Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam was not awarded a fair verdict and will file an appeal, his lawyer has claimed. The first International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-1), headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, sentenced the Jamaat assistant secretary general to death...
US stock index futures were slightly lower on Tuesday, suggesting the market's recent trend of slight moves and low volume would continue in the final trading days of the year. For the month of December, the Dow is up 1.2...
A case has been filed against fifty people over the killing of a school teacher in Noakhali allegedly by hartal supporters during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s daylong nationwide shutdown on Monday. Five people have been arrested till Tuesday morning over...
European shares fell on Tuesday, led by energy companies as Brent oil fell to a fresh 5-1/2-year low on persistent worries about a global supply glut. The STOXX Europe 600 oil & gas index fell 1.6 per cent at 0812...
A speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced 6 people to death for killing Rajarbagh Police Lines telecom department official Golam Shamsul Haider 8 years ago. Those sentenced on Tuesday include three of Haider’s colleagues. They are the telecom department’s...
Several senior BNP leaders including acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been sued over an arson attack in Dhaka Sunday ahead of the nationwide shutdown. Paltan Police Station ASI Abdul Malek Hawlader filed the case naming 43 BNP...
Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) Tuesday urged all not to operate drone or unmanned aerial vehicle system in Bangladesh airspace without any prior permission. “This is hereby informed that recently some enthusiastic persons and organisations are flying drones, unarmed aerial...
The Public Service Commission had delayed the 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary tests by a month. It will be held on Mar 6 instead of Feb 6. Examinations Controller AEM Nesaruddin on Tuesday said complications over examination centres forced...
Brent crude oil fell to a 5-1/2-year low of less than $57 a barrel Tuesday as a global supply glut outweighed concerns of lost supply from Libya where battling militias have closed ports. The North Sea oil benchmark recovered some...
Bangladesh on Tuesday urged Qatar to recruit more Bangladeshi workers ahead of World Cup Football-2022 as the Gulf nation is going to host the world soccer. Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar Syed Masud Mahmud Khandakar made the call when he met...
The written recruitment test against third and fourth class posts under the Science and Technology Ministry has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, according to a news agency.
Holding BNP-Jamaat terrorists responsible for killing a female schoolteacher in Noakhali and burning another female schoolteacher in Dhaka, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday warned that her government won't allow such incident further and would be very tough whatever is needed...
Indonesian rescuers searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo on Tuesday, prompting relatives of those on board watching TV footage to break down in tears. Indonesia AirAsia's...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday imposed a ban on holding any sorts of gatherings in open place on 31st night as a part of the security measures to ward off untoward incidents, according to a news agency.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) projected a higher growth in the coming year (2015) driven by substantial rise in export earnings, vibrant domestic demands, enhanced digital technology and strong foreign exchange reserves coupled with steady inflow of remittance. Like previous year, the...
Sharjil M Haque | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
After more than two years of riding on current account surplus, we fell back to a deficit in September, 2014. A slump in exports, coupled with a hike in imports, was the main reason behind the negative current account balance....
The year 2014 has passed witnessing much talked about kidnapping and enforced disappearance as well as sensational killings across the country. On the other hand, the number of overall different types of crimes like killing, kidnapping, dacoity, burglaries and theft...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 (agencies): The missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 is likely to be at the bottom of the sea, the head of Indonesia's search-and-rescue agency has said. Bambang Soelistyo said the hypothesis was based on the co-ordinates of...
ATHENS, Dec 29 (agencies): Five people have died and 59 are still awaiting rescue after a blaze on an Italian ferry off the island of Corfu, Greek officials say. One man is known to have died trying to escape the...
ATHENS, Dec 29 (AFP): Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday called for an early election on January 25 that could bring a radical anti-austerity party to power after parliament failed for a third time to elect a president. The...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (AFP): A Pakistani court on Monday suspended a detention order on the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, government lawyers said, a move likely to further inflame tensions with India. The suspension is the latest round...
BANGALORE, Dec 29 (AFP): One woman died and two people were injured late Sunday when a crude bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police said. The blast outside a popular eatery in the upscale...
Fire at Sweden mosque for second time in days STOCKHOLM, Dec 29: A fire broke out at a mosque in Sweden early on Monday in what appeared to be the second arson attack in less than a week on a...
Our Correspondent RAJSHAHI, Dec 29: Encouraged by a satisfactory price of potato last year, hundreds of farmers of Paba, Mohanpur, Puthia, Durgapur and Godagari upazilas of the district have cultivated potato covering a huge areas of land this year. It...
RU Correspondent | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 29: A seminar on "Communication Skill, Legal Profession and Career Prospects" was held at Varendra University (VU) yesterday afternoon, said a press release. Justice Md. Emdadul Huq from High Court division of Bangladesh Supreme Court presented the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
MAGURA, Dec 29: Magura growers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this year. During a visit to village Jagdal, Kalinagar, Kullia and Gangnalia under Magura Sadar Upazila, crop fields were seen yellowish as mustard is very close to be...
NETRAKONA, Dec 29 (UNB): A man was killed in an elephant attack at Kamarkhali village in Durgapur upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Chand Miah, 55, a resident of the area. Police said a...
RANGPUR, Dec 29 (BSS): Speakers at a views-sharing meeting here have stressed for reaching the available government services to the grassroots level male and female farm-labourers easily in a hassle-free manner to improve their livelihoods. Karmojibi Nari organised the meeting...
JHENIDAH, Dec 29 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a man from a field at Kolishakundu village in Harinakunda upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sattar, 50, son of Afzal Hossain of the village. Local people...
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