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Khaleda, Tarique involved: Hasina

Khaleda, Tarique involved: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there is no doubt about the involvement of Khaleda Zia and her son in the August-21 grenade attack that left 21 people killed and several hundred injured, reports UNB. "As Ziaur Rahman was involved in the August-15 killing, Khaleda Zia and her son were involved in the August- 21 grenade attack. There 's no doubt about it," she said. The Prime Minister was speaking at a rally after placing wreaths at the memorial of martyrs of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack at Bangabandhu Avenue, marking 11th anniversary of the gruesome attack. The makeshift memorial was set up in front of the Awami League office where militants lobbed 13 grenades on the Awami League's peace rally on this day…

Ferry movement suspended due to heavy siltation

Ferry movement suspended due to heavy siltation

People using the Shimulia-Kewrakandi ferry services to go to south-western districts out of the capital and those coming in with vegetables and essential supplies by trucks will suffer till November until the waterway is fully operational for ferries to navigate it with appropriate draft, a top official…
CCC seeks Tk112 crore to repair damaged roads

CCC seeks Tk112 crore to repair damaged roads

The Chittagong City Corporation needs Tk 112 crore to repair about 163 kilometers of roads in 41 wards under the corporation that have become badly damaged in frequent spells of heavy rainfalls during the last couple of months. The city corporation prepared a list of these damaged roads and it was submitted…
Demographic dividend : Reality and 
possibility for Bangladesh

Demographic dividend : Reality and possibility for Bangladesh

Demographic dividend refers to a period – usually 20 to 30 years; when fertility rates fall due to significant reductions in child and infant mortality rates. As women and families realize that fewer children will die during infancy or childhood, they begin to have fewer children to reach their…
Higher education in the throes 
of various problems

Higher education in the throes of various problems

Hundreds of aspirants vie for a single seat in any of the departments of the Dhaka University. The scene is more or less the same in all other limited public institutions of higher learning in the country.   Thus, many in the student population with potential for higher education are finding themselves…
Non-performing projects set to be delisted from ADP

Non-performing projects set to be delisted from ADP

The government has initiated a move to drop non-performing development projects from the list of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) to streamline the implementation of various development schemes and save taxpayers’ money, reports UNB. “With the passage of time, some projects have become…
Kim puts troops on war footing with S Korea

Kim puts troops on war footing with S Korea

AFP, SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un put his frontline troops on a war footing yesterday to back up an ultimatum for South Korea to halt high-decibel propaganda broadcasts across the border. The move came as military tensions on the divided Korean peninsula soared following a rare exchange of…
Prangane Mor’s ‘Shyama Prem’ at IGCC today

Prangane Mor�s �Shyama Prem� at IGCC today

Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) is organising a presentation of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s drama ‘Shayma Prem’ by theatre troupe Prangone Mor, today at its Gulshan premises. Prangane Mor’s ‘Shyama Prem’ is adopted from Rabindranath’s famous dance drama…
Bangladesh face Bhutan in SAFF U-19 opener

Bangladesh face Bhutan in SAFF U-19 opener

Bangladesh U-19 National Football Team will lock horns with their Bhutanese counterpart in their maiden encounter of the Group-A clash in the SAFF Under-19 Championship  at Army Ground in Kathmandu, Nepal at 3:45 pm today. A total of six teams, splitting into two groups, are taking part in the…
Power crisis hits irrigation

Power crisis hits irrigation

The Aman cultivators at Majbari and adjacent villages in Sharikandi upazila of Bogra have been facing irrigation  crisis since last July for the lack of  electricity. ASM Mostafizur Rahman, Assistant General Manager (AGM) Palli Bidyut Samity, Shariakandi admitted it over cell phone  and…
Rains cause flooding 
in many areas

Rains cause flooding in many areas

Heavy monsoon rains across the country continued to wreak havoc as flash floods in the Muhuri river inundated new areas in Feni and other low-lying areas in Kurigram. Even Dhaka city streets got flooded. Though, water level in the Muhuri, the Sangu and the Matamuhuri started receding later in the afternoon,…
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