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A suspected criminal was killed in crossfire with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Fazullahpur village in Bheramara upazila in Kushtia in the early hours of yesterday. The dead was identified as Asha (35), second-in-command

Indiscriminate hill cutting is continuing unabated here, causing immense ecological imbalance and destruction to the scenic natural beauty in the port city. Besides long and short term adverse affect on the environment

Kuwait may deport 4,000 Bangladeshis who are reportedly guilty of overstaying or allegedly involved in illegal activities, media reports say. Kuwait Times reported on Sep 28 that the Kuwait home ministry has taken

The biggest ever eid jamat was held at the historical Sholakia Eidgah ground in Kishoreganj district on Monday last where nearly 2.5 lakh people thronged in the largest congregation of the country ignoring

A Juba League leader was killed in a ‘crossfire’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Taltola in Kushtia district town, in the early hours of yesterday. The dead was identified as Rashedul Islam (35), Organising

An unconventional product is being added to Bangladesh’s export basket very soon as the country’s lone crocodile farm is going to export crocs by December this year. “We are very much hopeful of exporting

A large number of tourists from all parts of the country descended on the beaches of Cox’s Bazaar and the hills of Bandarban to spend their Eid holidays. Those who could manage to bridge their Eid holidays

Sept. 23: Believe it or not. People in the greater Chittagong have recently started to eat stems of the young bamboo plant. A large number of offshoots of the young bamboo plant is regularly transported to Chittagong

At least 26 people, including four minor girls, were killed and over 60 others injured in road accidents in the capital and eight other districts during the last four days since Sunday, the first day of Eid

World food production must increase by 70 percent by 2050, to nourish a human population then likely to be 9.1 billion, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation forecast

Leaders of BNP and its associate bodies strongly condemned and protested the authorities concerned for not allowing the visitors to call on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Mainul Road cantonment residence

A Dhaka University student was killed allegedly by her husband in the city’s Mirpur on Saturday while three others died in separate incidents during the Sunday-Tuesday Eid holidays. Police took DU student

The bustling capital is still in the holiday mood. It was yet to return to its usual look yesterday – the first office day after the Eid vacation. Most of the offices, industrial units, business establishments, shopping

Newly appointed Janata Bank Chairman economist Abul Barakat has set a new example of austerity and simplicity at the top level of management, insiders say. Upon joining the bank on September 14 prior to

Durga Puja, the biggest religious annual festival of the Hindu community, begins today across the country with due solemnity and great devotion to the deity that incarnates an invincible power of all

Sufferings of patients in the city hospitals mounted during Eid vacation because of shortage of doctors and nurses. Patients from Savar, Gazipur and Narayanganj had to throng Dhaka Medical College and

At least 14 people, including three housewives were murdered across the country in the last four days since Sunday morning. Five people were killed in Dhaka and one each in Savar, Rangpur, Narsingdi, Comilla,

Like in the previous years, patients this year too found it difficult to get medical treatment at hospitals and clinics in Dhaka and on its outskirts during the Eid holidays, as most of the doctors and other

More than 120 world leaders meet yesterday on the heels of a climate change summit to tackle other crucial issues on the international agenda from terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons to growing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who leaves for New York tomorrow (September 21) to attend the 64th UN General Assembly session, will focus her speech on the adverse impacts of climate change and global