Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted on Friday granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tulip Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq, the three Bangladesh-origin candidates, for being elected in the UK parliamentary polls held on Thursday, reports UNB. PM's Special Assistance...
FE Report President of Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) Rashed Khan Menon has said no conspiracy can thwart the trial of war criminals. He said trial proceedings of International Crimes Tribunal are going on despite conspiracy hatched by the actors...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) expressed satisfaction over the passage of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) Bill in the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) on Thursday, reports BSS. In a joint statement, CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim and general secretary...
LAXMIPUR, May 8 (UNB): A suspected criminal was injured in a gunfight with police at Charshahi in sadar uapzila early Friday. The victim was identified as Kamal Uddin, a listed criminal in Charshahi area. Police said they arrested Kamal Uddin...
GOPALGANJ, May 8 (BSS): Newly-elected mayors of Dhaka South and North City Corporations, Sayeed Khokon and Annisul Huq, paid a visit to the mazar of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in the district on Friday....
RAJSHAHI, May 8 (UNB): Rajshahi BNP demanded on Friday of the government to cancel the order suspending the party- supported Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul. Rajshahi city and district BNP made the demand at a press conference...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad thanked the Indian government Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of all political parties on Friday, as the much-awaited land boundary agreement bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha. In a message, he...
Awami League publicity and publication secretary Dr Hassan Mahmud urged police on Friday to register case on behalf of those who were run over by the motorcade of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, reports BSS. "Law preserves equal rights for...
Singapore, May 8 (BSS/PTI) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will soon send a team to India to get a grasp of the implementation of the government's new GDP methodology, which has been questioned in certain quarters, including RBI. IMF's Director...
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Non-compliance on structures and faulty construction ignoring risk factors have increased the damage of earthquake risk signficantly accross the counry, opined experts. National Project Director of the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programmme (CDMP) Mohammad Abdul Qayyum said damage to be caused...
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The newly-formed Bangladesh Financial Market Forum (BFMF) will seek a gap of 10 per cent between corporate taxes for listed and non-listed companies to encourage more companies to go public, officials have said. The forum will place its proposal at...
Reaffirming her government's tough stance against terrorism, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked the law enforcement agencies on Thursday to take prompt steps whenever necessary as they did in tackling subversive acts committed by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, reports UNB....
Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon said on Thursday the South City Corporation will be made a service centre for people and it will be open to all, reports UNB. "The Dhaka South City Corporation will be a service...
The BNP has condemned charge sheets in the Jatrabarhi firebombing cases against the party chief Khaleda Zia and 37 party leaders and activists, reports bdnews24.com. The party said in a statement on Wednesday night that the pressing of charges in...
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Police have submitted a charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court accusing 37 people, including BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas, in the vandalism and killing case. Md Mamunur Rashid, sub-inspector (SI) of Rampura thana, submitted the charge...
The government suspended Thursday BNP-supported Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elected Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul as he has been charged with criminal offences, reports UNB. A source at the Local Government Division, on condition of anonymity, said that they issued a...
BNP will arrange a doa mahfil today (Friday) seeking salvation of the departed soul of its organising secretary Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, reports UNB. The programme will be held on the ground floor of the party's Nayapaltan central office after Asr...
GAZIPUR, May 7 (BSS): Central leaders of the ruling Awami League paid on Thursday rich tributes to prominent labour leader and freedom fighter Ahsanullah Master marking his 11th death anniversary raising a demand for immediate execution of the capital punishment...
TUNGIPARA, May 7, (BSS): Chittagong City Corporation Mayor AZM Nasir Uddin paid on Thursday tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a floral wreath at the memorial of the great leader. AZM Nasir, general secretary...
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Rights activists have demanded keeping the minimum marriage age limit for women at 18 years in the proposed Child Marriage Restraint Act 2014. They made their demands at a seminar at the city's National Press Club on Thursday. Members of...
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Muggers snatched Tk 0.78 million (Tk 7.8 lakh) after shooting a teacher of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) in city's Mohammadpur area in broad daylight on Thursday, police said. The victim was identified as Parimal Kanti Biswas, a teacher of Agronomy...
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Speakers at a national consultation have stressed the need for policy for the country's construction sector workers to protect their interests. They also recommended formalising and institutionalising the labour recruitment process through issuance of letters of appointment and identity cards....
Seven people were killed and six others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Mymensingh and Sunamganj districts on Thursday, reports UNB. Besides, a housewife was killed as the wall of her house collapsed during a storm at Bhatipara...
A two-week Capstone Course concluded at the National Defence College (NDC) at Mirpur Cantonment in the city on Thursday, reports UNB. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury distributed certificates among the participants of the course at a ceremony, according to an...
A two-day first ever International Rhinoplasty Conference and Workshop will be held at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on May 16-17 under the auspices of DMCH ENT Department and Bangladesh Society of Rhinology, reports BSS. Eminent rhinologists from home...
A dialogue was held with the Mohakhali Sattala slum dwellers at a city hotel on Thursday. Dhaka WASA organised the programme after completing legal water connection to the slum, says a press release. Chief of Water and Environmental Sanitation Section...
The 154th birth anniversary of great poet Rabindranath Tagore will be observed today (Friday), reports UNB. The government has chalked out elaborate programmes marking the day. President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia have issued...
Pakistan High Commissioner in Bangladesh Shuja Alam Thursday called on Jatiya Sangsad Speaker and Chairperson of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter's office in the city, reports BSS. During the meeting, they...
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