Condolence meeting on Badruddin Umar today聽
A condolence meeting on left politician and author Badruddin Umar will be held at 3:00pm today at Bangla Academy in the capital Dhaka.
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Fire service provides safety training to 40 DRU members
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British drugs giant GSK vows $30b US investment
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Man killed over drug trade dispute at Adabor
A man died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday after he was allegedly hacked by his rivals due to a dispute over control of the drug trade in the capital鈥檚 Adabar.
Condolence meeting on Badruddin Umar on Sept 19
Badruddin Umar Shoksabha Jatiya Committee has been formed to a hold a condolence meeting on left politician and author Badruddin Umar.
Two youths suffer bullet injuries in Dhaka鈥檚 Shahjahanpur
Two young men sustained bullet injuries on Thursday night in the Jhilpar area under Shahjahanpur Police Station in the capital, reportedly over a dispute related to drug dealing.
Father accused of killing drug-addicted son
A father allegedly killed his drug-addicted son with a cutting tool at Bamail Madhyapara area of Demra in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Japan Airlines hit with second warning over drunk pilots
Japan Airlines publicly apologised Wednesday after a drunk pilot caused the delay of three flights, prompting its second reprimand from the transport ministry in under a year...
Badruddin Umar 鈥� taller than life
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People pay last respects to Badruddin Umar
Politicians, academics, professionals and people from all walks of life on Monday paid their last respects to politician and author Badruddin Umar at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka...
Badrudddin Umar dies
Veteran left politician, author and Jatiya Mukti Council president Badruddin Umar died in a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday.
11 killed in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela: Trump
President Donald Trump said US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 鈥榥arcoterrorists鈥� from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro...
Foreign national held with cocaine worth Tk 130 cr at Dhaka airport
Customs intelligence officials detained a foreign national with more than eight kilograms of cocaine worth Tk 130 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Youth hacked to death by father in Natore over drug abuse dispute
A 30-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by his father at Singra upazila in Natore on Saturday night following a family feud over his drug addiction...
Two held with drugs, weapons
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two suspected drug peddlers along with drugs and weapons worth Tk 10.4 crore from Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Saturday morning...
Syrian Druze protesters demand self determination
Hundreds demonstrated in Syria鈥檚 Sweida on Saturday, denouncing last month鈥檚 sectarian violence and calling for the right to self-determination for the Druze-majority province, an AFP correspondent reported...
BGB destroys drugs worth Tk 1,322cr in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Wednesday destroyed drugs worth over Tk 1,321 crore seized in anti-narcotics operations conducted by the BGB battalions under the Cox鈥檚 Bazar region...
Cartoon exhibition celebrates downfall of Hasina regime
Satirical cartoon exhibition titled 鈥楤idrupe Bidroho鈥� marking the fall of the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina regime is under way at the La Galerie of Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka at Dhanmondi in the capital...
Bangladesh, Pakistan pledge joint efforts against drugs, terrorism
Bangladesh and Pakistan have expressed their commitment to work together to combat drugs and terrorism...
3 drug peddlers arrested with heroin at Rampal
The joint forces have arrested three alleged drug traders and seized heroin, cash money and other belongings from their possessions at Adaghat village under Rampal in Bagerhat on Friday night...
Rightist, religion-based forces grow after uprising: Badruddin Umar
Jatiya Mukti Council president Badruddin Umar on Friday said that after the victory of students-people uprising ousting the Awami League fascist government past year, the rightist and religion-based political forces grew in the country.
New clashes rock Druze as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin
Armed tribes supported by Syria鈥檚 Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community鈥檚 Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.
25 drug peddlers, addicts held in Sylhet
The police arrested 25 individuals, including two women, on charges of selling and consuming different sorts of drugs in Sylhet on Saturday evening...
3 drug traffickers held with foreign pistol in city
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday night arrested three drug traffickers along with a firearm and ammunition in the capital...
3 of a family lynched in Muradnagar
A woman and her son and daughter were beaten to death in Cumilla鈥檚 Muradnagar upazila on Thursday morning, allegedly for their involvement in drug dealing...
Popular Life wins prize for drug abuse prevention initiatives
Popular Life Insurance Company Limited on Thursday won the first prize for its initiatives against drug abuse, said a press release...
Nabbing drug peddlers not enough, go after drug lords: Jahangir to DNC
Home affairs adviser retried Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday called drug and corruption as the worst afflictions of society and lamented that no measures could rein in their rampant spread...
Sri Lanka seizes $76 million smuggled drugs this year
Sri Lanka鈥檚 anti-narcotics drive has resulted in the seizure of more than three tonnnes (6,600 pounds) of illegal drugs with a street value of $76 million this year, officials said Monday...
Prof Badruzzaman elected as BAS fellow
Bangladesh Academy of Science, the apex organisation of eminent scientists and technologists, elected Professor ABM Badruzzaman, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, as Fellow in its 16th council meeting on May 18...
10 BGB personnel injured in attack by arrestee鈥檚 supporters
At least 10 Border Guard Bangladesh personnel, including its 64 Battalion deputy commander, were injured as supporters of an arrested Yaba peddling suspect attacked a BGB patrol team in the Moulvibazar area under Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district Monday afternoon...