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Ehram Neem Bathing Bar launched

Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh on Wednesday launched ‘Ehram Neem Bathing Bar,’ said a press release...

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4 arrested with 479 bottles of wine

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested four people at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday night after recovering 479 bottles of foreign made wine in their possession...

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Tanzid, Parvez reach career-best rankings

Tanzid Hasan and Parvez Hossain both reached their career-best position in the ICC men’s T20I batters’ rankings, that was published on Wednesday.

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RAB steps up nationwide security measures ahead of Eid

The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday said that it had intensified surveillance and patrols across the country to ensure safety and security of people and their properties before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest Muslim religious festivals to be celebrated in the country on June 7...

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Govt should go tough against threats to traditional fairs

A FAIR, Gazi Kalu-Champabati Mela, having been held for about two hundred years, at Jagannathpur of Kumarkhali in Kushtia has remained suspended since May 20 after it began on May 17. A clash between the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which wanted a permanent end to the holding of the fair, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which wanted the fair to continue, has...

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Policing without guns

The recent announcement by the home affairs adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government — to strip the regular police force of lethal weapons, allowing only the Armed Police Battalion to retain such arms — marks a significant turning point in the country’s law enforcement trajectory. Made in response to widespread criticism over the police’s handling...

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Authorities have issues to shore up to ban three-wheelers

DISMANTLING battery-powered rickshaws to keep them off the main road should not be the way to deal with the threat and menace that the technically fragile vehicles pose. The Dhaka north city authorities on May 13 conducted a drive against battery-powered rickshaws and seized dozens from the main roads, declared off-limits to such vehicles, and destroyed...

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RAMNA BATAMUL BLAST: HC commutes death sentence of 7 convicts

The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast that killed 10 people during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.

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Body formed to restructure RAB

The interim government in a meeting on Monday decided that the police would no longer be allowed to carry or use lethal weapons in the wake of their indiscriminate use by police and other forces against protesters during the July uprising in 2024.

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2 arrested with counterfeit banknotes

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested two youths with a large quantity of forged banknotes and printing equipment at Karnakathi and Charkaua areas at Bandar police station in Barishal on Thursday night.

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Ban on battery-run rickshaws demanded

Members of the Road Safety Movement, a joint platform of the activists of the road safety movement, on Sunday demanded a ban on production of battery-run auto-rickshaws, locally made three-wheelers, and their movement on main roads...

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Santu Larma leaves for India thru Akhaura check post

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, widely known as Santu Larma, crossed into India through the Akhaura check post early Saturday afternoon on a personal visit...

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APCL launches pet shampoo

Advance Personal Care Limited (APCL), a concern of PRAN Group, has introduced ‘Adora Aloe-Oatbath’ pet shampoo to the market to ensure the health and hygiene of pets...

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2 drug peddlers held in Sylhet

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two youths at Companiganj in Sylhet on Friday after recovering 249 bottles of Phensedyl smuggled from India.

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3 arrested during protest at crackdown on battery-run rickshaws in Ctg

Three individuals, including leaders of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Basad in short, and Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, were arrested during a rally in Chattogram on Tuesday, protesting at the ongoing crackdown on battery-run rickshaws and alleged police harassment...

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3 accused of sensational murder case held in Ukhia

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three accused, including the main accused, of a sensational killing case of Kutupalong under Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar, at Patabari area in the upazila early Saturday...

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Two more arrested

The police and the members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested two more accused in Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez murder case at separate places in Gaibandha and Chattogram...

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Bata board recommends 445pc cash dividend for 2024

Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited’s board of directors has recommended 105 per cent final dividend for 2024, in addition to interim dividend of 340 per cent already declared, totalling to a cash dividend of 445 per cent for the year 2024, said a press release...

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Further delay in Sagar-Runi murder case disappointing

NO TANGIBLE progress in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their rented flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in the capital on February 11, 2012, is worrying given that the government task force has sought more time to complete the investigation. In September 2024, the High Court, considering the failure of the Rapid Action Battalion...

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Battery-run rickshaw pullers block Gulshan-1 crossing

Battery-run rickshaw pullers blocked the Gulshan-1 crossing on Friday morning for about 10-12 minutes protesting at a joint drive by the Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Gulshan Society.

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Indecision about three-wheelers makes roads more chaotic

THE government’s stance on banning three-wheelers, considered technically flawed and, therefore, more prone to accidents, from national and regional highways appears confusing. There have so far been a number of government and court orders that have banned CNG-run auto-rickshaws, battery-run rickshaws and vans, ‘easy bikes’ and improvised motorised and...

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RAB arrests 5 abductors in Keraniganj

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion during a drive have arrested five kidnappers and rescued the abducted man at Keraniganj in Dhaka...