2 drug dealers arrested in city
Detectives Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested two drug dealers along with 20,000 pieces of yaba from Rampura in the capital.The arrested...
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At least 25 killed in east DR Congo, ADF militia blamed
AFP :At least 25 civilians have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, local officials said Friday, blaming the attack on the...
Australia changes national anthem wording to reflect Indigenous history
Reuters, Sydney :Australia amended its national anthem to remove reference to the country being “young and free” amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people...
Banker among 3 put on remand over question leak case
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday (Thursday) placed three people, including a bank official, on different terms of remand in connection with question leak of...
3 Jamuna Bank officials in Bogura held for embezzlement Tk 15.85cr
Our Correspondent :The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested three Jamuna Bank officials in Bogura and sent them to jail through a court in a...
205 passengers arrive at Sylhet from UK, asked to stay in home quarantine
Our Correspondent :Two hundred and five passengers arrived at Sylhet from the United Kingdom on Thursday.With them, a total of 1,369 passengers arrived at Sylhet...
Eng Mohammad Ali joins Bangladesh Water Development Board Director General
News Desk :Engineer Mohammad Ali joined Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) as Director General on Thursday (30-12-20). Before joining Joint River Commission member, he took...
Decision on Biswa Ijtema after January if Covid-19 situation improves
Staff reporter :Biswa Ijtema of Tabligh Jamaat, the second largest congregation of Muslim pilgrims, is not being held on the scheduled date on the banks...
Speakers urge government to monitor hate speech
Staff Reporter :Speakers at a discussion programme Thursday urged the government to monitor hate speech in Bangladesh and bring the perpetrators under justice.They said hate...
55-year-old sent to jail for raping 8-year-old girl
Staff reporter :A Dhaka court on Thursday sent a 55-year-old man to jail on charge of raping an eight-year-old girl in Savar’s Aichanodda.The accused Shahjahan...
40 pc people know about handwashing with water and soap: BBS survey
UNB, Dhaka :Forty percent respondents said that they know handwashing using water and soap is necessary before eating, said Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in...