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The upcoming Upazila Parishad polls may turn out to be a contest between the Awami League and Awami League as influential leaders, including lawmakers and ministers, are fielding their close relatives in vital post.They are taking the opportunity as opposition parties, including the major opposition...
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Abducted sailors aboard hijacked MV Abdullah are suffering from skin diseases.Even though there are adequate food supplies for the hostages, they are facing an acute shortage of fresh water.Shamsuddin, a staff member on MV Abdullah, described the situation of his colleagues on Saturday.He, however, ...
Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed separatist group active in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, released Sonali Bank Ruma Branch Manager Nizam Uddin on Thursday night after paying a ransom of Tk 15 lakh to them.RAB-15 Commanding Officer Lt Col HM Sajjad Hossain, however, claimed that law enforcers r...
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The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways on Wednesday demanded drives against all types of illegal vehicles, including buses without route permits, and unlicensed drivers to prevent road accidents and save lives during upcoming holy Eif-ul-Fitr.The organisation has called for t...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday set 16 May for submitting the probe report in the sensational murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.With this, the deadline for submission of the probe report in the case was deferred for the 109th time, said court sources. Dhaka Additional Chief Me...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested four people, including a woman, in connection with a case filed over gang-raping and filming intimate scenes of a young girl after shackling her in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area for 25 days.HM Azimul Haque, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon Division under the DMP, di...
Grassroots leaders of Chattogram division of Awami League on Sunday put ministers and lawmakers on dock, raising a series of allegation against MPs, ministers and influential leaders before the central leaders.The allegations were raised during a views exchange meeting between AL central leaders and...
The High Court on Sunday ordered Transcom Group CEO Simeen Rahman and three others to surrender in 72 hours.The High Court issued the directive following a murder case filed in connection with suspicious death of Arshad Waliur Rahman, younger brother of Simeen Rahman and youngest son of late chairma...
Tangail Awami League leader Golam Kibria alias Boro Monir has again been accused of raping a college girl in his own flat in the city.The college student lodged a case against the controversial ruling party leader.Turag police station’s officer in charge Mostafa Anowar said the case was record...
Internal conflicts in the ruling Awami League grassroots continue to rise, centring the upcoming Upazila Parishad polls.The situation turns worse as aspirants want to establish supremacy in their respective areas. As a result, incidents of attack and counter attack are taking place in different area...
The Bangladeshi flagged ship MV Abdulllah, which was hijacked by Somalian pirates on March 12, is running out of food.However the armed pirates are bringing supplies to the ship from the shore.Sources in the merchant marine officers association claimed it quoting the hostages. The ship had a fo...
Aiming at ensuring a hassle-free and smooth Eid journey the government opened a total of seven flyovers to traffic under the Bus Rapid Transit on Dhaka-Gazipur route on Sunday. Eid-ul-Fitr, the second biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Muslims, is only a couple of weeks away. Hundreds o...
A sexagenarian man asked a pharmacist at a drugstore in the city for a leaf of tablet Angilock, but was left mumbling when charged Tk 20 more for the leaf containing 10 tablets. He had to pay the amount as he had no alternative but to have it.“I used to buy the medicine at Tk 80. But the ...
The certificate award ceremony of Flight Safety Officers’ course of Bangladesh Air Force was held at Flight Safety Institute (FSI) on Thursday. According to the ISPR, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Plans) Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Kamrul Islam attended as the chief guest. He also &nb...
Indian security forces on Wednesday nabbed two Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists who conspired to cause massive destruction in India.The two ISIS militants were arrested while illegally entering India from Bangladesh, said Indian media outlets.Indian police claimed that they nabbed the ISIS India head...
A parliamentary watchdog on Wednesday expressed concern over the repeated and frequent train accidents in the country, resulting in loss of lives and damage in state property. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry during its meeting told the government for taking stringent m...
The Somali pirates who hijacked Bangladeshi-flagged MV Abdullah on March 12 contacted the owners of the vessel for the first time on Wednesday. "The pirates have initiated contact through a third party. An environment for discussions is now being established," said Mehedul Karim, CEO ...
The Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education has ordered investigation into the allegations against a BCS cadre (Education) who allegedly got promotion through forgery of the Annual Confidential Report (ACR).As per directive of Suleman Khan, Secretary of Secondary and Hig...
Health experts fear that the dengue fever in the country may take a serious turn as a substantial number of such cases have already been reported this year.Raising a fresh round of alarm, they urge the government to take appropriate measures in combating the mosquito-borne disease that has claimed a...
Death toll in the Gazipur Cylinder explosion went up to six as three more victims of the fire incidents succumbed to their injuries on Sunday.A couple —- Nargis, 25, and Mahidul Khan, 25, and Ariful Islam, 38, died while undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and ...
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