• Minority communities must get due constitutional recognition
  • An affront to independence war heroes
  • Shia Alawites endanger Syrian Shunni’s survival
  • Beyond the Arab Spring
  • A teachers’ tools in the classroom
  • Doraemon, others dominate child entertainment
  • LRB to rock in Milan
  • Jute growers face problems for scarcity of retting water
  • Taxpayers to receive refund of excess payment at home
  • ‘Nice girl’ Felix third time lucky
  • A friend forever
  • Libya council hands over power to new assembly
  • Nagasaki marks bomb with nuclear-free Japan call
  • Dressmakers up to their ears in work
  • Advance train tickets sold out at Kamalapur
  • Tough contest for admission seekers
  • Metro railway project hits snag
  • Lack of coordination between agencies may cost govt Tk 150cr
  • RMG workers hold protests for wages, allowance
  • Bapex to drill exploration well at Sunetra
  • Investigation by CID demanded
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Bapex to drill exploration well at Sunetra

Bapex, the state-run petroleum exploration and production company, will today start drilling the first exploration well in the Sunetra structure which has been identified as the most potential structure for gas reserve... Full story

Investigation by CID demanded

Committee for Justice for Aminul Islam on Thursday demanded handing overt investigation into murder of the labour leader to the Criminal Investigation Department. It made the demand at a news conference... Full story

15 killed, 36 injured in road accidents

At least 15 people were killed and 36 were injured in separate traffic accidents across the country on Thursday. Our Comilla correspondent reported at least five people were killed and two... Full story

Subid advocates open-pit mining

Subid Ali Bhuiyan, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the power and energy ministry on Thursday, once again advocated coal extraction through the controversial open-pit method at Phulbari and Barapukuria in Dinajpur. Full story

Govt urged not to change Grameen Bank Ordinance

Three academics, including two former Chittagong University vice-chancellors, on Thursday urged the government to change its plan on the Grameen Bank in the interest of 83 lakh poor women members of the bank. Full story

6th BJSC exam aspirants’ list finalised

The Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission at a recent meeting has finalised the list of persons selected for nomination against vacancies of 125 assistant judges. After the medical test of the successful candidates... Full story

Azimpur Dayera Sharif holds urs, iftar

The 133rd anniversary of death of Hazrat Maulana Shah Sufi Syed Waliullah (R), the 4th descendant of the spiritual leaders of Azimpur Dayera Sharif, was observed at the Dayera Sharif complex in Dhaka on Thursday. Full story

Death anniv of Ahmad Taufiq Chy today

The seventh anniversary of death of Ahmad Taufiq Choudhury, a renowned scholar of comparative religion of the sub-continent and a pioneer of interfaith dialogue, will be observed today. Full story

Khaleda performs umrah today

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, who is now in Saudi Arabia, will perform umrah at Makkah today. She left Dhaka on Wednesday evening and arrived in Jeddah on Thursday morning. Full story

Local goons beat man to death in N’ganj

A man was beaten to death and his son injured reportedly by local miscreants at Fatulla upazila in Narayanganj on Thursday. Raja Mia, 45, a resident of Nandalalpur under the upazila died in the attack and his son Zaman... Full story

BOU to get $2.7m Korean fund

Bangladesh Open University will get US$ 2.7 million from Korean International Cooperation Agency for establishing of ICT and web-based learning system in the university. Full story


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