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Cops' devious fund raising

We are taken aback by the news that some personnel of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) were involved in creating a joint bribe fund as speed money for promotion.
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Greece crisis deepens

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a defiant speech as cash withdrawal limits begin to bite for Greek bank customers.
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Workplace accidents on rise countrywide

At least 202 workers were killed in 147 workplace accidents across the country during the last six months, said a report revealed yesterday mentioning that
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Doa mahfil

A doa mahfil for Meer Md Abul Basher will be held at his Uttara residence (House-106, Sector-11, Road-15,) after Asar prayers
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt team starts archeological site protection work

A 10-member team created jointly by the cultural ministry and the Department of Archeology started working yesterday to mark property zone (core zone) and
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Finance Minister's bold admission

The Finance Minister's exasperation in parliament, over the government's inability to take punitive action against a top official of Sonali Bank for his involvement in the Hallmark loan scam as well as of those in the Basic Bank scam...
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Wheat scandal continues

In a surprise turn of events, the Brazilian wheat imported under certification by the ministry of food to be safe for human consumption has hit a snag.
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Improvised vehicles on the rise

It is extremely disturbing to see ramshackle, odd-looking contraptions namely Nosimon-Korimon and Bhotbhoti gleefully plying on the country's roads.
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Transparency International Bangladesh’s study finds youth highly moral

The country's youth generally have a highly moralistic concept of integrity. Yet in ethically challenging situations, some will adopt unfair means, a TIB study has found.
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Khan Sarwar Murshid's birthday today

Today is the 91th birth anniversary of eminent educationalist, diplomat and intellectual Prof Khan Sarwar Murshid.
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Kosir Uddin, a freedom fighter and former warrant officer of Bangladesh Army, died due old-age complications at his Fakirpara residence
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Rotary Int'l announces new welfare programme

Rotary International has taken initiatives to help the underprivileged people of the country, said new Rotary Governor SAM Shoket
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Education budget lamentable

It is no wonder that Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid is lamenting the poor budgetary allocation for his ministry, with only Tk. 4000 crore allocated for educational development purposes, while other ministries have been given Tk. 16,000 crore to realise their development objectives.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

A surge in counterfeit currency

With Eid in the offing, counterfeit note syndicates have become active again. Over the last few weeks, law enforcers have busted the dens of a number of racketeers who have been dealing in fake notes for a long time.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

College admission process stumbles in Bangladesh

With only two days remaining, the government's fresh decision to wrap up the college admission process online seems to be stumbling, leaving students and guardians on tenterhooks.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Dr Quader Quraishi, husband of Senior Consultant of Gynecology of Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital Nazma Begum, died due to old-age
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Azad president, Prashanta GS of Court Reporters' Association

Abul Kalam Azad of the Daily Ittefaq and Prashanta Kumar Karmaker of the daily Prothom Alo were yesterday elected president and general secretary respectively of the Court Reporters' Association for 2015-2016, says a press release.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Dr Mujibur Rahman

Dr Mujibur Rahman, a medical scientist and Ekushe Padak recipeint for 2014, died yesterday.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Delowar Hossain Chy

Delowar Hossain Chowdhury, director of Daffodil Computers Ltd, died due to old-age complications at his Dhanmondi residence yesterday. He was 71.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Change in land management needed to resolve disputes

Radical change in land management is needed to quickly resolve land-related disputes and establish the rights of landless people, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM