Syful Islam Three petroleum marketing companies -- Padma, Meghna and Jamuna -- have been given two years to convert their single-hull double-bottom tankers into double hull double bottom for carrying oil safely through the Shela river of the Sundarbans, officials...
Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said on Friday the next general election would be held under the current government as per the Constitution, reports BSS. "The next polls will be held as per the Constitution and all political parties...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) gave a positive response to a financial proposal to upgrade three highways from Takerhat via Kuakata, Sylhet-Tamabil and Sonapur-Jorarshahara in Bangladesh to four-lane ones, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, reports BSS. Under the...
FE Report | 2015-08-01 00:00:00
A teenage girl was gang-raped on Thursday by her colleague and two others at Uttara in the capital, according to police. The victim was raped by her colleague Arif and two of his accomplices. They forced her to an under-construction...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-08-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought five years' time to convert the existing 100-megawatt (MW) power plant to a 150MW one failing to start work during its first two years' tenure, officials said Thursday. Project insiders said the...
Hill slide killed four people and injured two others in Bandarban on Saturday morning. Local people said four members of the same family were killed and two others injured as a big chunk of mud fell on their house adjacent...
Freedom dawned at enclaves after nearly 7 decades on Friday midnight as candles were lighted at the lands adversely possessed by India and Bangladesh for 68 years. The long-expected flag was hoistedon in the little islands on Saturday morning. On...
Prime minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has said the Bangladesh has shown the world it can surge ahead all by itself by climbing up the economic ladder well ahead of the targeted year. Joy has made the remark...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has described July 31, 2015, as a historic day. She said the historic Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh to begin swap of Chhit-Mahal (enclaves) has come into effect from Friday midnight....
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have congratulated the people of the enclaves on becoming citizens after land transfer. As many as 111 Chhit Mahals (enclaves) became part of Bangladesh and 51 went to India at Friday...
At least three people, including a cop, died in road accidents in Munshiganj, Dhaka and Noakhali districts in the last 24 hours ending on Friday night. Police constable Hasan Tareq, 22, was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway...
Police in a drive recovered a pipe gun and five rounds of bullet from the house of a drug peddler at Laxmipur village in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur district on early Saturday. Police had earlier arrested the drug peddler, Iqbal...
Rain has continued to wash out play in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa. The entire first session was wasted on Saturday, the third day of the five-day game. The start was scheduled for 9:30am but wet outfields...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a drive recovered 0.14 million pieces of Yaba tablet in new Jetty Ghat area of Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB-42 said,...
Traffic on the Dhaka-Mawa highway remained halted for one hour on Saturday as the CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and workers put up barricade on the highway at Baushia in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district protesting the government decision to ban plying...
Stocks closed modestly lower Friday as oil titans Exxon Mobil and Chevron led a slump in energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 56.12 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 17,689.86. The S&P 500 index lost 4.71 points, or...
Incessant rain triggered by tropical cyclone ‘Komen’ continued in the capital on Saturday morning, throwing normal public life into disarray. However, moderately heavy to heavy rainfall early in the morning turned into drizzle while filing this report at 10am. Several...
Detectives in a drive arrested two people along with 500 pieces of Yaba tablet and four rounds of bullets from Bilashpur area in Gazipur city on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Ashraful Alam, 38, son of Mafiz Munshi,...
Benoît-Pierre Laramée, Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka will visit Cox’s Bazar on Sunday to see the flood situation there. During his visit, the Canadian envoy will go to the flood-affected areas to learn about the ongoing situation in and around...
The Dahgram-Angarpota enclave, barely 200 metres inside Indian territory, will remain in Bangladesh after the historic land boundary agreement is implemented between the countries. The swap of 162 ‘land islands’ between India and Bangladesh after Friday midnight ends one of...
A minor female domestic help was violated allegedly by her master’s son at Basundia village in sadar upazila of Jessore district on Friday. Police arrested Nazmul Hossain alias Babu, 30, son of Kamruzzaman, owner of the house where the victim...
The 80th draw of Bangladesh Prize Bond will be held on Sunday morning. Sources at the central bank said 80th draw of the Tk100 Prize Bond will be held at 11am in the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner’s conference room. Each series...
An elderly man and his son were killed as a pick-up van collided with a truck on Sylhet-Jokiganj road in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Ekhlas Uddin, 70, and his son Altaf Uddin,...
A teenage boy was stabbed to death by a Rohingya young man over a trifling matter at Dail Para in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sajal Kumar Sheel, 17, son of Sonadhan...
A medical college student was found dead at the house of her in-laws at Shashidal village in Brahmanpara upazila of Comilla district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Umme Aiman Swarna, 20, a 3rd year student of Comilla...
Family members of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden were killed in a private jet crash in southern England, a Saudi ambassador said, but did not further identify the dead. Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdel-Aziz, the Saudi ambassador...
The rain spoiled day 3 play of the series-deciding second Test between Bangladesh and visiting South Africa as the third day's play was called off without a ball being bowled at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. The...
Police and RAB have arrested three youths for the suspected involvement in alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at Uttara. Kazi Mohammad Shoaib, Deputy Commander of RAB-1 said the victim’s colleague ‘Arif’ was arrested at Dakkhinkhan on Friday noon on...
At least three people were killed and six others injured as a bus rammed a human hauler in Shikarpur area of Sadar Dakhhin upazila of Comilla district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified immediately. ASP Mohammad Sulaiman...
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