Resident representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Dhaka Robert Watkins met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night. Watkins, who is also a UN resident coordination, arrived at the BNP chief’s political office at Gulshan in Dhaka, the...
Police in separate drives arrested 313 people, including two local Jamaat-e-Islami activists, from different Upazilas of Chittagong district from Monday night to Tuesday. Some 2,730 pieces of contraband Yaba pills were also recovered from them. They were picked up in...
Tests have confirmed traces of cocaine in another barrel of edible oil seized at Chittagong Port in June. Sources at the Chittagong Port Authorities, BSTI and BCSIR and the Department of Narcotics Control have confirmed that traces of cocaine have...
Police have arrested a top leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal in Dhaka on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Yeasin Ali, convener of Dhaka city (North) unit of Swechchhasebak Dal, the voluntary wing of the the BNP. When...
Police arrested former aamir of Jessore district unit of Jamaat-e-Islami and also the party’s central committee leader Maulana Azizur Rahman with five petrol bombs in neighbpuring Jhenidah district on Tuesday. Police also nabbed Jhenidah municipality ward unit Jamaat aamir Moazzem...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammed Sayedul Haque has said the country's fish production will go up to 4.52 million metric tonnes in the 2020-'21 fiscal year. "The Fisheries Department has set a target of boosting fish production by 20 per...
Detectives in a drive arrested three men along with 1,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a community centre of Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Niloy Chakma, 28, son of Satao Chakma, Jibon Chakma,...
Condition of Opposition Chief Whip and also Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry Tajul Islam Chowdhury is improving. Hospital and family sources said Tajul Islam Chowdhury fell sick on Monday evening while distributing relief to the flood victims...
A minor girl was violated by a youth at Baisha village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday. Mahatab Uddin, officer-in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station said the young man named Raju Ahmed, 20, son of Nasir Morol, a resident...
Detective Branch (DB) personnel rescued a minor boy from Shah Makhdum area of Rajshahi city on Tuesday evening four days after his abduction. The rescued was identified as Meherab Hossain, 3, son of Enamul Haque, a resident of Jamghora village...
At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said on Tuesday, giving estimates that already look conservative. The UN refugee agency UNHCR called for more cohesive asylum...
A British Airways jetliner engine caught fire in Las Vegas as the plane was about to leave for London on Tuesday, forcing the pilots to abort takeoff, but all 172 passengers and crew escaped the smoke and flames that quickly...
Queen Elizabeth, who ascended the throne aged just 25 as her exhausted country struggled to recover from the ravages of World War Two, makes history on Wednesday when she becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch. At about 5.30 pm (1230 ET), Elizabeth,...
A five-month expecting woman was killed allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Maniknagar in Mugda area of Dhaka city on early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Tanjila Islam Binti, 30, wife of Shah Alam Sohag, a...
Bangladesh has said the US government should restore the GSP facility and duty-free access of its products to the American market, particularly the RMG, to strengthen Bangladesh’s ongoing fight against extremism. Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin conveyed...
A woman was beaten allegedly by the owner of a tailoring shop she used to work for in Sylhet city on Tuesday. The incident took place in Ambarkhana area. The victim was identified as Nazma Akhter, 30, a resident of...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 5.10 points or...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday started hearing the appeal filed by condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down to him for his war crimes. Earlier in the day, the apex court rejected a...
Asian shares extended a global rally on Wednesday, with markets in China stabilising and Japanese stocks posting their biggest one-day gain since the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. Japan's Nikkei soared 7.7 per cent, its biggest single-day...
Two construction workers died from electrocution while another was injured in Burichang upazila of Comilla district on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Mahsin,35, and Ismael,37. Witnesses said Mahsin, Ismael and Rasel came in a contact with a live...
Former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Wednesday morning after he fell ill. Minu was taken to RMCH from Rajshahi central jail around 11:00 am...
At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said on Tuesday, giving estimates that already look conservative. The UN refugee agency UNHCR called for more cohesive asylum...
Crude oil prices stabilised on Wednesday as Asian stock markets caught a tailwind from a strong performance in the United States and Europe, although fuel markets remained generally dogged by oversupply. The Brent global crude benchmark was trading at $49.64...
A Sylhet court on Wednesday placed accused Abul Khayer on a seven-day fresh remand over his alleged involvement in the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das. Judge Sahedul Karim of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court-1 passed the order after Inspector Arman...
European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in shares of Ryanair, which hit an all-time high after it lifted its full-year profit forecast. Ryanair surged 10 per cent after it hiked its annual profit forecast by 25 per...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till November 3 on the appeal filed by condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down to him for his war crimes. A four-member Appellate Division...
The Income Tax zone in Rajshahi has realized income taxes worth Taka 3.15 billion in last 2014-15 fiscal year, up by Taka 580 million than the previous 2013-14 fiscal. Dabir Uddin, Commissioner of Taxes, revealed this while addressing a press...
A woman was killed in a road accident at Nijnanduali Paschimpara on the Sripur-Magura road under Sadar upazila of Magura district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Kajol Begum, 45, wife of Sukur Miah resident of the same...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Narsingdi region has taken up a plan to distribute Taka 730 million as agricultural loans among farmers of the district during the current fiscal year. Official sources said, as part of the plan the Bank have...
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin announced his retirement from Test and domestic first-class cricket on Wednesday, joining the exodus of veteran players from the Australian side after its Ashes loss. Haddin, who retired from one-day internationals after Australia’s World Cup victory in...
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