Former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have begun brainstorming to choose the new president and general secretary of the Awami League's student wing amid its National Council. They have held a number of meetings since Saturday afternoon in and...
Detectives in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 100 pieces of Yaba tablets from Lalpur area of Sunamganj sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Abed Ali, 24, son of Farid Miah, a resident...
Police in a drive arrested four suspected robbers from East Rampura area in Dhaka city on Saturday night. Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately. Police said tipped off, a team of Rampura Police Station conducted a drive...
The stay order on the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court till July 26 for the observations of the High Court that the government cannot force anyone to accept the substandard wheat imported from Brazil spending Tk4 billion (Tk400 crore)...
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the DCs’ conference in Dhaka on Tuesday (July 28), Cabinet Secretary Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told this correspondent on Sunday morning. The three-day DCs’ conference will continue till July 30.
Two motorcyclists, including an army man, were killed when a truck crushed into their vehicle at Badechandi on the Jamalpur-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Shahinur Islam, 25, son of...
Results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published on August 9. As per tradition, education minister Nurul Islam Nahid along with chairmen of all education boards will hand over copies of the results to Prime...
Police recovered the body of a schoolboy, who died in a boat capsize, from the Brahmaputra river in Halimabad area of Gaforgoan upazila of Mymensingh district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Moniruzzaman, 15, a class VIII student...
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Stocks witnessed marginal correction on Sunday, breaking nine sessions’ winning streak with falling turnover as investors booked quick profit. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dipped below 4,800-mark and ended at 4,786.49, shedding 21.90 points or...
Two tribal people, including a leader of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), were shot dead in an attack by miscreants at Lemuchari in Sadar upazila of Rangamati early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Supriya Chakma, a leader of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the senior officials of Bangladesh Army to select for promotion the most qualified, capable, efficient and patriotic officers who have the belief in the Liberation War spirit rising above personal liking and disliking....
Councillors of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) are voting to elect their new leaders. The voting began on Sunday in the second session of the Awami-League-affiliated student body’s 28th National Convention. Forty candidates are taking part in the poll, being...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday seized 700 kilograms of carnivore fish piranha and toxic jelly-mixed shrimps in a predawn raid in the capital's largest Karwan Bazaar kitchen market. "Two hundred kilograms of piranha and 500 kilograms of toxic shrimps...
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 Begum, 26, wife of...
Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju on Sunday said Bangladesh expects the upcoming climate conference (CoP-21) in France to reach a legally binding agreement as a senior French climate official called on him at his office. An official familiar...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Sunday asked banks to bring down their default loans to a tolerable level soon. "We need to continue our sincere efforts so the default loans would come down to a tolerable level...
The country needs to mobilize around Tk1,487 billion for the transport sector and Tk962.2 billion for the power and energy sector at current prices to meet its development needs over the next five years. This was revealed at a consultative...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has submitted a charge-sheet against BNP’s Student Affairs Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee for allegedly accumulating wealth illegally. ACC Deputy Director Mahbubul Alam submitted the charge-sheet against the BNP leader to the GR (General Registration)...
Implementation of the decisions taken at the Deputy Commissioners' conference in 2014 scored almost in full in all areas of development across the country, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said at a press briefing in the capital Sunday. "Ninety...
The construction work on the country's first elevated expressway from Hazrat Shahajalal International Airport to Kutubkhali of Dhaka-Chittagong highway will begin on August 16, said Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader in the capital Sunday. He said the land...
A young housewife was allegedly stripped naked during arbitration at Shapmari village in Sadar upazila on Friday. Upset at the utter humiliation, the victim filed a case against four people with Sadar Police Station on Sunday in this connection, a...
Saifur Rahman Sohag and Jakir Hossain have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League, at its 28th council. BCL chief election commissioner Sumon Kundu announced the results around 8:00pm...
The schedule for written tests of the 35th BCS examinations has been published. Written examination for compulsory subjects will take place between Sept 1 and Sept 7. Subject-related examinations will be held between Sept 9 and Oct 10, bdnews24.com reported....
Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Suja Alam met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night. The hour-long meeting that began around 8pm was held at the BNP chief’s Gulshan office, said her media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan, a news...
The government has set an export target of $33.5 billion for the current financial year. The target is 7.38 per cent more than the 2014-2015 fiscal. The government had earlier planned to keep the target below than the previous financial...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the ruling party president, inaugurated the 28th national council of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday. Several thousands leaders and activists of BCL, the student wing of the of Awami League,...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 932 grams gold worth Tk4.50 million at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Umar Faruqe of in Feni district. Sohel Rahman Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs House...
The United Kingdom has said corruption affects many aspects of daily life in Bangladesh and is often cited as a barrier to private sector development. "One of the biggest challenges facing UK companies in Bangladesh is how to avoid paying...
The body of another college student who had gone missing while bathing in the Piyain River at Jaflong tourist spot on Wednesday was recovered on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sohag Ghos, 17, a class-XI student of Kabi Nazrul...
Four people including a man and his two daughters have died of electrocution in Baufal upazila in Patuakhali district. The incident occurred when a live electric wire fell on a pond in Dhalaparha village in Friday afternoon, Baufal Police Station...
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