The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has signed a US$ 6.35 million (about Tk 49.42 crore) grant agreement with Unicef Bangladesh to improve access to affordable and hygienic sanitation solution for the poor and disadvantaged communities in Bangladesh,...
KERANIGANJ, Jun 11 (UNB): A minor schoolboy, who was kidnapped from Lalbagh area of the capital on Tuesday, was found dead at Kamrangirchar in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the city, on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rifat, 6,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called Thursday for more effective role of private organisations, individuals, national and internal agencies and media along with the government to prevent child labour, reports BSS. "The present government is pledge-bound to protect rights of children,"...
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, also the Chairperson of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), left Dhaka for China Thursday morning, reports BSS. Dr Chaudhury will join the 3rd China-South Asia Exposition and 23rd China...
CHITTAGONG, Jun 11 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a raid arrested a youth with 500 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Karnaphuli Bridge area in the port city on early today. The arrestee was identified as Billal Hossain, 30, son...
NARAYANGANJ, Jun 11 (UNB): Two garment workers were killed and four others injured as a train rammed into them at a level crossing at Fatullah in sadar Upazila on Thursday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for London today morning (Friday) on a six-day visit to the United Kingdom, reports UNB. A VVIP flight (BG-001) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage is scheduled to take...
A roundtable discussion on 'The Need for Industry-University Collaboration in the Field of Engineering and Computer Science' was held at the GDLN Centre in BRAC University on Thursday, says press release. Office of Career Services and Alumni Relations (OCSAR) and...
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) arrested a man along with 60,000 Saudi Riyal at Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Musa.
Outgoing Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal M Enamul Bari paid a farewell call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Thursday, reports UNB. During the meeting, the Air Chief expressed gratitude to the President for his all-out cooperation in...
Former Home Secretary Azimuddin Ahmed died of a massive heart attack in Dhaka Thursday morning, reports BSS. He was 81, family sources said. Azimuddin, a member of erstwhile Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP), also held different positions during his service....
School, college teacher registration exams today The preliminary tests of teacher registration examinations- 2015 under the Non-government Teacher Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) will be held across the country today (Friday). The tests for school level and school level-2 will...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong and Barisal divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal divisions with moderately heavy...
A man, who suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack by miscreants on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chandina upazila of Comilla district on June 2, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Friday. The deceased was identified as...
Asia share markets made guarded gains on Friday and the dollar held firm in the wake of reassuringly upbeat US retail data, though the mood was cautious as Greek debt talks took yet another confusing turn. Activity was sparse with...
Police in a drive arrested 34 Jamaat-Shibir men from a restaurant at Shibari intersection in Gazipur city on Thursday night. Delwar Hossain, additional superintendent of police, Gazipur said, tipped off, a team of police raided Euro Bangla restaurant in the...
Two people, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents of wall collapse in Narayanganj and Munshiganj districts on Thursday. In Narayanganj, a woman was killed when a portion of a boundary wall collapsed on her while cleaning the drain...
US stocks were higher in afternoon trading on Thursday, helped by strong retail sales data, but gains were limited by news that the International Monetary Fund had broken off debt talks with Greece. At 13:05 pm ET (1705 GMT), the...
Mr. A. K. Azad was unanimously reelected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited in its 217th meeting of the Board of Directors held Thursday. In the same meeting, Alhaj Mohammad Younus and Alhaj Md....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for London on Friday morning on a six-day visit to the United Kingdom. A VVIP flight (BG-001) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International...
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 9,600 pieces of Yaba tablet at Nhilla in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Jahidul Islam, 50, a gunman of local branch office of...
Oil prices dipped on Friday after Saudi Arabia said it was ready to raise output further if needed, potentially adding to oversupply amid a slowing global economy and halting gains made previously in the week. US crude prices hit a...
A ‘police informant’ was shot and stabbed to death by some miscreants on the Teknaf upazila parishad premises in Cox’s Bazar district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Selim alias Mundi Selim, son of Abdullah, a Myanmar citizen. He...
A woman, who sustained burn injuries in gas line blast in Kalabagan area of Dhaka city, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rozina Begum, 35, a resident of...
Two suspected robbers were killed in a mob-attack at Chaura in Singra upazila of Natore district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Momin and Sihab. Local people said Enamul Haque withdrew Tk1.0 million from Bogra Nandigram branch of Islami...
India opener Murali Vijay smashed his sixth test century to guide the visitors to 398-3 in its first innings at lunch on Friday, the third day of the rain-recued one-off test against Bangladesh. Vijay was batting on 144 with Ajinkya...
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Nepal on Thursday night, a media report said on Friday. The National Seismological Centre of Nepal said that the epicentre of Thursday's quake was in Sindhupalchowk district, 65 km off Kathmandu....
Pakistan has ordered the charity Save the Children to leave the country, with an official accusing the NGO of "anti-Pakistan" activities. Police have sealed off their offices in Islamabad and foreign staff given 15 days to leave the country. Save...
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