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Govt asked to raise awareness about thalassaemia

Health experts on Saturday urged the government to raise public awareness against thalassaemia and also for preventing marriage between the carriers of the genetic disorder. Speaking at discussion in the city they also asked the government... Full story

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BASIS submits VAS guideline draft to BTRC

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services has sought support of the parliamentary standing committee on the posts and telecommunications chair, Hasanul Haq Inu, in an early... Full story

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Girls trafficked under honeymoon cover: BGB chief

The human traffickers were found innovative in recent times after border guards rescued nearly a dozen of young girls trying to cross frontiers ‘legally’ into India in disguise of honeymooners with their pimps, the... Full story

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UP-level web portal within June, e-service by Dec: official

The government is going to launch web portal at union parishad-level within June and nationwide e- service by December this year. The private secretary-1 to the prime minister, Nazrul Islam Khan, revealed... Full story

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World Metrology Day today

World Metrology Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere in the world. Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution of the industries ministry will organize various programmes in the capital... Full story

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RU teachers demand release of BNP leaders

Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed teachers at Rajshahi University on Saturday formed a human chain on the campus to register their protest at the government’s ‘repression’ on the opposition. Full story

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BSF hands over Bangladeshi’s body to BGB

The Border Security Force of India Saturday handed over the body of a Bangladeshi national to the Border Guard Bangladesh four days after family reported he was missing. ‘They (BSF) handed over to us the body of Abdus... Full story

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Diploma nurses to begin fast unto death on June 3 demanding jobs

The unemployed diploma nurses on Saturday announced that they would begin fast-unto-death on June 3 to press the demands of immediate employment and extension of the age limit for their entry into job. Full story

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JUTA unhappy about VC’s appointment

The Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association on Saturday voiced its objection to the appointment of Dhaka University professor Anwar Hossain as the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University. Full story

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Press attacked, journalists injured in 4 dists

A bomb was hurled at a printing press of a national daily in the capital, two journalists came under attacks in Faridpur and Pabna while a robbery was committed in Somoy Television office in Khulna city on Saturday. Full story

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BGB man hurt in clash with smugglers in Lalmonirhat

A Border Guard Bangladesh member was seriously injured in an alleged attack by a band of smugglers at Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat between late Friday night and early Saturday. Full story

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Gaffargaon tense after firing by AL MP

Tension prevails at Gaffargaon in Mymensingh on Saturday after the ruling Awami League lawmaker for the Mymensingh 10 constituency, Gias Uddin Ahmed, on Friday night fired into protesters at Kandipara of the upazila. Full story

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Woman found dead at naval officers’ quarters in city

A young woman was found dead on the rooftop of a five -storey building at Bangladesh Navy Colony in the capital’s Bhasantek area on Saturday. The body of the woman, aged about 30-35, in salwar-kamij, was... Full story

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Robbery suspect lynched

A man suspected to be taking part in a robbery attempt was beaten to death at a village at Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali early Saturday. Police identified the victim as Mohammad Salim, 40, son of Golam... Full story

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Following expulsion, Babul Biswas joins Dilip’s Samyabadi Dal

Samyabadi Dal general secretary and industries minister Dilip Barua said on Saturday that there was no alternative for the left parties than to strengthen the hands of AL- led ruling alliance for advancing democracy... Full story

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Child drowns in Teesta

A child drowned in River Teesta near a village at at Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat on Saturday afternoon. Victim Nahid Islam, 8, son of Ali Akbor, was Class II student of Rudreshwar Registered Primary School... Full story

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BG gives Tk 20 lakh to Megh, Bibhash family, other

Journalist community leaders and academics have urged the country’s top conglomerates and businessmen to assist families of journalists who fell victims to violent attacks, assassination attempts and road... Full story

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