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Man's hanging body found in Dhaka hotel

A trader was found dead in a hotel in the capital's Farmgate yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

ACC arrests 13 for stealing Tk 9.5cr

The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday arrested 13 persons across the country in 10 separate cases filed between 2014 and 2016 for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Vessel owners, cargo traders trivialise Sundarbans

Though experts think, cargo vessels plying through the Sundarbans' rivers are like “mobile bombs” for the tigers, the vessel owners are putting pressure on the government, demanding to reopen the Shela river route for cargo operations.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

ACC arrests Ctg trader in graft case

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested an iron rod trader at Agrabad in Chittagong city yesterday afternoon in a case filed
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Website to help public servants spell correct Bangla launched

The public administration ministry has launched a website to help government officials and employees spell Bangla words correctly as
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Syed Kamal Uddin Ahmed, an advocate, died of cencer, in Sylhet Nurjahan Clinic in the city yesterday morning. He was 70.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Road crashes kill five including 9-year-old

Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed and another was injured in road accidents in five districts yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Rab rescues abducted man

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have rescued an abducted man and arrested five abductors in a raid at an under-construction building in the capital's Mahakhali Niketan area on Monday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Hefajat leader Harun re-arrested at jail gate

Police re-arrested Hefajat-e Islam central leader Harun Bin Izhar in front of the Chittagong central jail gate yesterday immediately after his release on bail in four violence cases.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Send able officers abroad to serve migrants better

Former officials of the expatriate welfare ministry's labour wing yesterday recommended appointing experienced, skilled and devoted
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Shafik's arrest politically motivated

Condemning journalist Shafik Rehman's arrest and terming it “politically motivated” and the manner it was conducted “fraudulence”, BNP
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Allegations of nomination trade in AL to be probed

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the ruling Awami League (AL) would form a
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Fire guts valuables of five houses in Chittagong

Fire gutted valuables, worth Tk 3 lakh, of five houses in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong early yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Tribunal orders ads for six Gaibandha fugitives

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday ordered its registrar's office to publish ads in two national dailies, one
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Two jailed for irregularities in producing food items in Ctg

A mobile court of the Chittagong district administration yesterday sentenced two people to different jail terms for different irregularities
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

74.8pc tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings

Around 74.8 percent of tobacco products are being marketed without any pictorial health warnings, violating law, according to a study.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Rajshahi Division Journalists' Association, Dhaka formed

Khairuzzaman Kamal, senior reporter of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), and Alamgir Hossain, senior reporter of Daily Alokito
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Entire EC should resign: SHUJAN

Accusing them of failing to hold fair elections, a civil society organisation yesterday demanded that the Election Commission (EC) chief and its other commissioners should quit.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Businessman found dead in a Dhaka hotel

Police recover the body of a businessman from a residential hotel in Tejgaon area of Dhaka.
19 April 2016, 16:37 PM

Cop shot in Dhaka

Sub-Inspector of Detective Branch of Police is shot by miscreants when he was raiding in Tatnibazar area of Dhaka to nab criminals.
19 April 2016, 12:00 PM