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As a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Mujib Barsho, one lakh more landless and homeless families are getting pucca houses in the second phase. Of these, the government will provide houses to 50,000 families in April and 50,000 families in June. Earlier, the Prime Minister gifted houses to about 70,000 families in the first phase in January. This information was given at a coordination meeting organized at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday to advance the house construction process. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister's Office Secretary Tofazzal Hossain Mia, was attended by Land Secretary Mostafizur Rahman, Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Md. Mohsin, and Project Director of the Prime Minister's Office's Ashrayan-2 Project Mahbub Hossain, along with senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office. Joined via video conference…

The leaders and activists of the organization have alleged that the administration has obstructed the human chain of the Pahari Chhatra Parishad at Chittagong University (CU). The program was organized on Wednesday in front of the university's Shaheed Minar to protest the construction of a five-star hotel on Chimbuk Hill in Bandarban. However, after 15-20 minutes, the organizers were called to the proctor's office and asked to leave without forming a human chain. The organization has issued a statement condemning and protesting this 'sudden suspension' of the human chain. Rumen Chakma, a student of the university's sociology department and organizing secretary of the Pahari Chhatra Parishad, told Samakal, 'We had called for a human chain to protest the construction of a five-star hotel on Chimbuk Hill in the place of the Mro community. Written permission was also obtained from the proctor the previous day. However, at 11 pm that day...

Two people, including a judicial magistrate, have testified in the Sylhet blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case. Judicial Magistrate Anwarul Haque and Pubali Bank senior official Sirajul Haque Chowdhury testified at the Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Tribunal on Wednesday. Anwarul Haque recorded the confessional statement of Mannan Yahia alias Mannan Rahi, one of the accused in the case. On the other hand, bank official Sirajul Haque was a witness to the seizure list of the CPU of the computer and some books from the house of the deceased Ananta Bijoy. There are a total of 29 witnesses in the supplementary charge sheet in this case. After taking the testimonies of the two people on Wednesday, Tribunal Judge Nurul Amin adjourned the proceedings of the Revolution Day and fixed the date for taking the testimonies for February 24. On May 12, 2015…