Police say at least 10 people were killed and several others injured in a fire that broke out in a hotel in northern India. Police superintendent Balikaran Singh Yadav said the fire broke out early Friday in a restaurant and...
Asian shares pushed higher Friday following a rally in US markets, but China's benchmark sank again on worries over the potential impact of a flurry of initial public offerings and moves by regulators to curb margin trading. Thai shares fell...
Muggers looted Tk 0.40 million from a woman at Shibbari in Dakkhin Surma upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday. Sources said Rozina Begum, wife of Abul Kashem of Kandebpur village in Moglabazar area, withdrew Tk0.40 million from Dakkhin Surma branch...
Airport Armed Police (AAP) personnel arrested a man along with four gold bars, weighing four kilograms, at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport on Friday. The arrested was identified as Mizanur Rahman, 40. ASP Tanjina Akter of AAP said Mizanur Rahman...
At least 33 people have died after consuming illegally brewed alcohol in India's western city of Mumbai. Residents of slums fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Wednesday and the first deaths were reported on Thursday afternoon, police spokesman Dhananjay...
A total of 37 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims who were rescued by Myanmar authorities on May 21 were brought back home from Myanmar on Friday after a flag meeting between the border guards of the two countries, The flag meeting...
The President of Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) Mohammad Asad Ullah FCS along with some of his Council Members met with Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Thursday at his chamber in the Bangladesh Secretariat. The ICSB President...
A dialogue on Trade Facilitation in South Asia through Transport Connectivity: Operationalising the Motor Vehicle Agreements (MVAs), arranged by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 10.00 am at the BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium in the...
Police on Friday confirmed that the bullets which left two people dead in the city’s New Eskaton area on April 13 were fired from the gun of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan. At a press...
A college student has been sued in Gazipur on charges raping a disabled schoolgirl. The mother of the fifth-grader filed the case against the student of the Bhawal Mirzapur Degree College at the Kaliakair Police Station on Friday night. Referring...
Two tankers of an oil train plunged into a canal after a bridge at Chittagong-Dohazari rail track at Benguira in Boalkhali upazila collapsed on Friday noon. Boalkhali Police Station OC Samsul Islam said the No.24 bridge of Chittagong-Dohazari railroad broke...
A Jubo League activist was stabbed to death by miscreants in Mandra Khal area of Lobonchara thana on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Imran Sajib Akando, 28. He was an activist of Ward -6 of Jolma union Jubo...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will host an Iftar party for the wounded freedom fighters, orphans, disabled children and alem ulemas on Saturday. The Iftar party will be held at the Banquet Hall of the PM's official residence Ganobhaban. The Holy...
Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man with four gold bars, weighing one kilograms each, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Friday morning. The arrestee was identified as Mizanur Rahman, 40. "Police arrested Mizanur at around 11-30 am...
A fire broke out at a garment factory at Bangla Bazar area of Gazipur Friday afternoon. Fire service sources said the fire broke out at ‘Habitus Fashion’ around 3:30pm, a news agency report said. On information, two firefighting units from...
Sweden will face military “consequences” if it decides to abandon its trademark neutrality and join the NATO alliance, Russian Ambassador Viktor Tatarintsev reportedly told a Swedish newspaper Thursday. Sweden has expressed growing concern in recent months amid a noticeable uptick...
The summer and Eid-ul-Fitar vacation of the Dhaka University will begin on Sunday and continue till July 30. Classes will resume from on August 2 as July 31 and August 1 were Friday and Saturday, says a DU press release...
As part of its "Southern Silk Route" China plans to establish a high speed railway link between Kunming and Kolkata through Dhaka and Chittagong, according to reports reaching Dhaka from Kunming, the capital city of China's southern Yunnan province. The...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Friday said small launches will not be allowed to ply during monsoon to avoid accidents. He said this while talking to reporters after inspecting the repair work on the town protection embankment at Madaripur Launchghat...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took iftar with orphans and alem-ulema (Islamic scholars) on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan on Friday. The BNP chief hosted the iftar party at the city’s Ladies Club, a news agency report...
Indian ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman have been fined for their collision during the first match of the three-match ODI series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Dhoni has been fined 75 percent...
Fears are growing over the health of Greek banks after indications that savers have withdrawn billions of euros in the past week. Capital flight from beleaguered Greek banks this week alone could be more than €4bn (£2.9bn), reports say. Savers...
A mobile court raid in a Chittagong kitchen market Friday shows such initiatives can work magic with the price spiral of food commodities during Ramadan. Green Chili prices at Riaz Uddin Bazar, the central wholesale market of the port-city, dropped...
The price of food commodities used to make Iftar at the kitchen markets of Dhaka has doubled at the beginning of Ramadan, upsetting household budgets. The markets at Karwan Bazar, New Market, Hatirpool, Fakirerpool, Gopibagh and Mugdaparha charged Tk 5...
The foreign ministry has summoned the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka in a fresh diplomatic row. It asked him to tell his government to immediately send back abducted border guard Nayek ‘Razzak’ who was abducted and another of his colleague ‘Biplob’...
Bangladesh openers-Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar shared a century partnership as the hosts racked up a respectable 307, its highest ever score against India, before being all out in the first one-day international on Thursday. Tamim Iqbal was the highest...
The NIA has arrested a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member and a key co-conspirator in the sensational October 2 Burdwan blast in West Bengal, an agency officer said. Nurul Hoque alias Naeem (26), who was untraced and on the run since...
A rapid 102-run opening partnership between Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar formed the centerpiece of Bangladesh's 307, their highest total against India in ODIs. India was at 123 for 4 wickets at the end of the 24th over of the...
The Election Commission (EC) has asked the 40 registered political parties to submit their audit reports for 2014 calendar year by July 31 next. “The commission sent letters to the 40 political parties on Thursday reminding them to place their...
Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year. The reforms would have given Hong Kong voters the right to choose their leader for the first time in 2017. But candidates...
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