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Quader directs BCL not to form committees at schools
12:09 PM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today directed Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) not to form BCL committees at the school level. "There is no need to form BCL committees at the school level and I think the concept (of forming committees) is wrong," he said, speaking at a discussion at the Bangla Academy auditorium here...
Over 2 crore children fed vitamin A plus capsule today
12:01 PM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayNational Vitamin-A Plus campaign was observed today across the country to feed vitamin-A Plus capsule to over 2.21 crore children aged between six months to 59 months to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality...
Philippines tropical storm: 130 dead after flooding
10:06 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayMudslides and flooding triggered by a tropical storm in the Philippines have killed 133 people, officials have said. Dozens more are said to be missing...
Zafar Iqbal’s 66th birthday today
09:52 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayToday is the 66th birthday of writer and educationist Muhammed Zafar Iqbal. Iqbal was born on 23 December 1952 in Sylhet. His elder brother was the legendary author and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed...
Missing Kalyan Party Secretary General found
09:10 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayMM Aminur Rahman, the secretary general of Kalyan Party, has been found in Dhaka nearly four months after he went missing...
Pay scale upgradation: Pry teachers go on hunger strike
08:18 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayAssistant teachers of the government primary schools on Saturday have gone on fast-unto-death demanding 11th grade at the central Shaheed Minar in the capital. On December 9, they threatened to go on fast-unto-death from December 23 if their jobs were not upgraded from 14th grade to 11th grade...
An average citizen drinks hardly a bottle of wine in 1-yr
07:26 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayAn average citizen in Bangladesh drinks hardly a bottle of wine in a year. The lowest alcohol consumption was reported in Pakistan at nearly zero, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In some Asian countries people cannot even finish a glass. In others, people drink a lot...
30 dead after bus falls into river in Rajasthan
06:34 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayAt least 30 people dead and over 15 are reported to have suffered serious injuries after a passenger bus fell into Banas river today in Sawai Madhopur's Dubi...
Foodpanda unveils art of eating burger right way
06:05 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayTo eat a burger with fork and knife is like drinking soup with a straw: doable but somehow strange. Moreover, the former is breaking the most important rule of the burger-lover-scene: eat with your hands. But isn’t there a way to do this in a somewhat elegant manner without...
Saudi arrests 2.5 lakh expats in 5 weeks
05:28 AM, 23 Dec 2017 SaturdayA total of 253,086 people have been arrested in five weeks since the start of the ongoing crackdown against violators of residency and labor regulations in the Saudi Arabia. The coordinated security crackdown, as part of the Nation without Illegal Expats campaign, started on Nov. 15...
Those days were like cyclone to me: Mubashar
12:26 PM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayNorth South University (NSU) teacher Mubashar Hasan Caesar, who had gone missing one and a half months ago from capital’s Rokeya Sarani, returned his Banasree residence on Thursday night.
Road accidents kill 4 in Rajshahi
10:56 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayFour persons were killed in three separate road accidents in the district today, police said.
RCC polls is victory of democracy: Hanif
10:22 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayAwami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif today said although the ruling...
Insurance sector moving forward along with economy: Muhith
10:11 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayFinance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the insurance sector is moving forward across the country ....
2 killed in clash over harvesting paddy in Bagherhat
09:21 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayTwo people were killed in a fierce clash between two groups of villagers over harvesting paddy
Pakistan desperate to host Emerging Nations Cup; India, B’desh disagree
09:10 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayPakistan is in no mood to give up its right to host the Asia Emerging Nations Cup in April despite strong resistance from..
Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU
09:02 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayCatalonia's separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local...
US Slaps Sanctions on Myanmar General Over Rohingya Campaign
08:29 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayThe United States imposed sanctions Thursday on a Myanmar army chief accused of leading an ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims.
193 deputy secretaries promoted to joint secy
07:18 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayThe government has promoted 193 deputy secretaries to joint secretaries, raising the number of joint secretaries to 842.
Four Godmen of Ashram Accused of Rape
06:41 AM, 22 Dec 2017 FridayTwo ‘sadhvis’ have accused four Godmen, including the head of an ashram, of allegedly raping them at the ashram