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Seven hurt in Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast
United News of Bangladesh . Khagrachari | Updated at 02:22pm on February 19, 2019
At least seven people including a couple sustained burn injuries from an explosion at a gas cylinder shop at Khabangpuria in Khagrachari town...
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Three held with 75 kg hemp in Dhaka
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:38pm on February 19, 2019
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in a drive arrested three suspected drug peddlers along with 75kg hemp from Puratali Bazar under...
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26 illegal structures demolished in Munshiganj
Our Correspondent . Munshiganj | Updated at 02:13pm on February 19, 2019
At least 26 illegal establishments were demolished at Idrakpur of Munshiganj on Tuesday. The eviction drive started at 10:00am and...
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Deaths in Thakurgaon firing ‘unexpected’: BGB chief
United News of Bangladesh . Thakurgaon | Updated at 12:00am on February 19, 2019
Director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh Major General Md Shafeenul Islam on Monday described the killings of three people in firing by the paramilitary force members at Bahrampur in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon as ‘unexpected’....
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JSD MP Badal against ‘defence deal’ with KSA
United News of Bangladesh . Sangsad Bhaban | Updated at 12:00am on February 19, 2019
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal member of parliament Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal opposed the signing of a ‘defence pact’ between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia in parliament on Monday saying it might invite ‘danger’ for the country....
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Two suspected robbers killed in Kushtia ‘gunfight’
IU Correspondent . Kushtia | Updated at 10:57am on February 19, 2019
Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ between two gang of robbers and police at Katdaha field near Dangmorka-Adabaria road...
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Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead in Sitakundu
United News of Bangladesh . Chattogram | Updated at 10:55am on February 19, 2019
Two workers were burnt to death at a ship-breaking yard at Shitalpur in Sitakundu of Chattogram on Monday night.The deceased were identified as Md Jalil,...
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Bill seeks increasing compensation for CHT land acquisition
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 08:36pm on February 18, 2019
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday for providing 200-300 per cent more than...