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No arms licence �without training�

No arms licence ‘without training’
Nobody would be able to get an arms licence without training from the authorities, according to the draft of the Arms Policy of 2016, which is currently being amended by the home ministry, said sources in the ministry. Those who would be selected to get arms licences — to maintain, operate and use arms—would receive training from the police range or shooting federation, they added. Under the existing arms policy, persons who are entitled to possess arms licences are not required to undergo training. That is why, the sources pointed out, most of the licensed holders do not procure arms after getting their licences. After the arms policy is amended, all the licence holders—both old and new—have to receive training from…

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13 killed as buses collide in Rangpur
13 killed as buses collide in Rangpur
Thirteen people were killed and 47 injured when two buses collided head-on on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway,…

Over 160 countries confirm 
to sign Paris deal

Over 160 countries confirm to sign Paris deal

More than 160 countries have so far confirmed that they will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on April 22, the first day that the agreement will be open for signature, reports UNB. “Next Friday will truly be a historic moment. It’ll be a great moment for multilateral efforts and…
Four held for ‘killing’ muezzin

Four held for �killing� muezzin

Police in a drive yesterday arrested four people for their suspected link for killing of a muezzin in Islampur area of Old Dhaka. They were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, junior muezzin of Islampur’s Jhabbu Khanam Mosque, its caretaker or Khadem Md Habibur Rahman, 20, and Hafez Tofazzal Hossain…
Shifting tanneries to Savar

Shifting tanneries to Savar

The unending tale of tannery relocation continues. The government is giving fresh deadline at regular intervals to shift the tanneries from Hazaribagh, but the tannery owners, showing different excuses, are not following the directive. In the latest move, the government has again extended the timeline…
Striving for self reliance

Striving for self reliance

Three recent decisions, taken by the world leaders, will hugely impact the struggle of development of the small countries like Bangladesh. These three decisions indicate that, Bangladesh has no other options than to be self reliant in terms of food security and climate change adaptation.  Moreover,…

11 school building constructed in M�singh

The government has constructed 11 one storied with foundation of four storied school buildings at a cost of taka over five crore in Mymensingh Sadar upazila of the district this year, reports BSS. Concerned sources said the buildings were constructed under the supervision of the Department Education…
    Turkey fails to keep promise

    Turkey fails to keep promise

    Turkey has failed to implement its commitment of providing USD 300 million line of credit for private sector investment in Bangladesh, even four years after giving the assurance. In 2012, Bangladesh evinced interest in borrowing USD 250 million suppliers’ credit from Turkey to implement some public-private…
    Obama in Saudi Arabia on fence-mending visit

    Obama in Saudi Arabia on fence-mending visit

    AFP, RIYADH: US President Barack Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit on Wednesday hoping to ease tensions with Riyadh and intensify the fight against jihadists. He also seeks to focus discussions on efforts to end wars in Syria and Yemen. Dressed in a grey suit, Obama emerged at 1:14 pm…
    Sheikh Afzal’s 26th solo art show at Athena Gallery

    Sheikh Afzal�s 26th solo art show at Athena Gallery

    A three-week solo painting exhibition titled ‘Eternal Affection’ by Sheikh Afzal is now on display at Athena Gallery of Fine Arts in the city’s Uttar Badda area. Presided over by chairmen of Athena Gallery of Fine Arts Nilu Roushan Morshed, Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor…
    Tamim named Abahani’s new captain

    Tamim named Abahani�s new captain

    Abahani Limited formally announced Tamim Iqbal as their captain for the 2015-16 season of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) yesterday. The DPL will kick-off tomorrow at three different venues in the capital and adjoining areas. Jalal Younus, vice-chairman of Abahani Cricket Committee,…

    Plinth-raising helps shoal households escape floods

    Over 5.17 lakh extremely poor people of 1.33 lakh shoal households have been effectively escaping floods following plinth-raising in the low-lying riverine char islands on the Brahmaputra basin in recent times, reports BSS. It became possible following raising plinths of houses under the Chars Livelihoods…
    Create more scope for edn of poor students: Hasina

    Create more scope for edn of poor students: Hasina

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed taking more initiatives so that the country’s poor and meritorious students have a greater access to education. "More initiatives should be there so that the poor and meritorious students get greater scope of education and higher education,"…
    Clinton’s Carbon Corruption: Why Hillary Won’t Say Yes to a Carbon Tax

    Clinton�s Carbon Corruption: Why Hillary Won�t Say Yes to a Carbon Tax

    Roughly two-thirds of the way through last week’s Democratic debate in Brooklyn, things got interesting. The night to that point had been a rehash of every other debate, with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton hollering from their respective ramparts the same arguments we’ve heard over and…
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