Members of the Department of Narcotic Control in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 265 pieces of Yaba tablets and 20 grams of heroin from Chapal area in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Saturday. The arrestees...
A gang of robbers took away gold ornaments and cash after stabbing two persons at a house in Khilgaon area in Dhaka on Sunday. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Khilgaon Police Station Mainul Islam said a gang of robbers numbering four entered...
A mobile court in Sylhet on Saturday sentenced a man to one month’s jail for teasing a schoolgirl sexually at Maddhya Tahirpur village in Tahirpur upazila of the district. The convict was identified as Sabuj Miah,30, son of late Ali...
A 30 km tailback was created on the Dhaka-Tangail highway from Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Sunday, inflicting immeasurable sufferings on home-bound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Gorai highway police, said the tailback was created on...
After teachers of public universities and government colleges, now headmasters of primary schools threatened agitation protesting the new pay scale. At a press briefing on Sunday, the Bangladesh Government Primary School Headmasters’ Association (BGPHA) announced that they will go for...
Results for the written test for entry to medical and dental colleges have been published. A total of 48,448 students have cleared the tests for 11,049 seats in MBBS and BDS courses in these colleges. Almost 88,000 students took the...
Customs officials arrested a young man and recovered 35 pieces of gold bars weighing four kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka city on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Faisal Hasan,30, a resident of Chittagong district. Joint Commissioner...
A man died from electrocution at Kala village in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, 32, son of Shadat Islam of the village. Locals said Ashraful came in contact with a...
A mobile in Brahmanbaria court on Saturday sentenced a young man to two months’ jail for selling train tickets in the black market. The convict was identified as Sohel Miah,25, son of Pashchim Mourail area of the district town. Police...
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Stocks edged marginally higher on Sunday for the second consecutive day with choppy trading as investors relocate their portfolios ahead of Eid vacation and third quarter earnings declaration. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, (DSE) went up...
Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants Saturday, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis. The migrants had been sent from Croatia into Hungary, which in turn shipped them on to Austria....
Seventy five Syrian rebels trained by the United States and its allies to fight Islamic State have entered northern Syria since Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights early this week. Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, said the rebels...
The new prime minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull announced Sunday he is increasing the number of female Cabinet ministers from two to five, including Defense Minister Marise Payne. The government's unpopular chief economics minister, Treasurer Joe Hockey, has been replaced...
Google will likely introduce new Android smartphones and an updated version of the Chromecast on a September 29. Google's new gadgets have leaked several times in recent weeks. First, we'll get two new Android phones, one made by LG and...
Nepal is due to formally adopt its new constitution, drawn up after years of political wrangling. The constitution will see the Himalayan nation become a secular, federal republic with seven states. However, it has been opposed by some groups who...
Living close to heavily-used roads may increase the risk of a type of leukaemia in children, according to a new study that found exposure to benzene related to car traffic might be partly to blame. Researchers considered all 2,760 cases...
A farmer has been killed by thunderbolt in Baliakandi Upazila in Rajbari district. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalek Sheikh, 55, son of Abdull Wahed, a resident of Natunchar village. Police and witnesses said lightning strike knocked down Khalek...
Police have sued the Tangail ‘rape’ protesters on charges of attacking the law enforcers. Two cases were filed at Kalihati Police Station and Ghatail Police Station against around 900 unidentified people on Saturday night. Ghatail Police Station Sub-Inspector Mansur Ali...
A depression in the Bay of Bengal is causing rain in much of Bangladesh including Dhaka on Sunday. The Met Office has advised raising Cautionary Signal No 3 for the maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra. Weather...
A Chittagong court on Thursday turned down the bail of the three lawyers arrested in connection with ‘terror financing’. The accused are Barrister Shakila Farzana, 39, daughter of BNP leader and former whip Syed Wahidul Alam, adv Hasanuzzaman Liton, 30,...
BNP on Sunday demanded cancellation of the published results of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) admission tests as there are allegations of question-paper leak. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, party spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon...
France Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and German Foreign Minister Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrive in Dhaka together on Monday on a brief 14-hour visit to get the firsthand experience on climate impact having Bangladesh and inaugurate the first-ever France-Germany (Franco-German) joint...
Annual Performance Agreements for the 2015-2016 fiscal were signed between the Cabinet Division and all the ministries or divisions on Sunday, aiming to enhance institutional efficiency as well as ensure accountability of public servants. Cabinet Secretary M Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan...
Former Chief Justice M Tofazzal Islam and former High Court Judge M Awlad Ali have been made members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) situated in The Hague. This is the first time Bangladeshi judges are going to be...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive on the government to cancel the admission test of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) 2015-16 claming that the question papers were leaked. Eunus Ali...
Chittagong district police in overnight special drives arrested 22 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Satkania upazila on Saturday night. Mohammad Naimul Hasan, additional superintendent of police (special branch) of Chittagong district said, in a...
Detectives in three separate raids arrested 18 members of agyan (dope) party men from the city's Kalabagan, Paltan and Jatrabari areas of the capital Saturday. DB personnel also seized 43 yaba tablets, 14 seductive tablets, five money bags, six blades,...
Twenty-three mobile courts will start operation in cattle markets at Dhaka metropolitan areas from Monday to check setting up of cattle markets on roads, taking additional amount on hasil (charge) and some other irregularities and also ensure security. "Best possible...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has proposed to develop an Asian standard on banking supervision and regulation like as European one in addition to Basel framework. BB Deputy Governor SK Sur Chowdhury has floated the idea at Asia Regional Conference on Banking...
At least 18 fishermen went missing as 22 trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal in Bagerhat and Barguna districts from Saturday night till Sunday afternoon during storm. In Bagerhat, at least 15 fishermen went missing as 12 trawlers sank...
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