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Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said that due to the advancement of technology in the modern world, people have become dependent on technology.All the daily activities are somehow dependent on information technology. Now people can easily connect anywhere in the world within seconds through intern...
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Chairman GM Quader on Saturday said that his party was compelled to participate in the 12th general polls amid ‘pressure’.“Although the Jatiya Party decided to boycott the polls, it was compelled to revise the decision amid pressure,” Quader, also opposi...
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Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested three members of an organised gang in connection with the manipulation of the stock market by circulating misleading information through social media.The arrestees were identified as Abdul Kaiyum, 39, Amir Hossain alias Nurnurani, 37, and Nurul ...
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday apprehended that acts of violence might be staged in the Upazila Parishad polls beginning on May 8. “But the polls should be held in a free, fair and credible manner at any cost. If we fail to hold the polls in a fair manner, the c...
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A section of Savar municipality on Thursday demanded the immediate extension of the MRT-5/MRT-6 metro rail project to Nabinagar area of city’s outskirts Savar.Residents of the Savar made this demand at a human chain, which was formed at Amtala of Savar Upazila Parishad at 11am on Thursda...
Mercury has continued to rise, creating a suffocating situation in different parts of the country, including Dhaka.At least seven people died of heatstroke in the country in last two days. Three of them died in Narsingdi, Sylhet and Meherpur on Sunday. Amid the hot spell, Health Minister...
Scorching weather has gripped the entire country, paralysing normal life and threatening to break temperature records.Amid the ongoing hot spell, the government on Saturday shut down educational institutions for a week in premonition that mercury could climb to an unbearable level.At least two peopl...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is struggling to stop its leaders as defying the directive of the high command of the party, a significant number of grassroots leaders are running campaigns to vie in the first phase of Upazila Parishad polls scheduled for May 8.The BNP has already decided to ...
In a major move, ruling Awami League has directed the offspring and kin of the ministers and party lawmakers to stay off the Upazila Parishad polls to be held in four phases. It has also issued a note of warning for taking special organisational actions if anyone of them participates in the pol...
Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury said the government is going to form Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership (BCDP) to attract significant global capital invested in climate change. He said this in a consultation meeting with Development Partners o...
Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday said it is the duty of Bangladesh Army to defend the motherland and to maintain the sovereignty of the country.Bangladesh Army remains prepared for discharging their duty . We are doing everything,” he said.General S M Sh...
In the wake of Iran-Israel conflict, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed her council of ministers to be alert to the Middle East unrest very cautiously and take preparations to face of any of its adverse impacts in Bangladesh. The premier came up with the directive at a meeting o...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to come up with the reasons for a delay in implementing the decisions approved by the cabinet.The premier gave the directive during a weekly cabinet meeting held at her office in the capital on Wednesday.“The prime minister ha...
Five more members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar crossed the Bangladesh border in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar escaping the ongoing deadly civil war in the country.Lt Col Mohiuddin Ahmed, commander of the Teknaf Battalion of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), confirmed it.The BGB o...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said that the government is distributing enough clothes and food items so that the underprivileged people of the country can wear new clothes and eat special food to celebrate Eid. Arrangements are being made so that peopl...
The upcoming Upazila Parishad polls may turn out to be a contest between the Awami League and Awami League as influential leaders, including lawmakers and ministers, are fielding their close relatives in vital post.They are taking the opportunity as opposition parties, including the major opposition...
Abducted sailors aboard hijacked MV Abdullah are suffering from skin diseases.Even though there are adequate food supplies for the hostages, they are facing an acute shortage of fresh water.Shamsuddin, a staff member on MV Abdullah, described the situation of his colleagues on Saturday.He, however, ...
Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed separatist group active in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, released Sonali Bank Ruma Branch Manager Nizam Uddin on Thursday night after paying a ransom of Tk 15 lakh to them.RAB-15 Commanding Officer Lt Col HM Sajjad Hossain, however, claimed that law enforcers r...
The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways on Wednesday demanded drives against all types of illegal vehicles, including buses without route permits, and unlicensed drivers to prevent road accidents and save lives during upcoming holy Eif-ul-Fitr.The organisation has called for t...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday set 16 May for submitting the probe report in the sensational murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.With this, the deadline for submission of the probe report in the case was deferred for the 109th time, said court sources. Dhaka Additional Chief Me...
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