Staff Correspondent: A writ has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives to form caretaker government and the dissolution of tenth parliament before the upcoming eleventh parliamentary election.
Bangla News
Sunday, 30 September 2018
Int'l Day of Older Persons today
Desk Report: The International Day of Older Persons is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe today (Monday).
Bangla News
Bangla News
ACC grills AB bank ex-chairman, 3 others
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) grilled former AB Bank Chairman and three Directors over a money laundering case.
Bangla News
Bangla News
SC upholds Khaleda Zia's bail in 2 defamation cases
Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld six-month bail granted to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia by the High Court in two cases filed against her on defamation charges.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Extremist leader Abu killed in Pabna gunfight
Pabna Correspondent: A suspected leader of outlawed ‘Purba Bangla Communist Party’ was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Dhopaghata area under Sadar upazila of the district early Monday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM returns home
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this morning from New York via London after wrapping up her a week-long official visit to the United States.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Gas supply to remain suspended for 10 hours at Mirpur
Staff Correspondent: Gas supply will be cut off in Dhaka's Mirpur on Monday due to construction work of Dhaka Mass-Rapid Transit Development (DMTRD) project - well-known as Metrorail Project.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 17-0 goals to reach semi-final
Sports Desk: Bangladesh U-18 Women’s team smartly reach the semifinal of the maiden SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship from Group B crushing Pakistan by 17-0 goals in their first appearance at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Sunday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
At least 27 die after drinking bootleg alcohol in Iran
International Desk: At least 27 people have died and more than 300 poisoned after drinking bootleg alcohol in Iran, the state emergency services said on Sunday, in one of the worst such cases in the country where drinking is a crime.
Bangla News
Bangla News
‘Digital Security Act not against media’
Secretariat Correspondent: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the recently passed Digital Security Act is not against media or journalists.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Army finds first female major general
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Army finds its first female major general in Dr Susane Giti.
Bangla News
Bangla News
BNP wants Khaleda’s release, govt’s resignation before schedule
Senior Correspondent: BNP on Sunday placed their seven-point demand, including the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and forming a neutral election-time government before the announcement of the election schedule, from its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Typhoon Trami hits Japan, dozens injured
International Desk: A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan’s mainland Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands. Weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain could trigger landslides and floods.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Shakib leaves hospital
Sports Desk: Ace all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan has left hospital after successfully undergoing surgery on his left little finger.
Bangla News
Bangla News
US urges govt to consider changes to Digital Security Act
Staff Correspondent: The United States has encouraged the government of Bangladesh to consider changes to the recently passed Digital Security Act-2018.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Why Khaleda’s bail won’t be cancelled: Court
Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court directed lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to explain why her bail order in Zia Charitable trust graft case will not be cancelled.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Trump falls in love with Kim
International Desk: In a meandering hour-long speech in West Virginia, Donald Trump said he “fell in love” with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, while escalating his rhetoric about the supreme court confirmation fight of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Bangla News
Bangla News
BNP keeps Khaleda Zia as rally chief
Senior Correspondent: BNP leaders and activists have started taking preparation for holding its scheduled rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital keeping imprisoned Khaleda Zia as the chief guest.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Poll schedule in first week of November: Obaidul
Secretariat Correspondent: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the schedule for the upcoming parliamentary polls will be announced in the first week of November.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Rashid Khan becomes top-ranked all-rounder
Sports Correspondent: Rashid Khan's impressive showing in the Asia Cup 2018 has helped him become the top-ranked all-rounder in ODI rankings, the International Cricket Council confirmed on Sunday (September 30).
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM leaves New York for home
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here this evening for London en route home wrapping up her weeklong official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Saturday, 29 September 2018
40th BCS application process starts
Staff Correspondent: The online application process of 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination has started from today (Sunday).
Bangla News
Bangla News
Tight security in city centering BNP's rally
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken adequate security measures centering the programme of BNP at Suhrawardy Udyan in capital.
Bangla News
Bangla News
World Rivers Day today
Desk Report: The World Rivers Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Sunday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Two drug traders killed in Cox's Bazar gunfight
Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Two drug traders were killed in separate gunfights in Teknaf and Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar early Sunday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Indonesia earthquake, tsunami death toll tops 400
International Desk: Rescue workers in Indonesia continued a desperate search for survivors Sunday, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi and triggered a tsunami, killing more than 400 people.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Myanmar defends itself against UN report
International Desk: Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh cricket team returns home
Sports Desk: Bangladesh national cricket team, led by its proud skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, returned home after a 'successful tour' in the final of the Asia Cup against India in UAE.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bullet-hit body found along Thakurgaon border
Thakurgaon Correspondent: Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a man along Rantnai border area in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon.
Bangla News
Bangla News
BCL activist stabbed dead in Chattogram
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A local activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death at Lalkhan Bazar area in Chattogram city on Saturday evening.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh lose to Sri Lanka in U-19 Asia Cup opener
Sports Desk: Bangladesh U-19 team started their ACC U-19 Asia Cup campaign with a losing note as they suffered a six-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in their group B opening match held on Saturday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Bangla News
Bangla News
‘University a place of flourishing freethinking’
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: President M Abdul Hamid said, “University is a place of flourishing freethinking. Knowledge and technology generate at universities through research and cultural practice which gradually turn into a global asset, taking the world forward.”
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh girls to take on Pakistan Sunday
Sports Desk: Bangladesh U-18 Women’s team will take on Pakistan in their first match of their maiden SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Sunday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
2 remanded over DU entry test forgery
Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court placed two admission seekers on one-day remand each in connection with a case filed for their alleged involvement in using digital devices during the admission test for the first year honours courses under the Ka-unit of Dhaka University (DU) for 2018-2019 academic year.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Police introducing new unit to curb rumours: IGP
Staff Correspondent: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary said a new unit is being introduced to curb rumours on social networking sites through misleading and fake information. Now it is on the final stage.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Facebook hacked as up to 90m accounts are vulnerable
International Desk: Facebook has revealed that as many as 90 million accounts may have been hacked, due to a 'security issue.'
Bangla News
Bangla News
Walton becomes NCL title sponsor for 8th time in a row
Sports Correspondent: Walton, the country’s leading electronics, electrical, automobile and telecommunication products manufacturing and marketing company, has become the title sponsor of the 20th ‘National Cricket League (NCL)-2018-19` for eight consecutive times.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Rameez Raja rates Mashrafe as Best Captain of Asia Cup 2018
Sports Desk: It was an outstanding final at Dubai International Stadium last night. India and Bangladesh fought tooth and nail to win the Asia Cup 2018.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Declared Maldives President-Elect
International Desk: The Elections Commission of Maldives on Saturday (Sep 29) officially declared opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winner of the country's national election, defeating president Abdulla Yameen who had sought a delay in publication of the final results.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bullet-hit body of 'drug trader' found in Cox's Bazar
Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from hilly area of Kadamtali in Cox's Bazar district town on Saturday noon.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Private TV channel staff killed in city road crash
Staff Correspondent: An employee of Ekattor TV was killed after a bus crushed the motorcycle he was riding on near Jahangir Gate of Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
BNP gets permission for rally under 22 conditions
Staff Correspondent: BNP has got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold their rally in Suhrawardy Udyan.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Beheaded body found in Khulna
Staff Correspondent, Khulna: Police recovered beheaded body of an unidentified man in Guktomari village of Jalma union under Bhatiaghata upazila of the district on Saturday morning.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Friday, 28 September 2018
Palestine files complaint over U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
International Desk: The International Court of Justice on Friday said it has received a complaint from the "State of Palestine" against the United States, arguing that the U.S. government's placement of its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem violates an international treaty and it should be removed.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Find out that who are behind publication of ex-CJ’s book: PM
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the journalists to find out that who are behind the publication of the autobiography of former Chief Justice SK Sinha, saying that she (PM) knew about it.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Youth killed in Jashore knife attack
Jashore Correspondent: A youth has been stabbed to death in Puraton Kosba Kazipara area in the district town on Friday midnight.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Israeli army kills 7 Palestinians
International Desk: For more than five months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have protested along the fence with Israel demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from 70 years ago.
Bangla News
Bangla News
30 dead in Indonesia earthquake
International Desk: At least 30 people have been killed after a strong tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit a coastal Indonesian city on Friday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
India win Asia Cup title in last-ball thriller
Sports Desk: From 120 for 0, they fell to 222 all out, wondering what if for part of the night and what the hell for the rest of it. Bangladesh were winning the Asia Cup... until Kedar Jadhav snatched it away from them... with his part-time offspin. what... the... hell... The pain must cut all the more deeper because they were exceptional with the ball, taking a game that had no business going down the wire all the way to the very last ball.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh set 223-run target for India in Asia Cup final
Sports Desk: Bangladesh set a 223-run target for India to chase in the final of the Asia Cup 2018 being played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
CEC likely to face risk of removal: BNP
Senior Correspondent: BNP on Friday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is trying to intimidate it to join the election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by speaking about the risk of the cancellation of its registration in case of election boycott again.
Bangla News
Bangla News
4 election commissioners submit unofficial note
Staff Correspondent: Four Election Commissioners have submitted an unofficial note seeking to know decisions and information taken by Election Commission (EC) Secretariat.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Walton becomes title sponsor of NCL again
Sports Correspondent: Walton, the country’s leading electronics, electrical, automobile and telecommunication products manufacturing and marketing company, has become the title sponsor of the 20th ‘National Cricket League (NCL)-2018-19` for eight consecutive times.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh batting against India in Asia Cup Final
Sports Desk: Bangladesh are batting against the sixth-time champion India in the final of Unimoni Asia Cup-2018, as India Capitan Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Bangla News
Bangla News
'Johnny English Strikes Again' movie hits Dhaka today
Entertainment Desk: ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’, a 2018 spy action comedy film directed by David Kerr, is set to hit the screen of Star Cineplex of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in Dhaka, along with its US release.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Shakib undergoes surgery
Sports Desk: Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan underwent an immediate finger surgery at Apollo hospital in the capital on Thursday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Fire at Gazipur Textile mill
Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A fire broke out at a Textile mill in Maleker Bari area of Gazipur City Corporation on Friday noon.
Bangla News
Bangla News
DU entry test: 2 held over carrying devices
Staff Correspondent: Authorities of Dhaka University (DU) nabbed two applicants over carrying unauthorized devices during the admission test for honors 2018-19 sessions on Friday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM receives two Int'l awards for hosting Rohingyas
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the prestigious ‘International Achievement Award’ and the ‘2018 Special Distinction Award for Outstanding Leadership’ for her humanitarian and responsible policy in hosting the Rohingyas.
Bangla News
Bangla News
3 killed in Faridpur separate accidents
Faridpur Correspondent: Three people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Bhanga upazila of the district on Friday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Israel claims secret Iranian nuclear site in UN speech
International Desk: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Thursday, 27 September 2018
No need stabilizer in Walton fridge
Staff Reporter: The country’s electronics giant Walton is manufacturing and marketing refrigerators with inverter compressors, for which customers need not to use any voltage stabilizer to protect from voltage fluctuations.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Saudi demands Canada apology
International Desk: Saudi Arabia has demanded an apology from Canada for calling for the release of Saudi women's rights activists and that Canada stops treating the kingdom as "a banana republic" if it wants to resolve an ongoing diplomatic dispute.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM insists immediate implementation of UN deal with Myanmar
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has insisted immediate and effective implementation of a UN agreement with Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis accusing the country of disregarding its commitment for their safe repatriation alongside denouncing the atrocities on the ethnic minority population there.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Tigers challenge India in final today
Sports Desk: Tigers take on holders India today (Friday) in the Asia cup final at Dubai International Cricket Stadium after outplaying Pakistan by 37 runs in a virtual semifinal at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Canada strips Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship
International Desk: Canada’s parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya crisis.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Air Niugini plane comes down in Micronesia lagoon
International Desk: A passenger aircraft has come down in a lagoon off Chuuk International Airport in Micronesia after it overshot the runway, say airport officials.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM urges Muslim Ummah to press Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
International Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the Muslim Ummah to lead the campaign of mounting pressure on Myanmar for creating conducive environment for sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM Sheikh Hasina’s birthday today
Risingbd Desk: The 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being celebrated today (Thursday), with programmes taken up by the ruling party and different socio-cultural organizations.
Bangla News
Bangla News
New UN panel to collect evidence over Myanmar atrocities
International Desk: The UN Human Rights Council voted Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Passport forgery: Charge sheet pressed against 71 individuals
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday approved a charge sheet against eight Department of Immigration and Passport staff including two directors for forging official passports and 63 individuals for carrying those.
Bangla News
Bangla News
‘US had no achievements at UN General Assembly’
International Desk: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday the United States had nothing to show for its appearance at the UN General Assembly this week, extending an exchange of insults with Tehran’s arch-adversary.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Loan defaulters are shameless: Muhith
Special Correspondent: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said loan defaulters of our country are shameless. Their attitude has yet not been changed. It is very unfortunate that they are not sincere to return loan money.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Charge hearing in two cases against Khaleda Oct 24
Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has fixed October 24 for charge hearing in two cases filed for celebrating fake birthday and undermining the national flag against Khaleda Zia.
Bangla News
Bangla News
10 more districts get new DCs
Secretariat Correspondent: In a major reshuffle in field administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DC) and district magistrate to 10 more districts.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Sustainable strategy needed to remain safe
Serious reactions have been created in environment of the whole world due to global warming.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Iran sanction violators to face severe consequences: Trump
International Desk: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose sanctions that are "stronger than ever" on Iran, while his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, demanded a "long-term strategy" to deal with Iran's nuclear programme that not only focuses on economic restrictions.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Adultery not a crime: Indian Supreme Court
International Desk: Adultery is not a crime even though, "without a shadow of doubt", it can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court of India said, scrapping a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as "property".
Bangla News
Bangla News
Heads of state, int’l agencies hope Hasina will retain power
Desk Report: Heads of state and international agencies have expressed optimism that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will form the government again through winning the next general elections as the premier held separate meetings with them in New York on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Agriculture officer killed in Dhaka road crash
Staff Correspondent: An officer of agriculture development board was killed when a bus rammed him in Farmgate area of Dhaka on Thursday morning.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
One killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Uttar Kattali Beribadh area under Pahartoli Thana early Thursday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Rangpur Jubo League president killed in road crash
Staff Correspondent, Tangail: A juba league president was killed and injured two others in a road crash on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Tangail on Thursday morning.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM for putting world on track of Paris Agreement
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for putting the world on the track of Paris Agreement to meet the long term goals of addressing the climate disasters.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM expresses delight over Tigers’ victory against Pakistan
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed delight over Bangladesh’s victory against Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup Cricket.
Bangla News
Bangla News
World Tourism Day today
Desk Report: The government and different organisations have chalked out various colourful programmes to celebrate the World Tourism Day with the global theme ‘Tourism and Digital Transformation’.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Syed Shamsul Haq’s 2nd death anniversary today
Desk Report: The second death anniversary of eminent litterateur Syed Shamsul Haq is being observed today (Thursday).
Bangla News
Bangla News
How NASA will take man back to the moon
Risingbd Desk: NASA has outlined a new campaign to put humans back on the moon, and eventually send astronauts to Mars.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Mediterranean diet may help prevent depression
Risingbd Desk: Eating a Mediterranean diet may help prevent depression, research suggests.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Australia's ABC chair resigns amid row
International Desk: The chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has resigned following allegations of political interference.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh beat Pakistan to reach Asia Cup final
Sports Desk: In the end, this loss might come as a minor relief for Pakistan. It can only be an indictment of the format and schedule of the tournament that a side could play so poorly and still be one game from a shot at the title.
Bangla News
Bangla News
2 brothers hacked to death in Narsingdi
Narsingdi Correspondent: Two brothers were hacked to death at Jamaila Kandi village in Narsingdi Sadar upazila of Narsingdi district on Wednesday evening.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh set 240-run target for Pakistan
Sports Desk: Bangladesh have set a 240-run target for Pakistan to chase in their crucial Asia Cup 2018 Super Four clash at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
US-Bangla flight emergency landing: Probe body formed
Staff Correspondent: A probe body has been formed to investigate into the emergency landing of US-Bangla flight at the Chattogram airport on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Safe internet programme for 4 lakh children
Risingbd Desk: Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF have jointly inaugurated “Safe Internet Outreach Programme” in schools nationwide aiming to create awareness among children about safer internet environment.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Mother-daughter dies as truck turns turtle
Bogura Correspondent: A woman and her daughter were killed as a rod-laden truck turned turtle after hitting an opposite-head bus near Fatki bridge on Bogura-Rangpur highway at the district’s Shajahanpur upazila on Wednesday noon.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Dhaka, Delhi agree to remove trade barriers
Secretariat Correspondent: Bangladesh and India have agreed to remove the existing barriers to expand bilateral trade.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh U-18 Women’s Football team reaches Bhutan
Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh U-18 Women’s Football team reached Bhutan on Wednesday to participate in the six-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-18 Women’s Championship scheduled to begin on September 28 at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu.
Bangla News
Bangla News
ACC issues travel ban on 7 Farmers Bank officials
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has issued travel on seven top officials of Farmers Bank including former managing director (MD) KM Shameem.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladesh batting against Pakistan
Sports Desk: Bangladesh are batting in their virtual Asia Cup semifinal against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
My life totally changed because of Salman: Warina
Entertainment Desk: Warina Hussain says she has found a “dream launch” in Loveyatri and the debutante would be forever grateful to Salman Khan for the opportunity.
Bangla News
Bangla News
‘Myanmar finding new excuses to delay Rohingya return’
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused neighboring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingyas
Bangla News
Bangla News
5 dead as building collapses in Delhi
International Desk: One woman and four children were killed and at least seven injured after a three-storey building collapsed in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
US-Bangla plane makes emergency landing in Chattogram
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A flight of US-Bangla Airlines made an emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Wednesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM urges int’l community to ensure easy transfer of technology
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to ensure easy transfer of technology at low cost among the countries across the world to face the possible challenges during the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Bangla News
Bangla News
ADB predicts 7.5pc GDP growth
Staff Correspondent: Asian Development Bank (ABD) has projected 7.5 percent GDP growth for Bangladesh in the fiscal 2018-19.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Two muggers shot in capital
Staff Correspondent: Two muggers have been shot by police in Shahbagh area of the capital.
Bangla News
Bangla News
4 to die for killing college boy in Satkhira
Satkhira Correspondent: Four persons have been awarded with death penalty for killing a college student in the district.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Entire Mexican city's police force probed
International Desk: The entire police force in the coastal Mexican resort of Acapulco is under investigation amid suspicions of infiltration by drug gangs.
Bangla News
Bangla News
ACC grills 6 Farmers Bank officials
Staff Correspondent: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) started interrogating six officials of Farmers Bank Ltd officials over reinjection of Tk 4 crore allegedly deposited in a bank account of former chief justice SK Sinha.
Bangla News
Bangla News
PM for upholding dignity of UN peacekeeping
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for upholding the dignity of the UN peacekeeping, saying that Bangladesh attaches high importance to its reform.
Bangla News
Bangla News
UP chairman among 51 held in Satkhira
Satkhira Correspondent: Police arrested 51 people, including a Union Parisad (UP) Chairman, from different area in their separate drives conducted in the district from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Bangladeshi girl visits 100 countries
Kazi Asma Azmery: A girl from Khulna set out to visit 100 countries with the flag of Bangladesh. She already has visited 97 nations.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Tigers aim to repeat history
Sports Desk: Bangladesh aim to repeat their 2015 history as they take on Pakistan in the crucial sixth super four match of the ACC Asia Cup scheduled to be held today (Wednesday) at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Bangla News
Bangla News
US warns Iran of 'hell to pay' if crossed
International Desk: US National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned Iran's rulers that there will be "hell to pay" if they harm the US, its citizens or allies.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shahzad star in epic tie
Sports Desk: Stockily built Mohammad Shahzad knocked a brilliant hundred as spirited Afghanistan pulled off a last over tie against India in the Asia Cup Super Four match in Dubai on Tuesday.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Settle all int’l disputes, fight terrorism, PM to global leaders
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the world leaders to settle all international disputes and fight emerging global challenges like terrorism.
Bangla News
Bangla News
25,000 people to get jobs in Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City
Risingbd Desk: About 25,000 new job opportunities are expected to be created with an investment of US$ 14 million in the country’s first hi-tech park – Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City – in Gazipur as plots have already been allotted to nine companies to set up their industries in the park.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Walton gets HSBC Export Excellence Award
Staff Correspondent: Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited (WHIL), a sister concern of the country’s electronics giant Walton Group, has received the ‘HSBC Export Excellence Award 2018’.
Bangla News
Bangla News
10 ASPs transferred
Staff Correspondent: 10 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) have been transferred across the country.
Bangla News
Bangla News
World order is increasingly chaotic: UN chief
International Desk: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned leaders on Tuesday that world order is “increasingly chaotic,” trust is at breaking point and shifts in the balance of power may increase the risk of confrontation, though he did not lay blame.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Tk 30 lakh realised by nudity trap
Staff Correspondent, Khulna: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a couple who were allegedly involved in collecting Tk 30 lakh threatening to spread nude pictures and video footage on Facebook in Khulna.
Bangla News
Bangla News
Home loan MoU signed for govt employees
Special Correspondent: Four state-owned banks and Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide government officers and employees with home loan at five percent interest.
Bangla News
Bangla News
‘Sinha tarnished image of judiciary’
Staff Correspondent: Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam on Tuesday said former Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha has tarnished the image of judiciary through his autobiography.
Bangla News
Bangla News
BNP to stage rally on Saturday
Senior Correspondent: Changing the date for holding a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on September 27, BNP has set September 29 (Saturday) as the new date for the rally.
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Farmers Bank’s ex-MD among 6 summoned
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned K M Shamim, former Managing Director (MD) of Farmers Bank, and five other officials of the bank for interrogation.
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Seminar and demonstration on Butthan held in Brunei
Sports Desk: A seminar and demonstration on Butthan, known as Bangladeshi combat sport, took place at the Pusat Belia, Bandar, Brunei.
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14pc pass DU ‘Kha’ unit admission test
Staff Correspondent: Around 14 per cent of the total admission seekers have passed the ‘Kha’ (B) unit admission test for first year honours courses of Dhaka University.
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People have no confidence on ‘National Unity’: Quader
Noakhali Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that people have no confidence on the recently formed ‘National Unity’ as there is no leader in the alliance.
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Afghanistan to face India today
Sports Desk: Having already sealed their place in the final of the Asia Cup 2018 with successive wins over Bangladesh and Pakistan, defending champions India will now face a resurgent Afghanistan in the final match of the Super Four stage at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium today (Tuesday).
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Khaleda’s treatment: Next hearing on petition Oct 1
Staff Correspondent: A writ petition, filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking directive on the government to send her to a specialized hospital in Dhaka for treatment, has been adjourned.
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Monday, 24 September 2018
Trump expects second Kim summit soon
International Desk: US President Donald Trump has said he expects to have a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the "not too distant future".
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Speeding truck kills 5 in Mirsarai
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: At least five people were killed and two others injured as a speeding truck rammed into a crowd at an auto-rickshaw stand in Thakurdighi area of Mirsarai upazila on Tuesday morning.
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Bus service from Mohakhali Terminal suspended
Staff Correspondent: Transport workers have suspended bus service from Mohakhali Terminal to Tangail and Mymensingh from Tuesday morning in protest against assault of a fellow.
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PM places 3-point recommendation to solve Rohingya crisis
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the global community must act to get scrapped Myanmar’s discriminatory laws, policies and practices against Rohingyas to resolve the crisis involving them as she joined a high-level event on the global refugee issue.
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Bangla News
Portuguese 400-year old shipwreck found off Cascais
International Desk: Archaeologists have found a 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Portugal, in what one specialist called the "discovery of a decade".
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Bangla News
President urges parties to nominate good candidates
Kishoreganj Correspondent: President M Abdul Hamid on Monday urged the political parties to nominate good candidates for the next general election in the greater interest of the country.
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Bangla News
43 more schools nationalized
Secretariat Correspondent: As part of the latest nationalization programme, the government has nationalized 43 more secondary schools of the country.
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‘Dhaka Clean-up Campaign’ makes Guinness World Record
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Clean-up Campaign, organised by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the capital on April 13 last, has confirmed its spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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‘UN has no right to interfere in Myanmar’
International Desk: Myanmar's powerful army chief said the United Nations had no right to interfere in the sovereignty of his country, a week after UN investigators called for him and other top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya.
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CU teacher sent to jail over derogatory remark on PM
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A court in Chattogram has sent Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chattogram University (CU), to jail on Monday in a case filed over making ‘derogatory remarks’ on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook.
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Khaleda Zia wants time: IG Prisons
Staff Correspondent: Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin has said that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wants some days more to decide whether she will take treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.
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Opposition candidate Solih wins Maldives' presidential poll
International Desk: Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the Maldives' presidential election in a surprise defeat of President Abdulla Yameen.
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Jukta Front will not last: Quader
Cox’sbazar Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP is disappointed with not getting public support in its rally and they are frustrated seeing huge public support of Awami League.
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DU ‘Kha’ unit admission result Tuesday
Staff Correspondent: The first year honours admission test result of Dhaka University (DU) ‘Kha’ unit under academic session of 2018-2019 will be published on Tuesday.
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Mathews loses Sri Lanka captaincy
Sports Desk: Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Sunday sacked skipper Angelo Mathews on Sunday after the country’s humiliating exit from the Asia Cup, replacing him with Dinesh Chandimal for the upcoming England tour.
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Corrupt people make Juktofront: PM
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said corrupt people are united in the name of Juktofront. But, people wouldn’t vote them.
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Sunday, 23 September 2018
Khaleda’s treatment: Hearing on petition Tuesday
Staff Correspondent: The High Court will hear a writ petition, filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking directive on the government to send her to a specialized hospital in Dhaka for treatment.
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Bangla News
South Africa's highest court legalises cannabis use
Risingbd Desk: South Africa's highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places.
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PM reaches New York to join 73rd UNGA
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here this afternoon local time (BD time on Monday morning) from London on a weeklong official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
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Bangla News
Panama pulls migrant rescue boat's registration
International Desk: A rescue vessel operating in the central Mediterranean Sea has had its registration revoked, leaving its future operations in jeopardy.
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Bangla News
Journey from Montreal to Kigali: Achievement, implications for BD
Arif M. Faisal and Dr. Mohammad Ismail: Ozone gas, naturally present in our atmosphere, spreads from 10 km to 50 km altitude from the earth surface. Ozone protects our planet by absorbing the harmful ultra-violet (UV) radiation emitting from the sun by forming Ozone layer in the stratosphere(also referred to as "good ozone" layer).
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One killed in ‘gunfight’ in city
Staff Correspondent: A suspected drug trader was killed in a gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Beribadh area of Mirpur in the capital early Monday.
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1.15 lakh Yaba pills seized in Chattogram
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Police arrested a suspected drug peddler and seized 1.15 lakh pieces of Yaba pill in a special drive from Shikalbaha area of Karnaphuli of Chattogram yesterday night.
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22-day ban on hilsa fishing from Oct 7
Secretariat Correspondent: The government has imposed a ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transportation of hilsa in different rivers for 22 days from October 7 to protect hilsa breeding.
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Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 3 runs in last ball thriller
Yeasin Hasan: There were some heartbreaking stories in the history of Bangladesh cricket. Finally, the team came up with their real face in last match against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
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Bangla News
New allegation against Trump court pick
International Desk: A second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump's US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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President goes to Kishoreganj Monday on five-day visit
Desk Report: President M Abdul Hamid will visit his home district of Kishoreganj on September 24-28 to attend several programmes at Austagram, Itna and Mithamain upazilas.
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Weapon factory found at Moheshkhali
Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Police in a drive have found a “weapon factory” in Moheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar on Sunday evening.
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Bangladesh set 250-run target for Afghanistan
Sports Desk: Mahmudullah struck 74 off 81 while Imrul Kayes scored an unbeaten 72 off 89 balls as Bangladesh posted 249-7 in 50 overs against Afghanistan in their do-or-die Super Four encounter of the ongoing Asia Cup at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Sunday.
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3 killed as bus hits motorcycle in Kishoreganj
Kishoreganj Correspondent: Three people including a child were killed as a passenger bus rammed a motorcycle in Daukiya area of Kishoreganj sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon.
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ACC approves charge sheet against Bapex GM, his wife
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved charge sheet against AKM Anwarul Islam, former GM of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex), and his wife Farida Yasmin over amassing wealth illegally.
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Tk 31cr transacted illegally at Mongla-Burimari port
Staff Correspondent: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has claimed that an illegal transaction of Tk 31 crore is done in a year in name of rendering services at Mongla port and Burimari land port.
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Bangladesh girls beat Vietnam to reach 2nd round
Sports Desk: Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team put up a dominating performance as they beat Vietnam 2-0 to qualify for the second round of the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship at Kamalapur Stadium on Sunday.
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Bus kills man in capital
Staff Correspondent: A man was killed as a bus hit him at Badda Link Road in the capital on Sunday morning.
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Asia Cup: Bangladesh batting against Afghanistan
Sports Desk: Bangladesh captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza won the toss and elected bat first in their must-win Asia Cup Super Four match against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
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Govt issues 5 directives for Tabligh Jamaat
Secretariat Correspondent: The government has issued 5 directives for the followers of Tabligh Jamaat to remove conflicts between the two factions of the non-political global Sunni Islamic missionary movement.
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Workers baton charged, traffic on highway resumes
Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Charging batons and firing several rounds of teargas shells, police dispersed the agitating workers of a readymade garment factory who blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Dekerchala area for about four hours on Sunday demanding their due salaries.
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10 districts get new DCs
Secretariat Correspondent: In a major reshuffle in the field administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 10 districts.
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Panel Mayor Osman Gani's body brought home
Staff Correspondent: The body of Dhaka North City Corporation Panel Mayor Osman Gani was brought home on Sunday.
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'Economical progress won't be hampered'
Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AMA Muhith said there will be no impact on the ongoing process of economy if new government takes charge.
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Bangla News
Garment workers block highway for salary in Gazipur
Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A group of angry garment workers of Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding their due salaries on Sunday.
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Saturday, 22 September 2018
2 killed in Chattogram road crash
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: At least two people were killed in a road accident in Panchlaish thana area of the port city early Saturday.
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Bangla News
Voting begins in Maldives presidential poll
International Desk: Voting began Sunday in a controversial presidential election in the Maldives, hours after police raided the opposition's campaign headquarters, officials and party workers said.
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Bangla News
Do or Die match for Bangladesh today
Sports Desk: The Tigers will play their crucial match against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup-2018 at Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
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Bangla News
Rail communication of Rangpur halted
Staff Correspondent, Bogura: Rail communication of Rangpur with the capital city was halted due to construction of a rail bridge in Bhelur Para area of Sonatola in Bogura district on Sunday morning.
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China cancels military talks with U.S.
International Desk: China summoned the U.S. ambassador in Beijing and postponed joint military talks in protest against a U.S. decision to sanction a Chinese military agency and its director for buying Russian fighter jets and a surface-to-air missile system.
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Biman increasing flights on Dhaka-London route
Staff Correspondent: Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to increase number of flights on Dhaka-London route from December.
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WB Vice President due in Bangladesh
Staff Correspondent: World Bank (WB) Vice President for the South Asia Region Hartwig Schafer arrives here in Bangladesh on Sunday to discuss how to help the country to cope with the Rohingya crisis and reduce poverty.
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‘People will be encouraged to pay taxes if tax law made easier’
Staff Correspondent: Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Mahmud Hossain said tax return and wealth statement submission process should be easy so that people do not face harassment.
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Nomination as per survey reports of activities: Quader
Cumilla Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said AL leaders who are unacceptable to the people will not get party nomination to vie in the next general election.
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Dhaka's rail link with Rangpur snapped
Bogura Correspondent: Rail communications between Dhaka and northern district Rangpur have been suspended on Saturday morning as locals spotted a large pit beneath a rail bridge near Bhelurpara rail station in Sonatola upazila of Bogura.
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Rashid, Asghar and Hasan Ali fined
Sports Desk: Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali along with Afghanistan duo Asghar Afghan and Rashid Khan have been docked 15 percent of their match fees by the ICC for separate misconducts.
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Jatiya Oikya Prokriya gives govt 9 days
Senior Correspondent: Jatiya Oikya Prokriya has given the government nine days for dialogue to form poll-time neutral government, to reform the election commission and to dissolve the parliament before announcing schedule for general election.
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‘Sabotage makers to be suppressed strictly’
Staff Correspondent: DIG Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said those who will attempt to make any sabotage on October over the verdict of August-21 grenade attack case will be strictly suppressed.
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‘Not Sinha, govt suffers from heartburn’
Senior Correspondent: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the government is suffering from heartburn as former chief justice S K Sinha penned down true words in his book ‘A Broken Dream’ published recently.
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BNP joins Dr Kamal’s rally
Senior Correspondent: A four-member delegation of BNP on Saturday joined a rally of Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya at Mahanagar Natya Mancha in the city to forge a greater national unity ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election.
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‘Do not compete unhealthy ahead of election’
Cumilla Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has told the party leaders not to compete unhealthy ahead of upcoming general election.
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EVM won't be used forcefully: CEC
Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used putting additional pressure in the election.
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Bangla News
Friday, 21 September 2018
Tanzania ferry capsize’s death toll reaches 136
International Desk: At least 136 people have died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, officials say.
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Illegal cigarettes, medicines worth Tk 2cr seized
Staff Correspondent: Members of Customs intelligence seized a huge quantity of restricted and illegally imported medicine and cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Saturday.
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Bangla News
‘Drug trader’ killed in Jashore ‘gunfight’
Jashore Correspondent: A suspected drug trader named Shahidul Islam Tapan alias Tera Tapan was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between two groups of drug traders in the district town early Saturday.
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DNCC mayor panel Osman Gani dies
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Panel Mayor Md Osman Gani has died while undergoing treatment in Singapore.
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Bangla News
UP chairman shot dead in Barisal
Staff Correspondent, Barisal: A union parishad chairman of Wazirpur upazila in Barisal was shot dead by unidentified miscreants on Friday night.
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Minor girl killed in Ctg road accident
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A minor girl was killed and injured her mother in a road accident in Kadamrosul area under Sitakunda upazila of the district yesterday night.
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Bangla News
Top US official denies plot to oust Trump
International Desk: US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has denied a report that he discussed invoking a constitutional clause to oust President Donald Trump.
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Bangla News
India beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets
Sports Desk: India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the Super Four match of the Asia Cup with Ravindara Jadeja taking four wickets and skipper Rohit Sharma scoring 83 not out in Dubai on Friday.
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Bangla News
Soumya, Imrul set to fly for Asia Cup
Sports Desk: Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes have been included in squad for the ongoing Asia Cup as Bangladesh are suffering trouble from opening partners with the injury of Tamim Iqbal.
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Bangla News
Relatives meet Khaleda in jail
Staff Correspondent: The relatives of convicted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met her in the old central jail in Nazimuddin road of old parts of Dhaka on Friday afternoon.
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Bangla News
Bangladesh set 174-run target for India
Sports Desk: Bangladesh have set 174-run target for India in their Asia Cup Super-Four match against India in Dubai on Friday.
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Bangladesh girls beat UAE by 7-0 goals
Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh beat United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 7-0 goals in their group F match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 Qualifiers.
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Bangla News
BNP concerned over cases filed
Senior Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir thinks that the government is making the next general election ‘uncertain’ by filing ‘ghostly’ cases against their leaders and activists.
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Bangla News
Bangladesh batting first as India invite
Sports Desk: Bangladesh are batting first after India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and asked Tigers to bat in their Asia Cup Super Four match in Dubai on Friday.
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Bangla News
4 killed as electric wire falls on auto-rickshaw
Cumilla Correspondent: Four people, including three members of a family, died from electrocution as a snapped electric wire of Palli Bidyut Samity fell on a moving CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Bagmara in Nangalkot upazila on Friday.
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Tazia procession ends seeking world peace
Staff Correspondent: In observance of the holy Ashura, Tazia procession which was brought out from the Hussaini Dalan Imambara in Old Dhaka at 10:00am ended around 1:00pm seeking world peace through Munajat.
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Woman among 30 injured in Gopalganj clash
Gopalganj Correspondent: At least 30 people including a woman were injured in a clash between two descents over land dispute at Purbapara of Bangram village under Gopalganj sadar upazila on Friday.
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Bangla News
Death toll reaches 100 in Tanzania ferry disaster
International Desk: More than 100 bodies have been found so far after a ferry sank in Lake Victoria on Thursday, Tanzania's state radio TBC Taifa said today, while hundreds more were feared missing as rescuers resumed searching for survivors at first light.
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2 minors drown in Narayanganj
Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: Two minor children drowned in Bhuiyarbagh area under Fatulla upazila of the district on Friday.
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Bangla News
Bangladesh face India in super four round of Asia Cup today
Desk Report: Confident Bangladesh take on tournament favorite India in the opening super four match of the ACC Asia Cup scheduled to be held today (Friday) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Traditional Tazia procession brought out
Staff Correspondent: Shia community members brought out a Tazia procession in the city on Friday morning marking the holy Ashura.
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Bangla News
154 officials promoted to joint secy
Secretariat Correspondent: The government has promoted 154 deputy secretaries to the rank of joint secretary.
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Bangla News
Thursday, 20 September 2018
US sanctions on China over Russia weapons
International Desk: The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air missiles.
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Bangla News
2 UPDF men shot dead in Nanierchar
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Two activists of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) were shot dead early Friday at Burighat union under Nanierchar upazila in Rangamati district.
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Bangla News
PM off to London en route to NY to join 73rd UNGA
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country for London on Friday morning en route to New York on a weeklong official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
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Bangla News
40 drown in ferry capsize
International Desk: At least 40 people have died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
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Bangla News
DU Kha unit admission test begins
Staff Correspondent: The undergraduate admission test in 2018-19 academic sessions of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty disciplines under “Kha-Unit” of Dhaka University (DU) began at 10.00am of Friday.
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Bangla News
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 136 runs
Sports Desk: Talented spinner Rashid Khan celebrated his 20th birthday by scoring a half century and taking two wickets as Afghanistan upset Bangladesh by 136 runs in the Asia Cup on Thursday.
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Bangla News
Holy Ashura today
Desk Report: The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), is being observed across the country today (Friday) with due religious solemnity.
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Parliament passes record 18 bills in 10 days
Secretariat Correspondent: A total of 18 bills have been passed during the 22nd session of the 10th National Parliament.
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Bangla News
PM flies for London Friday to join 73rd UNGA
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for London Friday morning en route to New York on a weeklong official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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Bangla News
Afghanistan set 256-run target for Bangladesh
Sports Desk: Afghanistan set 256-run target for Bangladesh losing seven wickets in allotted 50 overs in the last match of Asia Cup Group B against in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
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Bangla News
Rumour detection cell to go on activities in Oct
Parliament Correspondent: State Minister for Information Tarana Halim said the government is going to take steps against spreading rumours, fake and fabricated news in different social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google.
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Gazipur double-murder: Madrasa director remanded
Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A Gazipur court has placed key accused of Gazipur’s Chandona double-murder case on a three-day remand.
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Bangla News
Zonayed Saki injured as police charged batons on LDA demo
Staff Correspondent: Police on Thursday foiled an attempt of the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) to lay siege to the office of the Election Commission.
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Bangla News
Bangladesh bowling against Afghanistan
Sports Desk: Bangladesh are bowling in their last Asia Cup Group B match against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
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Bangla News
Trial proceedings to continue in Khaleda’s absence
Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered that the trial proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case will continue at the Old Central Jail in absence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
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Bangla News
Sheikh Hasina to receive 2 international awards
Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to receive two awards for her humanitarian roles in the Rohingya issue.
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Bangla News
PM gives flats to former national footballers, hockey player
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given residential flats to two former national footballers and a hockey player.
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Bangla News
Holy Ashura tomorrow
Staff Correspondent: The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), will be observed on Friday across the country with due religious solemnity.
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Rohingya issue: Myanmar delegation comes in October
Secretariat Correspondent: Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali has said that a delegation of joint working group from Myanmar will come in Dhaka in October.
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Bangla News
3km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway
Cumilla Correspondent: A three-kilometer tailback took shape on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway staring from the toll plaza on Meghna-Gomati bridge and up to Hasanpur area near Daudkandi of Cumilla on Thursday.
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Bangla News
Walton Digital Campaign Season 3 offering new car
Economic Correspondent: The local electronics Walton started the season-3 of its digital campaign across the country from the first day of the current month witnessing huge customers’ responses towards the registration of the purchased appliances during the campaign’s previous two seasons of this year.
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Bangla News
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Nawaz Sharif, his daughter released from Pakistan prison
International Desk: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been released from prison, two months after he began a 10-year jail sentence for corruption.
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Bangla News
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 3
Staff Correspondent: Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as steep pressure gradient persists under the influence of a well marked low over the North Bay and adjoining areas.
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Bangla News
2 killed in separate 2 road accidents in Cumilla
Cumilla Correspondent: At least two people were killed in separate two road accidents in the district.
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Bangla News
Bangladesh to face Afghanistan today
Sports Desk: Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in their second and final group B leg match of the ACC Asia Cup scheduled to be held today (Thursday) at Zayed Cricket Stadium at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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Bangla News
Love for family connects Priyanka, Nick
Entertainment Desk: Love for family and faith was the connect that pulled Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas towards each other, says the American singer, who got engaged to the Indian actress in July.
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Attack on Annie’s Laxmipur residence
Laxmipur Correspondent: BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie has alleged activists of ruling party student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have attacked his residence in Laxmipur district.
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Bangla News
India beat Pakistan by eight wickets
Sports Desk: India crushed Pakistan by eight wickets in their long-awaited Asia Cup match which failed to live up to its hype in Dubai on Wednesday.
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Bangla News
JS passes Digital Security Bill
Risingbd Desk: The much-talked-about 'The Digital Security Bill, 2018' was passed in Parliament on Wednesday to deal with cybercrimes, including hurting the religious sentiment, negative propaganda against the Liberation War and Bangabandhu, and illegal activities in e-transactions and spreading defamatory data.
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Govt approves Tk 1077cr contract to prevent river erosion
Special Correspondent: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a proposal to award a contract to Bangladesh Navy-run Khulna Shipyard to protect the Zajira and Naria upazilas from river erosion at a cost of Tk 1077.58 crore.
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Bangla News
PM donates Tk 20 lakh to Afzal Sharif
Entertainment Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provided financial assistance to actor Afzal Sharif for treatment.
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Bangla News
‘Govt working to introduce pension for private sector employees’
Parliament Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government is working to introduce a universal pension scheme for all workers engaged in private sector both formal and non-formal under its patronization.
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Bangla News
Nawaz Sharif, his daughter freed
International Desk: A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered the release of jailed ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending the sentences they received from a lower court in July and prompting celebrations among supporters waiting outside.
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Najib Razak arrested
International Desk: Former prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested in relation to scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), specifically involving the RM2.6 billion (US$628 million) found in his personal bank accounts.
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PM urges journos to use professional scope for people’s welfare
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged journalists to use their professional scope for country’s greater interest, saying the freedom of press should not to be used in a childlike manner.
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Akifa’s death: Ganjeraj driver on remand
Kushtia Correspondent: A Kushtia court has placed Mohid Mia, the driver of Ganjeraj Paribahan’s bus that killed 13-month-old Akifa Yasmin on August 28.
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Bangladesh crush Lebanon 8-0
Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh girls crushed Lebanon by 8-0 goals in their second match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship qualifier at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Hearing on Shahidul’s bail plea next week
Staff Correspondent: The High Court will hear next week the bail petition of Drik founder Shahidul Alam, who is accused of spreading anti-government rumours in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
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Bangla News
‘Drug trader’ Farid killed in N’ganj ‘gunfight’
Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: A suspected drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Shiddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj early Wednesday.
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Bangla News
ICC opens Myanmar Rohingya crimes probe
International Desk: The International Criminal Court has opened a preliminary examination into Myanmar's alleged crimes against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
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Bangla News
Imran Khan to watch Pak-India match
Sports Desk: Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to attend the much hyped Pakistan v India match to be held on Wednesday, Geo News reported.
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Bangla News
5.2 million children face famine in Yemen
International Desk: A further one million children are at risk of famine in Yemen, Save the Children has warned.
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Bangla News
Christine Blasey Ford: Kavanaugh accuser faces death threats
International Desk: The woman who accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her will not testify to the Senate next week, her lawyer says.
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Bangla News
North Korea agrees to shut down missile site
International Desk: Kim Jong-un has agreed to shut down one of North Korea's main missile testing and launching sites, says South Korea's President Moon Jae-in.
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Freedom fighter journalist Roisul Haq no more
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Freedom fighter journalist Roisul Haq Bahar is no more.
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Bangla News
Trader’s body recovered from paddy field
Staff Correspondent, Tangail: Police has recovered the body of a trader from a paddy field in district’s Ghatail upazila.
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Bangla News
India beat Hong Kong
Sports Desk: India survived a scare against Hong Kong after Shikhar Dhawan's hundred as they battled to a 26-run win over the minnows in the Asia Cup on Tuesday.
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Bangla News
Parliament grants leave for Syed Ashraf
Parliament Correspondent: The Parliament has approved leave for ailing Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, now undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangkok.
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ACC files case against 3 accused of journo Nodi murder
Pabna Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against three people, who were also sued over female journalist Suborna Nodi murder case in Pabna.
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Bangla News
Bangladeshi among 15 die of alcohol poisoning in Malaysia
International Desk: 15 men, mostly Nepali, have died due to the suspected alcohol poisoning in Malaysia.
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BNP leader Sohel arrested
Staff Correspondent: Police arrested BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel from Gulshan-2 area of Dhaka on Tuesday evening.
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PM to inaugurate Padma Bridge construction works Oct 13
Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh will inaugurate construction works of the much-hyped Padma Bridge project officially on October 13.
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Bangla News
Hasina, Modi inaugurate Bangladesh-India oil pipeline
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the construction work of Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline between Shiliguri in West Bengal and Parbatipur in Dinajpur.
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5 promoted to secretaries
Secretariat Correspondent: Five acting secretaries have been promoted to the rank of secretaries.
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Bangladeshi jailed in Malaysia
International Desk: A Bangladeshi national was sentenced to six years and eight months’ jail, as well as fined RM 30,000 and two strokes of the cane by a Malaysian court in Pekan Nanas for 16 charges under the Immigration Act.
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PM leaves for London Friday
Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave here for London on Friday en route to New York on a six-day official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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Be careful over misuse of EVM: PM
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directions to the authority concerned to be careful over misuse of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
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Bangla News
Democratic transition in Myanmar comes to a stop
International Desk: “The democratic transition in Myanmar had barely begun and now it has come to a standstill," a United Nations investigator said on Tuesday (September 18), presenting a damning report calling for top generals to be prosecuted for carrying out genocide against the Rohingya minority.
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Bangla News
A historic display of Bangladesh cricket team
Bangladesh's unbelievable victory over Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Stadium in UAE really stunned the cricket world.
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Verdict on Aug 21 grenade case Oct 10
Staff Correspondent: A speedy trial tribunal will deliver its verdict October 10 in a case filed over the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital in 2004.
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Bangla News
ECNEC approves 14 projects including EVM
Staff Correspondent: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 14 projects worth an estimated cost of Tk 12,588.94 crore, including EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) project.
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Bangla News
Russian military plane vanishes from radar off Syria
International Desk: A Russian military aircraft with 14 people on board has disappeared from radar after flying over Syria, Russia's defence ministry says.
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Bangla News
Monday, 17 September 2018
GDP growth hits record 7.86pc
Staff Correspondent: The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth finally hit the highest ever 7.86 per cent in the last fiscal year of 2017-18, according to the final estimation of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
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Bangla News
Madrasa teacher’s wife, student slaughtered
Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: The wife of a Madrasa teacher and student were slaughtered in Gazipur City Corporation early Tuesday.
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2 killed in capital ‘gunfight’
Staff Correspondent: Two suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the capital early Tuesday.
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Bangla News
Moon and Kim meet for nuclear talks
International Desk: The leaders of North and South Korea are meeting in the North Korean capital for talks centred on the stalled denuclearisation negotiations.
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Outlaw killed in Pabna ‘gunfight’
Pabna Correspondent: A regional leader of the outlawed Lakshal Bahini was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Koijuri village under Ataikula Thana in Atghoria upazila on Monday midnight.
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2 drug traders killed in ‘gunfight’
Cox’sbazar Correspondent: At least two drug traders were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the elite force RAB in the district’s Ukhia upazila early Tuesday.
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Bangla News
Afghanistan knock Sri Lanka out of Asia Cup
Sports Desk: Afghanistan continued their rise in international cricket with an upset 91-run win over Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi yesterday, knocking the former champions out of the Asia Cup.
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Bangla News
Report on Road Transport Bill placed before JS
Parliament Correspondent: A parliamentary committee placed its report before the parliament on the much-talked about proposed Road Transport Act, 2018, without any major changes in the bill.
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EVM project to be placed in tomorrow’s ECNEC meeting
Staff Correspondent: The project of Election Commission (EC) to purchase and use Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the national parliament election will be placed in the meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) tomorrow (Tuesday).
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Bangladesh girls beat Bahrain by 10-0 goals
Sports Desk: Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in Group F of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship crushing gulf nation Bahrain by 10-0 goals in their first match at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur here on Monday.
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Hasina, Modi to inaugurate two more rail projects
Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the construct work of two more railway projects through video conferencing tomorrow (Tuesday).
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There is lack of faith in polls held under partisan govt: TIB
Staff Correspondent: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday said there is a lack of faith in the partisan government’s ability to hold a free and fair election.
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Bangla News
Lisa Ray becomes mother of twins
Entertainment Desk: Indo-Canadian actor Lisa Ray announced on Monday that she had become a mother to twins Sufi and Soleil, who were born via surrogacy.
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Bangla News
No quota for 1st, 2nd class govt jobs
Senior Reporter: The committee formed to evaluate the quota system has recommended for abolishing the existing quota from ninth grade to 13th grade (first and second class) government jobs.
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Middle-income country needs free, fair polls: Bernicat
Staff Correspondent: US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat has said that as a middle-income country Bangladesh needs a free, fair and inclusive election.
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10.98pc pass in DU’s Ga unit admission test
Staff Correspondent: Around 10.98 per cent students have obtained the pass mark in the Ga unit admission test of Dhaka University.
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Bangla News
Shringla visits Rohingya camp
Staff Correspondent: The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, is now visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
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Bangla News
Sunday, 16 September 2018
DUCSU election: Appeal filed against HC order
Staff Correspondent: The Dhaka University authorities has filed a leave-to- appeal petition against a High Court order that asked the DU authorities to take necessary steps within the next six months to hold DUCSU election.
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Bangla News
Giving division to Shahidul Alam upheld
Staff Correspondent: The Chamber Court has upheld a High Court order that directed the government to give first-class division facilities in jail to photographer Shahidul Alam.
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Bangla News
Typhoon Mangkhut now in China, 64 killed in Philippines
International Desk: A powerful storm which killed 64 people in the Philippines is now making its way across southern China.
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Bangla News
Student’s body found 3 days after missing, murderer held
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Tasnim Sultana Tuhin, 13, daughter of Abu Tayeb of ‘Salam Mansion’ in Shahjalal Para, and a Class-VIII student of Hathazati Girls High School and College, was suffocated to death.
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Drug trader killed in Natore ‘gunfight’
Natore Correspondent: A drug trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB in the district’s Baraigram upazila on Sunday midnight.
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One killed in city road accident
Staff Correspondent: An auto-rickshaw driver was killed as a bus of Taranga Paribahan hit him in the capital’s Khilgaon area on Sunday night.
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Man shot dead in Pabna
Pabna Correspondent: A man was shot to death by miscreants at Talpara area of the district’s Atghoria upazila around 6:15pm on Sunday.
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Bangla News
‘MPO enlistment issue to be finalised by next month’
Parliament Correspondent: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sunday said the issue of MPO enlistment of private educational institutions will be finalised by next month.
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Final report submitted: Ctg girl commits suicide
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: The schoolgirl who was found dead on the bank of the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram’s Patenga died as she took life herself, according to final report submitted to court.
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64 administrative officers promoted to asst secretaries
Secretariat Correspondent: The government has promoted 64 administrative officers to assistant secretaries (non-cadre) under the grade-9 (22,000-53,060) of the salary scale-2015.
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Ducsu election in next March: DU VC
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Akhtaruzzaman said preparation is being taken to arrange polls of the Dhaka University Central Students Union (Ducsu). The election will be held in March in next year.
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PM opens two bridges on Teesta, Titas rivers
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened for traffic two bridges on the Teesta and Titas rivers in Rangpur and Brahmanbaria saying her government was striving to build better communication networks nationwide to accelerate economic activities and facilitate peoples’ movement.
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Bangla News
Status quo on Meghna-Menikhali encroachment
Staff Correspondent: The High Court has issued status quo on earth filling and construction of structures in Meghna and Menikhali rivers in Sonargaon area in Narayanganj.
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Bangla News
Typhoon Mangkhut lashes Hong Kong
International Desk: Typhoon Mangkhut rocked Hong Kong en route to mainland China on Sunday, lashing its coastline and sending skyscrapers swaying, after killing at least 49 people in the Philippines and ripping a swathe of destruction through its agricultural heartland.
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Bangla News
Police playing due role to establish peace: PM
Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said peace and stability is very crucial for country’s development while keeping law and order under control is the most prerequisite for the advancement.
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‘Khaleda’s physical condition not in danger’
Staff Correspondent: Brig Gen Abdullah Al Harun, Director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s physical condition is not under any danger at present.
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PM inaugurates Gazipur Metropolitan Police
Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday morning inaugurated the newly constituted Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) unit.
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Bangla News
30 dead as Typhoon Mangkhut lashes Philippines
International Desk: Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest storm of the year left at least 30 dead from landslides and drownings in the northern Philippines.
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Bangla News
Amir Khasru’s writ plea rejected
Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has rejected the writ petition filed by BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury challenging the Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) notices that asked him to appear before it for interrogation over graft allegations.
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Bangla News
Saturday, 15 September 2018
Cricket Australia to probe claims Moeen Ali was called 'Osama'
Sports Desk: Cricket Australia is to investigate claims made by England all-rounder Moeen Ali that an Australian player called him 'Osama' during the 2015 Ashes.
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Bangla News
Ex-president Mubarak's sons arrested
International Desk: An Egyptian court has ordered the arrest of two sons of former President Hosni Mubarak over stock market manipulation, according to state media.
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Bangla News
Fierce fire breaks out at Kolkata's Bagri market
International Desk: A massive fire broke out last night at a building in central Kolkata's Bagri Market area.
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Bangla News
Mob kills prime accused in UP chairman murder case
Satkhira Correspondent: Union parishad member Jalil Gayin, prime accused in the murder of Krishnanagar union parishad chairman KM Mosharraf Hossain, was killed in mob beating after his arrest.
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Bangla News
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 137 runs in Asia Cup opener
Sports Desk: Mushfiqur Rahim hit 144 as Bangladesh thrashed Sri Lanka by 137 runs in the opening match of the Asia Cup in Dubai.
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Bangla News
‘Digital security law not to control social media’
Staff Correspondent: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said that the target of the proposed digital security law is not to control social media but control digital crimes. Digital security should be ensured by using technology.
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Bangla News
Maldives beat India to lift SAFF trophy
Sports Desk: Defending champions India went into the final as favourites, having the psychological advantage of having beaten Maldives 2-0 in their Group B clash earlier in the tournament.
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Bangla News
Mushfiq ton sets 262-run target for Sri Lanka
Sports Desk: Bangladesh set a target of 262 runs for Sri Lanka in the opening match of the Asia Cup 2018.
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Bangla News
Police drive in Ctg hotel suspecting militant whereabouts
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Police conducted raid in a residential hotel in the port city Chattogram over suspecting militant whereabouts.
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Bangla News
Tamim ruled out of Asia Cup with fractured wrist
Sports Desk: In what comes as a huge setback to an already injury-hit Bangladesh, opener Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out of the remainder of the Asia Cup with a fractured wrist.
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Bangla News
Medical report on Khaleda Zia Sunday
Staff Correspondent: The medical board formed to ensure proper treatment for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who is now in jail after being convicted in a graft case will submit its report tomorrow (Sunday).
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Bangla News
Cops cordon off Ctg hotel suspecting militant presence
Staff Correspondent: Police have cordoned off a residential hotel in Chattogram city on suspicion of militant presence there.
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Bangla News
Asia Cup: Bangladesh batting against Sri Lanka
Sports Desk: Bangladesh are batting against Sri Lanka in the opener of 14th Asia Cup-2018.
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Bangla News
‘Govt reaches health services to doorsteps of people’
Staff Correspondent: Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday said the incumbent government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached health services to the doorsteps of people.
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