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4 ‘arms suppliers’ held, remanded

4 ‘arms suppliers’ 
held, remanded
Police yesterday arrested four men and claimed that they had supplied arms for the Holey Artisan Bakery terror attack on July 1 that left at least 21 people, mostly foreigners, dead. They were also placed on 3-day remand. The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) nabbed the four from Darussalam area of the capital Wednesday night, said a DMP news release. Police have identified the alleged arms suppliers as Md Abu Taher, 37, Mizanur Rahman, 34, Md Selim Miah, 45 and Toufiqul Islam Alias Dr Toufiq, 32. All four were said to be active members of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and allegedly supplied arms and explosives-making materials for the Gulshan…

PM warns of tougher action against mayhem  like 2015

PM warns of tougher action against mayhem like 2015

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Hasina yesterday warned of tougher actions against any attempt to create disorder in the name of politics under orchestrated plots like that of the 2015 one, staged by BNP, UNB reports. "It was the wrong decision on the part of Khaleda Zia to boycott the general election…
Water crisis expected to ease in Ctg

Water crisis expected to ease in Ctg

A longstanding water crisis in Chittagong city is about to ease, with the much-hyped Karnaphuli Water Supply Project Phase-1 (KWSP-1) ready to supply water. It is supposed to give about 143 million litres of water per day (MLD) to city residents from next week. Currently, the Chittagong Water Supply…
Bring to justice killers of  four national leaders

Bring to justice killers of four national leaders

The Jail Killing Day was observed throughout the country yesterday with due respect to the four national leaders. On this day 41 years ago, Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain (Retd) Mansur Ali and AHM Kamruzzamnan, who had been at the helm of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, were brutally…
Zika becomes a global concern

Zika becomes a global concern

Man has always been the victim of circumstances and sometimes, he treats as a whimsical puppet in the hands of God and sometimes, he feels extreme agonies of pain for his silent gesture of gloomy face that reflects his inability as a helpless human being to do something. But, it is also true that, we…
Cow rearing helps achieve self-reliance in Barguna

Cow rearing helps achieve self-reliance in Barguna

BARGUNA: About one thousand distressed families of char areas in six upazilas of the district have achieved economic self-reliance by rearing cows, reports BSS. According to local sources, most of the people, who do not have lands to cultivate paddy, vegetables or other crops, are taking the opportunity…
    Dhaka seeks greener value chain for Asian SMEs

    Dhaka seeks greener value chain for Asian SMEs

    Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu has called for undertaking ‘resource efficiency action plans’ focusing on green SMEs to have a greener value chain in Asia and the Pacific region, reports UNB. Amu, now in Australia, also laid emphasis on green entrepreneurship for the companies of the…
    High Court rules UK parliament must vote on Brexit

    High Court rules UK parliament must vote on Brexit

    AFP, LONDON: The High Court in London ruled Thursday that the British government alone cannot start the process of leaving the European Union but requires the approval of parliament, in a landmark judgment that could delay Brexit. Three senior judges said Prime Minister Theresa May’s government…
    ‘Asian Cinema Retrospective 2016’ to end this month

    ‘Asian Cinema Retrospective 2016’ to end this month

    Moviyana Film Society and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) have jointly organised a 17-week ‘Asian Cinema Retrospective 2016’ on the BSA premises. The festival features a total number of 65 films from 19 countries. Beginning from July 16, the four-month event will end this month. The…
    Mash chases 4th title as captain

    Mash chases 4th title as captain

    Mashrafe Bin Mortaza stressed on to seize the momentum from the first match as his side takes on Rajshahi Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) opener today at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Mashrafe who is the catalyst behind Bangladesh’s stunning revolution remains the only captain…
    Erosion makes 200 families homeless in a week

    Erosion makes 200 families homeless in a week

    Kurigram: At least 200 families in Sadar upazila have become rendered homeless due to erosion of the Dharla River over the last week, reports UNB. The river also eroded some 200 metre embankment in Moglabasa union of the upazila. Local people said erosion by the Dharla River has continued to devour…
    ‘Corruption’ goes unabated at Indo-Bangla check posts

    ‘Corruption’ goes unabated at Indo-Bangla check posts

    In the morning of August 19, passengers, who were sleeping on a bus heading to Burimari border, woke up to a loud shout of the supervisor of a bus jointly belonging to SR Paribahan and Shyamoli Paribahan. This bus will drop the passengers at Burimari in Lalmonirhat and after crossing the border, the…
    Why do people dislike Hillary Clinton?

    Why do people dislike Hillary Clinton?

    There is – and perhaps there always will be – a dedicated group of people who don’t know Hillary Clinton personally, but nonetheless hate her. Whether they are truly a “vast rightwing conspiracy” (as Clinton called them in 1998) or just many in number and conservative in…
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