SUST unit

BCL suspends two leaders of SUST unit

-- 2018-03-26 20:51:41

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Monday suspended two of its leaders of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit who were arrested along with firearms, reports UNB. Those suspende...

Two found dead in Rajshahi

Two found dead in Rajshahi

-- 2018-03-26 20:41:40

Police recovered bodies of two people in Puthia upazila on Monday in separate incidents. The deceased were identified as Babita Rani Paul, wife of Ratan Paul in Baneshwar Namajgram Palpara area, and...

BRAC ranked number one NGO for third consecutive year

BRAC ranked number one NGO for third consecutive year

-- 2018-03-26 20:18:15

BRAC has been ranked the number one NGO in the world for the third successive year by the Geneva-based media organisation NGO Advisor. “We are deeply honoured to be ranked as the top global NGO...

Locals catch sexagenarian man for trying to ‘violate’ minor girl

Locals catch sexagenarian man for trying to ‘violate’ minor girl

-- 2018-03-26 19:05:29

A sexagenarian man has tried to violate a 10-year-old girl at Hazirhat in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong district. Locals caught the culprit, Abul Kalam, 62, a former government employee, and handed...

Rivals hack Jubo League man to death

Rivals hack Jubo League man to death

-- 2018-03-26 18:56:58

A local Jubo League activist was hacked to death in an attack by rivals at Meher Afroze High School ground in Chittagong on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohiuddin, 30, son of Abu...

China for taking ‘Strategic Partnership’ with BD to new heights

China for taking ‘Strategic Partnership’ with BD to new heights

-- 2018-03-26 18:52:02

China has said it is willing to work together with Bangladesh to deepen the cooperation of mutual benefits and continuously push the 'Strategic Partnership' to new heights. "I attach high importance...

BGB, BSF exchange greetings, sweetmeat on Independence Day

BGB, BSF exchange greetings, sweetmeat on Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 18:44:19

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) exchanged greetings and sweetmeat at the Hili border in Hakimpur upazila on Monday on the occasion of the 48th Independence Day of...

Case filed against building owner over Bhaluka blast

Case filed against building owner over Bhaluka blast

-- 2018-03-26 18:40:10

A case has been filed against the building owner over the blast in a house of Masterbari in Bhaluka upazila that killed a Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) student. Mamunur Rashi...

US-Bangla to get $4.2m from Sadharan Bima as compensation

US-Bangla to get $4.2m from Sadharan Bima as compensation

-- 2018-03-26 18:36:48

The US-Bangla Airlines will get $4.2 million (Tk 346 million) initially from state-owned insurance company Sadharan Bima Corporation as compensation. The insurance company is providing the compensati...

BNP pays tribute to Liberation War martyrs

BNP pays tribute to Liberation War martyrs

-- 2018-03-26 18:19:41

BNP has paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing a wreath at the National Mausoleum marking the 48th Independence Day. As their chairperson Khaleda Zia has been in jail since Febru...

PM releases postage stamps to mark 48th Independence Day

PM releases postage stamps to mark 48th Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 18:08:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the 48th Independence Day. She also released another commemorative postage s...

Plane crash survivor Shahin dies

Plane crash survivor Shahin dies

-- 2018-03-26 17:39:26

US-Bangla plane crash survivor Shahin Bepari died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday. Shahin Bepari was declared dead around 4.45pm by the medical board formed for th...

Bangladesh mission in New Delhi celebrates Independence Day

Bangladesh mission in New Delhi celebrates Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 17:05:26

Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Monday celebrated the 48th Independence and National Day. The mission celebrated the day through paying glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...