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The black flag at Rajshahi and the officer who chose conscience
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Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka
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The Biryani excavation
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My mother’s letter during the Liberation War
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3 picnickers die after taking liquor in Naogaon
Three picnickers died and four others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village in Badalgachhi upazilla
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Patients suffer as docs on strike for pay hike
Demand salary hike, 13 doctors of Dinajpur Diabetes Hospital yesterday started an indefinite strike, badly hampering the treatment
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
57 Faridpur sadar schools shut for 2 days over health concerns
Faridpur district administration has declared to shut a total of 57 schools in Sadar upazila for two days after 103 students complained of respiratory problems for unknown reasons.
23 January 2016, 11:53 AM
3 picnickers die after taking liquor in Naogaon
Three picnickers have died and four others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village in Badalgachhi upazilla on Saturday.
23 January 2016, 07:22 AM
GANO ADALOT
It all began on December 29, 1991 when a report was published in a local newspaper that Ghulam Azam was elected the Amir of
22 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Two die of diarrhoea
Two kids have died of diarrhoea at Kotchandpur Upazila Health Complex in the district within 11 days. The deceased are nine months old
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM
A novel initiative to stop school dropouts
The managing committee chairman of Bhaina Shaheed Mosharraf-Dalil Uddin High School in Harinakundo upazila under the district has
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Radicalisation of Bangladeshi workers dates back to 2013
In April 2013, terrorist group Islamic State announced it would expand its operations beyond Iraq as the civil war in Syria worsened. That same year, a group of Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore began a closed religious study group to discuss these conflicts that involved Muslims, and whether they should take up arms.
21 January 2016, 08:40 AM
JP observing hartal peacefully in Rangpur
Jatiya Party (JP) observes a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Rangpur city protesting an attack on SM Yasir, member secretary of the city unit of JP.
21 January 2016, 05:54 AM
Buses go off Dhaka- Pabna highway protesting extortion
Dhaka-Pabna bus services through Sirajganj district remained stopped from yesterday as transport workers and owners stopped plying of the vehicles protesting rampant extortion on the highway.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Arrests shock Bangladeshi community in Singapore
The Bangladeshi community in Singapore has expressed shocked at the news that 27 Bangladeshi nationals who were working there had been arrested for supporting IS, al-Qaeda.
20 January 2016, 13:29 PM
Temperature drop likely: Met office
Midway through the winter, today’s untimely rain may result in temperature drop by 1 to 3 degree centigrade, the Met office has said.
20 January 2016, 12:10 PM
27 Bangladeshi workers held in Singapore for supporting IS, al-Qaeda
Twenty-seven male Bangladeshis working in Singapore are arrested for supporting the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda.
20 January 2016, 08:57 AM
Human chain foiled in Khagrachhari
Police foiled a human chain programme organised by indigenous people in Changhi square area of Khagrachhari town yesterday morning.
18 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Protect land of adivasis, ensure their basic rights
Indigenous people organised programmes in different districts yesterday demanding adequate steps to protect the rights of indigenous
18 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Biggest yaba haul: 3 held in Dhaka, Ctg
Law enforcers claim the biggest haul of contraband yaba tablets in drives through Dhaka and Chittagong and detains three persons in this connection.
18 January 2016, 04:48 AM
Transport leader assaulted
Unidentified criminals assaulted Badal Pramanik, secretary of transport workers' association of Natore, at Kanaikhali in the town yesterday afternoon. Agitated
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Abducted girl rescued
An abducted schoolgirl was rescued from Banbhasa village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM
People of 4 villages suffer as bridge breaks
Over 10,000 people of four villages of Nilganj union in Kalapara upazila under the district are suffering a lot as the bridge on Ural canal has became unusable after a few wooden sleeppers of it broke under the pressure of a paddy-laden improvised van on Friday.
Seven people received minor injuries due to the accident.
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) constructed the bridge with iron structure and wooden slippers in 1992-93 fiscal year to ease communication from Uttar Nilganj, Faridganj, Naubhanga and Nilganj villages to Kalapara upazila headquarters.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt halts hiked fees on school students
The government today directed educational institutions to stop collecting hiked fees from students as most private schools in Dhaka have increased the fees by a huge margin.
17 January 2016, 12:00 PM