Water levels in 41 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 39 stations recorded falls, reports BSS. Among the 84 monitored water level stations, two river stations have been registered steady while two...
A man was killed as a bus ran over him in front of Joykali Mandir in the city's Wari area on Monday morning, reports UNB. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witnesses said a speeding bus...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy to...
Three siblings drowned in a pond in Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Al Amin, 10, Shamim, 8 and Alamin, 6, sons of one Azhar Ali, a resident of Laurergarh village under Badaghat...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained 22 Bangladesh nationals, including women and children, who were returning from India illegally, on Benapole-Gatipara road in Jessore on Monday night. However, the border force failed to detain any human traffickers. Sub-Inspector of Port...
The government will now be able to operate mobile courts to ensure that citizens get safe food. The home ministry updated the Schedule 29 of the Mobile Courts Act to include the Safe Food Act-2013 in it. An order, signed...
The law enforcement agencies have suggested the authorities concerned to install close circuit (CC) cameras at of markets, supermarkets, shopping malls, commercial complex and other strategic points of the city to prevent crimes during the holy month of Ramadan ahead...
Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid will walk the gallows for crimes against humanity he committed over four decades ago. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of the Jamaat leader for his wartime offences. The four-member...
Police recovered the body of a man from the rooftop of Rangs Bhaban at Purana Paltan in Dhaka on Tuesday morning. However, the indetity of the deceased could not be known. Sources at Paltan Police Station said, being informed, a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended a reception at Westminister according to her by the pro-Bangladesh lobby group in the UK Parliament on Monday night. All Party Parliamentary Group Chairman of Keith Vaz joined the programme. Sheikh Hasina met several newly-elected...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed positive trend in the early hour of trading on Tuesday, the third session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, moved up after half-an-hour's trade to reach 4497.93852 points at 11:00am....
Not a single university from Bangladesh cared to send data for the top 100 list of the Times Higher Education Asia University Ranking 2015 despite being invited. bdnews24.com came to know about it after it contacted the London-based group, days...
The High Court has issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why it would not declare eight sections of the circular by education ministry on merit-based admission in colleges in academic session 2015-16 illegal. An HC...
In response to popular demand and need for introduction of a weekly passenger train service between Khulna and Kolkata, Bangladesh and India have agreed to expeditiously evaluate the feasibility of initially operating the once a week Maitree-2 train service very...
Jamaat-e-Islami called a 24-hour nationwide hartal for Wednesday protesting the Appellate Division’s verdict on Tuesday that upheld the capital punishment of condemned war crimes convict Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid. Acting Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Makbul Ahmad announced the...
Everest, the world’s highest peak, moved three centimeters to the south-west because of the Nepal’s twin earthequake that devastated the Himalayan country in April, The Straits Times, quoting Chinese state media reported on Tuesday. The 7.8-magnitude quake reversed the gradual...
Ganajagaran Mancha, the Shahbagh-based platform demanding death to all war criminals, brought out a procession in Shahbagh-Dhaka University campus area creating traffic congestion in the area on Tuesday. Led by Imran H Sarkar, Ganajagaran Mancha, the platform founded by bloggers...
The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit on Wednesday evening to ascertain the commencement of the Holy Ramadan – the month of fasting for Muslims. The meeting will be held in the conference room of Islamic Foundation in the Baitul...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday observed that the Accord and the Alliance have turned to be gallows for the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. “Bangladesh had welcomed Accord and Alliance for gaining the confidence of buyers. But, their activities...
Stock prices rose amid a higher turnover on the DSE today (Tuesday). DSEX, DS-30 and DSES rose to 4506.72, 1741.83 and 1101.71 points respectively. The turnover also rose to Tk 4.10 billion. Out of 309 traded issues, 174 marked rise,...
Roads and waterways transport have been disrupted in Rangamati over the UPDF’s blockade in protest of killing three of their activists. United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) called the half-day transport blockade for Tuesday. The blockade started at 6:00am on Tuesday...
Four workers were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Gazipur on Tuesday morning. In Sylhet, two workers were killed when a sand-laden truck plunged into a road side ditch as its driver lost control...
Ambassador of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Tuesday said the year 2015 is a decisive year for climate negotiations mentioning that the quick act together will ensure maximum benefit. “Serious risks are associated to climate...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is following Westminster democracy and has been working hard to strengthen its all democratic institutions. “Though we’ve been trying to follow Westminster type of democracy, it’s a difficult job. Anyway, we’re improving gradually...
Police arrested Satkhira district unit Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and former lawmaker Maulana Abdul Khalek Mandol in possession of a foreign pistol and two rounds of bullet from a secret meeting in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. Sub-inspector of DB Kamal Hossain, spokesman...
At least 103 persons including seven activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, have been arrested in separate overnight drives in different areas of Chittagong district. Moreover, 68 litres of liquor and 113 pieces of Yaba tablets...
The White House is announcing $4 billion in pledges from major foundations and institutional investors to pay for innovations that reduce carbon pollution. US President Barack Obama is also using his executive powers to help make such investments easier. Vice...
Power Division has permitted markets, shopping malls and departmental stores to remain open till 10:00pm during the Holy month of Ramadan. The decision came from a meeting held with business leaders at the Secretariat on Tuesday. State Minister for Power...
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