COX'S BAZAR, June 7 (UNB): A court sentenced on Sunday three people, including two Rohingyas, to death each for killing a minor boy after abduction in the district town in 2013. The convicts were Abdul Khalek, son of late Mohammad...
A Dhaka court issued on Sunday warrant of arrest against 28 BNP men including its standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia and joint secretary general Aman Ullah Aman in an arson attack case of January last, reports BSS. Dhaka...
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Parliamentary standing committee on public accounts (PA) has asked Dhaka Power Distribution Company and West Zone Power Distribution Company to settle their audit objections involving more than Tk 270 million of fiscal year (FY) 2007-08 and FY 2010-11. The committee...
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Dhaka University (DU) teachers have announced a two-hour work abstention programme to protest against the newly-proposed national pay-scale. Under the protest programme the university teachers will not take their regular classes from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm today (Monday) to...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday world-standard education is a must to build an efficient new generation in the country, reports BSS. "Manpower is a great resource of our country . . . we aren't poor in term...
Bangladesh Army gave on Sunday military honour to its slain UN peacekeeper Neelkantha Hajong at Army Aviation Group Hangar Complex at Dhaka Canton-ment, said an ISPR press release. Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhui-yan showed his last respect...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday world-standard education is a must to build an efficient new generation in the country, reports BSS. "Manpower is a great resource of our country . . . we aren't poor in term...
Three people were killed in separate road accidents in the city's Asad Gate, Shanir Akhra and Shahbagh areas in 11 hours, reports UNB. Two of the victims were identified as Hazi Ramzan Ali, 75, a resident of Lalbagh and Rafiqul...
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman said on Sunday the government is thinking of increasing the salary of primary school teachers to enhance the quality of education, reports UNB. He told this to reporters at the Secretariat while addressing...
KHULNA, June 7 (UNB): Former Speaker Sheikh Razzak Ali died at his Farzipara residence here on Sunday. He was 87. Sheikh Razzak, who had long been suffering from cancer, breathed his last at around 2:45 pm, Razzak's daughter Dr Shahnaz...
A seminar on "Enforcing the Building Design Codes throughout a nation like Bangladesh" organised by BRAC University was held on its campus in the city recently. BRAC University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Saad Andaleeb presided over the function, said...
'PROTIC' launched at DU A "Participatory Research and Ownership with Technology, Information and Change (PROTIC)" programme was launched at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday. The research was held under the joint auspices...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Barisal and Dhaka divisions until 6:00 pm today (Monday). Weather may remain mainly...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Barisal and Dhaka divisions until 6:00 pm today (Monday). Weather may remain mainly...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s budget proposals will create a favourable climate for capital markets, feels Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) chairman Justice Siddiqur Rahman Mia. “Whatever steps have been suggested in the budget proposals for the stock markets will end up...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials are going to take back 150 Bangladesh nationals from Myanmar who were found floating in Andaman Sea with Myanmar’s Rohingya. On May 21, Myanmar’s navy rescued 208 migrants from a large wooden boat (trawler)...
A young man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the city’s Jurain area early Monday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Ibrahim, 23, son of late Md Abdul Khaleq and a worker of decorator shop ‘Ma Decorator’ in the...
India's national cricket teams arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning for the one-off Test match and three-match ODI series against Bangladesh national teams. They left Kolkata for Dhaka by a Jet Airways plane around 8:25am. The private airlines flight carrying...
A local fish trader allegedly committed suicide in Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Obaidur Rahman, 26, son of Hossain Ali, a resident of Bishhori village and a fish trader by profession. Police...
A bus which left Kolkata for Agartala via Dhaka in its maiden journey on the newly-inaugurated Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus route reached Agartala early Monday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Kolkata-Agartala Bus Service via...
A suspected member of an international human traffickers’ gang was killed in a ‘gun battle’ with rivals in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Amanullah Anu, 30, son of Mohammad Sofi, a resident...
Two kids drowned in separate incidents in Chhatok and Dharmapasha upazilas of Sunamganj district on Sunday. In Dharmapashsa upazila, a minor girl, identified as Hosna Begum, 6, daughter of Abdus Salam of Nababpur village of Uttar Bongshikunda union parishad, drowned...
Business leaders have asked India for 50 acres of land to set up a warehouse to increase export of readymade garments (RMG) from Bangladesh. A delegation of business leaders of Bangladesh made the request to the government of India during...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid choppy trading, the second trading session after budget announcement. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, lost 10.69 points...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's hopes of assuming greater powers suffered a major setback on Sunday when the ruling AK Party he founded failed to win an outright majority in a parliamentary election for the first time. Erdogan, Turkey's most popular...
A man was killed in a road accident in Dhaka on Monday. Identity of the deceased could not be known. Police said the unidentified man, aged about 40, died on the spot as a truck ran over him in the...
An index of Asian shares extended losses on Monday after Chinese imports declined more than expected, while the dollar was higher. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.5 per cent, while Japans' Nikkei stock index erased...
Detectives have detained nine suspected members of banned extremist groups – Harkat-ul-Jihad (HuJI) and Ansarullah Bangla Team. They were arrested from various parts of Dhaka from Sunday night to early Monday. A ‘massive amounts’ of explosives were recovered from them....
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