Over three years on from the much-celebrated verdict of a UN court in Hamburg, allocating approximately 1,11,631 square kilometres of sea area to Bangladesh in a dispute with Myanmar, there has still been no exploration of the bounty of natural...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said on Saturday the government is working to identify the rackets involved in trafficking Bangladeshi nationals to Thailand. "Law enforcement agencies have been directed to identify the people involved in trafficking Bangladeshi nationals to...
GAZIPUR, May 9 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday it is the great political achievement of her government in diplomatic arena as the Indian Parliament has cleared a bill to ratify the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with...
BNP on Saturday demanded a judicial inquiry into the death of its assistant organising secretary Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu rejecting the probe committee formed by the government in this regard, reports UNB. "We' have unequivocally said the probe committee formed over...
COMILLA, May 9 (UNB): BNP-backed chairman candidate of Daudkandi Upazila election Abul Hashem Sarkar boycotted on Saturday the election, much like the boycott of BNP-backed candidates during the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections on April 28, alleging capture of...
CHITTAGONG, May 9 (UNB): Police arrested a private college teacher from Chandgaon residential area of the port city on Friday night for his suspected involvement with banned Islamic outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir Bangladesh. The arrestee was identified as Sharful Awal, 27,...
SATKHIRA, May 9 (UNB): Police in an overnight drive arrested 55 people, including four leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places of the district from Friday night to Saturday morning for their suspected plan to carry out subversive activities...
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The Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) will send the second consignment of relief materials to help the earthquake victims in Nepal. It also called upon the countrymen to stand by the Himalayan country's victims of the devastating earthquake. "There is...
CHITTAGONG, May 9 (BSS): The newly-elected mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin reaffirmed today that he would fulfil his pre-election pledges with utmost honesty, sincerity and transparency. "Honourable Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has selected me as...
Mothers and children around the world need more social protection, said the International Labour Organisation (ILO), reports BSS. As several countries around the world is celebrating Mother's Day today (Sunday), two new ILO studies point to the urgent need to...
GAZIPUR, May 9 (BSS): Terming agriculture the driving force behind the country's economy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the agriculture scientists Saturday to intensify their research to ensure food and nutrition security of the people. In this connection, she...
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The government has initiated a move to revise the private hospitals and clinics act, empowering the authorities concerned to cancel licences or take harsh punitive measures against errant operators, officials have said. Issues like setting a unique standard in health...
CHITTAGONG, May 9 (UNB): The police arrested three alleged members, including two women, of a currency forgery gang from Tulatoli and Pahartoli Green View areas in the port city Saturday. The arrestees were Tajuddin Masud, 25, son of Jamal Uddin,...
BHOLA, May 9 (BSS): Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Saturday massive development has taken place in country's education sector during the tenure of the present government. "Our education system has advanced much more than Pakistan's," he said speaking as chief...
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A schoolboy died on Saturday after falling from a seven-storey building at Patuatuli under the Kotwali police station in the capital. The victim identified as Risat, 12, was a class IV student at Udayan School in the city. The incident...
DINAJPUR, May 9 (BSS): Railways Minister Md Mazibul Hoque said Saturday Bangladesh railways is contemplating to add more coaches in its fleet to ensure better service during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival. "The authority concerned has taken pragmatic steps including providing new...
BAGERHAT, May 9 (UNB): The salvage of the sunken fertilizer-carrying cargo vessel from the Bhola River in the Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans West Zone appears uncertain as none of the authorities concerned could say who would salvage it and...
COMILLA, May 9 (UNB): Train services of Dhaka and Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet resumed early Saturday after a suspension for about four and a half hours due to derailment of a train in sadar upazila on Friday. Comilla railway station master...
Reception to new UGC chairman today A reception will be accorded to the newly appointed chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Bangladesh Professor Abdul Mannan at UGC auditorium today (Sunday). Member of UGC Professor Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, Professor...
Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Bari-sal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Day and...
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed a match haul of seven wickets as dominant Pakistan crushed Bangladesh by 328 runs in the second and final Test in Dhaka Saturday to clinch the series 1-0, reports AFP. The hosts, who resumed their second...
Bangladesh top order batsman Mominul Haque has equalled the feat of West Indies batting great Sir Viv Richards by scoring his 11th successive fifty-plus score in Tests, reports bdnews24.com. The left-hander scored a defiant 68 against Pakistan in the fourth...
Bangladesh Captain Mushfiqur Rahim has expressed disappointment over the 'poor' ending to the successful series against Pakistan, reports bdnews24.com. The Bangladesh cricket team's run of success was halted in their crushing 328-run defeat in the second and last Test against...
The 16-team first DC Cup Football Tournament, organised by Aliganj Club of Narayanganj, begins today (Sunday) in Fatullah, reports UNB. Mansur Sporting Club will face Pagla Krira Chakra in the opening match. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Narayanganj M Anisur Rahman...
Azad Sporting Club clinched the Marcel Television First Open Women's Beach Kabaddi title beating Jurain Janata Club 53-51 in the final at Laboni Point of Cox's Bazar Sea Beach Saturday, reports UNB. Jurain Janata Club finished runners-up. Institute of Kabaddi,...
Shuktara Jubo Sangha split points with Isdiar Jubo Sangsad as the Sheikh Kamal Nitol-Tata Narayanganj DFA League match between them ended in a goal-less draw Saturday, reports UNB. In the Kurigram DFA League, Jubo Sangshad Club beat Kurigram A Sporting...
PABNA, May 9 (UNB): About 65 per cent rice mills in Pabna district have lowered their shutters, as the demand for the local variety of rice has been on the decline due to imported one. Around 800 rice mills in...
RANGPUR, May 9 (BSS): A bumper production of local variety Haribhanga mango is expected in the district this season. Its harvest will begin from the middle of next month, official sources said. Horticulture specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension...
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