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Former Governor of Rotary Rafiq Ahmed Siddique died on Tuesday morning in the capital at the age 71.Defense Adviser of Prime Minister Major general Tariq Ahmed Siddique is his brother and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana is his sister-in-law. Rafiq Ahmed Siddique’s nam...
Academics on Friday termed the historic Six-Point Programme as the Magna Karta of Bangalee nation which was aimed at ending exploitation, deprivation, subjugation and tyranny of the then Pakistani rulers on the people of East Bengal, reports BSS.“Six-point demand was a very crucial charter in ...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary on Wednesday joined the Eid-ul-Fitr jamaat at Rajarbagh Police Lines Ground in the capital, reports BSS. Chiefs of different police units, high ranking police officers, policemen and Muslim devotees also joined the Eid jamaat at 8:00 am, sa...
A youth was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on Mayor Hanif Flyover near Jatrabari area in the capital on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Emon, 20, an honors student of Siddheswari Degree College and hailed from Sheikhdi Bot-tola in city’s Shonir Akhra area. The i...
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Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Monday predicted that the existing rainfall may continue at many places in the country. “Rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chatto...
A schoolboy died after falling off the rooftop of a building on Ulon Road at Rampura area in the capital on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rimon Sarder, 15, a class-IX student of Ekramunnesa High School and son of Nasir Sarder of Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur.Witnesses said that Rimon suddenly...
A man was run over by a covered van in Savar, on the outskirts of capital city, on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Razu Ahmed, 42, hailed from Inder Haola village of Barishal district, was a human hauler driver. A covered van ran over Razu when he was crossing the road in Amin Bazar o...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said those involved in the bomb attacks on police in the city’s Malibagh and Gulistan areas will be arrested soon.“Although the militants are trying to get reorganized, they’ve no capacity of carrying out big attacks,” he said wh...
State Minister for Religious Affairs Advocate Sheikh Md Abdullah met King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Royal palace in the holy city Makkah on Thursday, reports BSS.After an international conference organized by the Muslim World League (MWL), he met the Saudi king,” an official ...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed on Saturday said BNP is passing through a difficult time for their political mistakes, reports BSS.“BNP itself is responsible for its critical situation… We said BNP made mistakes by not participating in the 2014 national election,&...
President of Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Golam Rahman has said that there is no reason to show sympathy to those who are involved with medicine adulteration and marketing. Its logical to demand their death penalty. Law should be amended in this regard, he said.He said these while speak...
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, a largest religious festival of the Muslims, is knocking at the door, shopping in all the malls and markets in Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas has reached in peak amidst a huge rush of shoppers in last moment of the Eid shopping spree, reports BSS.With attraction of eye-ca...
Director General of India’s Border Roads Organisation (BRO) paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed at the Army Headquarters at Dhaka on Thursday, reports BSS.During the meeting, they discussed about the technical assistance of ‘Border Road Project’ near the ...
The leaders of Bangladesh Communist Party (CPB-Marxist) on Saturday urged the government to purchase paddy directly from farmers.“Our farmers are frustrated as they aren’t getting fair price of their paddy. They aren’t even getting their production cost. The government must purchas...
The capital’s launch, bus terminals and railway stations are seeing a huge rush of home-goers on Friday as the Eid holidaymakers are leaving Dhaka in large number after getting a long vacation, reports BSSEid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, is expected to be celebrated on J...
Former General Secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Freedom Fighter Syed Abu Zafar is laid to eternal rest at his village home in Moulvibazar today, reports BSS.He would be buried at Shah Mostafa Dargah adjacent graveyard at Shamsernagar in Moulvibazar district following a namaj-e-ja...
Muslims across the country are set to observe the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr today night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), reports BSS.Special prayers and sermons will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and other mosques across th...
The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) was observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere in the world, highlighting health and additional risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to cut tobacco consumption, reports BSS.This year’s theme of the day is “Tobacco and...
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Halima Jabbar, wife of legendary singer, music composer and freedom fighter, Abdul Jabbar, died of old age complications early on Thursday morning.She was 75 years old. She was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) about three months ago for treatment of multiple ...
Rejecting the BNP’s demand for midterm election, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the next general polls would be held in due time as per the constitution, reports BSS.“There is no reason to hold the election before the due time. The parliamentary polls will be held a...
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