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Update : 16 Aug 2023, 08:05 PM

Rumours over Sayedee’s death: BSMMU comes up with explanation

After the death of convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Monday night, his followers have spread various rumors and criticism on social media centring the death.

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File image of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University’s entrance. Photo: Collected

BNP threatens tougher programs demanding Khaleda’s treatment abroad

BNP on Wednesday threatened to announce tougher programs if the government does not allow its ailing party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for receiving advanced treatment.

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BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury speaks at a program marking Khaleda Zia’s 79th birthday at its Naya Paltan central office, Dhaka on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Photo: UNB

Quader: No politician came responding to Bangabandhu's call on August 15

Questioning the silence of Awami League leaders during the assassination of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that no politician came forward responding to Bangabandhu's call on August 15, 1975 to save him. 

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File Image of Obaidul Quader. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

India’s future, security linked with Bangladesh, says senior MEA official

Smita Pant, a senior official at the Bangladesh, Myanmar Division of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, said on Tuesday that India's future, particularly its security, is inextricably connected with Bangladesh. 

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Representational image Photo: Collected

Flood damages one-third of LGED roads in Bandarban 

Most of the government offices, residences and regional roads of Bandarban district were inundated in one of the most devastating floods in the history of the district due to continuous heavy rains for eight days.

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The photo shows a road in Bandarban damaged by flood that occurred recently. Photo: Bangla Tribune

Govt to procure 8m litres of soybean oil

The government on Wednesday approved a proposal for procuring some eight million litres of soybean oil to meet the growing demand of edible oil in the country.

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The photo shows people waiting in line to buy products from a mobile truck of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). Photo: Dhaka Tribune

Election Commission: NID server down since morning

National Identity Card (NID) server of the Election Commission (EC) has been down since Wednesday morning. 

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An woman holding her national ID card . Photo:Collected

 

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