Though a peaceful political situation prevails in the country, the Australian government on Friday issued an updated travel alert advising Australians to exercise a high degree of caution in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "There is an ongoing threat of terrorism in...
Interview of Awami League (AL) aspirants for by-election to Tangail-4 seat of the Jatiya Sangsad will be held at party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence Ganobhaban in the city on October 6, reports BSS. A press release...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 18 (UNB): Police arrested 15 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Shibir from a house at Khaserhat in Shibganj upazila on Thursday reportedly while they were holding a clandestine meeting. The law enforcers also recovered 17 crude bombs,...
The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Friday called on all states to assume the search for the disappeared as a priority, urging them to start by recognising the issue and determining its exact extent through...
THAKURGOAN, Sept 18 (UNB): Six policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, of Pirganj Police Station were closed to the District Police Lines on Friday over extortion charges. The ASI was identified as Nur Alam. Police super of Thakurgoan Farhat Ahmed said...
Water levels in 5 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 78 stations recorded fall, reports BSS. Of the 85 monitored water level stations, two are above the danger level, a bulletin issued...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
The latest talks between the World Bank (WB) and the government on the prospect of getting a US$500 million budget-support credit by the latter anytime soon failed to yield any positive results. Officials said Friday the government finds the terms...
Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed in mortar attacks from Yemen around the Samtah General Hospital in Jizan Region of Saudi Arabia early on Friday, reports UNB. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam confirmed the information. Two Bangladesh nationals-hospital...
Syful Islam The government has found last week's notice by India on jute and jute goods import as a new non-tariff barrier (NTB) and inconsistent with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), officials said. Dhaka has requested Delhi...
Jubair Hasan | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
Sacrificial animals from different parts of the country have started arriving in the capital's permanent and makeshift markets with just a week to go before the Eid-ul-Azha celebration. Belying the fear of a short supply, traders and market operators are...
Donald Trump has been criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American", reports BBC. The Republican sought to laugh off the comment, which was preceded by the...
TANGAIL, Sept 18: Two people were killed and 50 others injured as police allegedly opened fire and charged baton on a demonstration in Kalihati upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Faruque Hossain (30), of Kushtia village in...
JOYPURHAT, Sept 18: A Bangladeshi national was killed and four others sustained bullet injuries as members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them at bordering Paschim Ram Krishnapur village in Sadar upazila on Friday. The deceased...
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)) detained on Friday three people, including an official of the University Grants Commission (UGC), from Agargaon area for their suspected involvement in leaking questions of different universities. One of the detainees was identified as Omar...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
JESSORE, Sept 18: A gang of armed robbers looted Tk 2.1 million (21 lakh) from the Rajathat branch of Agrani Bank in Jessore early on Friday. Kotwali police rounded up two night guards of the bank-Bishwajit and Shahidul Islam-for quizzing...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
The government has taken up a financial restructuring plan for the cash-strapped Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd (MGMCL) that has gone deep in debt for cost overruns, officials said. Under the bailout initiative, a five-member committee has been formed to...
Talha Bin Habib | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
Launch Owners Association has issued a stern warning against charging homebound passengers extra money during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. "If any launch owners try to realise extra money from the passengers during the Eid season, we will stop their services," President...
The government has proposed inclusion of Padma bridge rail route with Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) Network aiming at expanding regional railway connectivity. Officials said the Ministry of Railway has already sent a proposal in this regard to the UN Economic and...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 18: Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Juba League lay siege to a private container depot on Friday for five hours from 7.00 am compelling the authorities to suspend cargo handling activities. Local police said the activists...
FE Report A good number of people started leaving the capital from Friday morning to observe the Holy Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones at village homes. Family members, especially wives, children, students and elderly ones were going earlier...
A fishermen was shot to death and 35 others were injured with bullets in an attack by pirates at Kutubdia channel of the Bay of Bengal in Chittagong district on Friday. The deceased was identified as M Sidu Miah, 40,...
Fears over slowing global growth hammered stocks in the US and Europe on Friday and lifted prices of government bonds and other assets seen as safer bets. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 290.16 points, or 1.7 per cent,...
A man and his daughter were found dead inside a septic tank at Labanchora in Khulna city on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Elias, 75, and his daughter Parveen Akter, 25, a resident of the area. Quoting locals,...
The Obama administration is planning direct talks between Russian and American military officials soon over Russia's military buildup in Syria, a development that has flummoxed the US. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in London that President Barack Obama...
A teenage boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Gopinathpur village in Sadar upazila of Magura district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Debashish Pramanik,17, son of Joyanto Pramanik, a resident of the area. Police, quoting family...
A woman and her two daughters died when a boat sank in Padmavila beel (water body) in Maksudpur upazila of Gopalganj district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Bithi Bala, 35, wife of Nidhan Bala, and their two daughters--Koyel...
‘Muggers’ snatched away a truck loaded with 16 cattle from a group of cattle traders at Manik Mia Avenue in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of Dhaka city on early Saturday. Four of the cattle traders-- Masum, Sujon, Thandu Miah and Tanjirul...
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