Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 287 bottles of ‘Officer’s Choice’ wine and eight bottles of Haywards beer in Companyganj upazila in Sylhet district on Friday afternoon. Being tipped off, a team of BGB Battalion-5 led by Habildar...
Japan on Saturday offered a $3.5 million to help the Rohingya boat people who have fled Myanmar where they faced severe discrimination. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan remained committed to helping national reconciliation efforts on various fronts in Asia,...
US stocks notched their biggest gains in a week Thursday, pushing the Nasdaq composite index to an all-time high. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 180.10 points, or 1 per cent, to 18,115.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed...
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people over taking possession of a piece of land at Shyampur village in Savar upazila on Friday night. Quoting locals, police said there had been a longstanding...
Police in a drive recovered 11 sharp weapons and three hockey sticks from inside a water tank of a residential hotel at Khasdabir in Sylhet city on Friday night. Being tipped off, a police team conducted a raid at the...
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people over taking possession of a piece of land at Shyampur village in Savar upazila on Friday night. Quoting locals, police said there had been a longstanding...
A minor boy, kidnapped on Friday allegedly by the driver of their private car, has been rescued from Sherpur area in Moulvibazar district. The rescued boy was identified as Sakib, 5, son of Emran Ahmed of Kayostho village in Golapganj...
The profit margin of hotels, motels and restaurants under the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) has dropped sharply since 2009-2010 fiscal year as the expenditure is rising against the earning. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said this in...
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Saturday criticised the Finance Minister for proposing interest rate cut on all saving certificates in the upcoming fiscal year. “The interest rate on all saving certificates has been slashed by at least two percent, which...
Police recovered eight crude bombs from Rajshahi College campus in Rajshahi city on Saturday noon. The cleaners of the city corporation found the crude bombs packed in a plastic bag in a drain beside the college mosque while they were...
A cargo vessel capsised in the Bay of Bengal near Sandwip Channel in Chittagong on Saturday afternoon. The Sandwip-bound cargo vessel from Kumiraghat of Sitakundu upazila sank in the Bay with 20/25 crewmen around 2:00pm due to inclement weather, said...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has taken a month long programme to distribute Ifter among 60,000 fasting pedestrians in Dhaka city during the holy month of Ramadan. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank, inaugurated the programme on Saturday through...
The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No three. The warning came as the well-marked low over the West-Central-Bay and adjoining North West-Bay moved slightly north-northwestwards and concentrated into...
Condemned war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid has decided to file a petition seeking the review of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death sentence for killing intellectuals during the Liberation War in 1971. “Mujahid has told us...
Police have recovered fake stamps, including judicial, non-judicial and revenue stamps, worth about Tk180 million (Tk18 crore) and arrested a man in this connection from Lalkuthi Darus Salam thana area in the city. Being tipped off, a special team of...
Indian team management was apparently ready to demonstrate its power once again if Bangladeshi pace star Mustafizur Rahman had not been fined at collision hearing. An analysis of the influential Indian daily ‘Hindustan Times’ indicated that Mustafizur Rahman was fined...
Members of the village police force on Saturday demanded induction into the national pay scale alongside rations and retirement benefits like other law-enforcement and security agencies of the country. They voiced their demand through a human chain organised under the...
Indian team management was apparently ready to demonstrate its power once again if Bangladeshi pace star Mustafizur Rahman had not been fined at collision hearing. An analysis of the influential Indian daily ‘Hindustan Times’ indicated that Mustafizur Rahman was fined...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
The concept of sub-regional trading bloc is not a new one. For the last two decades and more, different stakeholders in this region, to be precise South Asia, are looking up to sub-regional approach for enhanced connectivity and unimpeded flow...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
While quite a few regional wars are raging around the world, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter is making a lot of noise in a bid to put the rising China in its 'proper place'. In fact, Mike Whitney, noted commentator...
The recognition of the Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) by reputed international agencies, conferring the authority to certify exported and imported goods is a piece of good news for the country's trading community. The businesses have for long felt the need...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
This year's Holy month of 'Ramadan' - the period of fasting and abstinence for the Muslims - begins today (Friday). It is a befitting time to give a serious thought to the matters about proper collection of 'Zakat' fund and...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
Since the concrete jungle of multistoried buildings is expanding exponentially in the capital, air and light are getting out of reach. On top of all this, if water scarcity enters the scene, how will people survive? A report in The...
Every healthy adult human being can donate blood voluntarily after every four months and it can be a matter of life saving for another human being. We need to come forward and encourage our family and friends to donate blood...
I was watching on Youtube an old drama "Bondhu Amar" featuring Afzal Hossain and Subarna Mustafa, two of my most favourite actors. I really enjoyed it. It had a nice story and the superb acting by Afzal-Subarna took the drama...
The government is contemplating to introduce e-visa for the foreigners so that they can easily come to Bangladesh. Whenever I want to travel abroad the first thing that comes as a hurdle is getting a visa. If a country allows...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
The start of the popular use of personal computers (PCs) in 1977 virtually heralded a revolution in the global academia. Before the invention of the first computer in the early forties, it was thought to be equipped with amazing capabilities...
Kazi Md. Mortuza Ali | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
A.K.M. Ehsanul Haque, the author of the book, has worked for several multinational insurance companies in Dubai. He has written a number of books on different aspects of insurance and risk management. Besides, Mr Haque is a qualified chartered insurance...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-19 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, June 18: A large number of unauthorised herbal clinics and dispensaries have mushroomed in Rajshahi. Some of those clinics were also casting obscene advertisements through local cable networks which were making the TV viewers irritating and annoyed, specially while...
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