At least three people were killed and 27 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Patdhari under Solonga Police Station of Sirajganj district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 42, a college...
Following the ban on the slaughter of camels as sacrifice during the upcoming Haj, the Saudi government has also banned their slaughter all over the Kingdom during the Eid Al-Adha. The Ministry of Health said the move was taken as...
Public university teachers have announced another two-day work abstention as protest of their status and salary in the eighth national pay scale. The agitating teachers of the public varsities on Thursday said that they will abstain from works on September...
A collision between two buses and a truck has left at least five people killed in Tarash Upazila in Sirajganj district. Police fear the death toll may rise. The accident occurred in Khalkula area on Natore-Bonparha Highway around 10:30pm on...
A court in the city indicted ruling Awami League's Cox's Bazar-4 constituency lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi on Tuesday in a graft case filed against him by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges of amassing illegal wealth, reports BSS. Dhaka Special...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 8: 219 students have passed including 13 of them scoring the GPA-5 in the HSC and equivalent examinations in the year 2015 under Chittagong Education Board through re-examination. A total of 9961 students submitted applications to the controller...
A meeting of Awami League-led 14-party alliance has been convened at the political office of Awami League president Sheikh Hasina at Dhanmondi in the city at 11:00 am today (Wednesday), reports BSS. In a statement, spokesman of the 14-party alliance,...
SYLHET, Sep 8 (UNB): A case was filed on Monday against five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders in connection with a clash between two factions of BCL over establishing supremacy in the Baluchar area of the city on Sunday night....
The appeal plea of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami appeared on Tuesday in the apex court cause list nearly a year after the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 handed him down the death penalty, reports BSS. "His (Nizami's) appeal petition was...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-09 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 8: At least 30 activists of Pabna Awami League (AL) were injured in a factional clash over lease of Shanikdia haat in Pabna Sadar upazila on Monday night. Among the wounded, ten were bullet-hit. The attackers also ransacked...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-09 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 5: Two people were shown arrested in the blogger Ananta killing case. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police produced Touhidur Rahman and Aminul Mallik before Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court that sent them to jail on Tuesday. The two...
KHULNA, Sep 8 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested 15 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from a mess in Deyana Hospital Road area under Daulatpur thana of the district on Monday. Sheikh Moniruzzaman Mithu, additional deputy commissioner of Special Branch...
FE Report | 2015-09-09 00:00:00
A 10-day art exhibition of five contemporary artists attracted a large number of visitors at Gallery Cosmos Sunday. Participating artists of the exhibition were ShulekhaChaudhury, Nazmul Ahsan, Salma ZakiaBristy, FarzanaRipa and Afrozaa Jamil Konka. A total number of 45 artworks...
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SYLHET, Sept 8: The agitating teachers of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) will observe a token hunger strike for six hours from 10:00 am on Wednesday and a full-day work abstention on Thursday. They announced the programme Monday...
CNG-run auto-rickshaw and auto-tempo owners and workers will form a human-chain across the country Thursday protesting the ban on the movement of their vehicles on highways, reports UNB. In capital Dhaka, the human-chain will be formed in front of the...
Detective branch of police arrested 19 members of a doping gang including its three ringleaders from different places of the city in separate drives from Monday night till early Tuesday, reports UNB. The law enforcers also seized huge sedatives and...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chittagong, Sylhet and Barisal divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka & Khulna divisions with...
The price of gold has dropped in Bangladesh barely 15 days after it rose. Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) in a statement to the media on Tuesday said the drop in gold price by Tk1,050 per bhori (11.664 grams) followed the...
After the onion prices brought tears, consumers now find green chilli burn a hole in their pocket. The prices of green chilli rose by around Tk100 per kilogram in a week. As if that was not good enough, prices of...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chittagong, Sylhet and Barisal divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Khulna divisions with...
US stocks were higher in early afternoon trading on Tuesday as investors returned from a holiday weekend after a late rally by Chinese shares lifted global markets. Chinese stocks rose nearly 3 per cent on Tuesday as a surge in...
The dollar was mixed on Tuesday as rallying stock markets and positive German economic data gave global investors reasons to throttle down the risk aversion tactics that recently boosted the euro and yen. The dollar, which traders said was unlikely...
Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court SK Sinha on Tuesday urged all the lawyers to provide free legal assistance in at least one case every year to reach justice to the doorstep of the poor and helpless people. He made...
Two of the three Bangladesh nationals who were killed in a road accident in the United Arab Emirates were laid to eternal rest in Chittagong on Tuesday. They were buried at their respective village in Rauzan and Hathazari Upazilas after...
Bangladesh Bank has allowed Bangladeshi firms to go for advertising their products in foreign media. In a circular issued by Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) on Tuesday, the central bank said that authorized dealers (ADs) may effect remittance towards cost...
A bill titled 'Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015' was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) to scrap the 'Nuclear Power Plant Ordinance, 2015' and aiming to facilitate the setting up of nuclear power plants in Bangladesh. Science and Technology Minister...
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma has said Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have made remarkable progress in youth literacy, with an average rise in literacy levels of about 18 per cent since the mid-90s. “Considering this region as a home to...
A business seminar on ‘The road to Asian Century goes through Bangladesh’ was held for the visiting delegation from Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI) in The Hague, the capital of the Netherlands on September 7 (Monday). The Bangladesh...
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