‘KNF member’ arrested in Bandarban
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9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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10 January 2023
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The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Remove all illegal structures along Karnaphuli River
The High Court directs the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) chairman to remove all illegal structures along Karnaphuli River in the port area.
4 July 2019
Explore full trade potentials with Bangladesh: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina invites Chinese business people to explore the full potentials of business and trade relations with Bangladesh as the country is marching ahead in various areas of economic growth and development.
4 July 2019
Call drops, slow internet to rise, BTRC official says
The government decides to partially reduce bandwidth capacity of two leading private telecom operators of the country -- Grameenphone and Robi -- as the companies did not pay the due amount that was detected in audits.
4 July 2019
DIG Mizan’s nephew sent to jail in graft case
Mahmudul Hasan, a sub-inspector of Dhaka’s Kotwali Police Station and nephew of suspended DIG Mizanur Rahman, is sent to jail after he surrendered before a Dhaka court in a corruption case.
4 July 2019
Midday Brief | Thursday, July 4, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on July 4, 2019
4 July 2019
Sheikh Hasina burn institute’s outdoor starts treating patients
Services at the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, begin. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque opens the outdoor unit of the institute in a ceremony.
4 July 2019
Writ seeks stay on govt decision of gas price hike
A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking stay on the government’s decision of hiking the gas price.
4 July 2019
Md Shamsuzzaman new railway DG
Engineer Md Shamsuzzaman, a member of BCS (Railway: Engineering) Cadre Service, has joined as the Director General of Bangladesh Railway (BR).
4 July 2019
Sexual assault on Nusrat: Case shifted to women repression tribunal
The case filed over the sexual assault on Feni Madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi has been transferred to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.
4 July 2019
Indian firms supplying US tech to Huawei may face US sanctions
Indian companies supplying US-made technology components to Chinese telecom firm Huawei Technologies may face penalties under US regulations.
4 July 2019
Ershad on life support
Ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has been put on life support as his condition has deteriorated, his Deputy Press Secretary Khandaker Delwar Jalali says.
4 July 2019
RMG worker 'raped' in Chattogram
A female worker of a readymade garment factory is allegedly raped by miscreants in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.
4 July 2019
Dhaka, Beijing ink 9 instruments on various sectors
Bangladesh and China have signed nine instruments in different sectors ranging from aid for the Rohingyas and economic and technical cooperation, investment, power, culture and tourism.
4 July 2019
Rahul Gandhi appears before court in defamation case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears before a court in Mumbai in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS worker and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
4 July 2019
‘HC doesn't like extrajudicial killings’
The High Court does not like “extrajudicial killings,” the bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader have said while giving an observation on Rifat Sharif murder.
4 July 2019
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Pabna cops
A suspected robber was killed in what police claimed was a gunfight in Bera upazila of Pabna district.
4 July 2019
Khadem's body found inside Azimpur mosque
The body of a khadem (caretaker) of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque has been found inside the mosque in Dhaka’s Azimpur area.
4 July 2019
4 killed, 21 missing after Pakistan boat capsizes
At least four people have been killed and 21 still missing after a boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, officials have said, with a rescue operation continuing as hopes for finding survivors fade.
4 July 2019
Chinese tourists break into eco park, strip it of all its lotus flowers
The Longqiao Cultural and Ecological Park in Sichuan, China, was due to reopen soon, but is now forced to stay closed for the remainder of the year after Chinese tourists picked all of its lotus flowers.
4 July 2019
Hajj flight begins
This year’s Hajj flight carrying 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims starts for Saudi Arabia.An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines leaves Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Saudi Arabia with 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims.
4 July 2019