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British council scholarship for BD students

The British Council in Bangladesh provides and manages a wide range of scholarship programmes, including Commonwealth Scholarships, Charles Wallace Professional Visits programme, Hornby Scholarships, Women in Stem Scholarships, and GREAT Scholarships.To present these scholarships offers to key stake...

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BATB violating tobacco law in online advertisements

Speakers at a webinar urged the government to take immediate measures against tobacco advertisement shown in e-commerce website buyherenow.com.bd. They also called for banning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes of the tobacco companies. The webinar was organised by the research an...

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Four killed, 20 received burn injury in devastating fire at Kaliakoir

Four people were killed and 20 others received burn injuries in a devastating fire at a colony of Kaliakoir of Gazipur on Monday ( Jan-11) early monring.The incident of fire occurred around 5-00 AM in the morning at Kalampur Purbapara Nabboi Colony. Three units of Kaliakoir Fire Services doused the ...

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Gas supply to remain suspended in areas of Mirpur on Tuesday

Due to gas pipeline set up and construction works, gas supply in some areas of Mirpur of the capital will remain suspended from 2-00 pm to 6-00 pm on Tuesday, informed Titas Gas Authority at a statement. The statment mentioned, to remove low-pressure related problem of gas, new pipelines will ...

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Customers being cheated by purchasing rotten TCB onion

Customers of  Dhaka are being cheated by purchasing imported onion from the TCB trucks. They alleged, most the onions are rotten. As a result, the customers have lost their interest to purchase TCB imported onions even at a discounted price.It is alleged, TCB was trying the sell the onion to th...

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52 held from hotels in Cox's Bazar for anti-social activities

Cox's Bazar Sadar thana police detained 52 males and females on the allegations of anti-social activities from three residential cottages at the Light House areas of hotel-motel zones of the town on Friday ( Jan-8) night.  Detained persons belong 31 females and 21 males. Police also recover...

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Housewife raped in Naldanga, two held

Naldanga thana police arrested two rapists of a housewife from Banshbhag area of Naldanga upazila of Natore district, informed Liton Kumar Saha, Superintendent of Police of Natore on Saturday (9 Jan.). According to sources, by offering distressed allowance card, Ibrahim Dewan son of Siraj Dewan...

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College girl killed in bus accident in Ramu

A college student was killed and two others injured when they were crushed under a bus belonged to 'Swadhin Travels' near Joarianala Tea Garden under Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazaar on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Nasrin Jahan Boishakhi(22) daughter of late Dalilur Rah...

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Husband arrested for killing wife in Shibganj

Shibganj thana police arrested the husband for killing his wife through stabbing with a sharp knife at his room a Monakosha Chowdhurypara of Shibganj upazila under Chapainawabganj district on Wednesday ( Jan-6) night.The killer husband has been identified as Modhu, a farmer by profession of the same...

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4 Rohingyas held with firearms in Teknaf

Members of Armed Police Battalion arrested four Rohingya refugees with a locally made firearms, one round of cartridge and a Ram Dao from Riakkyang area of Unchiprang under Teknaf upazila on Monday night, informed Tariqul Islam Tarique, Commander of 16 Armed Police Battalion. Arrested Rohingyas...

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E-commerce site khajana.com.bd launched

The inaugural ceremony of the local e-commerce marketplace Khajana.com.bd was held at the four-star hotel The Peninsula Chittagong recently, says a press release. Deputy Minister of Education Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury Nawfel was present as the chief guest. Md Yaqub Alam ovi, Chairman and CEO of K...

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BREB to complete 100 per cent electrification in Mujib Barsho

There are a total of 1,059 villages including 461 upazilas under the grid and one upazila under off-grid (Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali) under the jurisdiction Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB), the largest power distribution company in the country. BREB has completed 100% electri...

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Two drug peddlers held with covered-van

Detective branch police of DMP, Tejgaon Police station arrested two drug peddlers with a covered-van from Matuail area on Sunday ( 3 Jan) night. The arrested drug peddlers used to carry hemp(Ganja or cannabis) concealed inside the covered van from various frontier areas of the country and sold ...

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Quarantine at own cost: 152 passengers of Biman cancelled their tickets

152 home-bound passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from the United Kingdom have cancelled their flight-tickets because they did not agree to bear the cost of a 14-day quarantine including the hotel rent after landing here. As a result, only 48 passengers arrived at Sylhet Osmani Airport direct f...

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Seven killed as autorickshaw collide with bus at Tarakanda

Seven persons including a child were killed and two others injured when a CNG-driven autorickshaw collided head-on with a running bus of Shahjalal Paribahan on Mymensingh-Netrokona road at Gachpara Bazaar area of Tarakanda of Mymensingh on Sunday ( Jan-3) noon. The identities of the dead and the inj...

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Baset Majumder turns 83

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Baset Majumdar's 83rd birthday has been celebrated. He was born on 1 January 1938 in Shanichon village of Lalmai upazila of Comilla. Father Abdul Aziz Majumder and mother Jolekha Bibi. The renowned lawyer has served in the profession for 55 years. He has ser...

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Lowest day temperature recorded at Tentulia

The temperature of the Northernmost Tentulia area under Panchgarch district recorded the lowest in the country on Saturday as the mercury dips at 7.7 degree Celsius, informed Meteorological Office sources on Saturday morning. According to the weather forecast, ' a cold-wave has been sweepin...

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Two imposters posing as DB police arrested in Savar

Savar thana police arrested two imposters claiming themselves as DB policemen from Kaliakoir village under Birulia union of Savar on Friday evening. Arrested imposters were identified as Masud Rana son of late Ishaque Ali of Batikamara village under Kumarkhali police station of Kushtia district...

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Four killed in Narsingdi road accident

At least four people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car at Belabo upazila of Narsingdi on Friday afternoon. The accident took place on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Jangua area under Narayanpur union at the upazila around 5:00 pm. Belabo police station Officer-in-...

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Xi hails hard-won achievements in ‘extraordinary’ 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed the country's hard-won achievements in COVID-19 response, economic recovery and poverty eradication in the "extraordinary" the year of 2020.Xi called for continued efforts to score more "glorious" achievements while delivering a...