• Kamol Dasgupta’s 100th birth anniversary celebrated
  • Artworks tinted with natural colours on display
  • Equal maternity leave for all working women called for
  • Shameful incident in Khulna
  • A note of discontent and hope reflected in US secretary of state’s visit
  • Plutonomy and the Precariat
  • UN mission boosted as another 23 die in Syria
  • Abbas warns of ‘national disaster’
  • Govt’s waste management project falters
  • SUST BBA students stage demo
  • NBR moves against tax evasion thru transfer pricing
  • Banks reach 73 per cent of target in 10 months
  • Probe blames excesses from both sides
  • 4 killed, 5 injured in lightning strikes in Jamalpur
  • No room for BPL champions in CL
  • Nasir features in Canada T20
  • Ghulam Azam indicted
  • Violence in Ctg as BNP stages demo
  • Suranjit gets ‘clean chit’
  • RMG workers on rampage
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Probe blames excesses from both sides

The committee the home ministry set up to investigate the police attack on Feni sadar upazila assistant commissioner (land) Nazrul Islam has found both the police officers and the executive magistrates on duty... Full story

4 killed, 5 injured in lightning strikes in Jamalpur

Four people were killed and five others injured in lightning in separate locations in the district on Saturday night and Sunday. According to local sources, in Bakshiganj upazila two persons were killed and two others... Full story

Siblings drown

A girl with her brother drowned in a village pond in Comilla on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, Suriya Akter, 8, and Abu Jafar, 6, were Jasimuddin Ahmed’s children and lived in village Dilalapur at... Full story

49pc salt lacks required iodine: UNICEF survey

About 49 per cent of salt now available in the market doesn’t contain the prescribed amount of iodine and hence most people are at risk of being affected by iodine deficiency-related diseases, reveals a recent UNICEF survey. Full story

HC tells Robi to pay up Tk 2b

The High Court has ordered private mobile operator Robi to clear all its dues to the Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Company towards renewal of its 2G licence. BTRC lawyer Khandaker Reza-e-Raqib told the news agency... Full story

$50m ADB loan for financing cleaner brick kilns

The Asian Development Bank will provide $50 million in loan to help improve the environment by financing more energy-efficient brick kilns in Bangladesh. ADB’s Board of Directors approved the ‘Financing Brick... Full story

DLA demands re-fixing of paddy price at Tk 800 a maund

The Democratic Left Alliance on Sunday demanded re-fixing of paddy price for government procurement at Tk 800 a maund (40 kilograms) and to procure paddy directly from the farmers. Full story

Tiger kills fisherman in Sundarban

A tiger killed a fisherman who was catching fish in Bhimrulkhali canal in the Sundarbans under Shymnagar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The victim was identified as Harej Ali Gazi (54), son of... Full story

500 sued over N’ganj clash

Over 500 named and unnamed people were sued on Sunday for clashing with the police during an eviction drive in Rail Station area in the city on Saturday. Nur Mohammad, sub-inspector of Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station... Full story

Show cause notice on 3 officials of RHD, BR

The communications and railways ministries have served three show cause notices on officials of Roads and Highways Department and Bangladesh Railways on charges of neglect of duty. The RHD officials — additional chief... Full story

4th anniversary of Nazmul Alam

Today is the 4th death anniversary of Nazmul Alam, ex-director general of Radio Bangladesh. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 81. Nazmul retired as DG in 1986. Nazmul was widely known as a dramatist, short... Full story

Mother’s Day celebrated

Mother’s Day was celebrated in the country Sunday with an aim of honouring mothers and their contributions to society. Marking the day, different socio-cultural organisations have... Full story

4 Jamaat men held

The police arrested four leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami while they were holding a clandestine meeting at Joynagar village in Bera upazila of Pabna on Saturday night. The arrestees are district social welfare secretary... Full story


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