Some miscreants slaughtered a man and dumped the body in a hillock in Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet district at some times between Monday night and early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Yunus Ali, 32, son of Ibrahim Ali, a...
A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in Java Sea on Wednesday morning when the rescuers reportedly recovered 6 more bodies, including a flight attendant identified by her trademark red uniform. But wind, strong currents...
The Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late Tuesday, a blow to an Arab campaign to get the UN’s most powerful body to take action to achieve an independent state of...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel recovered 25 Molotov cocktails in Gobindaganj Upazila in Gaibandha district on Wednesday. Ashraf Ali, Commanding Officer of Gaibandha Rab-13, said being tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in Boalia area...
The government is going to make Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) logo mandatory on weigh machines and scales to ensure consumers rights. The decision came at the 29th council meeting of BSTI at its head office with Industries Minister...
Planning to make Bangladesh Air Force more modern and a strategically strong and effective force within 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that very soon new aircraft and helicopters will be inducted in the air force. ‘Agreement has...
Novo Nordisk today (Wednesday) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Saxenda® (liraglutide 3 mg), the first once-daily human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue for the treatment of obesity. Saxenda® is...
A new Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) facility point will formally be opened in Dhaka on Thursday. State Bank of India (SBI), the authorised agent of the High Commission of India for accepting Indian visa applications through the IVAC, will...
A student committed suicide after failing in the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination Chittagong city’s Charlakka area under Karnaphuli thana. The deceased was identified as Sayma Akter, 13, daughter of Peyar Ahmed, hailed from Board Bazar area of Charlakka union...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has asked for security as the next proceedings in 2 corruption cases filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is approaching. Party high-ups said Khaleda Zia, also the former prime minister, has filed a...
Suspected hartal supporters in Rajshahi threw a powerful bomb targeting a police patrol van in Rajshahi city during hartal hours on Wednesday. Motihar Police Station's Officer in Charge Alamgir Hossain said the bombing took place in the Kajla area around...
Dutch construction group Ballast Nedam was the standout performer on European stock markets on Wednesday, as its shares surged after an approach on a possible merger or takeover. Most of Europe's stock markets were either shut or only trading for...
The weekly tea sale in Chittagong has started off well at firm to steady rates but with the announcement of the 2-day nationwide hartals for Wednesday and Thursday dampened the market resulting in lower prices and more withdrawals. However, a...
A new department, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, started its journey at the University of Dhaka on Wednesday. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the newly-established department as the chief guest at a function held at Curzon Hall premises....
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has urged the Jamaat-e-Islami to withdraw Thursday’s hartal considering the interest of 45 million school-going students as free textbook distribution among them begins tomorrow (January 1). The minister came up with the request while talking...
The parliamentary panel on Wednesday suggested preparing the academic calendar for both government and non-government secondary schools. It also suggested setting up at least five more government secondary schools in Chittagong metropolitan area, while four in Rangpur city. Parliamentary Standing...
Police have prohibited New Year party or concert in any open place in Dhaka city tonight (Wednesday night to early morning Thursday). Police will be deployed in key points of the city and they will use cameras to keep vigil...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Wednesday placed a seven-point demand, including the arrangement of a fresh inclusive national election under a neutral administration. She also announced that the BNP-led 20-party alliance will observe the January 5 as ‘Democracy Killing Day’ through...
Country’s exports to key destinations like Germany, the UK and Italy posted a modest growth in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year (2014-15) compared to the same period of the last fiscal (2013-14). During the July-November...
A Dhaka court has ordered national team cricketer Rubel Hossain to undergo a DNA test. The court ordered the test following actress Naznin Akter Happy's claims that Rubel had been sleeping with her. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mostafizur Rahman issued...
Tripura's Left Front government will not tolerate any forceful religious conversions and would take strict action against any such move, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said. He made the announcement on Wednesday while speaking to the reporters at a press...
The Blue panel of pro-Awami League and Left-leaning teachers has made a clean sweep of all the executive committee posts in Dhaka University Teachers' Association election. Prof Shafik Uz Zaman, who conducted the polls, announced the results at the Dhaka...
SYDNEY: Revellers across the globe are gathering to welcome in the new year, with New Zealand and Australia leading the celebrations. A giant clock in Auckland’s Sky Tower counted down the minutes until midnight (11:00 GMT), when fireworks erupted. Up...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has already announced the names of 30 players for the Cricket World Cup 2015 and the final squad will be selected from among these cricketers. The WC is scheduled to begin on February 15 in New...
Heart disease is a very common ailment in our country nowadays. More than 10 per cent of our population is suffering from coronary diseases and it is alarming. The health ministry needs to create awareness so that our people can...
Claiming that people spontaneously observed their hartal, BNP joint-secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged Monday that the government agents torched vehicles and carried out various subversive acts over their daylong shutdown programme, reports UNB. "The government has once again indulged...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 29 (BSS): President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, said Monday that no scope would be given to turn Bangladesh into a militant country despite conducting militancy by the anti-liberation forces. "BNP...
SYLHET, Dec 29 (UNB): The BNP-led 20-party alliance called a half-day hartal in the district for Tuesday protesting the arrest of its leaders and activists during hartal on Monday. Sylhet city unit BNP member secretary Badruzzaman Selim announced the hartal...
Terming the present government an 'unelected and illegal' one, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Khandker Mahbub Hossain said Monday the regime has no right to stay in power anymore, reports UNB. "This illegal government must step down. Or else,...
An attempt to murder case was filed with a Dhaka court Monday against former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan, reports UNB. AB Siddiqui, president of pro-Awami League (AL) Jananetri Parishad, filed the case with the...
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