Bangladesh and Vietnam have agreed to take concerted efforts to take their annual bilateral trade to 1,000 million US dollars by 2016. The two countries reached the agreement during a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and his Vietnamese...
In an attempt to expedite fraud investigations, the government has approved an amendment to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Act. The Cabinet at a regular meeting has cleared the draft of the Anti-Corruption Commission (amendment) Bill, 2015. The approval came...
Two people were killed as a Jessore-bound microbus hit them on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Bagat area of Faridpur sadar upazila on Monday. The deceased were identified as Sohan, 8, son of Sabuj Sheikh, and Salma, 30, wife of Titul...
European shares edged lower on Monday as disappointing economic data out of China and falls in mining companies BHP Billiton and Anglo American weighed on the market. The euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index was down 0.3 per cent...
A tribunal in Sylhet on Monday deferred until August 18 the charge framing in the former Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. Judge of Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal MakbulAhsan passed the order. With this, charge framing in the sensational case...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will leave Dhaka for the United Kingdom in a day or two, a reliable source of the party close to the BNP chief said on Monday. Khaleda Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman, who was released from...
A family of eight people, including six children, found shot dead inside a house in Texas. The dead were identified as Dewayne Jackson, 50, his wife Valerie Jackson, 40, and children Nathaniel, 13, Dewayne, 10, Honesty, 11, Caleb, nine, Trinity,...
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the 'Anti Corruption Commission (Amendment), Bill 2015' empowering the Judicial Magistrate courts to deal with cheating and forgery related cases aiming to minimise the workload of the commission. But, the...
Customs officials arrested two women along with 64 gold bars weighing 7.5 kg from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Josna Akter and Zarin Begum, a news agency report said. The arrestees came here from...
A total of 159 Bangladeshi trafficking victims who were rescued by Myanmar authorities on May 29 were brought back home from the neighbouring country on Monday after a flag meeting between their border guards. The flag meeting between Border Guard...
Six members of the security forces have been killed in a series of attacks in Turkey amid rising tension between the government and Kurdish militants. In Sirnak province, four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb and a soldier...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday the overall HSC results this time would have been much better had the BNP-Jamaat nexus not engaged in suicidal activities during the examinations, reports UNB. "If the BNP-Jamaat had not carried suicidal activities and...
The government is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Tuesday with a Chinese firm for construction of the two flyovers. The firm, China Railway Construction Corporation (International) Limited (CRCCI), has showed their interest to construct the two flyovers,...
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained an organizer of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from city's Chawkbazar area Sunday night. The detainee was identified as Sohan Yasir Ikbal, 28, hailed from Fatikchhari upazila of the district. Acting on secret information, a...
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced 17 members of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 10 years in jail in connection with a series bomb attack on August 17, 2005. Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 judge Abdur Rahman...
The foundation stone of "Tathya Bhaban" will be laid on the Department of Films and Publications (DFP) premises at Circuit House Road in the city on August 12. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of...
A Dhaka court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trusts graft cases against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia till August 27. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special Judge Court-3 set the date as advocate...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Monday sought Japanese assistances in making affordable Pajero sports car and Mitsubishi pick-up for the people of the country. The minister made the request while new Japanese Ambassador in Bangladesh Masato Watanabe paid a...
Germany on Monday strongly condemned the murder of Niladri Chatterjee alias Niloy and urged the government to take necessary measures to protect free thinkers and bring the culprits to justice. "The culprits that committed these horrible crimes must be brought...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Tuesday will deliver its verdict on the cases against Sheikh Sirajul Islam alias Kashai Siraj and Khan Akram Hossain filed for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member ICT-1...
Two people, including a newborn baby, were killed and five others seriously injured as a CNG-run three wheeler fell into a roadside ditch after it was hit by oil-laded truck on Demra Road in the city's Khilgaon area Monday evening....
Police recovered the bodies of two minor siblings from their house at Kalika Prasad village in Naria upazila on Monday. The deceased were identified as Sadia, 7, and her sister Samia, 5, daughters of Liakat Hossain Madbar of the village,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has applied for visa to go to the United Kingdom for treatment, her party says. She went to ‘VF Global’ office at Gulshan-2 Monday evening to submit her visa application. Khlaeda, accompanied by former diplomat Sabihuddin...
The government has decided to conduct a census on undocumented Rohingya population in Bangladesh to determine their exact figure and resolve the long-pending issue in a systematic and transparent way stopping their further influx into Bangladesh. Various figures are coming...
SYLHET: Nepal made a flying start in the six-nation SAFF U-16 Championship crushing the Maldives by 5-0 goals in the Group B opener at the Sylhet Stadium here Sunday. The winning side led the first half by 3-0 goals. Prezen...
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) will launch a fully developed emergency department for patients within three months, Vice-Chancellor Prof Kamrul Hassan says. Bangladesh’s only medical university currently offers limited emergency services. Prof Hassan said on Monday at a...
The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin on November 1. The examinations will continue till November 18. The decision was taken on Monday at a meeting with Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid in the...
A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people. Local officials said at least 16 people were injured in the blast. The incident is the latest...
An e-library was opened at the Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the e-library, sponsored by leading mobile phone operator Robi, on the faculty premise. A total of 35...
A man has been critically injured in Ferguson, Missouri, in an exchange of gunfire with police at a rally marking the anniversary of the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Police said he was armed with a stolen gun...
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