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  • High-power panel should probe ‘graft’ against Mridha
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  • BJMC edge Rahmatganj
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  • People ring in Bengali New Year
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Volvos to go off before expiry date

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is replacing the 45 Volvo double-deckers in its fleet for the capital Dhaka five years before their date of expiry. These buses have gone out... Full story

3 unnatural deaths, 2 shot at in capital

At least three people were killed in separate incidents while two were shot at by snatchers in the capital on Friday. At Badda, a private company employee was killed in a road... Full story

Nor’wester hits Barisal

The Barisal Brojo Mohum College playground, where Pahela Baishakh celebrations were scheduled to be held, lies submerged in rainwater on Friday after a Nor’wester hit the city in the morning. — New Age photo
A heavy nor’wester raged the city of Barisal and its adjacent areas on Friday morning and badly ravaged a good number of shanties on the edge of the city. The seasonal storm also hampered Pahela Baishakh preparations by damaging images, objects and decorations, said organisers of a set of ... Full story

Attack on religious minorities protested at in Barisal

Several hundred people in Barisal on Friday held protests against attack on religious minorities at Kaliganj of Satkhira and at Hathazari of Chittagong. They at Ashwini Kumar Hall in the... Full story

‘Gaon Swapna’ opened at Baridhara fair

A brand outlet ‘Gaon Swapna’ was inaugurated at the Baishakhi Mela 1419 at Baridhara in the capital on Friday. The brand ‘Gaon Swapna’, carrying the dreams of marginalised... Full story

Baishakhi Mela begins in city today

A ten-day Baishakhi Mela (fair) begins in the city on Saturday to celebrate the biggest carnival of the Bengalis, Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year. Full story

Change in temperature unlikely

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over the Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over the... Full story


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