Schoolboy found dead in Noakhali

    Suzana Rahman Police recovered a schoolboy’s body from a paddy field at Ahmedpur village in Senbagh upazila on Friday morning. Dead Abu Shaker Shaheen, 15, was a class IX student of Kabilpur Hazi Maksudur Rahman High School, reports The Daily Observer. He was the son of Murshedul Alam, a resident of Moizdipur village in the upazila.The…

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      Dhaka, Delhi agree to set up more border haats

      Abrar Hussain Bangladesh and India have agreed to set up several border haats along the common borders of the two countries in the future due to the increase in local demand. The agreement was reached at the Ministry of Commerce in Dhaka on a two-day Bangladesh-India com merce secretary level meeting that ended on Thursday. Commerce…

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        Two cases filed against 49 BNP activists in Ctg

        Abrar Hussain Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday filed two separate cases against 49 BNP men in connection with Thursday’s clash in front of party office over the graft case court verdict that handed BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia five years jail. Jashim Uddin,  Officer in Charge of Kotwali thana, said that one of the cases…

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          Relatives meet Khaleda in Dhaka jail

          Abrar Hussain Four relatives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met the former prime minister at the prison on Nazimuddin Road, Dhaka yesterday afternoon. Khaleda’s sister Selina Islam, younger brother Shamim Eskander, his wife Nasrin Eskander and son Avik Eskander  entered around 3:35pm and met her around 4:15pm, reports the Daily Star.. After a 40-minute conversation…

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            BNP accuses govt of treating Khaleda Zia as ordinary prisoner

            Sofian Khan BNP voiced concern on Friday over the media reports that its chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who’s been convicted in the Zia orphanage graft case, has been kept in the jail like any other ordinary prisoners. ‘We’ve come to know through media reports that our leader (Khaleda) has been kept like a simple prisoner….

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              BNP stages demo for Khaleda’s release

              Abrar Hussain Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists were protesting in Dhaka yesterday demanding release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia who was jailed in a corruption case. The protesters brought out a procession from the North entrance of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque that ended at the BNP central party office in Nayapaltan. BNP Secretary General…

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                Robi evades Tk 926cr in VAT, NBR claims

                Tahmeed Taha NBR has claimed that Mobile operator Robi Axiata Ltd has evaded Tk 926 crore in value-added tax (VAT) on interconnection charge, VAT on merger fees, spectrum charge and Withholding VAT and VAT at source during the period from January 2012 to December 2016. According to the demand notices sent by the Large-Taxpayers Unit…

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                  Shariatpur District Professionals Forum Committee Union

                  Shariatpur Representative Shariatpur District Professionals Union Forum 45 member committee has been formed. It was formed unanimously on Tuesday, 6 February 2018. The President of the newly-made committee is Advocate Mohammed Masudur Rahman and General Editor Raj MD Ali Akbar Bangal. In this committee, the heads are Senior Vice President Dr. Monirul Islam Monir, Vice…

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                    Discussion meeting on ‘Independence, National Ability and Development of the IR of Iran’ and Iranian Film Show

                    On the occasion of 39th anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (National Day) Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka arranged a discussion meeting on ‘Independence, National Ability and Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran’ inauguration of 6 days long Iranian Film Show (jointly organized by Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka and Bangladesh…

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