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Rohingya repatriation plans pushed back to 2019

Rohingya repatriation plans pushed back to 2019

Reuters
Bangladesh's plans to tackle the Rohingya crisis have been stalled until the new year with repatriation and relocation programmes only likely to be...Details
PEC exams likely to be scrapped: Menon

PEC exams likely to be scrapped: Menon

Bangla Tribune Report
The Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinations might be abolished from next year, said Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon.“The...Details
Khaleda challenges Charitable Trust verdict

Khaleda challenges Charitable Trust verdict

Bangla Tribune Report
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has moved the High Court against seven years jail term in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Her counsel Nawshad...Details
Mirza Abbas, wife gets anticipatory bail

Mirza Abbas, wife gets anticipatory bail

Bangla Tribune Report
Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas and his wife, Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal chief Afroza Abbas, have been granted anticipatory bail in three cases over the...Details
Decision on plea against shifting Khaleda to jail on Monday

Decision on plea against shifting Khaleda to jail on Monday

Bangla Tribune Report
The High Court will give its decision on plea, challenging the legality of shifting BNP chief Khaleda Zia from hospital to jail on Monday (Nov 19)....Details
985 kgs NPS seized at Dhaka airport

985 kgs NPS seized at Dhaka airport

Bangla Tribune Report
NSI (National Security Intelligence) have seized 985gs of New Psychotropic Substance (NPS), also known as ‘khat’, at the Dhaka airport....Details
Organogram cleared for 999 emergency services

Organogram cleared for 999 emergency services

Jamal Uddin
The National Emergency Service 999 is set to get its own organogram and logistics after the secretaries’ panel on administrative development...Details
BSS Managing Editor Shahriar Shahid dies

BSS Managing Editor Shahriar Shahid dies

Bangla Tribune Desk
Journalist Shahriar Shahid, who served as managing editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), has passed away at the age of 55, said a press...Details
NSI seizes 870 kgs NPS at Dhaka airport

NSI seizes 870 kgs NPS at Dhaka airport

Bangla Tribune Report
NSI (National Security Intelligence) have seized 870kgs of New Psychotropic Substance (NPS), a new kind of narcotic at the Dhaka airport on Friday....Details
24 women workers return from Saudi Arabia

24 women workers return from Saudi Arabia

Bangla Tribune Report
Another batch of women workers, who went to the Middle East hoping for better lives, has returned home from Saudi Arabia. A total of 24 women...Details
UN endorses anti-Myanmar resolution

UN endorses anti-Myanmar resolution

Sheikh Shahariar Zaman
The United Nations Third Committee has adopted a resolution Friday with a call to expedite the process to set up the independent mechanism to...Details
Forty-eight birds in captivity return home

Forty-eight birds in captivity return home

Bangla Tribune Report
Around 48 birds of wilderness have been rescued from the capital’s Mirpur-10 on Thursday (Nov 16).The Wildlife Crime Control unit led a raid...Details
Policeman found dead in city

Policeman found dead in city

Bangla Tribune Report
A traffic inspector has been found dead in Dhaka, which family claimed a ‘suicide.’ Police recovered the body of Azharul Islam...Details
BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury on 7-day remand

BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury on 7-day remand

Bangla Tribune Report
Police has been given seven days to quiz seven people including BNP Central Executive Committee member Nipun Roy Chowdhury on charges of attacking...Details
Newborn found in Gandaria dies

Newborn found in Gandaria dies

Bangla Tribune Report
A newborn child who was found inside a bag at the capital’s Gendaria area died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital...Details
Child dead in blast in Jatrabari, six burnt

Child dead in blast in Jatrabari, six burnt

Bangla Tribune Report
A 7-year-old child has died in a blast caused from leakage in gas line at the capital’s Jatrabari area. The incident, reported around 8:30am on...Details
US Senator supports Bangladesh move on Rohingya

US Senator supports Bangladesh move on Rohingya

Lalit K Jha, Washington
A top American Senator on Thursday supported the Bangladeshi decision  to scrap its Rohingya repatriation plan after none of the refugees...Details
Massive purchase corruption at the orthopedic hospital

Massive purchase corruption at the orthopedic hospital

Dipu Sarwar
Reportedly, there is massive corruption in the purchasing of surgical items, chemical reagents and five hundred other medicines at the National...Details
Outrage among printers over NCTB decision to print books overseas

Outrage among printers over NCTB decision to print books overseas

Rashid Al Ruhani
National Curriculum and Textbook Board, NCTB, is accused of giving the printing of primary school and non-formal education materials to a foreign...Details
The Economist’s falsehood on Bangladesh

The Economist’s falsehood on Bangladesh

Jamal Uddin
A report in the Asia edition of The Economist’s Nov 8 edition ran a story titled, ‘Bangladesh ruling party appears to be easing up ahead of the...Details
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