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Mayor does a first-hand inspection
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam went inside some newly built drains yesterday to inspect the construction work.
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Abrar Murder Case: HC accepts 17 jail appeals for hearing
The High Court yesterday accepted the jail appeals of 17 death-row convicts in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case for hearing.
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‘One has no licence, another on drugs’
One of the two buses, which crushed a teenage boy in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area on January 20, was being driven by a helper who has no driving licence.
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1.7 million people, 0 public bus in Khulna city
There’s no city bus service for 1.7 million residents of Khulna for the last four years.
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Session jam only getting longer at DU
Students of different departments from the academic session of 2016-17 at Dhaka University, who are done with the final exams, are unable to apply for jobs due to delay in publishing results.
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If you find a doctor, consider yourself lucky
The block lettered sign on the ochre yellow building reads “Nazirabazar Matri Sadan”. Right beside it, a large banner reads -- “24-hour normal delivery service for expecting mothers”.
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Call of the wild
A new species of wild dogs has been spotted at Satchhari National Park in Habiganj’s Chunarughat. The species is listed as endangered under the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, according to IUCN Bangladesh official Simanta Dipu.
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Home for Harijans
A section of the Harijan community has received modern residential flats from Barishal City Corporation (BCC).
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Short-term fix, long-term trouble?
On one hand, it’s good news that the government has taken up a river excavation project at Hari and Teka rivers to recede water from the waterlogged Bhabadah region.
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Sagar-Runi murder: 85 dates, still no end to probe
A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi by February 23.
