India's Supreme Court has suspended an order of the Rajasthan high court banning santhara - the controversial Jain ritual of fasting unto death. Earlier this month, the high court had ruled that the voluntary religious practice of santhara was a...
The body of a minor boy has been recovered from a canal in Kathalia Upazila in Jhalakathi district, three days after he had gone missing. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, son of Shahin Jamaddar, a third-grade student of...
Denouncing the assaults on teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) reportedly by leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), BNP on Monday described it as a shameful and regrettable incident. “This is not enough to describe...
A Sylhet court on Monday asked the authorities concerned to produce three fugitives accused in the Rajon murder case before the court within seven days. The three fugitive accused are — Quamrul Islam, his brother Shamim Ahmed and Pavel, a...
In the first verdict over the 1996 stock market crash, two top officials of Chic Textiles have been found guilty by a special court for share price manipulations. The special tribunal for stock market-related cases sentenced the company’s Managing Director...
The process to merge the Board of Investment (BoI) and the Privatisation Commission by setting up a new authority gathered pace Monday as the Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the 'Bangladesh Investment Development Authority Bill 2015' in this...
Jatiya Party(JP) Chairman Hussein Mohammad Ershad on Monday said Jatiya Party would have to be strengthened before the next national elections. He urged the party workers to reorganise and rejuvenate party activities in all districts to fulfill people's aspirations. Ershad...
Bangladesh and Myanmar have launched a coordinated security clampdown against rebel Arakan Army, while authorities called out army troops to join hands with paramilitary border guards Bandarban after a skirmish in the rugged southeastern hills, officials said Monday. They said...
Indian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended payment of Rs 0.5 million to the family of Bangladesh girl Felani Khatun, shot dead by BSF troops four years ago along India-Bangladesh border in Kurigram. Border Security Force (BSF) along the...
A Khulna court today sentenced seven people including a Union Parisad (UP) chairman to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing a college teacher in 2008. The court fined them Tk5,000 each, in default, to suffer four months more in...
Price of Internet Bandwidth has been trimmed by 41 per cent in Bangladesh aiming to make internet affordable to mass people. Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) came up with the announcement of new price in line with the Prime...
The written tests of the 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination will be held on Tuesday. The examinations will simultaneously be held in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur centres, said a PID handout on Monday, UNB reported....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday urged leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to earn trust and confidence of the students and love the countrymen to be successful in politics. She also urged the BCL leaders to take out 'weeds' from...
A friend in need is a friend indeed. United States extended all possible support to Bangladesh and stood by the South Asian country when a natural calamity struck it. Bangladesh and US have remained friends during disaster, speakers said at...
One national guard member has been killed and about 100 injured in violent protests outside Ukraine's parliament, the interior ministry said. Clashes between nationalists and riot police erupted after MPs gave initial backing to reforms for more autonomy in the...
The drowning claims the lives of at least 50 children a day and 18,000 children a year in the country, while the number of near-drowning incidents per year is over 68,000, a survey said, reports BSS. "More fatal than diseases...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged all governments involved to provide comprehensive responses, expand safe and legal channels of migration and act with humanity, compassion and in accordance with their international obligations, reports UNB. "I commend those leaders and...
FE Report | 2015-08-30 00:00:00
The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges (MoRTB) has sought an extra allocation of Tk 2.0 billion to repair the roads and bridges affected by recent floods across the country, officials said. RTB Minister Obaidul Quader has recently sent a...
Footpaths are made so that pedestrians can have a safe and hassle-free walk, but almost all the footpaths alongside the major thoroughfares in the two city corporations of the capital remain illegally occupied by hawkers and others despite drives by...
A woman was injured in an acid attack by miscreants at West Matuail in the city's Jatrabari area on Friday night, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Piya Pakhi (50), wife of Ruhul Amin of Bishadpur village in Ataikula...
A madrasa student found dead at Jamila Darul Ulum Madrasa in capital's Motijheel area on Saturday, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Motijheel thana Forman Ali confirmed the news saying, "Police recovered the body of Abdur Rahman (18), from the madrasa...
The ninth anniversary of death of Kazi Jahan Ara Begum, mother of Kazi Sazzad Zahir of presidium member of Communist Party of Bangladesh, was observed on Saturday, said a press release. On the occasion, a Milad Mahfil was held after...
The 14th death anniversary of Mojibor Rahman Talukdar, former lawmaker of Awami League (AL) and chairman of the standing committee on land ministry, will be observed today (Sunday), said a press release. To mark the day, Quran Khwani and Doa-mahfil...
Five kidney traffickers held, 2 victims rescued Detective branch (DB) of police, in an overnight raid, arrested five suspected members of an international gang of brokers involved in kidney selling and buying from capital's Bangla Academy and Gabtoli areas. Deputy...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Barsial, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a many places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-30 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 29: Indian experts warned on Saturday about the health risks due to the rising number of diabetic patients in Bangladesh, especially in urban areas. They made the warning at a press briefing organised by the BLK Super Speciality...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-08-30 00:00:00
The school of thought that propagates upping marketing spend during dull times may well be revising its propagation. To the consternation and annoyance of hapless consumers a barrage of Telemarketing is fast replacing the more traditional spends in getting the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-30 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 29: A 785-square-feet digital clock made by a number of young men at Kapasia under Motihar Thana has been claimed to the largest digital clock in the world. The height of the clock is 17.5 feet while the...
FE Report | 2015-08-30 00:00:00
Both Dhaka North and South City Corporations will take a move to form a taskforce, involving all stakeholders, to look after maintenance and management of the city's drainage system. As part of the move, DNCC Mayor Annisul Huq and DSCC...
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