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Specific action plan needed to make Dhaka livable: Rizwana

Mega projects alone will not suffice and a specific action plan is needed to make Dhaka a livable city, said Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday.

‘We need more green spaces, open areas for breathing, seating spaces, and opportunities f…

BNP to guard puja mondaps in Rajshahi

Local units of Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) and its front organizations will guard all the mondaps of Saradiya Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, in the city and the division.

At the direction of BNP acting cha…

ICT prosecution team gets new member

The government today appointed Advocate Md Saimum Reza Talukder as a prosecutor to handle cases at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).

The solicitor wing of the Law and Justice Division issued a notification in this regard today (October 7). Ac…

Krishak League president Samir sent to jail

A court here today sent Bangladesh Krishak League (BKL) president Samir Chanda to jail in a case lodged over the murder of Dulal Sardar during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman passed the or…

BRUR students demand Urmi’s permanent dismissal

Students of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) today categorically demanded permanent dismissal of assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi from service and her exemplary trial.

They made the demand at a protest rally organized at Shaheed …

Death toll from Sherpur floods rises to 9 as one more dies

The death toll from the ongoing floods in Sherpur has risen to nine after an eight-year-old girl drowned in flash floodwaters on Monday in the Koloshpar area of Nalitabari upazila.

The victim, Jinia Begum, daughter of Jamal Uddin from Gazirkhamar ar…