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Ducsu Polls: Student bodies want peaceful coexistence of all
Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) - Different student bodies have demanded that the Dhaka University authorities take necessary steps to ensure the peaceful coexistence of leaders and activists of all organisations on the campus to make the much-awaited Ducsu election a participatory one.
Physically-challenged people unlikely to forget what 3 students did for them
Sylhet, Jan 28 (UNB) – Unlike the able-bodied ones, people with physical disabilities, especially those sans legs, cannot move without the help of others. Even if they use manual wheelchairs, they sometimes need support from others to operate those.
1.42mn tonnes of fuel to be imported in 6 months under G-to-G deals
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – Bangladesh will import around 1.42 million tonnes of petroleum from eight state-owned companies of different countries under the government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangements in the first half of the current year.
NRB CIPs to triple from this year to attract higher remittance
Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) - The government will increase the number of Commercially Important Person (CIP) status of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) nearly threefold from this year to encourage the expatriates to send more remittances.
Rift in BNP visible; many now want Zubaida to be in limelight
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) - Though BNP senior leaders remained united for a long time in absence of its chairperson Khaleda Zia, a crack now has apparently developed among them over its leadership and party overhauling, worrying its already demoralised grassroots.
KWASA’s bottled water, “Sundarban”, awaits launching
Khulna, Jan 25 (UNB) – “Sundarban”, a new brand of bottled water under the Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) project of Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA), is going to be launched in February next.
Amar Ekuhsey Boimela getting bigger, more reader-friendly
Dhaka, Jan 25 (UNB) – Preparations are going on in full swing for Bangladesh’s biggest literary festival, the month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Boimela’, scheduled to begin on February 1 at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan and Bangla Academy premises.
31 yrs on, plea for justice in Ctg massacre falls on deaf ears
Chattogram, Jan 24 (UNB) – A case filed over the killing of 24 people attending Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina’s rally in 1988 is yet to be resolved.
Taskforce soon to identify foreign workers, bring them under tax net
Dhaka, Jan 24 (UNB) - The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to form a taskforce to identify the foreign nationals working in Bangladesh to bring them under the tax net.
I want to return to Bangladesh: Mungunzul
Dhaka, Jan 23 (UNB) - Mungunzul was born in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. She studied at Music and Dance College, where her talent began to bloom. She graduated from the Culture and Art University of Mongolia.