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Families want bodies back home quick

Upon entering Hasoi Miah and Mostafa Begum's house in Amorpur village of Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet, the smiling pictures
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

BCL infighting in Chittagong College intensifying

Some 50 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Chittagong Government College unit kept the college road blocked for
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the first death anniversary of Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury, a businessman.
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Citizens' engagement in public procurement stressed in Ctg

Speakers at a workshop yesterday opined that citizens' engagement in public procurement would improve the quality of the
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

EU project aims to rescue 1,000

A European Union-funded project aims to rescue in the next four years at least 1,000 children forced into
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

US reaffirms support for free thinkers, dissenters

The United States has reaffirmed its support for the Bangladeshi secular bloggers, online activists, publishers,
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Gulshan Lake will get more bridges

The government is planning to construct seven to eight more bridges over Gulshan Lake in order to ease public and vehicular
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Street children demand rehabilitation

Laying stress on their basic rights, street children yesterday demanded their rehabilitation to make lives better.
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Four robbers held with arms in Ctg

Four members of a robber gang were arrested with a locally-made gun, a cartridge, and sharp weapons in Chandgaon
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Suspect Shibir man sent to remand

Protests continued in Rajshahi University (RU) for the sixth consecutive day yesterday over Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee's
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

85,000 Yaba siezed in Ctg

Police siezed 85,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Gachhbaria area of Chandanaish upazila in Chittagong early
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Leaders of all major religions stand together against terror

Leaders of various religious communities yesterday stressed strengthening religious harmony to tackle the possible rise of
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

10-year-old boy among 2 killed in road crashes

A 10-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a bus on the Mymensingh-Haluaghat road in Tarakanda upazila in
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

SC to rehear 161 cases dealt with by Justice Manik

Supreme Court will rehear 161 cases in which former SC judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik issued judgements and orders after his retirement. The apex court will also rehear seven such cases dealt with by former chief justice Muzammel Hossain.
28 April 2016, 14:19 PM

Move to curb sexual exploitation of children

A website has been launched in Dhaka city with a view to curb commercial use of sexual exploitation of children in Bangladesh.
28 April 2016, 10:01 AM

Court accepts Rana Plaza murder case charge sheet

A Dhaka court takes cognisance of the charges against 41 people including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in connection with a murder case filed over the Rana Plaza collapse which killed at least 1,136 people.
28 April 2016, 08:37 AM

3 killed, 1 injured in Ctg road crash

Three people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Nurse recruitment written exams of 100 marks only

The Public Service Commission (PSC) will conduct a preliminary test of only 100 marks and oral test of 100 marks instead of written test of 1,000 marks in recruiting some 3,600 nurses, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim said yesterday.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Appeal for help

Dasharath Das, 22, of Tarashi village in Kotalipara of Gopalganj, has been suffering from brain tumour for at least four months.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Top bureaucrats for innovation in admin

Top civil bureaucrats yesterday directed government officials to be ingenious, promote creativity and focus on making innovation a functional and popular practice in policy and decision implementation to bring a qualitative change in the administration.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM