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Seven gamblers held in Narail

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested seven gamblers including a ward councilor in a drive from Makrail Guchchagram under Lohagara upazila of the district last night.The arrested persons are Syed Masud Rana Bablu, councilor of Narail municipality N…

Husband gets life term for killing wife in C’nawabganj

A Chapainawabganj court on Tuesdaysentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife.The convicted person is Md Tunu, son of late Nur Mohammad of Daripata villageunder Bangabari union of Gomostapur upazila in the district.Chapainawabganj D…

Introvert Dr Wazed Miah contributed to country immensely: Hasan

Paying glowing tribute to eminent nuclear scientist Dr MA Wazed Miah, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Dr Wazed Miah was introvert, greedless, modest and inimitable personality and played an outstanding contribution to …

EU won’t interfere in Bangladesh internal politics: envoy

Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley today said they don’t have any intention to mediate or interfere in Bangladesh’s internal politics.”We are not here to mediate or interfere (Bangladesh) in int…

Noted economist Nurul Islam passes away

Noted economist Professor Nurul Islam, former deputy chairman of the first planning commission, died of old age complications in the early hours of Tuesday in Washington DC of the United States.He was 94.Bangladesh High Commission in Washington DC sou…

29 BNP men including Rizvi, Aman indicted in violence case

A Dhaka court today framed charges against 29 leaders and activists of BNP including its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Dhaka North city unit convener Aman Ullah Aman in a case filed over violence in 2015.Dhaka Additional Chief Metr…