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Sayedul Hoque’s first namaz-e-janaza held

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MNA National Desk: The first namaz-e-janaza of Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad at 10:20am on Sunday. Later, his body will be taken to his constituency in Nasirnagar by a helicopter where his second namaz-e-janaza will be held at Ashutosh Pilot High School ground around 11:00 am. He will be buried at his family graveyard at Purbobhagh village of the upazila following another janaza after Zohr prayers, said Public Relations Officer of the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry Shah Alam Badshah. Sayedul Hoque, also a Liberation War organiser and Bangabandhu Sheikh ...

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MP’s daughter stabbed in Bagerhat

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MNA National Desk: The daughter of Happy Boral, a member of parliament (MP) from woman reserve seat, was stabbed to injuries by miscreants near Amlapara School of Bagerhat district. Aditi Boral, 27, a post-graduate student of a law college in Dhaka, came under the attack at Amlaparha on Saturday evening, police said. MP Happy Boral said that the miscreants attacked on them while she along with her daughter Aditi, was returning home around 6:30pm after attending a programme arranged marking Victory Day at Amlapara High School. The miscreants stabbed Aditi in her abdomen and fled the scene. Hearing them screaming, the ...

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Livestock Minister Sayedul passes away

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MNA National Desk: Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque passed away at a city hospital on Saturday morning. He was 75. Sayedul, also a Liberation War organiser and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s political aide, breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 8:30am, said Public Relations Officer of the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry Shah Alam Badshah. The minister had been undergoing treatment at the hospital since September 17 for old-age complications. He was put on life support on December 13. His first namaz-e-janaza will be held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad at 9am on ...

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President and PM paid tributes to war martyrs

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MNA National Desk: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning paid tributes to the martyrs of the War of Liberation by placing wreaths at the National Memorial here marking the 47th Victory Day. After placing the wreaths, the premier stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the martyrs of the Great War of Liberation of 1971. A smartly turned out contingent drawn from three services presented a state salute on the occasion when bugles played the last post. Cabinet members, PM’s advisers, parliament members, chiefs of ...

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PM mourns Mohiuddin Chowdhury’s death

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock at the death of the President of Chittagong Awami League and former Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said Mohiuddin Chowdhury had played an important role from the front in all the democratic movements since the Liberation War of the country. ‘He never bowed down but embraced jail and faced repression on various occasions in his life. His contributions to the welfare of the people of Chittagong will ever be remembered,’ the Prime Minister said. ABM Chowdhury passed away ...

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Former CCC Mayor Mohiuddin passes away

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MNA National Desk: Former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor and city Awami League President ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury passed away in the early hours of Friday. He was 73. Mohiuddin Chowdhury breathed his last undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chittagong at about 4:30am, confirmed his elder son Muhibul Hassan Chowdhury Naofel. His namaz-e-Janaza will be held after Asr prayers on Friday at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong city. He will be buried at his family graveyard at Chashma Hill in the city’s Sholoshahar area. Born on December 1, 1944 at Gohira village in Raojan upazila of Chittagong district, Mohiuddin Chowdhury got ...

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3 Neo-JMB arrested in Dhaka

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MNA National Desk: Police arrested three members of militant outfit neo-JMB, including one of its founder Abdus Samad alias Arif Mamu, in Mohakhali area of Dhaka on Wednesday night. Tipped-off, a team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted a drive here and detained the trio along with firearms and ammunitions. The law enforcer recovered a pistol, five ammunitions and 200 detonators from their possessions, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media) of DMP. Police said that the neo-JMB activists are responsible for the 2016 Gulshan attack. The details of the arrestees will be ...

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Unite to win next elections: PM

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned Awami League leaders and activists to prevent squabbles from fumbling the party’s ‘assured victory’ in the next elections. The Prime Minister said this while speaking at a civic reception accorded to her by the French chapter of Awami League at the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand (Opera) here on Tuesday night. “The people are on our side. They are ready to vote and they will do so. Make sure no scheme against us succeeds. Divisions between us can allow these plots to sneak in.” she said. Awami League activists from other European ...

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Next Judges’ conduct rules hearing on Jan 2

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MNA National Desk: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set January 2 for next hearing on the gazette notification that issued on lower court judges’ conduct rules. A four-member Appellate Division bench, led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah, fixed the date as a member of the bench remained absent. The apex court, in its order, said as a member of the bench remained absent for the death of his relative, the hearing will not be conducted today which was the second in its cause list. Earlier on Monday, the government issued gazette notification on service rules and conduct for ...

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‘999’ emergency services launched

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Tuesday inaugurated the expanded national emergency services through using toll-free hotline number ‘999’ countrywide. The number – 999- is an official emergency telephone number used in a number of countries around the world allowing the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance. Joy inaugurated the services at a function in the capital Dhaka’s National Control and Command Centre well-known as Police Control Room of Abdul Gani Road with the presence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Inspector General of Police ...

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Dhaka condemns New York blast

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MNA National Desk: Bangladesh condemned Monday’s New York blast which is seen as an attempted terror attack. ‘The government of Bangladesh is committed to its declared policy of ‘Zero Tolerance’ against terrorism, and condemns terrorism and violent extremism in all forms or manifestations anywhere in the world, including Monday morning’s incident in New York City,’ the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington said. A Bangladeshi man set off a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded New York City commuter hub during the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, immediately calling it an attempted terrorist attack. The suspect, ...

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Every house to be lit up: PM

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed her firm determination to lighten up each and every house of the country by producing electricity from different sources. ‘We will provide electricity connection to each houses of the country, we will give our children access to modern education, every area of the country will be developed, we believe in the balanced development,’ she said. The Prime Minister was inaugurating the 100 percent electricity supply programme and four power plants through video conference from her official residence Ganobhaban. The upazilas those have already brought under 100 percent electricity coverage are ...

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One killed in N’ganj UCBL fire

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MNA National Desk: A man died in a fire at a branch of United Commercial Bank or UCBL in Tanbazar area of Narayanganj early Sunday. The deceased, Selim Mia, 43 was a security guard of the bank. Witnesses said, the fire originated from the second floor of UCBL office in Padma City Plaza of Narayanganj at around 4:30am, and immediately engulfed the entire floor. On information, nine units of fire service from Dhaka and Narayanganj rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control after more than two hours of hectic efforts. Fire service units also rescued 30 to ...

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PM urges to ensure fundamental rights of Rohingya

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MNA National Desk: Reaffirming Bangladesh fully support to and cooperation with all UN human rights mechanisms, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to work for ensuring the fundamental rights of Rohingya people. ‘Bangladesh continues to urge the international community to work towards ensuring the fundamental human rights of the Rohingya population including their right to return to their homeland, self-identification, citizenship and other basic human rights required for them to lead a dignified life,’ she said on Saturday. The Prime Minister made the remark in a message on the occasion of International Human Rights Day that falls ...

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Comments on Khaleda, PM should apologise: Mirza Fakhrul

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MNA National Desk: BNP accused the Prime Minister of giving ‘false and defamatory’ information about its chief Khaleda Zia and her family members’ assets in Saudi Arabia. “The PM’s comments on laundering money by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia are totally false, fabricated and baseless. The main motive behind such imaginary story of corruption is to dent the image of her and her family members and politically malign them,” said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The secretary general of BNP came up with the remarks while speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office for giving reaction to Prime ...

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Depression in Bay, rain likely until Monday

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MNA National Desk: City dwellers have been experiencing drizzle since early Saturday due to the influence of deep depression which weakened into depression in the Bay of Bengal. The light rain started falling in the early hours of the day and was continuing till filing of the report. Commuters and private office-goers faced problems in reaching their destinations for lack of transport due to the persistent drizzle. The meteorology office said the rain will continue until Monday morning. The Met office recorded 4 mm rain in the capital in the last 24 hours till 6am on Saturday while it recorded ...

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Seaports asked to hoist cautionary signal

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MNA National Desk: The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal No 1. The depression over southeast bay and adjoining area moved slightly north-northwestwards over the same area and was centred at 6:00am Thursday about 1,400 kilometres southwest of Chittagong port, 1,330 kilometres southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 1,375 kilometres South or southwest of Mongla port and 1,335 kilometres south or southwest of Payra port. It is likely to intensify further and move in a north-northwesternly direction, said a special bulletin of the Met office. All fishing boat and ...

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ACC resumes questioning Bachchu

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MNA National Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has resumed the interrogation of former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu over a Tk 35 billion loan fraud accusation. The second day of Bachchu’s questioning began at 10am on Wednesday, said ACC Deputy Director (Media) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya. ACC Directors AKM Zayed Hossain Khan and Syed Iqbal are leading the interrogation. Questioning began Monday, when the former BASIC Bank executive answered a summons to appear at the ACC offices in Segunbagicha. The session lasted about two-and-a-half hours. Other BASIC Bank directors, including Md Anwarul Islam, Anis Ahmad, Quamrun Naher Ahmed, Prof ...

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Khaleda Zia granted bail in graft cases

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MNA National Desk: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been granted bail in both Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. Judge of Dhaka Special Judges Court-5, Akhtaruzzaman on Tuesday handed down the bail order after the BNP chief appeared before the makeshift court at Bakshibazar in Dhaka at 11:00pm. Earlier on 30 November, the court issued arrest warrants against Khaleda cancelling her bail in the cases. The court announced that hearing of the Zia Orphanage Trust case will be held between 6 December and 8 December. On 3 July 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the Zia Orphanage Trust ...

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ACC seeks action against 97 teachers

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MNA National Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recommended that the cabinet division take punitive action against 97 teachers of 8 educational institutions in Dhaka for making money through private coaching centres for decades. The ACC sent a letter to the cabinet division in this regard on Sunday, ACC deputy director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told on Monday. Of the 97 teachers, 36 are from Ideal School and College, 24 from Motijheel Model High School and College, seven from Dhaka Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, five from RAJUK Uttara Model College, 12 from Motijheel Government Boys High School, four ...

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SC asks MP Shawkat to pay back Tk 5cr

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MNA National Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed Jatiya Party lawmaker Shawkat Chowdhury to pay Tk 5 crore to Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd (BCBL) within 60 days in connection with two loan scam cases. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah issued the order. If Shawkat does not pay the amount within 60 days after receiving the order, his bail in the relevant loan scam cases will be cancelled. Earlier on October 22, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim directed ...

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Prime Minister leaves for Cambodia

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka aboard a Biman Bangladesh flight for the Southeast Asian country Cambodia at 8:35am on Sunday, said her Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim. The two countries are to sign two treaties and nine agreements during the trip, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali had previously said. This is the second time in three-and-a-half years that Hasina will be travelling to the country at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The prime minister is set to meet with her counterpart for bilateral talks. She will also meet with King Norodom Sihamoni. In the ...

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Kulkhani of Annisul Huq on Dec 6

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MNA National Desk: The Kulkhani of late Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq will be held on December 6 at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Asr prayers. Annisul Huq, who passed away at a London hospital on Thursday while undergoing treatment, was laid to eternal rest here on Saturday afternoon, reports news agency. He was buried at Banani Graveyard at 5:00 pm following a namaz-e-janaja at Bangladesh Army Stadium after Asr prayers. Navidul Huq, son of late mayor, urged all to attend at the Kulkhani and offer a munajat seeking eternal peace of the departed soul. Earlier, the Prime ...

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Annisul’s body due in city tomorrow

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MNA National Desk: The body of Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday by a Biman Bangladesh airlines flight. ‘Annisul Huq’s body will be brought to the country on Saturday as it is scheduled to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka 11:00am on the day,’ said late Mayor’s personal Secretary Mizanur Rahman. Huq would be buried at Banani graveyard following a Namaz-e-Janaza at Army Stadium after Asr prayers on Saturday, he added. His first Namaz-e-Janaza is scheduled to be held at Regent Park Central Mosque in London after Jumma prayers on ...

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DNCC Mayor Annisul Huq passes away

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MNA National Desk: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who had long been undergoing treatment at a London hospital for neurological problem, passed away there on Thursday. He was 65. Doctors declared him dead at about 10:23pm (Bangladesh time) after removing the life support, said his personal assistant Mizanur Rahman. Annisul, born in 1952, was put on life support on Monday as his condition deteriorated. Later, doctors found infection in his lungs. Annisul was diagnosed with cerebral vasculitis at a London neurology hospital after he was admitted there on August 13. Later, he was taken to the intensive ...

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PM opens main construction of Rooppur plant

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the main construction work on the much-awaited Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, the maiden nuclear plant of the country. She formally launched the main construction work on the plant by pouring concretes at the plant site at Rooppur in Iswardi, north off Pabna, in the morning. Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman, PM’s Economic Affairs Adviser Dr Moshiur Rahman, Energy Adviser Dr Towfique-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Security Adviser Major General (retd) Tariq Ahmed Siddiq, Chief of Army Staff General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, PM’s Principal Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Press Secretary ...

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Hartal underway protesting power price hike

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MNA National Desk: The eight-hour hartal, enforced by the left-leaning parties, protesting the fresh power price hike, is underway on Thursday. The shutdown that began at 6:00am will continue till 2:00pm. The Communist Party of Bangladesh, Socialist Party of Bangladesh and the Ganatantrik Bam Morcha have been holding protest marches at various locations, including the Paltan, Press Club, Gulistan and Dainik Bangla intersections, as part of their general strike to demand the retraction of the ‘anti-people’ price hike. There have been no reports of major disturbances since the strike began. Police officials say traffic is regular in all areas except ...

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