Police arrested three women, including two from the Rohingya community, with 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Najirpara village of the bank of Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on early Monday. The arrested were identified as...
Asian shares traded higher on Monday with investors hopeful that European leaders were on track to reach a deal over Greece's debt crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 1.3 per cent. The benchmark index was up to 20,428.19 points, leading...
Two people were shot dead and 10 others injured as a group of people, led by local influentials, attacked the people of indigenous community in Akbarpur union parishad of Patnitola upazila of Noagoan district on Monday. The deceased were identified...
A draft to amend the existing laws for functioning of mobile courts has been cleared by the Cabinet. The amendment will allow courts to punish offenders based on witness testimonies—and even if the accused does not plead guilty. Under the...
Oil prices rose above $63 a barrel on Monday in response to new proposals from Greece that the European Union welcomed as a basis for progress at talks to try to stave off a default that could cause turmoil in...
A woman has been tortured and killed by her in-laws for failing to meet their demand for dowry, claims the victim’s family in Madaripur’s Kalkini upazila. Dashar police station’s SI Emdad Hossain said the body of Khadija Begum, 24, was...
A garment worker was crushed under a human hauler on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Muljan area of Sadar upazila of Manikganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Morzina Begum, wife of Motiur Rahman, a resident of the area and...
Brazil shrugged off the absence of suspended captain Neymar to reach the Copa America quarterfinals with a 2-1 victory over Venezuela. Goals in each half from Paris Saint-Germain star Thiago Silva and Bundesliga-based striker Roberto Firmino clinched a win, which...
The BSE Sensex and Nifty rose more than 1.5 per cent on Monday, heading towards their biggest daily gain in about 1-1/2 months as rate sensitive stocks rose on hopes monsoon may lead to an earlier than-expected rate cut by...
At least 28 houses were gutted in a fire which broke out at Tangnagar Purbeshwar Para village in Sadar upazila of Nilphamari district on Monday. Aftab Hossain, Manager of Sadar Fire Service and Civil Defence said the fire broke out...
European shares hit their highest level in over a week on Monday as a glimmer of hope emerged for some progress on Greece's debt crisis after months of wrangling with international creditors. Blue-chip indexes in London, Paris and Frankfurt were...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is giving service to passengers and carrying goods across the country with 1,670 buses and trucks. "The government has a plan to import...
Former Planning Minister AK Khandker has been granted six months anticipatory bail in a libel case filed at Brahmanbaria. High Court Justices Md Nizamul Huq and Farid Ahmed Shibli granted the plea filed by AK Khandker who was present in...
Citizens will have to pay a fee for re-issuance of their National ID cards (NID) in case of loss or damage, and correcting personal information. Fees ranging from Tk100 to Tk1,000 will be applicable from September 1, according to a...
A case has been filed against a man for torturing his wife over dowry in Jessore district. Jahanara Khatun, wife of Monirul Islam, has filed the case with the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Ibrahim. The Judge took cognisance...
The Speaker of Parliament and some MPs on Monday profoundly greeted the Bangladesh cricket team for its Sunday's historic series win over India. At the very beginning of Monday's session, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury hailed the cricket team amid...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has expanded its refinancing scheme for eco-friendly industries known as green projects, with including members of two major trade-associations. The central bank in a circular on Sunday said the members of Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters...
The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for amendment to the existing mobile court act with some provisions aimed at more effective application of the law as well as achieving the very objective of the quick trail process. The approval...
The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the authorities concerned to take legal action in a week against the people responsible for encroachment of the Gulshan Lake and also for filling it with earth. A division bench of the HC...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said abducted BGB member Nayek Abdur Razzak will be brought back anytime as discussions are going on with Myanmar in this regard. “Myanmar has agreed to send Nayek Abdur Razzak back after...
BNP on Monday demanded an explanation from Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali about the diplomatic progress in bringing back abducted BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak from Myanmar and his ministry’s role in this regard. BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon at a press...
Railway Minister Muzibul Haque on Monday told the parliament that the Bangladesh Railway (BR) is now implementing 48 projects involving Tk336.4722 billion for further development of the country's rail communication system. Replying to written question from Jatiya Party lawmaker Begum...
Maritime ports in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No. three as squally weather may affect North Bay, adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh and maritime ports. Sunday's land depression over Orissa...
The High Court on Monday granted bail for six months to detained BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed with Chawkbazar Police Station. An HC bench comprising Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore...
The Election Commission (EC) will sign an agreement with two law-enforcing agencies in Bangladesh to allow them access to national identification database for tracking down criminals. The police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will now have access to the...
The wife of Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) managing director Dhirendranath Sarkar was found hanging at their official residence in the city’s Collectorate area on Monday morning. Police recovered the hanging body of Chandana Rani around 10am, a...
Bangladesh Armed Forces on Monday jointly hosted an iftar party in honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Senakunja of Dhaka Cantonment. Before the iftar, the Prime Minister went round different tables set for the members of the armed forces...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, June 20: The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) is running without the Chairman for the last nine months. It is learnt, after the retirement of the former Chairman Nurul Islam Thandu, Executive Director Ahsan Zakir has also left the...
SATKHIRA, June 20 (UNB): A man was killed and five others were injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler (Mahindra) at Ashkarpur on the Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Debhata upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified...
SYLHET, June 20 (UNB): A minor boy, who had been kidnapped allegedly by their driver on Friday morning, was rescued from Sherpur area in Moulvibazar district in the afternoon the same day. The rescued boy was identified as Sakib (5),...
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