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CHT ultras selling arms to militants

CHT ultras selling arms to militants
A number of sophisticated weapons, such as, AK-22 automatic rifles, G-3 rifles, MK-11 rifles, AK-47, AK-56, and M-16 rifles, are entering the country from Myanmar and India, through the porous borders along the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). This was revealed by sources in the law enforcement agencies, as well as local leaders. It is alleged that sections of the three local parties of Chittagong Hill Tracts—United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), Parbottya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS), and Parbottya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (Reformist)—are involved in arms smuggling. According to the sources, these smuggled weapons are primarily being sold to militant groups operating in the country. Law enforcement and intelligence…

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Take back all Rohingyas
Take back all Rohingyas
Bangladesh has strongly protested an unprovoked attack and firing on a Bangladeshi fishing boat in Bangladesh’s…

Girls outstrip boys in primary exams, too

Girls outstrip boys in primary exams, too

The pass rate in the Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination this year is 98.51%. Like the board exams, girl students have outstripped boys in both participation and the pass rate in the PEC exams. The pass rate in the Ebtedayee exams is 95.63%, a marginal increase from last year's 95.13%.…
Pass rate, number of GPA-5 rise in Ctg in 5yrs

Pass rate, number of GPA-5 rise in Ctg in 5yrs

The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dhakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations were published on Thursday. In Chittagong board, the pass rate and number of Grade Point Average (GPA)-5 achievers have increased at JSC examinations in last five years. This year the pass rate also increased…
The botched railway overpasses

The botched railway overpasses

The project to construct two railway overpasses on the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway, supposed to be completed by December this year, is far from being finished. Inefficiencies in completing mega-projects in Bangladesh are not a new phenomenon, but the point is, despite delayed projects one after…
The state of international human rights

The state of international human rights

Human rights have their own logic and ideology.  The idea of human rights came from the theory of natural law, where the scholars believed that rights are integrated with human being and this is because they have born naturally. In the 19th century, the idea of natural law theory has been changed…
RAKUB to recover outstanding loan

RAKUB to recover outstanding loan

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has taken initiative to recover its outstanding loan to infuse more dynamism into its service-delivery activities, reports BSS. The bank intends more investment towards potential and profitable sectors through realizing the unpaid money. The observation…
Over-taxation pushes Petrobangla into debt

Over-taxation pushes Petrobangla into debt

Over-taxation has paralysed the state-owned Petrobangla, eating up a lion's share of its income and pushing it into debt to the National Board of Revenue (NBR). Because of such high taxation, Petrobangla owes Tk 22,000 crore to NBR. Najibur Rahman, chairman of NBR, yesterday said the board was going…
Iraq forces in ‘2nd phase’ of east Mosul battle

Iraq forces in ‘2nd phase’ of east Mosul battle

AFP, BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces launched the multi-pronged “second phase” of the battle to retake eastern Mosul from jihadists on Thursday, a top commander said. Iraqi forces punched into eastern Mosul after the massive operation to recapture the northern city from the Islamic State group was…
Year-end show of ‘Noddiyo Natim’ at Shilpakala today

Year-end show of ‘Noddiyo Natim’ at Shilpakala today

Mad Theatre will stage the year-end show of its debut play ‘Noddiyo Natim’ today at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha. Directed by Asadul Islam, the play has been made based on the novel of Humayun Ahmed’s ‘Ke…
MSC’s worst result in its history

MSC’s worst result in its history

Mohammedan Sporting Club finished the JB Bangladesh Premier League football on 10th position after managing a goalless draw with Uttar Baridhara yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Mohammedan earned 20 points from 22 matches with three wins and 11 draws and suffered defeat in rest of the…
Commercial farming of prawn gains popularity in Rajshahi

Commercial farming of prawn gains popularity in Rajshahi

By virtue of lucrative market price and gradually mounting consumers’ demands commercial farming of freshwater prawn has been gaining popularity in the region, reports BSS. District Fisheries Officer Subhash Chandra Shaha here told BSS that commercial farming of prawn is being expanded in the…
Fair polls possible if EC acts honestly: President

Fair polls possible if EC acts honestly: President

President Abdul Hamid today said it is possible to hold a fair election if the Election Commission (EC) discharges its duties with honesty and integrity, reports BSS. "Fair political atmosphere is needed for holding fair polls and political parties must reach a consensus in this regard," said…
Reaching Education 2030: Can the 7th Five-Year Plan lay the ground?

Reaching Education 2030: Can the 7th Five-Year Plan lay the ground?

In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030 with a pledge to “transform our world” was adopted by world leaders at the United Nations. Earlier in May 2015, the World Education Forum 2015 in Incheon, Korea, set the ambitious Education 2030 agenda,  to ensure “inclusive…
It’s not just settlements

It’s not just settlements

Last week, the world stood fixated at a largely symbolic gesture by the United Nations in which it found the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank of Palestine to be illegal. Or did it? Although the UN Security Council, with rare uniformity, chastised Israel for flouting the law of occupation,…
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