Tabligh-Jamaat demo causes flight schedule collapse at Dhaka airport

    Abrar Hussain Almost all international and domestic flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were affected yesterday as demonstrations by a section of Tabligh Jamaat men in the Dhaka airport area way to Tongi Bridge, The Daily Star reports. Indian Tabligh-Jamaat Scholar Maulana Saad Kandhalvi reached the Dhaka airport by a Thai Airways flight around 1:00pm but he…

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      Traffic Week: Legal action against nearly 60,000 offenders

      UNB: Police has taken legal action against 58, 549 vehicles and collected fines amounting to around Tk 1.91 crore in separate special drives against traffic rules violators across the country in the three days since special Traffic Week began Sunday . Besides, legal action was also taken against 15,389 drivers for various charges including violation…

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        Provide funds to achieve SDGs : PM

        Suzana Rahman Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the developed countries to come forward with financial and technical assistance to implement the development goals for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) yesterday. She mentioned, “To ensure the disbursement of funds is a big challenge to achieve SDGs, reports UNB. For this, the developed countries will have…

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          Protect water resources to produce more crops: experts

          DOT Desk: Experts at a workshop held in Rajshahi on Friday stressed the need for protecting water resources and soil quality to produce more crops to ensure the country’s food security, reports The New Age. They said that government and non-government organisations should work together to protect water resources and the environment from pollution. The…

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            Brexit and Britain’s identity crisis

            Ambassador Mufleh R. Osmany speaks to DOT Theresa May is going to meet MPs to try to find a way forward for Brexit, after her slim victory in the no-confidence vote. The PM saw off a bid to remove her government from power by 325 to 306 votes, the day after her plan for leaving…

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              Did Netaji Subhash Bose die in a Vietnam prison?

              Getbengal Information Desk/ Get Bengal Here is a new controversy about Netaji Subhas Bose’s death, following a claim made by Indian born French historian, Jean-Baptiste Prashant. He claims Netaji did not die in any air crash because an old French secret service report dated December 11, 1947 found at the National Archives of France says…

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                38 held for selling, consuming drugs in city

                UNB In the ongoing anti-narcotics drives, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 38 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the capital in last 24 hours till 6:00 am Friday. Detective Branch of DMP and local police stations carried out the drives separately starting from 6:00 am Thursday. During the drives, the police also…

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