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Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
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31 January 2023 Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
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Casino to be available for foreign tourists: Tourism secy

Amid the ongoing crackdown on the casinos and illegal business, Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Secretary Mohibul Haque says the casino facilities will be available for foreign tourists at exclusive tourist zones.
24 September 2019

Bangladesh, China, Myanmar to jointly evaluate progress over Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have agreed to form a "tripartite joint working mechanism" to evaluate the situation on the ground for Rohingya repatriation.
24 September 2019

‘Shurer Badhoney’ to be hosted by Star Melodies Sept 28

A musical evening titled ‘Shurer Badhoney’ will be hosted by Star Melodies which is an initiative of The Daily Star on September 28.
24 September 2019

Bangladeshi scientist to address Gates Goalkeepers event in NY

Dr Senjuti Saha, a Bangladeshi scientist at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), will be speaking at the third annual Gates Goalkeepers event in New York on Wednesday.
24 September 2019

UK Supreme Court rules PM Johnson's suspension of parliament was unlawful

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament weeks before Brexit - and that therefore the suspension was void.
24 September 2019

Midday Brief, Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on September 24, 2019
24 September 2019

Hundreds of authors protest after Kamila Shamsie’s book award revoked

Arundhati Roy, JM Coetzee and Sally Rooney are among more than 250 writers who have defended Kamila Shamsie after a German literary prize withdrew an award over her support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
24 September 2019

3 Neo JMB men identified over Gulistan cops attack: CTTC chief

Police claims that they identified three suspected members of “Neo-JMB” who were directly involved with April 29 attack on the law enforcers in Gulistan that left two traffic police constables and a community traffic policeman injured.
24 September 2019

‘Names which have surfaced in casino probe infiltrated AL’

Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam claims that six of the seven men, whose names so far have appeared in the casino business investigation, were patronised by BNP leader Mirza Abbas, Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Mosaddek Ali Falu.
24 September 2019

'Discarded' Bangladesh Bank notes surface in Bogura waterbody

Local people in Bogura's Shahjanpur upazila discover huge amounts of "discarded'' notes of Bangladesh Bank in a waterbody. They first noticed it after the notes started to wash up on the banks of the waterbody in Chandai village on Sunday.
24 September 2019

Google wins 'right to be forgotten' fight with France

Google wins its fight against tougher "right to be forgotten" rules after Europe's top court says it does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data worldwide, rejecting a French demand.
24 September 2019

Drive against illegal vehicles, footpath grabbers very soon: Sayeed Khokon

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon says that the city authorities will very soon begin drives against illegal vehicles and rickshaws.
24 September 2019

Gopalganj univ students bring 14 allegations against VC

The protesting students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) today brought 14 specific allegations against the university’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Khondoker Nasiruddin including sexual harassment and nepotism in recruitment.
24 September 2019

Dengue patient dies in Khulna

A dengue patient dies at Khulna Medical College Hospital.
24 September 2019

Tk 5cr, 720 tolas of gold recovered from vaults of AL leader Enamul

Rapid Action Battalion recovers Tk five crore in cash, 720 tolas of gold and five firearms raiding the houses of Awami League leader Enamul Huq Enu, his friend and employee in Old Dhaka.
24 September 2019

Boeing to pay 737 MAX crash victims' families $144,500 each

Boeing Co will pay the families of 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes $144,500 each from a $50 million financial assistance fund announced in July, the fund's administrators say.
24 September 2019

Doctor performs abortion on wrong patient in S Korea

A South Korean pregnant woman loses her child when a doctor performs an abortion after medical staff mixed up her medical chart with that of another patient.
24 September 2019

Philippines orders shutdown of 11 illegal lending apps

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has issued a cease and desist order against 11 more illegal mobile lending applications, heeding complaints of unreasonable and abusive lending and collection practices.
24 September 2019

Trump says meeting with Kim Jong Un ‘could happen soon’

Donald Trump, who orchestrated a spur-of-the-moment June encounter with Kim Jong Un that saw him become the first US president to set foot in North Korea, says that another meeting with the North Korean leader “could happen soon.”
24 September 2019

Immunisation of children: Hasina receives ‘Vaccine Hero’ award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the prestigious 'Vaccine Hero' award in recognition of Bangladesh's outstanding success in vaccination to immunise children.
24 September 2019