Six people, including two minor boys, received burn injuries in separate gas explosions in the city's Pallabi and Demra areas on Monday, reports UNB. Four workers of a pharmaceutical company received burn injuries following an explosion inside a pharmaceutical factory...
An alleged drug peddler was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Dhaka-Chittagong Bypass road under Faujdarhat area of Sitakundu Upazila on Monday, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Zahidul Islam Alo (35)....
A day-long eye and healthcare camp will be held on Mirpur Udoyan School and College's premises in the capital Thursday, reports UNB. Vision Bangladesh Project of Islamia Eye Hospital will provide eye-care services to the poor patients free of cost...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions with heavy to very heavy fall at different places elsewhere over...
Pankaj hands over memorabilia of Indian naval aircraft Indian High Commissioner (HC) in Bangladesh Pankaj Saran handed over the memorabilia of Indian naval aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy Vice Admiral M Farid Habib....
One of the key accused in last month's shooting in Magura that left an expecting woman and the baby in her womb critically injured, was killed in a 'gun battle' with police on Tuesday. The firing during the ruling party's...
Former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Arju, the prime accused of torturing a teenage boy to death on Monday, died in ‘crossfire’ in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Tuesday. Raja, 15, was allegedly tortured to death by Arju and his cohorts in...
No expatriate Bangladeshis or Bangladeshi tourists were reported dead or injured among the 27 people that are reported dead and more than 100 injured, in twin bomb explosions in Bangkok. Bangladesh’s ambassador to Thailand Saida Muna Tasneem confirmed it citing...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday amid marginal volatility, the third session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
The appeal pleas of condemned war crimes convicts Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami and Mir Quashem Ali were brought in the cause list of the Appellate Division for August 18, Supreme Court sources said on Tuesday. They said Mir Quashem Ali’s...
A Sylhet court will hear on August 24 the acceptance of the charge-sheet against 13 accused in Rajon murder case. Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Farhana Yasmin has fixed the date, Farid Uddin, general registrar of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, said on...
Miscreants have hacked a 15-year-old boy to death in Gopalganj town in yet another case of brutality against children in Bangladesh. Police recovered the body of 10th grader Minar Kazi from near his home in Teghoria on Monday. He was...
A Faridpur court on Tuesday granted police three days to interrogate journalist Probir Sikdar in a case filed under the ICT Act. He stands accused for ‘libel’ against LGRD Minister Khandker Musharraf Hossain by a post on the Facebook. Judge...
Advisor to the BNP Chairperson and journalist union leader Shawkat Mahmud has been arrested. Detective branch picked him from Dhaka’s Panthapath on Tuesday while he was on his way to attend a press conference. The police are yet to comment...
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee's wife died on Tuesday, Rashtrapati Bhavan announced. Suvra Mukherjee was 74. The couple had been married for 58 years and had three children - Abhijit Mukherjee, Indrajit Mukherjee and Sharmistha Mukherjee. "It is informed with deep...
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Stocks returned to green on Tuesday, after remaining down in the three consecutive sessions as late buying pressure helped to close the market higher. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 41.26 points or...
The High Court (HC) has questioned the Election Commission's initiative to gather information on under 18 (U-18) citizens. An HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal issued a rule on Tuesday after initial hearing on...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to pursue a case against five employees of Bangladesh Railway for allegedly embezzling about Tk5 million. The Commission at its regular meeting on Tuesday approved a proposal for filing cases against them, ACC...
Sri Lanka's parliamentary election was too close to call Tuesday and final results were not out yet but the sitting prime minister has declared victory over the country's former strongman leader who was seeking a political come-back eight months after...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina goes to New Delhi tomorrow to attend the funeral of Suvra Mukherjee, wife of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. "The Prime Minister will leave Dhaka for New Delhi tomorrow morning to join the funeral of Suvra Mukherjee,"...
The first Hajj flight from Chittagong this year started on Monday night with BG 1015 flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 417 Bangladeshi pilgrims taking off from Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport to Saudi Arabia. City Mayor AZM Nasir Uddin...
Indonesian rescuers have recovered the remains of 54 people who died onboard a Trigana Air plane that crashed in Papua region on Sunday. The head of the search and rescue agency said his team had found the aircraft completely destroyed...
Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a Union Parisad (UP) member with huge arms and ammunitions including one AK-22 rifle, three light guns, three magazines and nine rounds from Chankhola village of Auochia area under Satkhania upazila of Chittagong...
Suspected rebels opened fire at a police post in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Tuesday, killing a police constable and a civilian, authorities said. Two militants riding a motorcycle shot at a sentry post outside a shrine in the...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday morning left Dhaka for Nepal to attend the 7th meeting of the SAARC Finance Ministers. The 7th meeting of the SAARC Finance Ministers will be held on Thursday in Kathmandu, a news agency report...
Bangladesh Under-16 team won their first-ever South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-16 title beating India 4-2 in tie-breaker in Sylhet on Tuesday. The final match between the two neighbours was locked in 1-1 in the stipulated 90-minute in front of...
A designated team of 'Ansarullah Bangla Team' (ABT) consisting of 4-5 members held a meeting on the fields of Mohsin Hall on the Dhaka University campus, just three hours before killing blogger Avijit Roy. The banned Islamic outfit’s main organiser,...
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