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Death anniversary

Today is the 30th death anniversary of Justice Syed Muhammad Hussain, said a press release.
1 April 2016

Youth held with arms in capital

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested an arms trader with one pistol and three rounds of bullets in the capital's Agargaon
1 April 2016

Weekly Pratibeshi celebrates 75 years

For generations the weekly “Pratibeshi” has been serving the nation and will continue to do so, said speakers yesterday at their platinum
1 April 2016

Missing boy found dead

A seven-year-old boy was found “murdered” in a cluster of bamboo in Mithapukur village of Banshkhali upazila yesterday three days
1 April 2016

5,000kg of hilsa fry seized

Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday seized 5,000kg of hilsa fry from a launch in the river Dhaleshwari at the launch
1 April 2016

Reaz president, Ali general secretary of CUJ

Reaz Haider Chowdhury and Mohammed Ali were elected president and general secretary respectively of Chittagong
1 April 2016

20pc enrollment in technical edu by 2020

Education Minister yesterday stressed the need for participation of students in technical education and giving social
1 April 2016

2 bodies recovered in Savar, Ashulia

Police recovered the bodies of two unidentified people from Savar and Ashulia on Thursday.
1 April 2016

Hazaribagh tanners stay, cops curb rawhide supply

Police are trying to curb rawhide supply into the tannery factories at Hazaribagh as tanners, once again, ignore government's latest deadline.
1 April 2016

Evening courts ‘soon’ to cut case backlog: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha says initiatives will be taken to introduce evening shift at courts in order to reduce the backlog of cases.
1 April 2016

Seminar on poverty-free Bangladesh held at CU

A seminar titled “Poverty-free Bangladesh within 2021: responsibility of students and teachers community” was held in Chittagong
31 March 2016

Illegal arms in circulation to disrupt ongoing UP election

Detectives arrested three alleged gunrunners with six foreign made firearms, 10 magazines and 30 bullets from in front of a market in
31 March 2016

Journo arrested over attack on developer co staff

Police yesterday arrested a Jamuna TV journalist and two of his relatives for allegedly attacking a developer company employee in the capital's Bhasantek.
31 March 2016

Air pollution overarching reason for pulmonary diseases

Nearly one fourth of the dwellers in the capital suffer from abnormal pulmonary function, for which high level of air pollution is an overarching reason, leading medical experts told a seminar yesterday.
31 March 2016

Poll rigging infects kids in Barisal too

The anarchy and lawlessness that have become quite visible nowadays in national and local elections have already reached educational
31 March 2016

Residential Model College champion of Daffodil apps contest

Residential Model College yesterday became the champion of “WE CAN – Daffodil Apps Fellowship 2016”, a software development
31 March 2016

Rapes top ASK's human rights violation chart

Rape statistics topped the human rights violation chart of the last three months, with 146 women falling victim to the crime, according
31 March 2016

Obituary

Kazi Md Ruhul Amin, a former employee of The Daily Star, died at a private hospital in the capital yesterday afternoon.
31 March 2016

Recording of testimonies resumes

A Sylhet court yesterday resumed recording of testimonies of witnesses in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder case in the
31 March 2016

Interactive discussion held with students in Barisal

Educating students about citizens' rights, good governance and democracy, a five-day discussion titled “Citizen Charter: A Tool for
31 March 2016