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Mustafa Zaman Abbasi: The man who heard music in the wind
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Abdul Quadir and the lost art of editing
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Rakhal Das Banerji: The Bengali explorer who changed history
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Myanmar has to solve Rohingya crisis itself: Foreign secy
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque says that the Rohingya crisis will have to be solved by Myanmar as it is the country’s internal issue.
23 November 2016, 12:15 PM
Brahmanbaria police asks increased vigilance at borders
Brahmanbaria police has requested to increase vigilance at borders and ports so that no culprit involved in the attack on Nasirnagar Hindus can escape.
23 November 2016, 10:30 AM
Amar Desh acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman freed on bail
Acting editor of daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman walks out on bail, after staying behind bars for over three-and-half years.He was implicated in over 70 cases including one filed over plots to abduct and kill the prime minister's son.
23 November 2016, 07:20 AM
Bailey bridge deck sinks again
Road communication on Lalmonirhat-Burimari route was disrupted again yesterday as the steel deck of the Bailey
22 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Top soil cutting rampant
The top soil of cultivable land is being dug up illegally and sent to brick fields by a syndicate in the district, resulting in
22 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Santals demand return of land, not rehabilitation
A team from Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul committee led by its adviser Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik
22 November 2016, 18:00 PM
High demand for chemical-free bottle gourd in Lalmonirhat
Chemical-free farming of vegetables is gaining popularity and radish is bringing high profit to the growers in
22 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Why not legal action against attackers: HC
The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in two weeks as to why they should not be directed to take legal action against the persons responsible for looting, firing bullets on Santal people and torching their houses in the name of eviction in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj on November 6.
22 November 2016, 09:20 AM
Headmaster assaulted by ‘UP member’ in Natore
A headmaster of a high school is beaten allegedly by a local union parishad member this morning following a conflict over forming the school managing committee in Boraigram upazila of Natore.
22 November 2016, 08:32 AM
Rally, where obstruction: Sundarbans activists
Pro-Sundarbans activists have threatened to hold rallies on spot if they are faced with bar during their “March to Dhaka” programme ahead of a grand rally.
22 November 2016, 07:16 AM
Hundreds more Myanmar Rohingya flee to Bangladesh
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have crossed the border to Bangladesh over the weekend, aid workers say.
21 November 2016, 19:15 PM
Land subsidence worries villagers
Several hundred villagers near Barapukuria coal-fired power plant in Parbatipur upazila at a human chain yesterday
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Remove illegal vehicle stands, parking in NCC: HC
The High Court directs the local administration to take necessary steps to remove unauthorised vehicle stands, arbitrary parking and to free the footpaths from grabbing in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) area in next 10 days.
21 November 2016, 13:30 PM
HC questions power abuse by cops under CrPC
The High Court questions the legality of power abuse by police under the relevant section of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in calling for the witness of a case.
21 November 2016, 12:38 PM
Red Crescent’s aid for Nasirnagar Hindus
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has distributed humanitarian assistance to affected minority Hindu community in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar who suffered a spate of hate attack over this month.
21 November 2016, 06:17 AM
Thousands suffer as train derails
Rail communications between Dhaka and the northern and southern districts remained suspended after a freight train
20 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Over 150 Patuakhali primary school buildings unfit for use
Over 150 primary school buildings in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district have become badly damaged
20 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Saudi not giving visas to male workers: Baira
Saudi Arabia is refusing visas for Bangladeshi male workers showing failure of recruitment agencies to provide female workers, alleged manpower exporters of the country.
20 November 2016, 13:28 PM
Rail link between Dhaka and southern, northern districts snapped
Rail communication of Dhaka with southern and northern districts of the country is suspended after a freight train gets derailed today near Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj.
20 November 2016, 07:26 AM
Compensate Gaibandha Santals: Citizens’ group
Citing the attacks on Gaibandha Sandals as violation of human rights, a platform of concerned citizens demands compensation for the families of dead and injured victims.
19 November 2016, 06:58 AM