‘Stern action against attempt to leak question or rumors’

Staff Correspondent:  Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said, “Intelligence agencies are alert centering question leaks issues. Stern action will be taken if anyone found in question paper leaking incident or rumors.

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Khaleda Zia to be taken to hospital today

Senior Correspondent: BNP chief Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical tests on Monday as she agrees to take treatment there.

Bangla News

4 missing in N’ganj trawler capsize

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: At least four other people went missing as a trawler capsized in Meghna River in Galati area of Narayanganj district on Monday morning.  

Bangla News

HSC, equivalent exams begin

Staff Correspondent: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations, under ten education boards across the country, has begun.

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Fire breaks out at Demra fire station

Senior Correspondent: A fire broke out at Demra fire service station early Monday.

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HSC, equivalent exams begin today

Staff Correspondent: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2019 is set to begin today under 10 education boards across the country.

Bangla News

Ukraine comic 'wins' presidential poll first round

International Desk: A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections, according to exit polls.

Bangla News

Nor'wester kills 3 in city

Staff Correspondent: At least three people were killed and several others injured as a nor'wester coupled with hailstorm and rain swept the capital on Sunday evening.

Bangla News

Arab leaders unite against Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights

International Desk: Leaders meeting in Tunisia for the annual Arab League summit on Sunday were united in their condemnation of Trump administration policies seen as unfairly biased toward Israel but divided on a host of other issues, including whether to readmit founding member Syria.

Bangla News

HSC, equivalent exams begin Monday

Secretariat Correspondent: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2019 is set to begin on Monday

Bangla News

Seven officials arrested for election anomalies: EC Secretary

Staff Correspondent: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said that seven officials were arrested for their alleged involvement in anomalies during polls of fourth phase upazila election.

Bangla News

Tea vendor dies in Dhaka nor ’wester

Senior Correspondent: A tea seller died after a brick fell on his head from cornice of a building during nor’ wester in the capital’s Paltan area on Sunday evening.  

Bangla News

Man, daughter killed in Chattogram road accident

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A man and his daughter were killed and two others injured when an auto-rickshaw collided with a jeep on Chattogram-Kaptai road in Rangunia upazila on Sunday.

Bangla News

Biometric machine to ensure primary teachers attendance

Secretariat Correspondent: The primary and mass education ministry has decided in principle to set up biometric machines at primary schools to ensure attendance of teachers.

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PM for diversifying industries to explore markets

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for diversifying industries and exploring new domestic and international markets to ensure the overall development of the country.

Bangla News

Trump moves to cut US aid to 3 Central American countries

International Desk: Taking drastic action over illegal immigration, President Donald Trump moved Saturday to cut direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, whose citizens are fleeing north and overwhelming U.S. resources at the southern border.

Bangla News

‘Banani fire caused by electric short circuit’

Staff Correspondent: Members of the investigation committee formed by the Home and Disaster Management and Relief Ministries suspected that the fire at FR Tower broke out from an electric short-circuit on the 8th floor of the building that killed 26 people.

Bangla News

PM appreciates Walton products at industrial fair

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her satisfaction over the world standard electronics, electrical and tech products made by Walton while she visited its stall at the “National Industrial Fair-2019” at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital on Sunday.

Bangla News

Tasvirul, Faruque placed on 7-day remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed SMHI Faruque, the land owner of FR Tower in Banani, and Tasvirul Islam, one of the owners of the high-rise building, on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over the March 28 fire incident.

Bangla News

Afghan vice president narrowly escapes Taliban attack

International Desk: Afghanistan’s vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the second time since returning from exile last year.

Bangla News

Zuzana Caputova becomes Slovakia's first female president

International Desk: Anti-corruption candidate Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia's presidential election, making her the country's first female head of state.  

Bangla News

Sri Lanka cricketer arrested for drunk-driving case

Sports Desk: Dimuth Karunaratne, the Sri Lanka Test captain, was arrested and then released on bail after being involved in an accident, according to reports on Sunday.

Bangla News

HC rule on police recruitment condition

Staff Correspondent: The High Court has issued a rule seeking to know why the condition of being a person's unmarried and high-ranking person will not be declared unconstitutional in direct recruitment to the post of police sub-inspector.

Bangla News

TIs discreetly disregarding Tobacco Control Law

By Md. Alim Al Razi: Tobacco Industries (TIs) are discreetly disregarding Tobacco Control Law, sometimes they are just overlooking, sometimes influence over the formulation of government policies and most of the time are lingering the formulation processes of the policies for their own interest.  

Bangla News

Banani fire: Tasvir changes building design

Senior Correspondent: BNP leader Tasvir Ul Islam extended Banani’s FR Tower to 23rd floor bringing change in the building design that caught a deadly fire.

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Writ seeks direction to set up fire station at Gulshan

Staff Correspondent: A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking direction to set up fire service station in capital’s Gulshan area.

Bangla News

3 including Rohingya woman killed in Teknaf ‘gunfights’

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: At least three people including a Rohingya woman were killed in separate two ‘gunfights’ with police and BGB members early Sunday.

Bangla News

HC order on compensation to Rasel upheld

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the SC on upheld a HC order that directed Green Line Paribahan to pay Tk 50 lakh as compensation to Russel Sarkar who lost his leg in an accident in the city's Dholaipar.

Bangla News

Fire at Narsingdi UMC jute mill

Narsingdi Correspondent: A fire broke out at Narsingdi Meghna Chandpur (UMC) Jute Mills on Saturday night.

Bangla News

Banani fire: Land owner detained

Senior Reporter: Detective police has arrested SMHI Farooq, land owner of Banani FR Town.

Bangla News

4th phase polls in 107 upazilas begins

Staff Correpondent: The fourth phase election to 107 upazilas began amid tight security on Sunday.  

Bangla News

Mark Zuckerberg calls for more regulation of internet

International Desk: Mark Zuckerberg says regulators and governments should play a more active role in controlling internet content.

Bangla News

Govt to give money, rice to Gulshan fire victims

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman announced assistance for those affected by the Gulshan DNCC market fire.

Bangla News

Pakistan fined for slow over-rate

Sports Desk: Pakistan captain Imad Wasim was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the fourth ODI on Friday (March 29).

Bangla News

‘Bangabandhu killers to be brought back home’

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said punishment for the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who are fleeing abroad will be ensured after bringing them back to the country.

Bangla News

Four killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw

Noakhali Correspondent: Four people including a woman and her daughter have been killed and two others seriously injured as a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali.

Bangla News

Trump handed Kim a piece of paper

International Desk: On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, U.S. President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a piece of paper that included a blunt call for the transfer of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the United States, according to the document seen by Reuters.

Bangla News

Prominent Singer Khurshid Alam hurt in road crash

Entertainment Desk: Prominent Singer Khurshid Alam was injured when a truck hit his private car on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Charmatha area in Bogura early Saturday.

Bangla News

One injured in Banani fire dies

Staff Correspondent: Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal, who was injured in the devastating fire at the high-rise FR Tower in Banani area of the capital city, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.

Bangla News

Probe body visits FR Tower

Staff Correspondent: The probe body formed by the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry has visited FR Tower of the capital’s Banani where a deadly fire broke out, killing 25 people.

Bangla News

Priyanka and Nick are heading for a divorce?

Entertainment Desk: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas tied the knot in December last year. After dating for six months, their marriage broke the headlines and they become ‘the inseparable’ favorite couple.

Bangla News

Case filed over Banani fire

Staff Correspondent: A case has been filed over the fire incident of FR Tower of the capital’s Banani.

Bangla News

Afghanistan floods leave 17 dead

International Desk: Heavy rains caused flash floods in western Afghanistan that killed at least 17 people, destroying homes and sweeping through makeshift shelters that housed displaced families, a government official said on Saturday.

Bangla News

Drug trader killed in Teknaf gunfight

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: A suspected drug trader was killed and three policemen injured in a gunfight with police in Habirchhora hilly area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Saturday. 

Bangla News

Over 200 shops gutted in DNCC market fire

Staff Correspondent: Over 200 tin-shed business establishments were gutted in the fire that ripped through the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in Gulshan-1 on Saturday morning.

Bangla News

Rajuk to begin drive on Sunday: Minister

Staff Correspondent: Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim said that capital development authority Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will begin inspection of buildings on Sunday.

Bangla News

‘Fire extinguishing system in markets to be checked’

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said that the fire extinguishing systems in capital’s markets, business institutions and shopping centers will be checked.

Bangla News

‘Man-made accident is killing of people’

Staff Correspondent: Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said that “No accident is small, we can say a man-made accident is not a small thing, it is killing of people”.

Bangla News

Portugal baby born to woman brain dead for three months

Risingbd Desk: A funeral is being held for a 26-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday despite being brain dead since December.

Bangla News

Stunning fossils record dinosaurs' demise

Risingbd Desk: Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.  

Bangla News

Restriction on some roads in Gulshan

Staff Correspondent: Some Gulshan-1 roads have been made off-limit to traffic following fire incident at DNCC market.

Bangla News

Fire at DNCC market: Probe body formed

Staff Correspondent: A probe body has been formed to investigate the fire incident at the kitchen market near DNCC market at Gulshan-1 in the city.

Bangla News

School girl commits suicide following eve teasing

Kushtia Correspondent: A teenager girl committed suicide by hanging herself in Mirpur upazila after she was harassed by some eve teasers.

Bangla News

Woman found dead in Gopalganj

Gopalganj Correspondent: Police recovered an unknown woman's body from a fish farm in Kajulia area of Sadar Upazila.

Bangla News

Brexit: MPs reject May's EU withdrawal agreement

International Desk: MPs have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU.

Bangla News

Gulshan’s DNCC market catches fire

Staff Correspondent: A devastating fire broke out at the kitchen market near DNCC market at Gulshan-1 in the city early Saturday.

Bangla News

AL’s 21st National Council in October

Senior Correspondent: The National Council of Bangladesh Awami League will be held in October this year. However, the final date has yet not been fixed immediately.

Bangla News

Kabirhat upazila polls suspended

Noakhali Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) has suspended Kabirhat upazila parishad election which was scheduled on March 31.

Bangla News

How these buildings get approval: Fakhrul

Staff Correspondent: Expressing deep sorrow for those who were killed in a devastating fire that originated at Banani’s FR Tower in Dhaka, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “I don’t understand how these buildings get approval.”

Bangla News

Legal steps to be taken against FR Tower owner: IGP

Staff Correspondent: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary said relatives of the Thursday’s fire victims can file cases if they want to do so.

Bangla News

‘Hero’ Nayeem wants to be police officer

Staff Correspondent: A boy, Nayeem Islam, sat on a leak in a Fire Service hosepipe to ensure that water flowed normally during the fire at Banani’s FR Tower on Thursday.

Bangla News

No more loss of lives in fire of greediness: Info minister

Staff Correspondent: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said, “I want no more innocent people die in the fire caused by the greed of people.”

Bangla News

Tushar begs apology to wife before he dies by fire

Staff Correspondent, Tangail: “Our building caught fire. The fire is razing terribly. I do not know whether I can come out from here.  Ask everyone to pray for me and forgive me if you can,” Tushar, one of the Banani fire victims who died told this making phone call to his wife Mahmuda Akter Nodi after he got trapped in FR Tower on Thursday noon.

Bangla News

It’s time to take action: Mayor Atiqul

Staff Correspondent: About the devastating fire at Banani’s FR Tower, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam said, “There is no time to talk, it’s time to take action.”

Bangla News

Banani fire: Office representatives go inside

Staff Correspondent: Police along with office representatives entered FR Tower where deadly fire broke out in the capital’s Banani.  

Bangla News

No more missing in Banani fire, Police claim

Senior Correspondent: Police claimed that no more person remains missing in the fire incident of FR Tower in the capital’s Banani.  

Bangla News

IEB forms 8-member body to probe Banani fire incident

Staff Correspondent: The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Friday formed an eight-member committee to investigate the Banani FR Towner fire incident.

Bangla News

Silent crowd listens to mosque victims' names

International Desk: Thousands stood in silence in a Christchurch park on Friday as the names of 50 people shot dead in two mosques were read out at a national memorial service, with speakers calling for the legacy of the tragedy to be a kinder, more tolerant New Zealand.  

Bangla News

Dr Kamal for forming national commission

Staff Correspondent: Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain has demanded formation of a national commission to find out whether there is any lack of law in ensuring safe construction of high-rise buildings in the country.

Bangla News

‘Case to be filed over FR tower fire incident’

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said a case will be filed over the deadly fire incident in FR tower in Capital’s Banani.

Bangla News

Tailor stabbed dead in Kushtia

Kushtia Correspondent: A tailor was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Belgharia in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

Bangla News

Banani building fire death toll rises to 25

Staff Correspondent: The death toll from the deadly Banani fire has reached 25, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mostak Ahmed said.

Bangla News

How many cigarettes in a bottle of wine?

Risingbd Desk: Drinking one 750ml bottle of wine a week increases the risk of developing cancer ovear a lifetime by the equivalent of 10 cigarettes a week for women and five for men, a study says.  

Bangla News

Two motorcyclists killed in city road crash

Senior Correspondent: Two motorcyclists were killed as a sand laden truck rammed their motorcycle in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka on Friday morning.

Bangla News

Dogs can smell epileptic seizures

Risingbd Desk: French scientists say they have proof that dogs can pick up the smell of an epileptic seizure.

Bangla News

10 bodies handed over to families

Staff Correspondent: A total of 10 bodies of the victims of Banani fire incident have been handed over to their families and relatives.

Bangla News

15 injured in Noakhali clash

Noakhali Correspondent: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of Awami League-nominated Kabirhat upazila chairman candidate and independent candidate on Thursday night.  

Bangla News

Higuain retires from Argentina nat'l team

Sports Desk: Chelsea striker Gonzalo Higuain has retired from the Argentina national team with immediate effect, ending an eventful international career which included three losing major final appearances.

Bangla News

Husband, wife die in Banani fire incident

Senior Correspondent: Maqsudur Rahman and his wife Rumki Akhter died in Banani fire incident on Thursday.

Bangla News

Banani fire: 6-member probe committee formed

Senior Correspondent: A six-member committee has been formed to investigate the Banani fire incident that killed 19 people at FR Tower in the capital.

Bangla News

Climate change impacts accelerating: WMO

Risingbd Desk: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the physical and financial impacts of global warming are accelerating.  

Bangla News

UK government to hold Brexit vote

International Desk: MPs will be asked to vote again on Brexit on Friday but only on part of the deal negotiated with the EU.  

Bangla News

PM mourns loss of lives in Banani fire

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and property in a devastating fire in Banani in the capital.

Bangla News

Police info centre at FR Tower

Staff Correspondent: A police information centre has been set up at FR Tower of Banani where deadly fire broke out to reveal rescue operation activities of the incident.

Bangla News

No innocent person should be harassed: PM

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the law enforcers particularly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to ensure peace by maintaining law and order to further accelerate the country’s development.

Bangla News

Tarique must be brought back: Law Minister

Kushtia Correspondent: Law Minister Anisul Huq said all death sentence awarded accused of Bangabandhu assassination case and fugitive BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will be brought back from abroad overcoming all the legal obstacles.

Bangla News

PM monitoring Banani fire rescue operation

Senior Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is monitoring the fire rescue operation at the fire-engulfed FR Tower on Kamal Ataturk Avenue in city’s Banani area on Thursday, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said.

Bangla News

Banani fire under control after 5 hrs

Senior Correspondent: The fire broken at FR Tower in the capital’s Banani was brought under control at 5:45pm on Thursday, after frantic efforts of five hours.

Bangla News

40th BCS preliminary test May 3

Staff Correspondent: The preliminary test of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination will be held on May 3.

Bangla News

Banani fire: Hospitals instructed for emergency treatment

Secretariat Correspondent: The Health Directorate instructed all the government and private hospitals of the capital to provide emergency treatment to fire victims of Banani’s FR Tower.

Bangla News

7 killed in Banani fire

Senior Correspondent: At least seven people were killed and 28 others were injured in a fire that broke out at Banani FR Tower in the capital on Thursday noon.

Bangla News

Helicopter to control fire, Several victims rescued

Senior Correspondent: A total of 17 units of Fire Service are working to douse the deadly fire broken at F R Tower on Road no-17 in the capital’s Banani.

Bangla News

Airlift set up to rescue stranded victims of FR Tower

Staff Correspondent: Airlift has been set up to rescue victims of the fire broken at F R Tower on Road-17 in Dhaka’s Banani as many people got stranded in the high-rise building.

Bangla News

FR Tower at Banani catches fire

Staff Correspondent: FR Tower located at Banani in the city caught fire on Thursday noon.  

Bangla News

5 Netrokona Razakars to die for crimes in 71

Staff Correspondent:  Five alleged Razakars of Netrokona have been awarded with death penalty for crimes committed in 1971.

Bangla News

‘Drug trader’ found dead in Khulna

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: Police has recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from Khejurtala village under Batiaghata upazila.

Bangla News

2 killed in city ‘gunfight’

Senior Reporter: Two youths were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with DB police in the capital’s Aftabnagar.

Bangla News

Barishal University closed sine die

Staff Correspondent, Barishal University: The authorities of Barishal University have announced the closure of the university for unidentified period over the continuous movement of the students for attaining their 12 demands.

Bangla News

Is it time to raise the smoking age to 21?

Risingbd Desk: There is a growing clamour to raise the age at which tobacco products can be bought, from 18 to 21.  

Bangla News

Verdict on 5 Netrokona ‘Razakars’ today

Staff Correspondent: A special tribunal will deliver its verdict on five alleged Razakars of Netrokona today (Thursday) over crimes committed in 1971.

Bangla News

8 killed in Chattogram road crash

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: At least eight people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and micro-bus in the district on Wednesday midnight.

Bangla News

‘Khaleda likely to be shifted to Keraniganj prison’

Staff Correspondent, Savar: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who is now in jail after being convicted in a graft case might be shifted to the new central jail in Keraniganj from the old central jail in Nazimuddin Road of Old Dhaka.

Bangla News

‘Prices of daily essentials won’t go up in Ramadan’

Secretariat Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said, “Prices of daily essential commodities will not go up in the holy month of Ramadan as we have enough stockpile of daily essentials.”

Bangla News

Death of Abrar: Suprobhat bus conductor, helper remanded

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed conductor and helper of Suprobhat Paribahan bus that crushed Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury to death on seven-day remand.

Bangla News

4 Rohingya women rescued before trafficking

Senior Correspondent: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-3) rescued four Rohingya women from Khilgaon area in the capital who are allegedly being trafficked to other country early on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Fire at Chattogram railway workshop

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Pahartali railway workshop in Chattogram city caught fire around 10:45 am on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Conductor was driving Suprobhat bus

Senior Correspondent: Detectives said that the bus of Suprobhat Paribahan that killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowhdury was being driven by its conductor.

Bangla News

Upazila election: Dumuria polls postponed

Staff Correspondent: Dumuria Upazila Parishad Election in Khulna has been postponed.

Bangla News

Former Australia spinner Bruce Yardley dies

Sports Desk: Bruce Yardley, the former Australian spin bowler, coach and commentator, has died in far north Western Australia after a prolonged fight with cancer at the age of 71.

Bangla News

German painter Beate Axmann succeeds in Chicago, Beijing

Iris May: An atmosphere of new beginnings prevails in the artist’s studio of Beate Axmann.

Bangla News

AL to start sale of nomination forms from Monday

Senior Reporter: The ruling Awami League will start sale of nomination papers among aspirant candidates for the election of Mymensingh City Corporation.

Bangla News

Circular bus service started in Dhanmondi-Azimpur route

Staff Correspondent: A circular bus service which has been launched on Dhanmondi- Science lab-New Market-Azimpur route on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Thai trade fair begins

Economic Reporter: The Thai trade fair-2019 begin on Wednesday to increase the trade relation between the businessmen of Bangladesh and Thailand.  

Bangla News

Walton delivering free servicing to AC users

Staff Reporter: Walton Service Management System (WSMS), an ISO certified service center, started AC Servicing Campaign to deliver free and home based post sales services to the users of its air conditioners.

Bangla News

Teacher sentenced to death for corporal punishment to pupil

Sir Frank Peters: A schoolteacher in Tanzania has been sentenced to death for causing the death of a school pupil through “malicious and zealous” use of corporal punishment.

Bangla News

Bus helper held for running over Abrar in Dhaka

Senior Correspondent: The bus driver’s helper involved in a road crash which killed student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury in Dhaka was arrested on Tuesday night.

Bangla News

Mugger killed in Tongi gunfight

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A suspected mugger was killed in a gunfight with police in Gazipur’s Tongi on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Verdict on 5 Netrokona ‘Razakars’ Thursday

Staff Correspondent: A special tribunal will deliver its verdict on five alleged Razakars of Netrokona on Thursday over crimes committed in 1971.

Bangla News

One killed in Mirpur ‘gunfight’

Senior Correspondent: A man was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Matikata area of the city on Tuesday midnight.

Bangla News

Four killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: At least four people were killed in separate two gunfights in district’s Teknaf and Pekua upazilas early Wednesday.

Bangla News

Brexit: MPs set out plan to consider alternatives to PM's deal

International Desk: MPs have set out details of their plan to consider other Brexit options, as Theresa May was warned more ministers could quit unless she changes course.  

Bangla News

Washington declares 49th Independence Day ‘Bangladesh Day’

Diplomatic Correspondent: Washington DC, the capital of United States, has declared March 26, 2019, as ‘Bangladesh Day’ to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the nation’s independence.

Bangla News

Bangladesh’s Independence Day observed in Pakistan

Diplomatic Correspondent: The Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Karachi of Pakistan celebrated the country’s 49th Independence and National Day on Tuesday with solemnity and enthusiasm.

Bangla News

Neymar's father reveals talks with PSG over contract extension

Sports Desk: Neymar's father has quelled transfer speculation around his son by claiming that he and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are already discussing a contract extension.

Bangla News

‘It does not need to declare Independence after 7 March speech’

Staff Correspondent: Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said it does not need to proclaim Independence anew after Bangabandhu’s 7 March speech as anti-liberation force is still hatching conspiracy to make the real history of the Liberation War controversial.

Bangla News

Quader shifted to cabin from ICU

Staff Correspondent: Ailing Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, was shifted to a cabin from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Tuesday afternoon.

Bangla News

Build country with spirit of Independence: Info minister

Staff Correspondent: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud criticized BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s comments on the eve of the Independence and National Day, saying the party’s politics were now visibly centred on the issue of releasing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who was jailed after being convicted in a graft case.

Bangla News

Advance country being imbued with patriotism: PM

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the children and juveniles to advance the country being imbued with the spirit of patriotism and the liberation war.  

Bangla News

Rich tributes being paid to martyrs

Staff Correspondent, Savar: Thousands of people are thronging into the national mausoleum to pay tributes to the martyrs of liberation war.  

Bangla News

We have to go ahead with sprit of Liberation War

Today is a glorious day in the history of Bengali nation. It’s a day of getting freedom. It’s also a day for hoisting the red-green flag in front of the globe. Breaking the chain of subjection, the independence of Bangladesh was declared on 26 March 1971.  

Bangla News

New brain cells made throughout life

Risingbd Desk: People keep making new brain cells throughout their lives (well at least until the age of 97), according to a study on human brains.  

Bangla News

MPs vote to take control of Brexit process for indicative votes

International Desk: MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option.  

Bangla News

President, PM pay homage to Liberation War heroes

Staff Correspondent, Savar: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the War of Liberation by placing wreaths at the National Memorial here this morning marking the 49th Independence and National Day.  

Bangla News

Nation celebrating 49th Independence Day

Risingbd Desk: The nation is celebrating the 49th Independence and National Day today, refreshing the resolution to uphold the spirit of the War of Liberation and build a ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.  

Bangla News

Nation observes one-minute blackout

Staff Correspondent: The nation has observed a one-minute blackout program for the third successive year, marking the Genocide Day of Bangladesh.  

Bangla News

Circular bus in Dhanmondi from Mar 27

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon has said circular bus service will begin in the capital’s Dhanmondi from March 27.

Bangla News

Chinese student kidnapped in Canada

Desk Report: A 22-year-old Chinese student has been kidnapped by four men with a stun-gun, police in Canada say.

Bangla News

President visits military hardware display

Staff Correspondent: President M Abdul Hamid has visited the hardware display of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force, marking the Independence and National Day at the National Parade Square of Tajgaon Airport in the capital.

Bangla News

Mymensingh City Corporation maiden polls May 5

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) has announced schedule for maiden election to Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) to be held on May 5.

Bangla News

Genocide Day: Nation ready to observe one-minute blackout

Staff Correspondent: The nation is ready to observe a one-minute blackout program for the third successive year, marking the Genocide Day of Bangladesh.

Bangla News

PM for reaching benefits of independence to every home

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to work in unison to reach the benefits of the hard-earned independence to every home being imbued with the spirit of the Liberation War and ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman.

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Upazila polls were satisfactory than earlier: Info Minister

Secretariat Correspondent: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said that upazila polls this time were much satisfactory than that of earlier. Though voters turnout was a little lower, but their presence was not absolute few.

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All coaching centres to be shut from Apr 1

Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said that all coaching centres will remain closed from April 1 to May 6 as HSC and its equivalent examinations are scheduled to be held during the period.

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PM hands over Independence Award-2019

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over ‘Swadhinata Purashkar-2019’ (Independence Award), the highest national award, to 13 distinguished persons and an organisation here today.

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Nat'l Memorial ready for Independence Day

Staff Correspondent, Savar: The Savar National Martyrs' Memorial is all set for observation of the Independence Day of Bangladesh on March 26.

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Export-import resume at Bhomra land port

Satkhira Correspondent: Export and import activities at Bhomra land port in Satkhira district resumed on Monday after a four-day vacation on the occasion of Puja, weekly holiday and upazila polls.

Bangla News

Nation observing 'Genocide Day'

Desk Report: The nation is observing the 'Genocide Day' today in remembrance of the brutality carried out by Pakistani Army on the unarmed Bengalis on the black night of March 25 in 1971.  

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6-story building tilts in Dhaka

Senior Correspondent: A six-story residential building has tilted in Balurghat area of the capital on Monday morning.

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Trump 'did not conspire with Russia'

International Desk: President Trump's campaign did not conspire with Russia during the 2016 election, according to a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report submitted to Congress on Sunday.

Bangla News

KKR beat SRH by 6 wickets in thriller

Desk Report: Chasing 182, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) got off to a poor start, losing out on Chris Lynn in the second over.

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UAE keen to boost bilateral ties with Bangladesh

Diplomatic Correspondent: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is keen to boost its bilateral relations with Bangladesh and invest in different sectors of the country.

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Non-MPO teachers suspend demo on Edu’ Minister’s assurance

Staff Correspondent: Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions have suspended their demonstration for a month on assurance of Education Minister Dipu Moni to meet their demands.

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Rumana receives T20 team of the year cap from ICC

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh Women’s team star Rumana Ahmed received the 2018 ICC T20 Team of the Year cap from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Bangla News

Percentage is not matter: EC Secretary

Staff Correspondent: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said the voting in third phase upazila polls was held more or less peacefully.  

Bangla News

Kean becomes the youngest goalscorer for Italy

Sports Desk: Italy teenager Moise Kean says he is ready to break records after scoring a goal in his first start for the Azzurri, and thanked Cristiano Ronaldo for helping him learn at Juventus.

Bangla News

Hajj registration to continue till Mar 28: Abdullah

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah has said the ongoing registration for Hajj will continue till March 28.

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Noted singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah laid to rest

Entertainment Desk: Prominent singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah was laid to eternal rest at Banani Military Graveyard here on Sunday.

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‘UN to raise 1971 Pakistani genocide in int’l forum’

Desk Report: The United Nations (UN) will raise the issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 in the international forum, visiting UN Under Secretary General and Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng said.

Bangla News

No exam till class-3 from this year

Secretariat Correspondent: The government has cancelled examination system till class-3 from this year.  

Bangla News

82,500 students get primary scholarships

Secretariat Correspondent: The government has published the list of the students who secured scholarships in the Primary Education Completion (PEC) Examinations held in 2018.

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AL leader held with fire arms at airport

Staff Correspondent: Another Awami League leader has been detained with fire arms at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

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Voting suspended at Katiadi

Kishoreganj Correspondent: The Election Commission has suspended voting in all polling centres of Katiadi upazila in Kishoreganj following allegations of irregularities during the third phase of upazila elections.

Bangla News

134 killed in Mali militia attack

International Desk: More than 134 people have been killed in an attack on a village in central Mali by armed men wearing traditional Dogon hunters' clothing, reports say.

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Cop among 4 receive bullet injury at Chandanaish

Staff Correspondent: At least four people including a policeman were injured by shotgun pellets in a clash at polling centre in Chandanaish upazila of Chattogram during upazila polls on Sunday.

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3rd phase upazila parishads polls begins

Staff Correspondent: Voting has begun at 117 upazila parishads in 24 districts in the third phase of the local body polls.

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Student dies after being allegedly pushed off from bus

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: A student of Sylhet Agricultural University has died under the wheels of a moving bus after being allegedly pushed off from the vehicle in Moulvibazar.

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Singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah no more

Entertainment Correspondent: Eminent singers of Shahnaz Rahmatullah has died at the age of 67.

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Polls to 117 upazila parishads Sunday

Staff Correspondent: Elections to 117 upazila parishads will be held on Sunday in the third phase of the local body polls.

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Hundreds of thousands march calling for Brexit cancellation

International Desk: Hundreds of thousands are marching through central London calling for another EU referendum, as MPs search for a way out of the Brexit impasse.

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‘Chemicals being shifted to other residential areas’

Staff Correspondent: Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benzir Ahmed said we have intelligence information that Old Dhaka’s businessmen are shifting their chemical substances to other residential areas because of taskforce operation begins.

Bangla News

Finance minister enquires about Quader at Singapore hospital

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal enquired about ailing Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.

Bangla News

Special police to work from Sunday to bring discipline on roads

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said a special team of police will remain deployed at every transport intersection route of the capital Dhaka from tomorrow with an aim to bring discipline on roads.

Bangla News

Gonoforum unveils14-point demand to stop transport sector anarchy

Senior Correspondent: Making the transport sector free from political influence, Gonoforum, one of important components of Jatiya Oikyafront, has unveiled a 14-point demand to stop anarchy in the sector for making it people-friendly.

Bangla News

Messi ruled out of Argentina action with groin injury

Sports Desk: Lionel Messi has been ruled out of Argentina's friendly against Morocco on Tuesday after suffering a groin injury in the 3-1 loss to Venezuela.

Bangla News

Nur against proposal for PM lifetime Ducsu membership

Staff Correspondent: Newly elected Dhaka University Central Students Union (Ducsu) Vice President (VP) Nurul Haque Nur opposed nomination of making Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a lifetime Ducsu member.

Bangla News

Security to be strengthened at airport: Home Minister

Staff Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that security will be strengthened at airport as per report made by detective agencies.

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Islamic State defeated finally

International Desk: The Islamic State (ISIL) has lost its final territorial enclave in the village of Baghuz after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared "total elimination of the so-called caliphate".

Bangla News

Proposal to make PM life-time Ducsu member

Staff Correspondent: A proposal has been raised to make Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a life-time member of Dhaka University Central Students Union (Ducsu).  

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Quader now fully fit

Senior Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment at a Singaporean hospital, is now fully physically fit, physicians said.

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Nur assumes office: Ducsu becomes functional after 28 years

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and all other elected representatives assumed office on Saturday.

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32 held for violating UZ polls code

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Police detained 32 people for violating electoral code of conduct in Sreepur upazila of the district.

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Subarnachar Rape: Ruhul Amin's bail cancelled

Staff Correspondent: The High Court cancelled the Monday’s bail order of Ruhul Amin, in connection with a case filed for raping a woman at Subarnachar in Noakhali.

Bangla News

Theresa May pushes for Brexit deal with new timetable

International Desk: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday tried to persuade MPs to back the Brexit deal, seeking to build bridges after lashing out at lawmakers for their indecision on Brexit.

Bangla News

China chemical plant blast toll rises to 64

International Desk: Rescuers pulled a survivor from rubble early on Saturday in the wake of a massive explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China that flattened buildings, blew out windows more than a mile away and killed at least 64 people.

Bangla News

Ducsu's first executive meeting today

Staff Correspondent: The first executive committee meeting of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) will be held today.

Bangla News

Mueller delivers Trump-Russia report

International Desk: Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his long-awaited report on alleged collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

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All districts to get rail line: Railway Minister

Kurigram Correspondent: Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said rail lines will be built in all districts.

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Gulshan Lake beautification programme inaugurated

Staff Correspondent: The beautification program of Gulshan Lake has been inaugurated after the cleaning campaign.

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Police forces facing trouble to control traffic: Home Minister

Senior Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said police forces are facing trouble to bring discipline in Dhaka roads.

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9th span of Padma Bridge installed, 1350 meters visible

Staff Correspondent: The ninth span of the Padma Bridge has been installed. As a result, around 1,350 metres of the Bridge is now visible.

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Nur, Akhtar to take responsibility of Ducsu

Staff Correspondent: The newly elected leaders of Dhaka University Central Students’ Council (DUCSU) will take the responsibility of the institution officially soon.

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Teachers-Employees' Federation to accept PM’s direction

Staff Correspondent: Non-MPO Educational Institutions Teachers and the Employees' Federation wants to depict their inhuman living standard meeting the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangla News

N Korea pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office

International Desk: North Korea pulled its staff out of an inter-Korean liaison office Friday, Seoul said, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un's summit with US President Donald Trump ended without agreement.

Bangla News

5 killed in Barishal road crash

Staff Correspondent, Barishal: Five persons, including a college student, were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Banaripara upazila of the district on Friday morning.

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Ex-DRU President Anwarul passes away

Staff Correspondent: M Anwarul Haq, ex-president of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) passed away on Friday morning.

Bangla News

China chemical blast death toll rises to 44

International Desk: The death toll in a huge blast at a chemical plant in eastern China has jumped to 44, with 640 injured, according to state news agency Xinhua.  

Bangla News

Nearly 100 dead in Iraq ferry tragedy

International Desk: Almost 100 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq's city of Mosul.  

Bangla News

2 drug traders killed in Teknaf 'gunfight'

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Two listed yaba traders were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in the district’s Teknaf upazila on Thursday midnight.

Bangla News

New Zealand falls silent for mosque victims

International Desk: New Zealand has broadcast the Islamic call to prayer and observed a two-minute silence in ceremonies to mark a week since the Christchurch attacks.

Bangla News

PM for undertaking uplift schemes not affecting people

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to take development projects in such a way so that the people are not affected due to it.

Bangla News

Subarnachar gang-rape mastermind Ruhul Amin gets bail

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has granted anticipatory bail for a year to Ruhul Amin, the mastermind who allegedly ordered his accomplices to rape the mother of four at Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila.

Bangla News

PM for strengthening IRRI-BRRI collaboration

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for strengthening collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) for further boosting rice production in the country.

Bangla News

Committee formed to probe allegations over DUCSU polls

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University (DU) authorities have formed a seven-member probe committee to investigate the allegations of irregularities reported during the elections to DU Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union polls.

Bangla News

Rangamati attack outcome of regional problem: CEC

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said that the Rangamati gun attack was an outcome of the regional problem.

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Miraz ties the knot with 5-yr girlfriend Preety

Abdullah M Rubel: Bangladesh spin sensation Mehidy Hasan Miraz has tied the knot with his five-year girlfriend.

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2,099 teachers and employees to be enlisted MPO

Secretariat Correspondent: The government has taken initiatives to enlist 2,099 teachers and employees under Monthly Pay Order (MPO).

Bangla News

Quader’s health improves after bypass surgery

Staff Correspondent: The ailing general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader is now good after a successful bypass surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Wednesday.

Bangla News

‘Pedestrians to be held if they cross roads with risks’

Senior Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said we (traffic police) had our back to the wall. We must have to take some steps for traffic system.  

Bangla News

Govt to provide Tk 40cr incentive for Aush farming

Staff Correspondent: Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Thursday announced a TK 40,18,20,750 incentive for 4,59,226 farmers of 64 districts for cultivating ‘Ufshi’ variety of Aush crops.

Bangla News

WB, Canada to give $5 crore for Rohingya health service

Secretariat Correspondent: The World Bank (WB) and Canada will give $5 crore dollars to ensure health service for Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar.

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‘Bangladesh giving priority on South-South Cooperation’

Secretariat Correspondent: Foreign Minister DR AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh is giving special importance on South-South Cooperation (SSC) to implement the agenda-2030.

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Holi festival being celebrated with festivity

Risingbd Desk:  Holi, a Hindu religious festival of colours, is being celebrated across the country with due religious fervor and much enthusiasm today (Thursday).

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9th span of Padma Bridge won’t be installed today

Secretariat Correspondent: The ninth span of the 6.15- kilometre long Padma Bridge will not be installed on 34th and 35th pillar at Jajira end in Shariatpur district today (Thursday) due to technical reason.

Bangla News

Upazila elections: Voting rate decreases in second phase

Staff Correspondent: Voting rate has decreased in the second phase of Upazila Parishad elections.

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2 including teacher killed in city road accident

Senior Reporter: Two people including a Madrasa teacher were killed in a road accident in the city early Thursday.

Bangla News

Rogue waves occurring less but becoming more extreme

International Desk: Rogue waves - huge swells that can appear from calm seas - are occurring less often but becoming more extreme, data from the US coast suggests.

Bangla News

New Zealand to ban military style weapons

International Desk: New Zealand will ban all types of semi-automatic weapons used in the Christchurch attacks, PM Jacinda Ardern has said.  

Bangla News

New Zealand to ban military style weapons

International Desk: New Zealand will ban all types of semi-automatic weapons used in the Christchurch attacks, PM Jacinda Ardern has said.  

Bangla News

New Zealand to ban military style weapons

International Desk: New Zealand will ban all types of semi-automatic weapons used in the Christchurch attacks, PM Jacinda Ardern has said.  

Bangla News

9th span of Padma Bridge to be installed today

Staff Correspondent: The ninth span of the 6.15- kilometre long Padma Bridge will be installed on 34th and 35th pillar at Jajira end in Shariatpur district today (Thursday).  

Bangla News

No exam till class-III

Staff Correspondent: The Primary and Mass Education Ministry have decided not to take examinations until third grade.

Bangla News

Clash between 2 Hanif Paribahan buses kill 3 in Sirajganj

Sirajganj Correspondent: A head-on collision between two buses of Hanif Paribahan have killed three people including a woman and injured 15 others in Sirajganj.  

Bangla News

Upazila polls: 55 elected uncontested in 3rd phase

Staff Correspondent: Voting will be held in 125 upazila parishads of 25 districts in the third phase on March 24.

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Modern circular bus service begins Mar 26

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon has said modern circular bus service will begin on Dhanmondi-Science Lab-New Market-Azimpur route from March 26.

Bangla News

Buy Walton AC and get 1-yr electricity bill free

Economic Correspondent: Customers of Walton brand air-conditioners are likely to get one year equivalent electricity bill as free through registering their ACs just after the purchase from any Walton Plaza or distributors’ outlets across the country.

Bangla News

Safe Road: Students call off demo till Mar 28

Senior Correspondent: Agitated students of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) have called their demonstration demanding safe roads till March 28.

Bangla News

Abrar’s death: Bus driver remanded for 7 days

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has placed the driver of Suprovat Paribahan bus that killed Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on a 7-day remand in a case filed over the road crash.

Bangla News

HC asks Suprovat Paribahan to pay Tk 10 lakh to Abrar family

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has ordered Suprovat Paribahan to pay Tk 10 lakh to the family of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury who was killed in a road crash in the capital on Tuesday.

Bangla News

New Zealand to broadcast Azaan nationally on Friday

International Desk: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday has announced to broadcast ‘Azaan’ on its national TV and radio on Friday, adding that the nation will observe a two-minute silence in memory of the Christchurch martyrs.

Bangla News

Buses of Suprovat Paribahan won’t ply in city: DMP commissioner

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has said buses of Suprovat Paribahan will not play in the city streets.

Bangla News

15 get death penalty in murder case

Staff Correspondent: At least 15 people have been awarded with death penalty for killing a Nazrul Islam over land dispute at Dohar in Dhaka.  

Bangla News

Students besiege Shahbagh for safer roads

Staff Correspondent:  Students of the Dhaka University have taken to the streets in Shahbagh area demanding proper investigation and justice over the road accident that killed a student yesterday.

Bangla News

Potent cannabis increases risk of serious mental illness

International Desk: Smoking potent 'skunk-like' cannabis increases your risk of serious mental illness, say researchers.  

Bangla News

Fire injures 3 in Dhaka's Mirpur

Senior Correspondent: Three people including husband-wife were burnt after a fire broke out following an electric short circuit at Mirpur-13 in the capital early Wednesday.

Bangla News

People don't become adults until their 30s

Risingbd Desk: Have you ever been told to "grow up" in your 20s or need an excuse as to why you still find cat videos on the internet really funny?  

Bangla News

Woman nearly dies after injecting herself with fruit juice

International Desk: A woman in China almost died after injecting herself with liquidised fruit in a bid to be healthy.  

Bangla News

Students continue street protests for 2nd day

Staff Correspondent: Student protesters returned to the streets in parts of Dhaka for the 2nd straight day demanding proper investigation and justice over the road accident that killed a student yesterday.

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Case filed over Abrar death

Staff Correspondent: A case has been filed in connection with the death of Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury.

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Three youths killed in Gopalganj train accident

Gopalganj Correspondent: Three youths were killed in a train crash at Tennabari rail crossing area in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila on Tuesday.

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Bangladeshi national killed in South Africa

Noakhali Correspondent: A Bangladeshi national was killed in Ritip street area of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa on Monday.

Bangla News

New Zealand terror suspect planned third attack

International Desk: The suspect accused of carrying out Friday's terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, was likely on his way to carry out a third shooting before he was stopped by authorities, New Zealand's top police official said.

Bangla News

First funerals for victims of mosque attacks

International Desk: The first funerals are taking place for victims of the New Zealand mosque shootings that left 50 people dead.  

Bangla News

Knife attacker injures 4 staff at Norway school

International Desk: A pupil has injured a teacher and three other staff members with a knife and fork taken from a school kitchen in the Norwegian capital Oslo, police said.

Bangla News

Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka ship service begins Mar 29

Staff Correspondent: The shipping service for Dhaka-Kolkata route is expected to start on March 29. A ship named MV Modhumoti will start the journey on the day.  

Bangla News

Per capita income increases by 158 dollars

Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said that last year the per capita income was $ 1,751. It has now increased to $ 1,909. That means per capita income increased by 158 dollars in a year.

Bangla News

Bhutanese PM to visit Dhaka in April

Desk Report: Bhutanese Premier Lotay Tshering is expected to visit Dhaka next month at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to increase cooperation on trade, inland waterways, health and agriculture sector between the two countries.

Bangla News

Students call for countrywide class boycott Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The students who were demonstrating on Tuesday called for boycotting classes in all the educational institutions across the country on Wednesday to press for their eight-point demand, including maximum punishment of the bus driver responsible for the death of one of their fellows in a road accident in the capital.

Bangla News

Himu to return with ‘Shanti Molom 10 Taka’

Entertainment Desk: Small screen director Himu Akram earns his recognition by TV drama like-‘Bideshi Para’, ‘Kongkabotir Chithi’, ‘Najirbihin Najar Ali’, ‘Nur Alomer Cassette’.

Bangla News

‘US report on Bangladesh polls one-sided’

Staff Correspondent: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the recent US State Department report on human rights practice in Bangladesh is totally biased.

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After NZ, travel advice issued for Bangladeshis in Australia

Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh has issued travel advice for its nationals living in Australia and travelling to the country.

Bangla News

Student demo causes sufferings to city commuters

Staff Correspondent: Student protest staged for killing Abarar Ahmed Chowdhury of BUP (Bangladesh University of Professionals) caused sufferings to commuters in Dhaka city as they blocked Progati Sarani.

Bangla News

Students stage 12-point demand

Staff Correspondent: Agitated students of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) staged a demonstration to press home 12-point demand as a bus killed their one of their fellows on Progati Sarani at Bashundhara Residential Area of the capital on Tuesday morning.  

Bangla News

Tk 1,65,000cr RADP approved

Staff Correspondent: A Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) of Tk 1,65,000 crore was approved for the fiscal year 2018-19 on Tuesday.

Bangla News

Foot overbridge to be named after Abrar

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam has pledged to build a foot overbridge within three months and name it after Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, who was killed in a road accident in front of Bashundhara gate of Pragati Sarani area in the capital on Tuesday morning.  

Bangla News

Youth shot dead in capital’s Badda

Senior Correspondent: A youth was shot dead by miscreants in capital’s Merul Badda area on Monday night.

Bangla News

‘First Armed Resistance Day’ today

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur:  The ‘First Armed Resistance Day’ is being observed in a befitting manner through various programmes in Gazipur and the capital city today (Tuesday).  

Bangla News

Student crushed under bus in city

Senior Correspondent: A student was crushed under the wheels of a speedy bus in front of Bashundhara gate of Pragati Sarani area in the capital on Tuesday morning.

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Bagaichhari death toll reaches 7

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram:  The death toll from an armed attack on election officials in Bagaichhari upazila of Rangamati district has reached seven.

Bangla News

Bagaichhari death toll reaches 7

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram:  The death toll from an armed attack on election officials in Bagaichhari upazila of Rangamati district has reached seven.

Bangla News

AL leader gunned down in Rangamati

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram:  Bilaichhari Upazila Awami League President Suresh Kanti Tanchangya was gunned down under broad daylight in Rangamati, less than 14 hours into the killing of seven people on election day.

Bangla News

DACSU’s first meeting Saturday

Staff Correspondent: The first executive committee meeting of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) will be held on March 23 (Saturday).

Bangla News

UK scientists join race for lab-grown meat

International Desk: British scientists have joined the race to produce meat grown in the lab rather than reared on the hoof.  

Bangla News

Hundreds feared dead after Cyclone Idai

International Desk: The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Idai could be as high as 1,000, President Filipe Nyusi has said.  

Bangla News

Quader’s bypass surgery on Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The ailing general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader is likely to undergo a bypass surgery on Wednesday at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, where he is now being treated.

Bangla News

2nd phase UZ polls peaceful: EC Secy

Staff Correspondent: Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on Monday said the second phase of the 5th upazila election held in 116 upazila parishad was held in a peaceful and fair manner.

Bangla News

Election official among 6 shot dead in Rangamati

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A presiding officer and five others were shot dead by criminals in Bagaichhari upazila of Rangamati on Monday evening.

Bangla News

Anomalies in DUCSU polls normal: DU VC

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Akhtaruzzaman on Monday termed the irregularities reported during the elections to Dhaka University Central Student's Union (DUCSU) and hall unions as normal.

Bangla News

Cover of book ‘Bangla Bhashar Bangabandhu’ unveiled

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled the cover of a book on the contributions of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Language Movement and promoting Bangla language.

Bangla News

Students besiege DU VC's office

Staff Correspondent: A group of Dhaka University (DU) students have besieged the office of Dhaka University vice-chancellor demanding reelections of Central Students’ Union (Ducsu).

Bangla News

Trudeau phones Sheikh Hasina

Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau have called upon the global community to act together to stamp out terrorism as they talked over phone on Monday morning.

Bangla News

2 Saudi Airlines crew members held with 36 gold bars

Staff Correspondent: Customs officials and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained two female cabin crew members of Saudi Airlines with 36 gold at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Monday.  

Bangla News

Khaleda skips court in Gatco case

Staff Correspondent: The jail authorities did not produce the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia before a Dhaka court on Monday in the Gatco corruption case.

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New home loan policy

Staff Correspondent: From now, staff of Bangladesh judicial service will get housing loan through banking system.

Bangla News

Veteran actor Chinmoy Roy no more

Entertainment Desk: Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy has died, family sources said Monday. He was 79.  

Bangla News

NZ cabinet backs action on gun laws

International Desk: PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's cabinet has backed gun law changes "in principle" after the Christchurch shootings.  

Bangla News

Australia cops raid homes linked to New Zealand shooting

International Desk: Australian police have searched two homes in towns on the New South Wales (NSW) mid-north coast linked to the investigation into Friday's mass shootings at mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.

Bangla News

Death toll of Bangladeshi victims could rise to 8

Staff Correspondent: Foreign Affairs Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the death toll of Bangladeshi nationals could rise from 4 to 8 in New Zealand mosque shooting.

Bangla News

2nd phase of UZ election begins

Staff Correspondent: The second phase election to 116 Upazila Parishads in different districts of the country began on Monday morning.

Bangla News

Election to 116 upazila parishads Monday

Staff Correspondent: Voting in the second phase of 5th upazila parishads will be held on Monday.

Bangla News

Upazila polls: Six OCs withdrawn

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) has withdrawn Officer-in-Charges (OC) of six police stations to hold a fair election in the second phase polls of the fifth upazila election to be held on March 18.

Bangla News

16 killed as gunmen storm Mali army camp

International Desk: Gunmen attacked and briefly seized a Malian army base overnight, killing at least 16 soldiers and destroying five vehicles in central Mali’s Mopti region, two local councillors in the area where the attack happened said on Sunday.

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One from each family can go to New Zealand to bring body home

Diplomatic Correspondent: The New Zealand government has informed Bangladesh that they can take one close relative from each of mosque terror attack victims' families to New Zealand and they will be able to bring the bodies back home.

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Nur again demands fresh Ducsu polls

Staff Correspondent: A day after the meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Ducsu VP-elect Nurul Haq Nur on Sunday evening demanded reelection to all the posts of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and its hall unions, bringing allegations of vote fraud and irregularities.

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Vishal and Anisha engaged

Entertainment Desk: Two months after announcing their relationship, South Indian actors Vishal and Anisha Alla got engaged on Saturday. The engagement was a private event held in Hyderabad. Vishal was seen wearing a Blue Indo-western kurta with a matching Nehru jacket while Anisha looked regal in an off-white silk saree with a golden border.

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BSMMU physician dies, family claims murder

Staff Correspondent: An allegation of unnatural death of Dr Rajan Karmakar, Assistant Professor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), has found. Family claimed that he was murdered.

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Singer Putul gets engaged

Entertainment Desk: ‘Close Up-1’ famed singer Sazia Islam Putul got engaged with Canadian expatriate Nurul Islam on March 15.

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Dunedin Airport shut as suspicious package found

International Desk: A cordon has been placed around Dunedin Airport after a suspicious package was found, according to stuff, a popular news portal of New Zealand.

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New Zealand attacks: Two more Bangladeshis found in dead list

Desk Report: Two more Bangladeshis, who are feared dead, were included to the dead list of Christchurch mosque terror attacks in New Zealand, raising the death toll to 4.

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‘Immediate actions if someone creates sufferings on roads’

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia that steps will be taken immediately against those who will create sufferings on roads violating traffic rules.

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Two NZ women verbally abused for wearing hijab

International Desk: While the rest of New Zealand is comforting the Muslim community, two women at an Auckland railway station were subjected to vile abuse today for wearing hijab.

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‘Our main goal to make country’s people happy’

Badal Saha, From Tungipara: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that it is her government’s great goal to make people happy.

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Govt working for worthy future of children: PM

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her firm commitment to give a ‘bright future’ to the children by building Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous one freeing from hunger, poverty and illiteracy.

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Two hurt as fire breaks out at Banani

Staff Correspondent: At least two people were burned as a fire broke out at third floor of a building from a gas pipeline leakage in capital’s Banani area on Sunday.

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NZ mosque shootings: Death toll rises to 50

International Desk: The staggering death toll from the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques has climbed to 50, New Zealand police confirmed Sunday, as the country continued to grapple with the emotional fallout from the atrocity.

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Mugger killed in Mohammadpur gunfight

Staff Correspondent: A suspected mugger was killed in a gunfight with police in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area early Saturday.

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President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu on his 100th birthday

Desk Report: President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here this morning paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the great leader.

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DU Pro-VC flown to Singapore for treatment

Staff Correspondent: DU Pro-VC (Academic) Prof Dr Nasreen Ahmad, is being taken to Singapore for better treatment.

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PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on his 100th birthday

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman heralding the nationwide programmes on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the great leader.

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Shocked Tigers return from New Zealand

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh cricket team returned home safely on Saturday a day after narrowly escaping a terror attack in Christchurch mosque in New Zealand. 

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New Zealand mosque attacker 'acted alone'

International Desk: The man charged over Friday's twin mosque attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch is believed to have acted alone, police say.

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Nation celebrates Bangabandhu’s birthday

Staff Correspondent: The country is celebrating the 100th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2019 today in a befitting manner.

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EC orders Deputy Speaker, MP to leave polling area

Staff Correspondent: Election Commission (EC) ordered National Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah and Cox’s Bazar-3 MP Saimum Sarwar Komol to leave Gaibandha-5 polling areas over violating the electoral code of conduct in upazila parishad polls.

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Walton producing world-class appliances: NBR chairman

Staff Reporter: Walton is manufacturing world-class appliances in Bangladesh. The local brand created huge employment opportunities and it would be a great source of the government’s revenue.

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Zimbabwe cyclone leaves 24 dead

International Desk: At least 24 people have been killed and dozens are missing in parts of eastern Zimbabwe hit by the peripheral effects of tropical cyclone Idai which lashed neighbouring Mozambique, government said Saturday.

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170 countries pledge to cut single use plastics

International Desk: Nations committed to "significantly reduce" single-use plastics over the next decade, in a series of voluntary pledges that green groups warned fell short of tackling Earth's pollution crisis.

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BFF's women wing chairman sent to jail

Staff Correspondent: A court in Dhaka sent Bangladesh Football Federation's women wing chairman and FIFA council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron to jail on charge of derogatory remarks about PM.

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Kareena Kapoor’s latest outfit highly affordable!

Entertainment Desk: Indian actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is truly a fashionista. From red carpets events to casual street style and gym wears, Bebo has evolved over the years and has made it to the top of the fashion charts.

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PM inaugurates 2nd Kanchpur Bridge

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the second Kanchpur Bridge on Shitalakkhya River to reduce bottlenecks on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway.

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2 Bangladeshis killed in Christchurch attack: state minister

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has confirmed that two Bangladeshi citizens were killed in the attack on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch.

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Mushrooms may reduce the risk of mild brain decline

Risingbd Desk: Eating mushrooms more than twice a week could prevent memory and language problems occurring in the over-60s, research from Singapore suggests.  

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Bangladesh to send cricketers abroad reviewing security measures

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today categorically said that Bangladesh in future will send its cricket team abroad after examining and reviewing the security measures of the host countries.

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6 burnt in Ctg ship-breaking yard fire

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: At least six workers sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at a scrap ship in a ship-breaking yard in Shitalpur area under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning.

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Trump issues veto over border emergency

International Desk: President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure from Congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border.

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It is important to keep gas prices reasonable

The government is going to increase gas price. Steps are being taken to increase the price of gas soon to adjust to the imported LNG prices.  

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National Jatka Protection Week-2019 starts

Desk Report: National Jatka Protection Week-2019' started today (Saturday) to create awareness about preservation of immature Hilsha or 'Jatka' to boost production of the national fish.

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Tigers land home today

Staff Correspondent: All of the Bangladesh players will return home today (Saturday) at 10.40 PM Bangladesh time, confirmed team manager Khaled Masud Pilot.

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Attack suspect appears in court

International Desk: The main suspect in the mosque shootings that killed 49 people in New Zealand on Friday has appeared in court on a single murder charge.  

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Wife died trying to save her husband

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: Husne Ara Farid, 42, one of the Bangladeshis killed in shootings at mosque in New Zealand, received bullets when she tried to save her paralysed husband Farid Uddin, family members said.

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PM to open 2nd Kanchpur Bridge Saturday

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the second Kanchpur Bridge on the rive Shitalakkhya on Saturday.

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NZ mosque attack: Students mourn Dr Abdus Samad's death

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: The students of Bangladesh Agricultural University expressed deep shock at the death of their beloved teacher Dr Abdus Samad. 

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Bangladesh team returning home on Saturday

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh National Cricket team players are set to leave New Zealand on Saturday, Bangladesh Team manager Khaled Mashud Pilot confirmed.

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Tamim terms it 'frightening experience'

Sports Desk: Bangladesh national cricket team got saved from the attack in a mosque in New Zealand’s Christchurch. Opener Tamim Iqbal mentioned the incident as a 'frightening experience'.

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Christchurch shootings: 2 Bangladeshis shot dead

Risingbd Desk: At least two Bangladeshis among 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch on Friday, said Bangladesh embassy officials.

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PM condemns shooting at New Zealand mosques

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today strongly condemned the shooting at two mosques in New Zealand which left multiple people dead.

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2 drug peddlers killed in Ukhia ‘gunfight’

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Two yaba traders were killed in a ‘gunfight’ in Palongkhali area of the district’s Ukhia upazila early Friday.

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Amin elected president of SCBA, Khokon secretary

Staff Correspondent: Awami League-backed white panel candidate Advocate AM Aminuddin has been elected president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).

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Third Test called off after attack in Christchurch

Sports Desk: The third and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Christchurch has been cancelled after scenes unfolded where a gunman opened fire inside a mosque in Christchurch, an incident which led to injuries and deaths.

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‘Terrorist’ in NZ mosque attack Australian citizen

International Desk: The “terrorist” who killed numerous worshippers in attacks at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch today is a right-wing extremist with Australian citizenship.

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Israel launches Gaza air strikes

International Desk: Israel launched air strikes on Gaza hours after rockets were fired near Tel Aviv, raising fears of a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  

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Several dead after shootings in 2 New Zealand mosques

International Desk: There are "multiple fatalities" after shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, police in New Zealand have confirmed.  

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Cholesterol-lowering pill new option for statin users

Risingbd Desk: A new type of drug- called bempedoic acid - could offer another weapon in the fight against bad cholesterol.  

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Cancer’s internal wiring predicts relapse risk

Risingbd Desk: The "internal wiring" of breast cancer can predict which women are more likely to survive or relapse, say researchers.  

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Active shooter near New Zealand mosque

International Desk: Gunshots have been heard near the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, local media report, as police warn of a "critical incident".  

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Three motorcyclists killed in Chattogram road crash

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Osmanpur area under Mirsarai upazila of the port area on Thursday noon.

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PM urges rich people to follow Danveer RP Shaha

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged affluent people to dedicate them to the cause of nation following philanthropist RP Shaha’s footprints as she handed over “Danveer Ranada Prasad Shaha Smarak Gold Medal” to four national celebrities.

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Bangladesh storm into semis beating Bhutan 2-0

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh National Women’s Football team stormed the semifinals of the six-team SAFF Women’s Championship from Group A beating Himalayan nation Bhutan by 2-0 goals in their first match at the Shahid Rangashala in Biratnagar, Nepal on Thursday.

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