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Urea production stopped due to technical glitch
Urea production at Jamuna Fertiliser Company Ltd (JFCL) at Tarakandi in Jamalpur remained stopped due to mechanical
8 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Repair road or face strike
Bus-truck owners and workers at a human chain programme in the Dariapara area here yesterday demanded repair
8 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Attacks on to grab Khasi land
Betel leaf cultivation is the only source of income of the indigenous Khasi people in the district, but some criminals
8 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Char patients suffer
The lone water ambulance meant for carrying patients from char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas of
8 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Broken classrooms drive students outdoors
From students of 38 primary schools in Nilphamari's Jaldhaka upazila there can be few complaints of stuffy
8 November 2016, 18:00 PM
HC questions legality of Jessore youth’s imprisonment
The High Court questions the legality of sentencing a youth to two years imprisonment by a mobile court in Chaugachha upazila of Jessore for having drug.
8 November 2016, 14:33 PM
37 Bangladeshi job seekers held in Libya
At least 37 Bangladeshi fortune seekers, who tried to reach Italy through Mediterranean Sea, are kept at a detention centre in Libya’s Gharyan town.
8 November 2016, 12:04 PM
Charges pressed against Khadiza’s attacker
Police have submitted charge sheet against suspended student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Badrul Alam in connection with the gruesome attack on Sylhet college girl Khadiza Akter on October 3.
8 November 2016, 07:30 AM
Home boss, police chief visit attacked Hindus
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder visit Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar following the spate of attacks on the Hindus.
8 November 2016, 05:57 AM
65 Bangladeshi fortune-seekers rescued in Libya
At least 65 Bangladeshi fortune-seekers are rescued from the traffickers’ den in the remote area of Tripoli, the capital city of the war-torn Libya. Libyan police also arrest four Bangladeshi human traffickers for their alleged involvement in abducting these 65 jobseekers and realising ransoms from the victim families.
7 November 2016, 11:01 AM
National Service Programme for youths expanded
Bangladesh’s cabinet decides to expand “National Service Programme” in 64 upazilas across the country for youths’ skill development through training.
7 November 2016, 08:41 AM
Gaibandha Santals claim mass tyranny, cops deny
Ethnic minority Santals of Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj have claimed of mass oppression upon them as a sequel to clashes with police over land dispute. They say locals are looting their livestock and belongings. However, police deny such allegations and say peace is prevailing in the area.
7 November 2016, 06:34 AM
Mymensingh char people continue protest
Thousands of char people yesterday blocked a road demanding removal of their farmlands and homesteads from the
6 November 2016, 18:00 PM
India concerned over safety of Bangladesh Hindus
India has conveyed its concerns to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about the security of Hindu community in Bangladesh, in the backdrop of recent attacks on the minority group in Brahmanbaria.
6 November 2016, 12:27 PM
Weakened depression crossing Ctg coast
The deep depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal weakened into a depression and started to cross Chittagong coast.
6 November 2016, 05:15 AM
6 villages under threat of erosion
Around 1,500 families of six villages in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj have been passing their days in fear of erosion of their
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM
40-day scheme yet to start for fund crisis
A good number of farm labourers of five upazilas in the district are going through a serious job crisis.
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Photos of PM, Bangabandhu torched
A college principal was arrested in Chatmohar upazila of the district yesterday on charge of torching photographs of Father of the Nation
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Struggle for education
The father of a girl newly admitted to a medical college is very worried as he is unable to bear the expenses of her education.
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Attack on Hindus: Sayedul to brief media tomorrow
Amid widespread criticism for his comments over the attack on Hindu community in Nasirnagar, Fisheries Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque is to brief the media in Brahmanbaria on November 6, 2016.
5 November 2016, 16:34 PM