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Civil servants to get 9-day Eid holiday

Good news for civil servants! The government today declared a long nine-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, starting from July. The holidays will start from July 1

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Two jihadis killed in shootout

Officials believe the pair were operating within the notorious terrorist group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh – or JMB. The 10,000 strong network are aiming to remove the country’s current government and

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Fifth leg of Union Parishad election are ready start

A total of 717 unions are ready for balloting on Saturday in the fifth leg of the six-phase Union Parishad (UP) elections. The voting is going to take place against

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IS falsely claiming attacks in Bangladesh: Shahriar

Islamic State is trying to ride a wave of religious radicalization by falsely claiming a spate of killings in Bangladesh, a government minister said, adding there was enough evidence implicating

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Tonu’s autopsy doctor ‘receives death threat’ 0

The doctor who performed second autopsy of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu has been allegedly threatened with death. Report of Tonu’s second autopsy, that was performed after exhuming her body

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No raid on highway without specific complaint: IGP 0

Inspector General of Bangladesh Police AKM Shahidul Hoque today urged the law enforcers not to stop any vehicle on the highway in the name of raid without specific complaint. He

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Pre-primary books to be in 5 ethnic languages: Nahid 0

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today said the government has decided to print pre-primary level books in five ethnic languages from the next academic year. “We will print pre-primary level

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HSC Exams deferred due to UP polls the next day 0

The government today deferred the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and diploma-in-business studies examinations scheduled for May 27 for Union Parishad election. The Election Commission is scheduled to hold UP election

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Pakistan violated 1974 tripartite accord: Law minister 0

The 1974 tripartite agreement is no longer valid as Pakistan violated the accord by not taking their stranded citizens back from Bangladesh, Law Minister Anisul Huq said today. “According to

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Indian companies interested to build deep seaport 0

Several Indian companies are interested to build a deep seaport in Bangladesh, the country’s foreign secretary has told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The proposal could be executed through a consortium,

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