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Kuwaiti court jails ex-MP Papul for 7 years in jail for human trafficking

Kuwait’s top appeals court has sentenced an ex-Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammed Shahid Islam Papul to seven years in prison in a high-profile human trafficking case, reports Gulf News.The court fined the convict of KD2.7 million.The Court of Cassation also ordered the defendant be deported after ...

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Steam generators installed at Unit-1 of Rooppur NPP

All four steam generators have been installed at the design position at Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Project (RNPP).Specialists of Energospecmontazh, a subcontracting organization of the Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division, have carried out assembly operations to install the steam ...

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Truck driver put on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed a garbage truck driver on a three-day remand in a case filed over the death of a Notre Dame College student in  a road crash.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after investigation officer of the case Anisur Rahman, S...

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Now DNCC truck crushes motorcyclist

Just a day after the tragic death of a Notre Dame College student being hit by a DSCC truck, another man was crushed under the wheels of a DNCC vehicle in the city’s Panthapath area on Thursday.The victim was identified as Ahsan Kabir Khan, 48, a printing-press businessman of Moghbazar in the ...

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379 Rohingya refugees leave for Bhasan Char

As many as 379 Rohingya refugees left Chattogram port for Bhasan Char on a naval ship Thursday morning. These refugees are part of some 1,500 Rohingyas slated to be relocated to the island in the seventh phase.Shamsuddauja, additional refugee relief and repatriation commissioner in Cox's Bazar, ...

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Death of Notredamian sparks fury in city

Students of different colleges in Dhaka city staged demonstrations in different parts of the city on Thursday protesting the death of Notre Dame College student Naim Hasan and  demanding  road safety.Students of different colleges in Motijheel’s Shapla Chattar area, Farmgate, Uttara ...

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Notre Dame College student crushed under DSCC truck

A 17-year-student of Notre Dame College was killed when a garbage truck of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) hit him at Golchattar in the city’s Gulistan area on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Naim Hasan, son of Shah Alam Dewan of Laxmipur district and a 2nd year student of the col...

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Tigress earn massive 270-run win vs USA

Sharmin Akhter’s first-ever ton for Bangladesh women cricket team guided the country to earn massive 270-run victory against United States of America  (USA) in their 2nd Group B match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers at Sunrise Sports Club ground in the Zimbabwean cap...

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No legal scope for Khaleda’s treatment abroad: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said there is no scope to send BNP chief Khaleda Zia abroad for her treatment as per the country’s law.“As per the law, there’s no scope but a delegation of the BNP-led 20-party alliance came and said the Prime Minister can do it if she wish...

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Global Covid cases top 256 million

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 257 million with increases in cases in the Americas, Europe and Asia.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 257, 158,204 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,146,154 Sunday morning.The World Health Organ...

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Agriculture credit gains pace on back of BB policy changes

The scheduled banks have disbursed Tk 7905 crore as agriculture and rural credit in July-October period of the current fiscal (2021-22), almost 28 percent of the target for the 12 months. It shows that agriculture and rural credit disbursement got pace after Bangladesh Bank (BB) simplifying the...

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Cyber security issues dominate US-Bangladesh meet

Top Bangladeshi and US officials discussed over issues like IT and cyber security during the week-long discussions in Washington DC.Issues like digital economy partnership, global village, protection of technology, parallel policies, infrastructure and altered technology were also discussed at theUS...

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7.5 crore people to be fully vaccinated by Jan: Minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said the government will administer 6 crore more Covid-19 vaccine doses by January next across the country.“So far, 9 crore vaccine doses have been administered and the government aims to administer 6 crore more doses by January next,” he said.Wi...

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Man shot dead ‘by brother-in-law’ in city

A man was shot dead allegedly by his brother-in-law in Darus Salam area in Dhaka on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Faruq Molla, a resident of  Kotbari area under Darus Salam police station.Osru, brother of Faruq’s wife, shot him with  the licensed firearm of his father arou...

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Dengue cases keep rising: 142 more hospitalised in 24 hrs

Bangladesh reported hospitalisation of 142 new dengue patients in 24 hours until Saturday morning.Although dengue cases were suppo­sed to drop ahead of winter, the country has been recording more than 100 dengue cases per day over the last few weeks. Seventy two people were hospitalised with den...

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Gaibandha road crash kills 6

At least six people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on Friday morning.Officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj police station Mostafizur Rahman said that the accident occurred when the Rangpur-bound passen...

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Wild Asian elephant calf found dead in Sherpur

A wild Asian elephant calf was found dead near the Panihata border of Sherpur's Nalitabari upazila Friday, forest officials said.This is the second carcass of a wild elephant that has been recovered from the area in the past 10 days.Nalitabari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Helena Parvin and Modhutila ...

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Dhaka, Nairobi keen to explore cooperation in blue economy

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has proposed that both Bangladesh and Kenya can establish cooperation in the blue economy. Both sides agreed to establish cooperation in tourism, IT and agriculture sectors in addition to  developing the existing trade and commerce.  Chief Administrative ...

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UK reinforces pledges to deepen ties with Bangladesh

UK’s Minister for South Asia, the United Nations and the Commonwealth Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon on Thursday reinforced the UK’s commitment to deepening bilateral relations with Bangladesh as he left for London concluding his 3-day visit to Bangladesh.In a busy programme of meetings...

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UN resolution on Rohingyas a pressure on Myanmar: FM

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said the adoption of a resolution at the United Nations (UN) by consensus for the first time on the “situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar” has a political value and it has a pressure on that particula...