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Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
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17 January 2023
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10 January 2023
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4 October 2022
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PM opens pvt TV channels’ commercial transmission using Bangabandhu-1 satellite
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the commercial transmission of all local private television channels using the feed of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I) as she addresses a function on the occasion at a city hotel.
2 October 2019
One held for vandalising idol of Durga
A man is arrested for allegedly vandalising an idol of Durga at a temple in Bhadai Club Bazar area in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila.
2 October 2019
Rajshahi college student who set herself on fire dies at DMCH
The college student, who had set herself on fire in front of Shah Makhdum Police Station Complex in Rajshahi city on Saturday, succumbs at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
2 October 2019
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks
North Korea fired what appeared to be a "submarine-launched ballistic missile", Seoul says, a day after Washington and Pyongyang announced they would resume stalled nuclear talks.
2 October 2019
10,000 people stranded as Padma, Mahananda water level rises
At least 10,000 people are stranded in parts of the Chapainawabganj Sadar and Shibganj upazilas as the water level of Padma and Mahananda rivers increase further.
2 October 2019
Tk 1.25cr seized from N’ganj businessman’s house
Detectives recover Tk 1.25 crore from of a businessman’s house in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj and arrest him along with his two associates.
2 October 2019
NRC will be implemented across India, every infiltrator will be thrown out, says Amit Shah
India’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah has declared that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented across the length and breadth of India and every infiltrator will be thrown out of the country.
2 October 2019
Hong Kong mops up, braces for fresh protests after National Day violence
Hong Kong awakes to widespread damage and calls for more protests following some of the most violent clashes in nearly four months of unrest, including the shooting of a teenage demonstrator by police.
2 October 2019
Former BSMRSTU VC rejoins BAU
Prof Khondoker Md Nasiruddin, who resigned from Vice Chancellor’s position of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Gopalganj, returns to his old work station at Bangladesh Agricultural University.
1 October 2019
RU pro-VC’s audio on ‘fixing money for teacher recruitment’ leaked
An audio clip of a conversation between Rajshahi University (RU) Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Choudhury Zakaria and a job seeker's wife goes viral on social media.
1 October 2019
Khaleda ready to go abroad for treatment if gets bail: BNP’s Harun
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is willing to go abroad for better treatment if she gets bail, party’s Joint Secretary General Harunur Rashid says..
1 October 2019
Star day at a Glance, Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on October 1, 2019
1 October 2019
I am not willing to resign: JU VC
Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam expresses her unwillingness to resign from her post in the face of ongoing student movement protesting allegation of bribing Chhatra League men.
1 October 2019
Ducsu member gives authorities deadline to solve accommodation crisis
Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, a member of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu), has given a 15-day deadline to the university authorities to solve accommodation problems at the dormitories.
1 October 2019
Not Farakka, it’s heavy rain causing flood: Ministry
It is heavy rain for which the water level in the Padma and Ganges rivers is increasing and creating a possibility of floods in the country.
1 October 2019
11 police officials transferred
In a major reshuffle, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has transferred eight officer-in-charges of different police stations in the capital.
1 October 2019
Fire damages furniture at Sonargaon Hotel
Some furniture at Saudi Arabian Airlines’ office is damaged after a fire broke out inside the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.
1 October 2019
Midday Brief, Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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Here are the news headlines so far on October 1, 2019
1 October 2019
Rain cripples Dhaka life
Dhaka dwellers have been suffering after just two hours of rain submerged many thoroughfares in the capital. The city received a total of 45.2mm rain from 12:00pm to 2:15pm.
1 October 2019
Bringing South Asians together, through translations
At a cocktail event following the longlist announcement of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature-2019 in New Delhi, HS Narula, chairman of the infrastructure giant DSC Limited that funds the prize, comes up to Niraj Bhari, publisher of FinePrint Books, and asks why Nepali publishers repeatedly failed to submit their books for the award.
1 October 2019