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Saturday, 18 May 2013

National

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Reported by: UNBconnect
Brahmanbaria, May 14 (UNB) – Train communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes resumed on Tuesday noon, after over four hours of disruption following the derailment of a freight train in Kasba upazi...
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) - The cyclonic storm “Mahasen” over the southeast Bay and adjoining southwest Bay moved slightly northwards over south Bay and adjoining west central Bay. It was centred at 9am today (Tuesday) ab...

'Mahasen' keeps moving northwards

May 14, 2013 04:46 pm
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) - The cyclonic storm “Mahasen” (with estimated centre pressure of 998 hPa) over the south Bay and adjoining west central Bay moved slightly northwards over the same area.It was centred at 3pm toda...
Reported by: Sadrul Hasan, UNB Staff Writer
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – Installation of 864-kilometre gas distribution pipeline in the country’s south-western region is unlikely to start before January next year as the `Southwest Region Gas Distribution Network Proj...

Crude bomb explodes at Shahbagh

May 14, 2013 04:27 pm
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – Miscreants exploded a crude bomb near Ganajagaran Mancha at Shahbagh intersection in the city during hartal hours on Tuesday.The bomb went off around 11am as the Ganajagaran activists were prepari...
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) - US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Tuesday said the government, military, civil society, media, general populace can engage cohesively and effectively in preparing for and responding to disasters....
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – More organisations and individuals provided financial assistance to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund on Tuesday to assist the families of those killed and injured in the tragic Rana ...

Joypurhat Jamaat leader arrested

May 14, 2013 04:03 pm
Reported by: UNBconnect
Joypurhat, May 14 (UNB) - Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from near Kuthibari in Sadar upazila on charge of picketing during the hartal hours on Tuesday. The arrested was identified as Hakikul Islam, S...

ICT-1 turns down Yusuf’s bail plea

May 14, 2013 04:03 pm
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – Detained war crimes suspect AKM Yusuf, nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and founder of notorious Razakar outfit during the Liberation War, remains in jail, as the International Crimes Tribunal-1 t...

3 killed, 10 hurt in road crashes

May 14, 2013 03:26 pm
Reported by: UNBconnect
Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) – Three people were killed and 10 others injured in road crashes in Natore, Jhenidah and Barisal districts on Monday and Sunday night.In Natore, a motorcyclist was killed and two co-riders were inju...

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