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Girl rescued, 7 arrested in Ctg
Police rescued a girl, who was kept hostage by a gang and forced to involve in anti-social activities, from Bakalia area of Chittagong city
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
82 Bangladeshi students get EU scholarship
Around 47 Bangladeshis students have been selected for European Union Scholarship to go for higher studies in Europe to complete
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Oman extends amnesty time for illegal workers
Oman yesterday extended till the end of October an amnesty for illegal foreign workers to leave the country with being fined.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Rule of law must to achieve target
The rule of law is a must to achieve the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) world leaders are expected to finalise and set in September for the next 15 years, speakers said at an advocacy discussion yesterday.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Road repairs, garbage management key focus
Prioritising road development and repairs, garbage management and mosquito control, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday announced a Tk 2,085.36 crore budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Salahuddin's Case Chronology
Freedom fighters attacked him during the Liberation War in 1971, leaving him seriously injured, but he survived.
29 July 2015, 18:38 PM
Ordered by father, executed by son
It was a summer morning in April 1971.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM
No probe report even after 2yrs
Even after two years into Jubo League leader Milky's murder, the investigators could not find out yet the masterminds behind the killing in Dhaka, leaving the family in utter despair and insecurity.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM
One staff suspended, 13 transferred
One staff at government orphanage, Barisal Shishu Paribar, has been suspended and 13 others have been transferred after the committee
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Inadequate relief in Ctg district
Local public representatives of flood-affected areas in Chittagong have been struggling to provide aid to the victims as they have
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Physicians worried over its low weight
The authorities of Dhaka Medical College Hospital have formed an eight-member medical board to properly treat the newborn who
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Rain, floods damage roads in Bangladesh
The receding flood water in Bandarban has badly damaged many roads, cutting off road communications between the town and several tourist destinations in the hill district in the last three days.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Another PW links them to Netrakona killing
Another prosecution witness yesterday linked alleged Razakars Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani in the killing of one Dabir
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Rainfall leaves 162km Ctg city road battered
Over 162km of road in Chittagong city have been damaged by the incessant rain and consequent waterlogging.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Don't discuss minimum marriageable age much
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki yesterday urged people not to discuss much the minimum marriageable age of females as stated in the draft Child Marriage Restraint Act because it may deepen the confusion over the issue.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Indian high commission opens condolence book on APJA Kalam
The High Commission of India (HCI) will open a condolence book for today and tomorrow in memory of former Indian president Dr APJ
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
9.4m migrants send back $15b
A total of 9.4 million Bangladeshi migrants are toiling in various parts of the globe and sending their hard-earned money back home.
28 July 2015, 09:26 AM
Flood tightens grip on several districts of Bangladesh
Five more people, including three women and a kid, were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Cox's Bazar town early yesterday, barely a month after five died in landslides in the district.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Laid off staff of mushroom centre besiege office for reinstatement
Around hundred employees of the National Mushroom Development and Extension Centre in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday laid siege to the office building demanding their jobs back.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM
'Your dreams will be Bangladesh's dream'
Famed former Indian president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who had travelled frequently within his country and outside to inspire the youth, also mesmerised students in Dhaka with his captivating speech.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM