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4 killed, 30 injured in clash over UP polls in Magura

At least four people were killed and 30 others injured on Friday in a clash between supporters of two rival candidates in the upcoming Union Parsishad election at Jagodal village in Magura Sadar upazila.The killed were identified as member candidate Sabur Molla, 50, his brother Kabir Molla, 55, his ...

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Country will revert to 1972 constitution; bill to be placed soon: Murad

State Minister for Information Murad Hassan has said Bangladesh is a secular nation and will return to its 1972 constitution offered by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Military dictators tried to undermine Bangladesh's core ideal of secularism by declaring Islam as the sta...

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Zero import duty for onion, 10pc for sugar

The government has withdrawn import duty on onion and reduced that on sugar by 10 per cent in an attempt to stabilise the prices of the two essential items.The Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry of Finance issued two separate gazettes in this regard on Thursday evening.While the cu...

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Stay alert to evil communal forces, says Quader

The government will not allow any evil communal forces to raise their ugly heads and disturb harmony between communities, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Thursday.  Quader, also the ruling Awami League general secretary, issued the warning visiting Ramkrishna Mission&...

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Global Covid cases near 237 million

The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 237 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 236, 737,258 while the death tally from the virus reached 4,833,670 on Friday morning.The US...

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Tamim’s EPL stint comes to an abrupt end

Bangladesh opening batter Tamim Iqbal’s stint in the Everest Premier League (EPL) of Nepal came to an abrupt end as the batter injured his left thumb.The left-handed batter returned home on Thursday morning after sustaining the blow. He will now undergo a rehabilitation program under...

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Pre-registration must for news portals: Minister

The government will make registration mandatory ahead of operating any news portal from the next year, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday.“Declaration is a must before publishing any newspaper, and there should be the same rule in the case of news portal operation. News portal...

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Deal likely on Saturday

Bangladesh and the United Nations are likely to sign a formal document on Saturday to find ways for UN engagement in Bhasan Char demonstrating support to the government’s massive investment there to ensure better living for Rohingyas, officials said.    “We’re expecting t...

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Sundarbans tourism: Govt focuses on automation to improve services

The government will launch a pilot project in December next, aiming to bring tourism management in the Sundarbans under automation with a smart app. Using the app, 'Sundarbans', one can get all the travel formalities done sitting at home. This will not only save the time of travellers b...

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No fear of debt trap for Bangladesh: Minister

Planning Minister MA Mannan on Monday said there is no scope for Bangladesh to get stuck in debt trap noting that its foreign currency reserve is growing with lower rate of borrowing considering the size of GDP. "There's no fear for Bangladesh to get into debt trap," he said while...

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Hasan slams cable operators for stopping operation of clean feed channels

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday slammed the cable operators which have stopped the operation of 17 ad-free foreign channels and said they will be charged with violating rules.“Seventeen TV channels, including the BBC, CNN, Al Jajeera and Animal Planet have clean feeds in Bangladesh...

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Tigers test negative for Covid

All the members of the Bangladesh national cricket team have tested negative for Covid-19 before flying for the T20 World Cup, confirmed Debashis Chowdhury, the chief physician of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).The Bangladesh team is scheduled leave Dhaka for Muscat, Oman on Sunday night.Sh...

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Khelafat Majlis quits 20-party alliance

Khelafat Majlis on Friday quit the BNP-led 20-party alliance as the party thinks it has become an ‘ineffective’ opposition platform.Khelafat Majlis acting secretary general Advocate M Jahangir Hossain came up with the announcement at a press conference at a restaurant in the city after a...

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SC directs lower court judges to give decisions publicly

The Supreme Court has asked the lower court judges to pass their verdicts and orders in public in order to ensure transparency and accountability.  The SC directive came in a notification signed by the Registrar Md Golam Rabbani of the High Court Division under the Supreme Court on Wednesday.In...

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HC seeks further explaination from 2 lower court judges

The High Court on Wednesday asked for further explanation from two lower court judges by October 24 on why they remanded actress Pori Moni to police on multiple times in a narcotics case.  The HC bench of Justices Mustafa Zaman Islam and KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order as the court found the e...

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Villages with modern facilities to lead economic boost

The country will need to accelerate structural transformation of the economy by building strong industrial and manufacturing sectors if it  wishes to become a higher middle income country by 2031."To maintain its position among the developing countries and become a higher middle income cou...

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President Hamid calls for updating country’s laws

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday called upon the Law Commission to take necessary steps to modernize and update the existing laws and regulations of the country.The President made the call while a four-member delegation led by the Commission’s chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque presented its a...

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Dengue kills 2 more in Dhaka city, 219 more hospitalized in 24-hr

Dengue claimed two more lives in Dhaka city while 219 new patients were hospitalized across the country in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.With this dengue fever fatality in Dhaka city reached 60 this year, while two each died in Chattogram and Khulna divisions and one in Rajshahi, said the Directorat...

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Dhaka to receive another 2.5m Pfizer vaccine doses today

Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer vaccine under COVAX facility are scheduled to reach Dhaka today.A cargo flight of National Airlines, carrying the vaccine doses gifted by the USA, will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:15 PM, said officials at the Health Ministry.US A...

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Don’t resort to arson again

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said his party is ready to give a fitting reply if BNP tries to resort to arson violence again in the name of the movement.Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, was speaking as the chief guest at a discussion on the occasion of Prim...