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Govt resolute on saving rivers: Home minister

Govt resolute on saving rivers: Home minister

-- 2019-07-06 17:54:17

The government is determined to protect the rivers from encroachment, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Saturday. He was speaking at a rally in Kamrangirchar while launching 12 master plans to s...

Police recruitment fraud: Two held in Gazipur

Police recruitment fraud: Two held in Gazipur

-- 2019-07-06 17:50:30

Police arrested two members of a fraud gang who took money from people with false assurance of recruitment as police constables. Superintendent of Gazipur Police Shamsunnahar confirmed the matter at...

126 killed by lightning in May-June   

126 killed by lightning in May-June   

-- 2019-07-06 17:15:47

At least 126 people were killed by lightning strikes across Bangladesh in the last two months of the current calendar year, according to data compiled by a non-government organisation. 'Save the Soci...

Hill cutting 'by NGOs' to expand Rohingya camps angers locals

Hill cutting 'by NGOs' to expand Rohingya camps angers locals

-- 2019-07-06 16:45:12

Amid the government’s efforts to send back the displaced Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar, some NGOs are reportedly trying to build new makeshift camps for them destroying hills and forest...

AL unleashed ‘anarchy’: Fakhrul

AL unleashed ‘anarchy’: Fakhrul

-- 2019-07-06 16:40:30

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that the ruling Awami League has been letting loose anarchy across Bangladesh. “The law and order has collapsed. People are being hacked every day,...

Two killed in Sirajganj road accident

Two killed in Sirajganj road accident

-- 2019-07-06 16:36:22

Two people were killed and three other injured as a mini truck hit another one in Kashemmor area in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj district on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased couldn...

College teacher killed in Satkhira road crash

College teacher killed in Satkhira road crash

-- 2019-07-06 16:32:10

A college teacher was killed after being run over by a truck in Patkelghata on Satkhira-Khulna Highway on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahanara Khatun, 38, wife of Shahadat Hossai...

Malaysian FM in Dhaka to discuss bilateral, Rohingya issues

Malaysian FM in Dhaka to discuss bilateral, Rohingya issues

-- 2019-07-06 16:17:56

Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a three-day visit to discuss wide-ranging bilateral, regional and international issues including Rohingya issue. The Mala...

'BD to concentrate on tackling challenges of commercial laws'

'BD to concentrate on tackling challenges of commercial laws'

-- 2019-07-06 16:11:52

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has said Bangladesh would concentrate on tackling challenges of commercial laws, trade arbitration and agreement. He also suggested that judges and lawyers should ha...

PM returns home from China

PM returns home from China

-- 2019-07-06 15:08:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached home today (Saturday) wrapping up her five-day bilateral official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. A VVIP fight of Bima...

Boris Johnson singles out Bangladeshis over shaping British culture

Boris Johnson singles out Bangladeshis over shaping British culture

-- 2019-07-06 15:03:53

Britain's overwhelming favourite to be the next prime minister, Boris Johnson, has singled out Bangladeshis, Jewish refugees from Tsarist Russia, and Huguenots from France for shaping the British cult...

Nursery student strangulated to death in empty flat in Wari

Nursery student strangulated to death in empty flat in Wari

-- 2019-07-06 14:12:26

Police have recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl, who went missing on Friday evening, from an empty flat at Bonogram area of Wari in Old Dhaka. The girl was strangled, according to the police....

ACC to interrogate DIG Mizan’s bodyguard, driver Sunday

ACC to interrogate DIG Mizan’s bodyguard, driver Sunday

-- 2019-07-06 13:06:14

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate the bodyguard and the driver of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman over bribery allegation on Sunday. Bodyguard Hr...

PM to brief media on China visit Monday

PM to brief media on China visit Monday

-- 2019-07-06 11:07:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief the media on Monday about the outcomes of her five-day official visit to China. The press conference will be held at the PM's official residence Ganobhaban at...

Traffic police dies in city road accident

Traffic police dies in city road accident

-- 2019-07-06 10:34:36

A traffic police was killed as a truck hit him at Jatrabari intersection in the city on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Assistant Sub-inspector Mohammad Khairul, 32. Dhaka Medical Col...

Dengue turns worse in city this year

Dengue turns worse in city this year

Kamrun Nahar 2019-07-06 10:18:41

Dengue outbreak in Dhaka city has taken a serious turn this year as the number of victims was five times higher in June compared with the same period last year. According to a report of the Directo...

Businesses asked to redo VAT reg

Businesses asked to redo VAT reg

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-07-06 10:16:29

All existing VAT-registered businesses will have to provide some additional information this month as per new VAT Act-2012 to keep their nine-digit Business Identification Number (BIN) active. Bu...

Myanmar has “political will” over Rohingyas: China

Myanmar has “political will” over Rohingyas: China

-- 2019-07-06 10:14:11

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that Myanmar has a “political will” over Rohingya repatriation as he held a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abd...

Bangladesh, China agree on prompt solution to Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh, China agree on prompt solution to Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-07-05 21:06:43

Bangladesh and China have agreed on prompt solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on Friday. “The two...

Obaidul Quader describes gas price hike as logical

Obaidul Quader describes gas price hike as logical

-- 2019-07-05 20:13:07

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has described the decision to increase gas price as logical. The Awami League general secretary also said there is no scope to reconsider the decisi...

Banalata Express to run from Dhaka to Chapainawabganj

Banalata Express to run from Dhaka to Chapainawabganj

-- 2019-07-05 18:25:44

The Banalata Express, a non-stop intercity train service launched in April on Dhaka-Rajshahi route, will run on Dhaka to Chapainawabganj route from July 25 next. Railway Minister Advocate Nurul Islam...

'Govt increases gas price to facilitate ruling party leaders'

'Govt increases gas price to facilitate ruling party leaders'

-- 2019-07-05 18:15:23

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has increased the prices of gas unfairly only to facilitate those ruling party leaders and businessmen, who import Liq...

CPC to help resolve Rohingya crisis

CPC to help resolve Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-07-05 18:14:28

The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Friday said it will contact the top leaders of Myanmar to amicably solve the Rohingya crisis and start the repatriation process as soon as possible. CPC Minister...

Heavy rains destroyed Rohingya shelters in Cox’s Bazar: UNHCR

Heavy rains destroyed Rohingya shelters in Cox’s Bazar: UNHCR

-- 2019-07-05 18:01:59

Three days of incessant rains have destroyed 273 shelters and injured 11 people in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps, said UNHCR on Friday. "We remain on high alert, ready to deploy additional emergency res...

Govt plans to set up BSTI office in every district

Govt plans to set up BSTI office in every district

-- 2019-07-05 17:04:46

The government plans to set up offices of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in all districts across the country. Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun gave the information...

PM pays tribute to Chinese heroes

PM pays tribute to Chinese heroes

-- 2019-07-05 16:56:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently visiting China, paid tribute to Chinese heroes by placing a wreath at the Heroes Memorial in Tiananmen Square on Friday afternoon. After placing the wreath at...

2,329 killed in road accidents over six months: Report

2,329 killed in road accidents over six months: Report

-- 2019-07-05 16:42:39

At least 2,329 people, among them 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a new report....

Dhaka, Tokyo discuss issues of mutual interest

Dhaka, Tokyo discuss issues of mutual interest

-- 2019-07-05 15:11:25

Bangladesh and Japan have discussed ways to further strengthen economic relation and cooperation between the two countries. The two countries discussed the issues of mutual interest at the 4th Bangla...

Canteen boy ‘rapes’ minor girl at city hospital

Canteen boy ‘rapes’ minor girl at city hospital

-- 2019-07-05 13:59:09

Police arrested a canteen boy of Gonoshastha Nagar Hospital on charge of violating an 8-year old girl at the hospital in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka city on Thursday evening. Officer-in-charge of Dhanm...

Three women die as bus runs over them

Three women die as bus runs over them

-- 2019-07-05 13:53:00

Three women were killed as a bus ran over them at Kanchpur intersection in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Debi Rani, 40, Bashak Rani, 16 and Gita Rani,...