Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Adatala border under Shapahar upazila of Naogaon early Monday. The trader was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 35, of South Patari village under the same upazila, a news agency...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday rolled out the agriculture and rural credit policy for the financial year 2015-16 (FY16), setting a target of disbursing farm credit of Tk164 billion in the next 12 months. Governor Dr Atiur Rahman unveiled the...
Indian security forces are battling gunmen who stormed a police station in northern Punjab state, close to the border with Pakistan. The attackers first hijacked a car and then opened fire at a bus station before entering a police station...
The cabinet on Sunday approved the draft of "The Petroleum Law, 2015" subject to the vetting of the Law Ministry for more efficiently regulating import, storage and transportation of petroleum through making the existing law more time-befitting. The approval came...
Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a raid arrested a man with 1,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Karnaphuli Bridge area in the port city early Monday. The arrestee was identified as Abul Hossain, 38, son of Abdul Mazid, and hailed...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed three cases against three officials of Super Refinery Private Limited, including its Managing Director (MD) Selim Ahmed, for dodging Value Added Tax (VAT). ACC Deputy Director (Special Inquiry and Investigaton-2) Mirza Jahidul Alam...
Detectives have arrested 7 people in connection with the killing of Aminul Islam alias Jisan from different areas of Dhaka city. The plain-clothes policemen also recovered the mobile phone, used by the victim, from the possession of the arrestees. The...
Amid sharp rise in road fatalities, the government on Monday clamped a ban on the movement of three-wheeler auto-rickshaws and non-motorised vehicles on highways across the country with effect from August 1. The Roads Transport and Highways Division of the...
The recent collision between Bangladesh pace prodigy Mustafizur Rahman and India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni has got place in the top 10 pitch battles in the world cricket history. The line about cricket being a gentleman’s game is parroted often, and...
Nine people have died in the Indian state of Punjab after a siege at a police station was brought to an end by security forces. All three attackers were killed, along with six other people, including the Punjab state police...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the newly-elected office-bearers of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to work to regain trust and confidence of the people in student politics and warned that she would not allow any wrongdoings. "You'll have to...
Former Indian president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away at a hospital in Meghalaya’s Shillong on Monday evening. He was 83. Eminent nuclear scientist Kalam suddenly fell ill and collapsed at the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong while delivering a lecture...
Remittance flow from expatriates in Saudi Arabia has increased. Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRB) in the oil-rich Middle Eastern country have always accounted for the largest remittance to Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bank figures show that remittance in the 2014-2015 fiscal year stood at...
The proposed revised pay scale is likely to be placed for Cabinet approval next week, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. He, however, gave no further details while speaking to journalists after a meeting with the Bangladesh English Medium School...
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
After months of intense negotiations, Iran and the E3+3 (France, Germany, and the UK plus China, Russia, and the US) announced on April 02 in Lausanne, Switzerland that they had agreed on a framework deal for the resolution of the...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
There is some anxiety about the banking sector because of many irregularities and mismanagement. Non-repayment of loans, increase in loan default, lack of monitoring in loan recovery and unwillingness to return money which was taken out from banks through manipulation...
The quick suspension of two police officials and closure of another in Rajon murder case for their covert help for one of the alleged killers to flee to Saudi Arabia gives a positive sign of the possibility of justice to...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
The holy month of Ramadan is the time when Muslims fasting during the day are found to consume a variety of food items. Whether the lavish consumption of food items is against the very religious spirit of fasting is a...
Neil Ray | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
Most members of his fraternity are likely to scoff at his foolishness, others may feel pity for the poor soul but at least he could establish that there is still exception to the general moral aberration in the police. Parvez...
The Bangladesh national cricket team played superbly against the visiting South Africans although the match ended in a draw due to rain interruption. Rain washed out two full days' play. The result could have gone either way had there been...
What is the relationship between the leaders and workers in the capitalist society? What is the basis of such relationship? Why the disparity between the rich and the poor is increasing day by day? We should try and find out...
The decision of the government to introduce 10.0 per cent VAT on private universities will be an added burden for students. My son studied in a private university and I know how difficult it was for us. I hope the...
K.B. Ahmed | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
In a resource-poor country with a very high density of population like Bangladesh Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) becomes a lifeline to survival. FDI is sought by every nation; even the United States of America carefully crafts laws and provides incentives...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
There has been dramatic developments after the comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran was reached on July 14 by five permanent members of the UN Council plus Germany and the UN Security Council voted unanimously on July 20 in favour of...
RAJSHAHI, July 26 (BSS): Promotion of adequate trees both fruit, timber and herbal is very important for fighting climate change, ensuring nutritional demands coupled with food security, ecological balance and biodiversity in Rajshahi region including its dried Barind tract, speakers...
MYMENSINGH, July 26 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a schoolboy, who died in a boat capsize, from the Brahmaputra river in Halimabad area of Gaforgoan upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Moniruzzaman (15), a class VIII...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
PABNA, July 26: A three kilometre portion of 20-km-long Pabna-Sujanagar road is now in a bad shape and can no longer sustain pressure of heavy industrial goods-laden trucks. Most part of the road has become dilapidated. The road has its...
NARAIL, July 26 (BSS): A housewife was beaten mercilessly at Ghaga village under Lohagara upazila in Narail district on Saturday and she succumbed to her injuries at the local upazila health complex this morning. The victim was identified as Chompa...
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