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Quader to return home today
Dhaka, May 15 (UNB) - Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home on Wednesday evening.
Fakhrul off to Bangkok for medical treatment
Dhaka, May 15 (UNB) - BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday went to Bangkok for medical treatment.
President flies to London for check-up
May 15 (UNB) - President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for London on Wednesday for medical check-up.
Girl raped in Munshiganj; more harassed sexually elsewhere
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – A minor girl has reportedly been raped in Munshiganj while ‘rape attempt’ made on two minor sisters in Narayanganj amid surge in rape incidents across the country.
Poet Henry Swapon held under Digital Security Act
Barishal, May 14 (UNB) - Police arrested poet Henry Swapon from his residence in the city on Tuesday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for hurting religious sentiments.
Want democracy to celebrate 50th anniv of independence: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) - Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said a democratic atmosphere and the rule of law are necessary to restore people’s ownership of the country.
BNP hosts iftar for foreign diplomats
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – BNP, on behalf of its jailed Chairperson Khaleda Zia, hosted an iftar party on Tuesday at a city hotel in honour of foreign diplomats working in Bangladesh.
Poet Hayat Saif laid to rest
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – Ekushey Padak-winning poet Hayat Saif who passed away at a city hospital in the early hours was to eternal rest here on Tuesday afternoon.
Threatening intern with rape, murder: Sylhet BCL leader freed after arrest
Sylhet, May 14 (UNB) – Soon after his arrest in a case filed for reportedly threatening to rape and murder an intern of a private medical college hospital, police on Tuesday released a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader as he secured bail in the case.
Businesspeople no longer against VAT law implementation: Kamal
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said the business community is no longer against implementation of the new VAT law.