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AL pays homage to Sajeda Chowdhury

Bangladesh Awami League (AL) today paid homage to its former Presidium Member and former Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury by placing wreaths at her grave in the city’s Banani graveyard.

AL Presidium Members Kazi Zafar Ullah and Abdu…

JS sitting resumes

The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) resumed at 4.55pm today with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

The day’s proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

One killed in Gopalganj road accident

A man was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna highway near Daserhat Shiva temple area under Muksudpur upazila of the district today.

The deceased was identified as Bidyut Kumar Bhowmik, 46, son of late Biren Bhowmik, resident of Daserhat v…

One gets life-term jail for killing a man in Ctg

A Chattogram court here today awarded life-term imprisonment to man and acquitted another two in Md Nasir Uddin murder case in city’s Bandar thana area in 2000.

The court of the Public Safety Tribunal Judge Mohammad Selim Mia delivered the verdict c…

ADC DMP Harun suspended

The government today suspended additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Harun-or-Rashid.

Senior secretary of the public security division of the home ministry Md Mostafizur Rahman signed a notification in this rega…

Ex-banker gets 24-yr imprisonment in graft case

A Dhaka court today sentenced Zahid Sarwar, former Assistant Vice President of Mutual Trust Bank (MTB), to 24 years and his wife Farhana Habib to seven years of imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges of e…

Worker killed in Bhola road accident

A construction worker was killed and five others were injured in a road accident on the Bhola-Charfashion regional highway in Banglabazar area under Daulatkhan upazila of the district today.

The deceased was identified as Al Amin, 35, son of Md. Ruh…

Ongoing mild heat wave may subside: Met office

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted that the ongoing mild heat wave over ten districts of the country may become less intense at some places in the next 24 hours commencing 9am today.

“Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts o…

Female student killed in Dinajpur road accident

A female student was killed and another injured when they were hit by a tractor in Paushgara area under Hakimpur upazila of the district today.

The deceased was identified as Naima Sultana, 8, daughter of Mojam Mia, resident of Belkhuria village und…