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Bangladesh's burden of plastic waste
Plastic is choking Bangladesh's drains, canals, and rivers.
Around 1,700 tonnes of plastic waste is produced in the country every day and only half of it is recycled, according to the Department of E...
Narcotics department is to crack down on 3,500 listed drug dealers in Dhaka
Up to 3,500 people are involved in illicit drug business in the capital, the Department of Narcotics Control said on Friday vowing to crack down on them soon.
Some of the listed people are directly i...
Dhaka, London discuss shared priorities ahead of COP26
Bangladesh and the United Kingdom have discussed shared priorities ahead of COP26 and ways to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Ministe...
6 members of theft gang held in city
Detectives arrested six alleged members of a gang of thieves on charges of involvement in theft at Uttara Paradise Tower in the capital.
Tipped off, members of DB (Uttara Division) conducted drives i...
Bank official found dead in city
A bank official was found dead in the city’s Sabujbagh area on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Shawkat Hossain, 35, senior officer of Basic Bank of Fakirapool branch.
Inspector Bachchu Mia...
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DGHS driver gets 30 years in arms case
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to 30 years’ imprisonment in an arms case -- 15 years each under two sections of the rel...
ILO helps develop campaign strategy for vocational education
The Department of Technical Education, through the Skills 21 project, will start a year-round campaign to increase the popularity of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
The campai...
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Safe Cities Index: Dhaka ranks 54th out of 60
Capital Dhaka has been ranked at number 54 out of 60 cities included in a global Safe Cities Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Although Dhaka’s position marked a slight improvement ...
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Three 'missing' madrasa girls rescued from Dhaka slum
Three minor girls who went missing from the residential hall of a madrasa in Jamalpur on Sunday, have been rescued, police said on Friday.
The three have been identified as Mim Aktar, 9, Monira,11, a...
Jashore man who suffered bomb injuries dies in Dhaka
A 38-year-old man, who suffered severe injuries ‘while making bomb’ at his house in Rajghat area of Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore district died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday n...