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Sundarganj by-election to be held free, fair way: CEC
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Gaibandha | Updated at 01:01am on March 17, 2017
Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said the by-election in Gaibandha-1 constituency (Sundarganj upazila) would be held on March 22 in a free,...
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GT chair Yunus, MD Ashraf sued by 3 more ex-staff
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:58am on March 17, 2017
Grammen Telecom chairman Muhammad Yunus and managing director Ashraful Hassan were on Thursday sued by three more former employees for non- payment of dividends...
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BRTA official, cop among 5 facing ACC charge-sheet
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:57am on March 17, 2017
The Anti-Corruption Commission has approved a charge-sheet against five people, including an official of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, in a graft case...
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2 miners killed in fresh Sylhet landslide
Staff Correspondent . Sylhet | Updated at 12:54am on March 17, 2017
Two miners were killed and two others were injured in a fresh landslide at a stone quarry in Sylhet Thursday morning. The deceased were identified...
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500 shanties razed in Karail slum fire
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:50am on March 17, 2017
A fire on Thursday razed a portion of Karail Boubazar slum in the capital, rendering about 500 families homeless and injuring one person...
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Queen authorises British PM to begin Brexit
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:42am on March 17, 2017
Queen Elizabeth II gave royal assent on Thursday to a bill empowering British prime minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon...
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Wall collapse kills three
Our Correspondent . Rangamati | Updated at 12:40am on March 17, 2017
Three people were killed and one person was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a wall collapse at Montripara in Rangamati district town...
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Ex-husband kills banker wife
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:36am on March 17, 2017
A man allegedly killed his former wife inside her house in the capital’s Kalabagan on Thursday. The deceased, Arifun Nesa Arifa, 27, was a sales...
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90pc of quota remains unfilled: ILO
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:31am on March 17, 2017
About 90 per cent of the quota for various ethnic minorities in the government job remains unfilled in Bangladesh, according to a study carried out...
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Home Economics students block city crossing for 6th day
DU Correspondent | Updated at 12:29am on March 17, 2017
Students of Home Economics College continued their blockade at Nilkhet intersection in the city for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday demanding elevation of their...