Two people, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents of wall collapse in Munshganj and Narayanganj on Thursday, reports UNB. In Munshiganj, a septuagenarian man was killed when a wall collapsed on him while he was taking tea at...
COX'S BAZAR, June 12 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a man along with 9,600 pieces of Yaba tablet at Nhilla in Teknaf Upazila on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Jahidul Islam, 50, a gunman of local branch...
The newly- appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Abu Esrar was adorned with the rank badges of Air Marshal at Ganabhaban in the city on Thursday, says an ISPR release. Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan...
The government has developed a model to simplify the existing process to deliver public services to the citizens aimed at saving their time, money and labour, reports UNB. Access to Information (a2i) Programme has developed the model titled 'Service Process...
The five-day 3rd China-South Asia Expo (CSA) kicked off in Kunming today (Friday) to step up greater regional cooperation with a coordinated effort by China and South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, reports BSS. "We will be working together deeply and...
A group of miscreants looted around 10-12 tolas gold from a gold trader after shooting him openly last night in city's Shakari Bazar area, reports BSS. Officer -in- Charge (OC) of Kotwali thana Abul Hasan told the news agency that...
German Ambassador visits IUT The German Ambassador in Bangladesh Dr Thomas Prinz visited the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) campus in Gazipur on Thursday. Vice Chancellor of IUT Professor Dr M Imtiaz Hossain and high officials of the university welcomed...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Chittagong, Barisal, Dhaka, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and one or two places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy falls...
Over 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablets have been recovered in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized contraband tablets in Najirpara area under the upazila on Friday late night. BGB sources said being tipped off,...
India declared their first innings in their one-off Test cricket match against Bangladesh at 462/6 on Saturday morning. Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay scored 173 and 150 runs respectively to anchor the visiting Indian team to 462-6 at stumps...
An expatriate Bangladeshi man who returned from Dubai and his son was killed in a road accident in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Friday evening. Four of their relatives and the microbus driver were injured in the accident. Gorai...
A woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband at Mirpur in Dhaka city on Friday. The victim was identified as Mitu Akhter, 25, wife of Sabuj Miah, a resident of Mirpur Sector-11. Locals found her body packed in...
Three people, including a man and his son, sustained burn injuries in a fire incident in Sikkatuli under Bangshal Police Station in Dhaka on Saturday. The victims were identified as Salauddin, 60, owner of the factory, his son Banti, 2,...
A man was killed in a gun battle between a gang of robbers and police in Faridpur on Saturday. Police claimed that the deceased Selim Sheikh, 30, was the ringleader of an inter-district robbers’ gang. Police said Selim Sheikh hailed...
Police claim Bakhtiar Alam Rony, the son of an Awami League MP held over the killing of two people, said he opened fire as he became agitated after being stuck in a light traffic jam. Investigation officer Sub-Inspector Deepak Kumar...
The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has underscored the need for regional cooperation for economic and social development of the South Asian countries. “It’s not possible to achieve progress either in the economic sector or social sector without...
The World Bank says Bangladesh GDP growth for 2015-2016 is unlikely to cross 6.3 per cent. In its June, 2015, report on "Global Economic Prospects", the WB says Bangladesh is still hamstrung by the adverse impact of political violence on...
Some miscreants hacked to death a man in Tongi Station Road in Tongi town of Gazipur district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Rinku, son of Abdul Quaiyum of Gopalpur in Tangail. Police sources said a gang of...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman has been elected as the next chairperson of Asian Clearing Union (ACU). He was elected as the next ACU chairperson in the 44th annual meeting of its board of directors in Dhaka on...
Students and local people have blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at the entrance of the southern divisional city and commercial hub of Bangladesh after a truck knocked down two college students, instantly killing them. The accident occurred in the Akbar Shah...
In neighbouring India and Sri Lanka, one can drink water directly from taps, something considered impossible in Dhaka. Dhaka’s Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) also does not claim the water it supplies is ‘drinkable’. WASA’s daily supply of around 2.1...
Bangladesh has failed to meet the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency for the fiscal year 2015 though three South Asian nations – India, Nepal and Sri Lanka – have been able to do that. The US State Department released the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday reunited with her daughter Saima Hossain Putul, sister Sheikh Rehana, and her niece Tulip Siddiq, who was elected MP from a London constituency in the UK parliamentary election held in May. Tulip met her...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two young men in possession of 45 rounds of bullet from a parcel at Ranihat in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Rajit Billah Raju, 32, son of...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has expressed concern saying that the proposed annual budget will face a revenue deficit of Tk300 billion (Tk30,000 crore). Dr Mostafizur Rahman, executive director of the CPD, a civil society think-tank, expressed the concern...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnels arrested two people along with 180 bottles of liquor at Mirapara in Sylhet city on Friday. The arrestees were identified as Lutfur Rahman alias Binu, 28, son of late Thosir Uddin in Zakigonj upazila, and...
A schoolgirl was stabbed to death allegedly by her stepmother in Auchpara under Tongi Police Station in Gazipur district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sajia Alam Joya, 12, a class VII student of local Pilot School and...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Kashimpur Jail on Saturday for better treatment following a High Court order. Nasir Uddin, a guard of prison-2 of Kashimpur jail, said...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the Asian economic growth in recent years has been consistently outpacing the overall global growth by a good margin. “Asian Clearing Union (ACU) intraregional trade is also growing much faster...
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