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Pakistani held with Indian Rs 1.7 cr at HSIA
Staff Reporter :The Customs Inteilgence Department in a drive seized huge Indian rupees worth around Tk 1.17 crore and arrested a foreign national from the...
Gunfight among BCL factions at SUST
SA Shofiee, Sylhet Correspondent :The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has been closed sine die following the death of a student in a...
Man stabbed to death in Narsingdi
UNB, Narsingdi :A man was stabbed to death by some unidentified criminals in the city on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Shawpan Miah, 32,...
Immigrants face major hurdles in signing up to new Obama plan
Reuters, Washington :President Barack Obama’s televised address to the nation on Thursday may prove the easiest part of his controversial plan to relax US immigration...
Assange sex case / Swedish court upholds warrant
BBC Online :A Swedish appeals court has upheld an arrest warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, wanted for questioning in a sexual assault case.The Court...
Fatal road accidents / 7-year jail term restored
Staff Reporter :The High Court has restored the highest punishment for fatal road accidents to seven years from the existing three years imprisonment.The bench of...
Open-pit mining in north part of Barapukuria suggested
Staff Reporter :The authorities of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Limited (BCMCL) are not happy over the report conducted by the Institute of Water Modeling (IWM)...
PM for transit thru’ India for connectivity with Bhutan, Nepal
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the importance of transit through India for establishing connectivity with Bhutan and Nepal to further enhance...
Bernicat new US envoy to BD
UNB, Dhaka :The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat as new US Ambassador to Bangladesh.Bernicat will succeed incumbent Ambassador Dan...