3 arrested from paddy sheaf candidate’s car in Jashore

    Hossen Sohel of DOT The police arrested three BNP leaders from a car belonging to paddy sheaf candidate Aninda Islam Amit in Jashore-3, reports bdnews24.com. The arrestees are: district BNP Vice-President Golam Reza Dulu, Sadar Upazila BNP President Nurunnabi and Fatepur Union Jubo Dal President Kamal Hossain Babu. Aninda said that the police arrested the…

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      Oikyafront leaders walk out of meeting with CEC

      Hossen Sohel of DOT Major opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront leaders yesterday walked out of a meeting with the chief election commissioner citing “inappropriate behavior”. The opposition leaders held a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda before walking out disgruntled about it.“His (CEC) behavior was inappropriate,” Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of…

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        H2 MPS to focus on job creation

        DOT Desk The central bank has started taking preparations to formulate its next monetary policy, giving top priority on creating employment opportunities through boosting financing in the productive sectors, reports The Financial Express. The priority was suggested at an internal preparatory meeting on the monetary policy statement (MPS) at Bangladesh Bank (BB) headquarters in Dhaka…

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          Police recover bullet-riddled in Cumilla

          DOT Desk Police in Cumilla have recovered the bullet-riddled body of an unidentified young man from an embankment along the Gomti river in Debidwar upazila , repots The Financial Express. Locals spotted that the body in Bhirallachar area and informed police, said Sheikh Md Selim, additional superintendent of Debidwar police, reports UNB. Police after reaching…

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            39 Years Of The Song ‘Shurjodoye Tumi’

            DOT Desk Most of the patriotic songs of prominent singer Syed Abdul Hadi have been well received by all. Among his songs Shurjodoye Tumi is a timeless masterpiece, reports The daily Star. The song is now 39 years old and on the occasion of Victory Day, a music video of the song has been released….

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              Experts suggest reducing screen time to save eyes

              BSS Spending too much time with digital devices, including television, mobile and tablets, hurts children’s eyesight. “Normally, school going children who spend more times using computers or mobile phones triple their risk for myopia or nearsightedness,” the President of phthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) Dr Deen Mohammad Noorul Huq told BSS. Myopia or nearsightedness is…

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                Audio devices back in vogue but demand sags

                DOT Desk Different audio devices are in good demand across the country as campaigns for the 11th parliamentary election have gathered momentum, insiders have said, reports The Financial Express. But a section of operators said such increase in business is lower than expected level because all political parties cannot run their campaigns in full swing….

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                  Law and order improves in Rangpur

                  DOT Desk The law and order situation improved further in Rangpur metropolitan city since the inception of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) on September 16 last, reports The Independent. RpMP officials said the number of crimes committed in RpMP area during the period stood at 251 against 311 crimes committed during the previous three months of…

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                    Fire at Gazipur jute mill

                    UNB Huge goods and machinery were gutted in a fire that broke out at a jute factory at Keowa Bazar in Sreepur upazila. Akteruzzaman, assistant director of Gazipur fire service and civil defence, said the fire originated from breaker card machine-8 of ‘Sarah Composite Mills Ltd’ around 5:45am and soon it engulfed the two godowns….

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