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Avail advantage of investment incentives in Bangladesh
CA urges Bahrain minister
Bangladesh and Bahrain showed interest in forging the highest level of cooperation in all the potential areas in the two countries.
 
New journal to bridge US-Bangla scholars' gap
Speakers tell launching ceremony
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) yesterday organised a seminar to launch 'Journal for Bangladesh Studies (JBS)', a joint collaboration of the scholars of Bangladesh and the USA.
 
Amendment to city corpn act approved
Ward commissioners to get monthly remuneration
The ward commissioners of six city corporations are being put on payroll as the caretaker government approved a proposal for their monthly remuneration.
 
Do not create any group of sycophants
Col Oli urges CG
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Executive Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmed yesterday urged the caretaker government not to create any group of sycophants thinking that they will legalise its activities.
 
AUST closed sine die
Ahsanulla University of Science and Technology (AUST) was closed yesterday for an indefinite period in the wake of protests by students demanding that the campus be shifted to the university's permanent
 
CPA land worth Tk 100 crore recovered in Ctg
A mobile court in a drive in the port city yesterday recovered 11 acres of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) land worth about Tk 100 crore at Halishahar.
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Tribute paid to Sufia Kamal
Speakers at a programme yesterday paid tribute to poet Sufia Kamal, a champion of women's rights, on the occasion of her 96th birth anniversary.
 
Low over Bay intensifies
The low pressure over east central Bay and its adjoining areas has intensified into a well-marked low over the same area.
 
World Hydrographic Day today
The 2nd World Hydrographic Day will be observed across the world today.
 
Drugged rickshawpuller dies at hospital
A rickshawpuller died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the early hours of yesterday after he had been drugged by a gang of Aggyan Party in the city on Tuesday night.
 
Recognise us as passport agents
Demand passport form writers
Leaders of Passport Form Writers' Multipurpose Cooperative Society in a press conference yesterday urged the government to recognise them as 'passport processing agents' by issuing licenses to them.
 
Mobile court demolishes 12 illegal structures
Twelve structures were demolished to recover around 20 gandas of land along Chaktai canal on the third day of the ongoing drive against the encroachers in the port city yesterday.
 
Security printing chief engineer suspended over graft charges
The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd yesterday temporarily suspended Chief Engineer Anwar Hossain as he was arrested along with bribes on Tuesday.
 
Mystery shrouds death of Ctg lawyer
Mystery shrouds the death of a lawyer in Chittagong yesterday. The victim was identified as Advocate Din Mohammad, 45, son of one Mokbul Ahmed of Lalkhan Bazar area.
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152nd anniversary of Santal Hul June 30
The 152nd anniversary of Santal Hul, the Santal rebellion against the British rulers, will be observed in the country on June 30 demanding constitutional recognition of the indigenous people and establishment
 
Rajuk peon held on graft charges
Joint forces arrested a Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) peon on graft charges from his office in the City's Motijheel area yesterday. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Mannan Patwari, 40.
 
Construction worker dies in rooftop fall
A construction worker died after falling off the roof of a six-story under-construction building at Lalmatia in the city yesterday. The dead was identified as Mohammad Babu, 30.
 
Elderly engr of Korean ship drowns in Karnaphuli
An elderly engineer of a Korean flag carrier ship fall into the river Karnaphuli and drowned early yesterday.
 
Prof Galib, 3 others chargesheeted
Special Trial Tribunal in Bogra yesterday framed charges against four people in two cases filed under Explosives Act, including Prof Asadullah Al Galib of Rajshahi University.
 
Six more JMB cadres surrender
Six more Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) cadres of Gangachara upazila surrendered to the police here yesterday.
 
Non-Payment of Arrears
RMG workers demonstrate in front of factory in Gazipur
About fifty garment workers who left A&A Garments in Gazipur about one and a half months ago staged a demonstration in front of the factory yesterday demanding payment of their arrears.
 
Chuadanga blast kills one
An alleged criminal was killed and another critically injured in a bomb explosion at Kalidaspur village in Alamdanga upazila yesterday.
 
Summer Solstice Day today
Anusandhitsu Chakra, a science organisation, is going to observe The Summer Solstice Day for the first time in the country today, says a press release.
 

 
   
 
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