Government to decrease fuel oil prices

      Hasan Arif The government has taken an initiative to lessen the prices of all kinds of fuel oils. Decisions regarding the price of furnace oil, used in power plants and industrial factories have already been made. The Cabinet has discussed this topic briefly during their weekly meeting on Monday. State Minister for Power, Energy…

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      Students Union demands arrest within 48 hours

      Kamruzzaman Reza, University Correspondent: Bangladesh Students’ Union demands arrest of the culprit behind the rape and murder of Comilla Victoria College’s student and theatre artist Shohagi Jahan Tonu. At the same time the organization demanded justice for all the sexual assaults on women and children all over the nation and implementation of Sexual Harrasment act…

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        No one denies Bangabandhu’s contribution

          Ashiq Rahman: BNP’s chief whip Joynal Abedin Faruk said, “Ziaur Rahman should be given proper respect rather than being abusive about him.” He also said, “Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, you are the leader of an ancient political party of this nation. Your father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the most legendary leader of…

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          Hospitals with specialized services not obeying instructions

          Riku Amir Special services such as Intensive Care Units (ICU), Coronary Care Units (CCU), Kidney Dialysis Units etc. have sprung up in clinics and diagnostic centers of the country. These hospitals have started these services based on the general license that they have to practice medicine. Directorate General of Health Services has not given these…

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            Girl to die for killing boyfriend in Khulna

              UNB, Khulna A court here on Monday sentenced a girl to death for killing her boyfriend in the city in 2014. The convict was identified as Fatema Akhter Sonali, 21. According to the prosecution, police recovered the body of Imdadul Haque Shipon, a final year student of Khulna Science & Technology College, from Goragate…

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              Court orders exhumatin of Tonu’s body

              UNB, Comilla A court here on Monday ordered that the body of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu be exhumed for fresh autopsy. The court order follows ‘discrepancies’ in the investigating agencies’ primary findings and what has been gleaned from her original autopsy. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Begum Joynab Begum passed the order following…

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                CID finds proof of rape: Tonu Murder case

                Ismail Hussain Emu CID has found proof of rape from Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s clothes and her body. Comilla District Police sent the evidence over to the Detective Branch’s Headquarters in Dhaka on Monday. The case was transferred to the DB police for a more thorough investigation. The DB police will conduct forensic, fingerprint and DNA…

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                  Youth electrocuted in Jessore

                  UNB A young man died from electrocution at Paschima village in Bagharpara upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Rezaul Islam, 23, son of Ahmmed Ali Sardar, a resident of the village. Victim’s father Ahmmed Ali said Rezaul got electrocuted while he was connecting a electric wire at his house on Sunday night. Critically…

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                    Lightning kills 3 in Netrakona

                    UNB Three madrasah students were killed as a streak of lightning struck them at Ghagra in Purbadhala upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Masum, 15, a resident of Agia village, Rafat, 15, of Giriasha village, and Masum, 15, of Ghagra Charpara village. All of them are students of Ghagra Chourasta Fazil Madrasah….

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                      One held with 488 Yaba tablets in C’nawabganj

                      UNB Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man along with 488 pieces of Yaba tablets from Natunhatpara Shishatala village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. In a press release, Rab-5 said on a tip off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the area and arrested Humayun, 25, son of…

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