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Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Released on Bail

Dhaka: Former Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, has been released on bail from Kashimpur Female’s Central Jail on Sunday evening. ‘She was freed at 6:30pm after verification of the bail documents upon those arrival at the prison…

1,77,709 Candidates Set to Take SSC Exams Under Rajshahi Board

Rajshahi: A total of 1,77,709 candidates from 2,709 educational institutions are gearing up to participate in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations under the Rajshahi Education Board. These examinations are scheduled to take plac…

3 Arrested with 1,759 Yaba Tablets in Dinajpur

Dinajpur: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested three assumed drug peddlers along with 1,759 pieces of yaba tablets from Polipara village under Parbatipur police station in Dinajpur on Saturday afternoon. A press release signed by RAB-13’s Senior A…

Social Festival of Ethnic Communities Celebrated at DU

Dhaka: The main social festival of the ethnic communities of the Chattogram Hill Tracts-‘Bijhu, Bishu, Bihu, Baisuk, Sangrai, Shangraing, Thanggren, Sangkran, Changkran, and Pata’-was celebrated in a festive atmosphere at Dhaka University (DU) today. …

Legendary Playback Singer Asha Bhosle Passes Away at 92 in Mumbai

Mumbai: Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and 80s, died Sunday in Mumbai aged 92, her family said. Two-time Grammy nominee Bhosle breathed her last at the Breach Candy hospital where sh…