ASA University holds seminar The Department of English of ASA University Bangladesh organised a seminar on 'Feminism and Literature' on its campus in the city on Monday. Prof Dr Dalem Chandra Barman, Vice-Chancellor of ASA University, was present as the...
Rahima Khondoker, mother of Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) Director AK Mizanur Rahman, passed away on Friday last. She was 77, said a press release. Her namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Zohr prayers. All members of the staff...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at a few place over Khulna and Rajshahi divisions until 6:00 pm today...
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Jamaat-e-Islami’s nationwide 24-hour hartal (shutdown) is underway since Wednesday morning. The shutdown began at 6:00am today, and will end at 6:00am on Thursday. No long haul buses (inter-district) or trucks left Dhaka city for other districts since 6 in the...
Despite assurance by the authorities concerned that there will be no price hike ahead of Ramadan, the prices of a good number of essential items have been soaring at the retailer levels in Dhaka city since the first week of...
Jamaat-e-Islami’s secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid is the first former minister to be sentenced to death by the country’s Supreme Court. The four-strong appeals bench, led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, upheld the sentence on Tuesday in cases...
Three persons have died and another has been injured in a truck accident on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway. The incident occurred in Tangail’s Mirzapur Upazila around 5:00am on Wednesday, said police. A goods-laden truck, on its way to Sirajganj district from...
Mystery shrouded the death of a housemaid in Dhaka on Wednesday. Locals said a woman who was working as a domestic assistant at a city house died mysteriously in the morning. The deceased was identified as Yesmin, 28, a housemaid...
A patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) reportedly came under attack by Myanmar's border force in Teknaf upazila of Cox`s Bazar district on Wednesday. A reliable source at the Teknaf BGB camp under the Cox's Bazar-based BGB 42 Battalion...
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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s main bourse, saw upward trend in the early hour of trading on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, advanced after one-hour’s trade to reach 4515.38689 points...
A physician has been killed in a road accident in Savar upazila of Dhaka district. The decease has been identified as Harunur Rashid, 60, a doctor. Police quoting witnesses said Dr Harun was standing beside the road in Namabazar in...
The High Court is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the Niko graft case against her after closing arguments in the trial of the case....
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology has reportedly sent a letter to the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) asking it to shut the mobile phone network in the country’s border areas. When contacted, BTRC Assistant Director (Media Wing) Zakir...
An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence imposed on ousted ex-President Mohammed Morsi over a mass jailbreak. The sentence was initially passed in May, but was confirmed after consultation with Egypt's highest religious figure, the Grand Mufti. The death...
Some miscreants sever the head of a local leader of Awami League (AL) from his body at Balaishpur village in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mafiz Ullah, organising secretary of the Bashikpur union unit...
Police arrested 7 human traffickers in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Zafar Alam, 52, and his brother Bodi Alam, 29, Mohammad Farid, 55, Shahidul Islam, 25, Zafar Alam, 27, Nazir Ahmed,...
Access to Information (a2i) Programme on Tuesday signed agreements with 29 winning projects separately, aiming to implement innovative ideas to further boost the efforts to smoothen public services. a2i Programme Project Director Kabir Bin Anwar and innovators of the projects...
The Holy Ramadan will begin in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East on Thursday. alarabiya.net says the government of Yemen, exiled in Saudi Arabia because of civil war in their homeland, similarly said the Holy Month of...
A pile driver fell off its rig at Dhaka’s Nababganj Upazila and led to the collapse of a wall , leaving two children dead. The construction site mishap occurred around 12pm at the ‘Al Amin Madrasa’, police told bdnews24.com. Nababganj...
Muslims in some villages of a south-eastern district of Bangladesh will observe Ramadan from Thursday, although the new crescent moon of the Holy month of fasting and restraint is not yet spotted from any places of Bangladesh till Wednesday late...
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Standard Bank Ltd (SBL) has launched mobile financial service (MFS) named “Spot Cash” allowing the people to enjoy different services including instant transaction, deposit and mobile recharge. SBL chairman Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed formally announced the launching at a press...
Remembering the incidents like 10-truck arms haul and a fatal grenade attack on Awami League rally, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said the forces that were active at the time are still looking for every possible opportunity to...
Detectives have arrested Dhaka Metropolitan Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Kalimur Rahman in Cox’s Bazar on charges of masterminding and taking part in the gang-rape of a female colleague. Cox’s Bazar police OC Kazi Matiul Islam confirmed bdnews24.com that the Khilgaon policeman...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Wednesday said the government will not bow its head to the river encroachers, no matter how tough the task is. Speaking at a seminar, he also noted that the government is sincere about protecting the...
A ‘misunderstanding’ led to the exchange of fire between border patrols of Bangladesh and Myanmar near Cox’s Bazar, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said. The incident on the Naf River at Teknaf Upazila early on Wednesday left...
At least 20 villages in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur have been flooded as 200-meters of a flood control embankment on the Bhogai River collapsed in the morning due to heavy rain and onrush of water from the upstream for the...
Mentioning the incidents like 10-truck arms haul and the Aug 21 grenade attack on Awami League rally, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said the forces that were active at the time are still looking for every possible opportunity to...
The premier bourse Wednesday observed a marginal rise both in the benchmark index and turnover value for the third consecutive session as major sectors contributed positively. The market started its session with a flying note at 10.30 am and the...
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