No illegal billboards after Mar 31: DNCC

      UNB, Dhaka,   Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has asked all business establishments to remove illegal billboards from the city by March 31. It has also urged all to erase pictures and all wall writings at their own initiatives by the time. The directives were issued through a press note on Monday. The press…

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      Mother, daughter among 6 killed in Bogra road crashes

      UNB, Bogra Six people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents Shibganj and Sadar upazilas on Monday. In Shibganj, four people were killed and 25 others injured in a head-on collision between a Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) bus and a truck at Pakurtala Mokamtala on…

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        All done bar the voting for UP polls phase-1

          UNB, Dhaka   The countrywide Union Parishad election is going to begin on today  with balloting set to take place in 718 UPs in the first phase.The voting will open at 8am and continue till 4pm without any break.Election to the lowest tier of the local government body is going to be held along…

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          ADP to be revised down nearly 10 percent

            UNB, Dhaka The government is going to downsize the revised annual development programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY16) to Tk 88000 crore from the original ADP outlay of Tk 97,000 crore due to the slow pace in implementation. The RADP size will be 9.27 percent less compared to the original size, according…

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            21 August blast: Investigating Officers’ Testimony begins

              Mamun Khan: On Monday the first investigating officer Amir Hossain, then SI gave testimony as 223rd witness in cases filled over the 21 August grenade attack. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1’s  Judge Shahed Nuruddin recorded the statement. Amir Hossain was appointed as the first investigating officer on 22 August, a day after the deadly attack…

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              Three divisions under Education ministry is absurd

                Nashrat Arshiyana Chowdhury: The education ministry is advised to divide itself into three sub divisions. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid stated that this proposition is absurd. He said these at a discussion at Daily Our Time Office on Monday. Education minister briefed the whole situation of our education system. He also talked about how…

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                4 drug-traders jailed in Rajshahi

                BSS A mobile court has sentenced four drug-traders including a woman to two years jail in Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday, police sources here said on Monday. The convicted persons were identified as Shafiqul Islam, 38, his wife Angura Begum, 25, Raihan Sarder, 25, and Rejaul Karim, 28.

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                  Farmer killed in C’nawabganj

                  BSS A farmer was killed following land dispute at Ponerarashia village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Monday noon. The victim was identified as Abdul Karim 50, son of Abdul Malek of Ponerarashia village. Officer in Charge (OC) of Shibganj Thana Moinul Islam said farmer Ekramul Haque of the same area tried to set…

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                    2 ‘terrorists’ held with pistol in Jessore

                    UNB Police arrested two alleged terrorists along with a pistol from Noapara Nurbag area of Abhoynagar upazila on Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as Babul Sheikh, 26, son of Kashem Sheikh, and Akbar Shikder, son of Liakat Shikder, both residents of Bicchali area of Narail district. Quoting locals, Sheikh Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Abhoynagar…

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                      8 food shops in Chandpur fined

                      UNB A mobile court here on Sunday fined eight business establishments TK 44,000 for producing foods without license in unhygienic environment and using proscribed chemicals. A mobile court, led by deputy director Debashish Roy of The Consumer Rights Protection Departmen, conducted the drives in Hazi Mohosin road, Kali Toad and Pal Bazar area in the…

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