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Durga puja being celebrated in districts with enthusiasm

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Five-day Durga Puja, biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, is being celebrated in the districts across the country with traditional…

Durga puja being celebrated in districts with enthusiasm

RAB arrests ex-MP Sohrab Uddin

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested former…

RAB arrests ex-MP Sohrab Uddin
Nobel prize in chemistry being awarded in Stockholm

 The Nobel Prize in chemistry is being awarded Wednesday,…

Nobel prize in chemistry being awarded in Stockholm

3 additional IGPs sent on force retirement

3 additional IGPs sent on force retirement

Three additional inspectors general of police have been sent on forced retirement.  The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued separate notifications…

Navy deploys 67 personnel to South Sudan mission

Navy deploys 67 personnel to South Sudan mission

A contingent of 67 members from the Bangladesh Navy departed from Dhaka airport on Tuesday to participate in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as part of the marine…

Italy to clear 20,000 visas by Dec: foreign adviser

Italy to clear 20,000 visas by Dec: foreign adviser

Italy has assured Bangladesh that it will clear 20,000 pending visa applications for Bangladeshi nationals by December, said Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain here on Tuesday. "As…

Taposhee Tabassum summoned in defamation case

Taposhee Tabassum summoned in defamation case

 A court here on Tuesday summoned Taposhee Tabassum Urmi, suspended assistant commissioner of Lalmonirhat, in a defamation case, asking her to appear before it on November 28. …

Salman, Dipu Moni, Palak, Menon, Inu remanded in different cases

Salman, Dipu Moni, Palak, Menon, Inu remanded in different cases

A court here today placed Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni, former state minister…

Plea submitted to file defamation case against suspended AC Tapashee

Plea submitted to file defamation case against suspended AC Tapashee

An application has been submitted to a Dhaka court seeking permission to file a defamation case against suspended assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi for her defamatory remarks…

Taskforce in districts to monitor market 

Taskforce in districts to monitor market 

The government has formed a “special taskforce” to monitor and review the market situation and supply chain of essentials at the district level. A gazette notification…

Saudi agrees to allow Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims to travel by sea

Saudi agrees to allow Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims to travel by sea

Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims will now be able to travel by sea as the Saudi government has agreed to a Bangladesh proposal in this regard. The Saudi government gave the consent during…

Govt ensures foolproof security in country's 32,666 puja mandaps

Govt ensures foolproof security in country's 32,666 puja mandaps

The government has taken stringent security measures in and around 32, 666 puja mandaps across the country on the occasion of the Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the…

Nahid urges all to remain vigil against anti-Bangladesh propaganda

Nahid urges all to remain vigil against anti-Bangladesh propaganda

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Sunday urged all to be vocal against any kind of propaganda centering Bangladesh, saying that the recent student-people uprising…

Govt publishes preliminary list of martyrs killed in Jul-Aug mass uprising

Govt publishes preliminary list of martyrs killed in Jul-Aug mass uprising

The interim government on Sunday published a preliminary list of people who died during the student-led mass upsurge in July and August. Earlier on September 24, the government published…

CA opens 'Army Headquarters Selection Board-2024'

CA opens 'Army Headquarters Selection Board-2024'

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday inaugurated the 'Army Headquarters Selection Board-2024' at the Army Headquarters here.  In the 1st phase under this promotion…

Upstream, downstream countries must work together to tackle climate change: Rizwana

Upstream, downstream countries must work together to tackle climate change: Rizwana

Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has highlighted the importance of upstream countries informing downstream countries in advance…

Hasina's ex-principal secretary Abul Kalam Azad arrested

Hasina's ex-principal secretary Abul Kalam Azad arrested

Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was arrested on Saturday. A DB team held him from the capital's Dhanmondi area this evening, said DC (media) of DMP, Talebur Rahman. The police official, however, did not disclose in which case he was arrested.