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Fake female magistrate held in Dinajpur

Dinajpur Kotwali police arrested a fake female magistrate along with her assistant on the charge of taking Taka 8 lakh from a number of people on the promise of giving jobs in government office.The arrested fake magistrate was identified as Ishrat Jahan alias Anika Tasneem Sarkar, daughter of Shahja...

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10th Int’l Yoga Day celebrated at RU

The 10th International Day of Yoga (IDY)-2024 was celebrated in Rajshahi University (RU) here on Friday with a large number of people of different ages practising yoga together.Marking the day, the Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi and Indian Council for Cultural Relations jointly organ...

Business

DSE, CSE see upward trend as investors continue buying spree

Country's both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Thursday also witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues amid optimism.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 82.75 points or 1.60 per cen...

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Singer to use bKash’s B2B solution for cash collection

Singer Bangladesh Limited, one of the leading electronics brands in the country, will use bKash’s B2B (business to business) cash collection solution to simplify its financial management at the field level by saving time and expenses.The service will be used in Singer’s 470 showrooms acr...

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Wadud asks officials to give priority to public interests

State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Abdul Wadud, MP, has asked the public officers to take the government's development works through giving highest priority to the public interests."We want each of our development programmes to be public centric. We...

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RTI role vital to uplift marginalised women livelihood

Role of the Right to Information (RTI) Act is very important towards elevating living and livelihood conditions of the marginalized women together with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Apart from this, RTI has important roles to hasten the social development process besides ensurin...

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Raimah Chowdhury recognised as global youth leader

Raimah Chowdhury, the mana­ging director of HR Lines Limited, has been recognised as a 2024 Global Youth Leader by the prestigious World Eco-Design Conference.The award ceremony was held recently at Vienna International Centre, United Nations Head­quarters, in Austria during the '2024 Wo...

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Partial committees of Rajshahi Jubo League's dist, city units declared

The partial committees of Jubo League Rajshahi district and city units were formed today.The committees were declared in a statement signed by Jubo League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shamas Parash and General Secretary Md Mainul Hossain Nikhil.According to the statement, the name of 19 members have been d...

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KCC workers clean city within 8 hrs during Eid-ul-Azha

The Khulna City Corporation (KCC) workers have successfully cleaned the entire city within eight hours after slaughtering of sacrificial animals on June 17, Eid day.The KCC sources said over 850 workers have been engaged to remove the wastes of the sacrificial animals in the city on the Eid day.The ...

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CCC workers clean port city within timeframe during Eid-ul-Azha

The workers of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) have successfully cleaned the entire 41 wards of port city within eight hours after slaughtering sacrificial animals on June 17, Eid day.The CCC sources said over 4,000 workers were engaged in removing the wastes of the sacrificial animals in the city...

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Eid-ul-Azha celebrated in Netrakona with festivity

The holy Eid-ul- Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated in Netrakona on Monday amid due religious fervor and festivity.The main Eid congregation was held at 8am at Netrakona central Jam-e-mosque in Muktarpara area here.Former state minister for social welfare and ...

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Eid-ul-Azha celebrated in Khulna

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated in Khulna on Monday with due religious fervor and festivity. The main Eid Congregation was held at Khulna Circuit House Eidgah maidan in the city at 8.00am yesterday. Principal of Khulna Alia Madrasa Mowl...

Education & Culture

1,38,157 students to appear in HSC exams in Rajshahi

A total of 1,38,157 students, including 65,911 females, are going to appear in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rajshahi.Of them, 41,061 students, including 20,145 females, are taking part in the public examinations a...

Business

Stocks end higher after Eid holidays

The Stock Exchanges on Wednesday witnessed upward trend as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising with higher activities of some large-cap securities.The DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 43.57 points or 0.85 per cent to settle ...

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If Myanmar firing hits any Bangladeshi, response will be given: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that efforts are being made to resolve the issue of Myanmar's firing reaching Saint Martin's Island through discussions with that country. “It will be regretful if we suffer...

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DMP remains vigilant against possible syndicate over rawhide trade: Habibur

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Saturday said that police will take stringent actions if anyone tries to extort or influence buy and sell of rawhide during the Eid-ul-Azha.“We are alert so that no one can create any syndicate over the buy and sale of rawhide,&rdq...

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Sacrificial cattle sale gain momentum in capital, price reasonable

Sales of sacrificial animals at 20 cattle markets in two city corporation areas gain momentum at the last moment as the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslim community, will be celebrated on Monday.The cattle markets will remain open till morning on Eid day (Monday). But buyer...

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Ctg cattle markets abuzz with buyers, sellers at last moment

Buyers are flocking to the cattle markets in Chattogram city as only one day is left for Eid-ul-Azha.The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has given permission to set up 10 cattle markets for selling sacrificial animals from last week and it will continue till last moment of Eid-ul-Azha, officials c...

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Mayor Khaleque visits main Eidgah in Khulna

Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC), Talukder Abdul Khaleque, visited Khulna Circuit House Ground, the largest Eidgah in Khulna, Saturday to witness the preparation of the main Eid Jamaat.The Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festival of the Muslims, is to be celebrated on June 17, 2024. The main j...

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PM visits Fazilatunnesa Hospital in Gazipur, undergoes routine checkup

Prime Minister Sheikh Sheikh Hasina on Friday visited Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital at Tetuibari in Kashimpur, Gazipur and underwent routine health checkup there."The Prime Minister visited the hospital and underwent routine health check up there Friday morning,&q...