Highlighting the duties and responsibilities of President Guard Regiment (PGR), PresidentMd Abdul Hamid asked the PGR on Sunday to remain alert so that important persons of the state do not get alienated from the commoners while discharging their duties, reports...
A total of 0.10 million (101,758) Bangladeshis will perform the holy Hajj this year, reports BSS. Of them, 10,000 pilgrims will perform Hajj under government management and rest 91,758 under private management, an official said. The parliamentary standing committee on...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith unwrapped the cover of a book titled "Prabasi Bangaleer Muktijoddha and Dr Mahbubul Alam" in the Liberation War Museum in the city Sunday, reports BSS. Prokashona Sangstha "Sahitya" organised the publication ceremony, where leader...
The four-lane upgradation of the roads from Dhaka to Jessore and Kuakata will be completed before the Padma Bridge is ready by 2018, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. He was replying to a question...
Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) in separate drives in different divisional cities Sunday fined 36 restaurants and groceries for producing foods in unhygienic atmosphere, selling date-expired goods and not showing price-chart, reports BSS. In a drive led by...
Railways Minister M Mazibul Haque said Sunday about 12,960.41 acres of land owned by Bangladesh Railway (BR) remain unused across the country, reports BSS. "We are evicting phase after phase illegal structures, infrastructures and grabbers from the BR lands," he...
The government decided on Sunday to form an inter-ministerial taskforce to identify the problems now facing by foreign tourists and resolve those to give a boost to tourist flow into Bangladesh, reports UNB. Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, Home Ministry...
A Dubai-bound passenger was arrested along with six gold-bars and raw chains weighing 817 grams of gold worth about Tk 4.0 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city, reports BSS. "We arrested one Md Nasir Uddin (37)...
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Affairs Mohammad Nasim said that the government had appointed 298 Homeo doctors at the district and upazila levels and is committed to developing the alternative medicine sector, reports BSS. The Health Minister said this...
The Jatiya Sangsad passed the Khulna Agriculture University (KAU) Bill, 2015 Sunday in an amended form, reports BSS. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid proposed passage of the bill with a view to establishing a new agriculture university in Khulna to...
DU, Climate Parliament, UK sign MoU A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Dhaka University (DU) and Climate Parliament, UK for the development of renewable energy sector facing climate issues in Bangladesh. DU treasurer Prof Dr Md Kamal Uddin...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Barisal and Chittagong divisions with moderately heavy to...
BNP condemned on Sunday columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury's reported derogatory remarks on the Almighty Allah, reports UNB. The party also demanded an investigation into the matter to find out whether he was provoked by any quarter. BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday, reports UNB. During the meeting, the Speaker apprised the President of the activities of the Jatiya Sangsad, President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told...
A senior Awami League leader urged on Sunday Khaleda Zia to settle her legal problems and prepare for the upcoming 2019 elections, reports BSS. "We do not want to keep any political party away from polls, so Khaleda should settle...
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has raised question in Parliament about journalistic ethics of Bangla-language daily 'Prothom Alo'on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. She pointed out the political affiliations of the daily's Jhenidah correspondent, who reported on a government project to subsidise the...
CHITTAGONG, July 5 (BSS): The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and the Chittagong district administration in cooperation with Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in a joint drive removed 44 billboards from the city's GEC crossing area on Sunday. The drive began from...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's comments over the role of police during her party-led agitation earlier this year were 'unfortunate', said Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque, reports bdnews24.com. The police chief advised the former prime minister to be...
The Supreme Court (SC) fixed on Sunday new date of July 8 for passing order on the government's petition against a High Court (HC) order granting bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases,...
The defence in the trial of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury continued on Sunday their part of hearing on the appeal filed by the former BNP lawmaker against the death sentence given to him by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1, reports BSS....
GAIBANDHA, July 5 (UNB) A court issued on Sunday a warrant for the arrest of nine policemen, including the Sadar thana officer-in-charge (OC), and a bank manager for assaulting three court staff at a Sonali Bank branch in Sadar upazila...
Greeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors on Sunday, throwing the future of the country's euro zone membership into further doubt and deepening a standoff with lenders. The euro slid more than 1 per cent against the...
China's stock markets face a make-or-break week after officials rolled out an unprecedented series of steps at the weekend to prevent a full-blown stock market crash that would threaten the world's second-largest economy. The government is anxiously awaiting the market...
An Iranian nuclear agreement is possible this week if Iran makes the "hard choices" necessary, but if not, the United States stands ready to walk away from the negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday. Speaking during...
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza has regretted his side’s defeat in the series opener against South Africa, saying the match could have been close if they were more focussed. Powered by a splendid unbeaten knock from captain Faf du Plessis,...
Mainland Chinese shares surged nearly 8 per cent in the early hours of trading on Monday morning despite the rest of Asian markets trading lower on Greece's rejection of austerity demands. The Shanghai Composite was up 2.6pc to 3,783.69 after...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has distributed aid to 3,000 families displaced by floods in Ramu upazila, one of the worst affected areas in Cox's Bazar district. In response to an appeal from the local administration and public representatives, UNHCR...
The European Rohingya Council (ERC) has refuted the claims made by the chief minister of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, terming his words as lies and utter denial of the real situation. Rakhine Chief Minister (CM) Maung Maung Ohn in an interview...
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