Natore UP chairman killed
A Union Parishad chairman at Natore’s Shingra has been shot and hacked to death by assailants. The 56-year old victim, Fozlar Rahman Funu, was a member of Awami League’s executive committee and chairman of...
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4 AL, 2 independent, one JP candidates win
Four Awami League, two independent and one Jatiya Party candidates were elected unofficially after the re-voting in 390 polling stations of seven constituencies on Thursday.AL candidate and former foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali won...
Five killed in Mymensingh bus plunge
UNB, MymensinghAt least five people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch at Beltali on Mymensingh-Netrakona highway in Gouripur upazila on Thursday afternoon.Identities of the deceased could not...
School of fish flash-frozen in Norway
If you think the weather near you has been cold, ask this school of fish how chilly Norway is lately. The entire school of saithe was found frozen solid in the ice just off...
Tk. 33cr embezzlement 5 Amway officials sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against five officials of Amway Corporation, a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Company, on charge of plundering Tk 33 crore, said ACC Public Relation Officer (PRO). Mozahar Ali...
Pankaj meets Khaleda
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran is meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for first time after the general election.He entered Khaleda’s Gulshan office at 8pm Thursday.BNP’s Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, a Vice-Chairman, Osman...
EU resolutions: Stop violence: Free opposition politicians: Open talks …EU resolutions
Members of European Parliament [MEPs] have condemned the widespread violence which erupted in the run-up to the January elections and express concern at the paralysis of every-day life in Bangladesh.The EP passed three separate...
MK Alamgir attacked by musallies in Kachua
UNB, ChandpurLess than two months into losing the job as the Home Minister, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, MP suffered an unexpected humiliation in Kachua upazila on Thursday as shoes were thrown at him at a...
Inqilab office sealed: Four newsmen held
DB police have arrested four journalists of Daily Inqilab including its news editor Robiullah Robi as the daily ran a report that Indian forces participated in joint forces’ operation in Satkhira. Other arrested are...
Alarming fall in city’s groundwater level
The groundwater level in the city is falling at a rate of 9.21 feet per year, revealed a recently conducted study. During the last seven years, the groundwater level of Dhaka city has recorded...
$410m WB credit for urban development
The World Bank (WB) on Thursday approved $410 million loan to improve municipal governance and basic urban services in district towns in Bangladesh.This financial support of WB will be used to implement the ‘Municipal...