Power Pac PPMKPPL JV, a sister concern of Sikder Group, Tuesday signed an initial agreement with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) to develop and operate Mogla Economic Zone (MEZ) as the country's first-ever economic zone under public-private partnership (PPP). Power...
The government Wednesday suspended BNP-backed Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan as he has been charged with criminal offences. The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative Ministry issued a circular in this regard Wednesday. —UNB
Police rescued a 10-year-old ‘tortured’ domestic help from the residence of a judicial magistrate at Sakthira on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, identified as Bithi, daughter of Rasul Ali, was admitted to Satkhira Sadar Hospital with multiple injury marks in her...
Observing that the independence of the judiciary is one of the seminal features of the constitution, eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday described the 16th amendment to the national charter as contrary to the framework. “The amendment has curbed...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday denounced the jailing of her party's senior leader MK Anwar and arrest of her adviser Shawkat Mahmud, and urged the government to return to the path of democracy. In a statement, she also said...
A suspected drug trader has been injured in a ‘shootout’ with police in Khetlal upazila in Joypurhat. Police identified the injured as Abdul Hannan, 35, son of Azim uddin of Ikargara village. Officer in charge (OC) of Khetlal Police Station...
A group of people, wearing jackets of RAB, have beaten a man to death in Gazipur district, says a witness who is the owner of a restaurant where the incident happened. But the RAB-1 officials have refuted allegation. RAB-1 officials...
A man was chopped to death allegedly by his uncle at Bororchar-Mridhapara village under Mymensingh Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Emdadul Haque, 30, son of Rajab Ali of the village. Police said Emdadul locked into altercation...
Tens of thousands of people joined 'urs' in Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong, marking the fourth anniversary of Sufi saint Syed Moinuddin Ahmed Maizbhandari’s demise on Wednesday. Special prayers were offered during the two-day 'urs'. The devotees arrived in Fatikchhari jamming...
Asian shares fell on Thursday over worries about China's slowing growth and volatile equities. The mainland's benchmark Shanghai Composite was 1.3% down to 3,751.48 points. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was also pulled lower, down 1.1% to 22,905.80...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed fluctuation in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 7.54 points or...
The preliminary examination for Assistant Thana Education Officer (ATEO) post under the directorate of primary education will be held on Friday. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has said that the test will be of 60-minute (1-hour) duration. The PSC had...
A Dhaka court has placed two people, accused of killing Raja, on three-day police remand for questioning. Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin has passed the order. Court sources said another accused in the murder case has confessed to beating teenage boy...
Police have formally charged eight people in court with the murder of Tangail Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed. Names of ruling party MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and his brother Tangail Municipality Mayor Shahidur Raman Khan Mukti were dropped. But...
A minor boy was killed and another injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall for the last three days at New Gulshan in Bandarban municipality area on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sajjad Hossain, 02, son of...
The World Bank (WB) is expected to approve a $ 600-million fund for Bangladesh’s River Management Improvement Programme (Phase-1) aiming to benefit around 2.5 million people living along the country’s river banks. The World Bank and the government of Bangladesh...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 1,800 pieces of Yaba tablet from a private car in Jes Tower area on the Chowrasta-Garikhana road of the Jessore town on Wednesday night. The arrestees were...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested the ringleader of a pirate gang from Sundarbans in Amurbunia camp area of Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat district on Wednesday night. The arrested was identified as Shafiqul Islam Swapan, 44, the ringleader of the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 6 important bridges in 6 divisions, including Sheikh Russell Bridge in Kuakata of Patuakhali district of Barisal division and two, constructed on Surma River and Kushiyara River in Sylhet division. She inaugurated the bridges...
Former telecoms minister Abdul Latif Siddique has to appear before the Election Commission (EC) in a hearing over his parliamentary membership. He was sacked from the Cabinet last year for his controversial comment on Hajj and subsequently expelled from the...
Police arrested a teacher in connection with a case for inflicting corporal punishment on two students at a kindergarten in Adamdighi upazila of Bogra district on Wednesday noon. The arrestee was identified as Murad Hossain, a teacher of Rothbari Daffodil...
Two blind persons were killed when hit by a BRTC bus on Dhaka's Airport Road on early Thursday. Mohammed Kamaluddin, officer in charge of airport police station said both died at the Kurmitola General Hospital after they were admitted there...
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Stocks extended gaining streak for the third straight sessions on Thursday with turnover improved slightly as investors remained active on large-cap stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 23.18 points or 0.48 per...
European stock markets extended their losing streak on Thursday, with benchmark indexes in Frankfurt and London hitting seven-month lows as fears of a global slowdown took hold. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 equity index was down 0.5 per cent at 0810...
Development partners have been promising on an average around $6 billion in loans every year for the last few years, but Bangladesh has been able to spend only around $3 billion a year. The latest Economic Relations Division (ERD) statistics...
A Bangladeshi businessman was shot dead in Johannesburg area of South Africa on Tuesday. A group of suspected extortionists called Alauddin Jewel out of his residence in the outskirts of Johannesburg city on the night of August 18 and opened...
Criticising the government for what it said resorting to crossfire getting unnerved over the serious slide in law and order, BNP on Thursday urged the government to ensure the rule of law stopping extrajudicial killings. Speaking at a press briefing...
Three separate cases were filed in connection a lynch-mob attack which left four suspected robbers dead in Gomastapur upazila on Wednesday. The three cases were filed with Gomastapur police station at night, said Firoz Ahmed, officer-in-charge of the police station....
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