Minister for Relief and Disaster Management Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya alleged Thursday that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son hatched conspiracies again and again to kill Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. They are still conspiring, he added. He said Khaleda...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 25 (UNB): Miscreants hurled 3/4 bombs at the residence of BNP city unit general secretary Dr Shahadat Hossain on the Badsha Mia road under Chakbazar thana in the city early Thursday. Witnesses said the criminals hurled the bombs...
Two cases have been filed against 150 leaders and activists of BNP, Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal in connection with the Wednesday's clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League men in Bakshibazar of the city ahead of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's appearance...
Muhammad Mahfuzur Rahman has been made the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland, reports UNB. The government appointed Muhammad, currently serving as director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland Thursday. He served...
Siddiqui Nazmul Alam, general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), threatened to 'beat up senior BNP leaders', reports bdnews24.com. A status on his Facebook profile posted Wednesday reads that the response to the attack on MP Chhabi Biswas will come...
BAGERHAT, Dec 25 (BSS): Police arrested 29 persons including Bagerhat Sadar Upazila amir Dr Abdul Latif from different areas of nine upazilas of the district. Police conducted raids in different areas of nine upazilas of the district and arrested 29...
Outlining her government's plan to expand BTV through setting up stations at the division level, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Thursday the present government does not want to see the national television as its mouthpiece, reports UNB. "We want to...
Around 98 per cent of free textbooks meant for distribution among school students reached the upazila headquarters by December 24, a week before the beginning of a new year, says the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB). Board Chairman Md...
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday underscored the need for play an effective role by all in further strengthening the existing communal harmony of the country, reports UNB. "Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony. The people of the country have...
BHOLA, Dec 25 (UNB): A trawler carrying 50 picnickers capsized in the Meghna River after hitting a hidden shoal near Bason-Bhanga Char in Tajumuddin upazila on Thursday. Locals said the Monpura-bound trawler from Lalmohan upazila sank in the river around...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Dec 25: Members of the Bangladesh Navy seized 90,000 pills of yaba from a boat at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port in the early hours today. The seizure took place during a regular patrol near the...
GAZIPUR, Dec 25 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a cloth trader from Bhawal National Park in the district on Wednesday three days after his going missing. The deceased was identified as Altaf Hossain, 45, a cloth trader and son...
Myanmar's Parliament Speaker Shwe Mann is likely to arrive in the city on a three-day visit in January, said a senior foreign ministry official, reports UNB. Two sets of date - January 4-7 and January 28-31 - have been proposed...
KERANIGANJ, Dec 25 (UNB): Three siblings were injured as fire erupted from a gas pipeline at Par Gendaria Sarkarbari in Dakhkhin Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka district early Thursday. The injured were identified as Shahin, 26, son of Hossain Sheikh, and...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 25 (UNB): The prime accused in the case of four murders, including a local Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader and three of his family members, on Thursday reportedly confessed to his involvement in the brutal killings. Earlier, detectives arrested...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Dec 24: The annual general meeting (AGM) and biennial election to the Chittagong Press Club will be held on 30th and 31st December respectively at the club. Final list of the candidates has been published. A total...
Shofiq Sarwar Sumon | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Ahead of the election to the Jahangirnagar University (JU) workers' union, most parts of the campus have been flooded with posters covered with polythene bags, which are, according to experts, harmful for environment and soil. Experts expressed their concern over...
Four people, including a woman and a child, sustained burn injuries as fire erupted from a stove in a shanty at Dipnagar slum in the city's Gabtoli area on Wednesday night, reports UNB. The injured were identified as Abdul Gani,40,...
FE Report A passenger bus caught fire at Shewrapara bus stand in the capital Thursday afternoon. However, there was no report of casualties, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence office. The fire originated from a gas cylinder leakage of...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Friday). Mild cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Jessore, Kushtia and Srimangal and it may continue, Met Office said. Moderate to...
Auto-rickshaw driver stabbed dead in N'ganj NARAYANGANJ, Dec 25: An auto-rickshaw driver who was stabbed following an altercation over a trifling matter in Hajiganj area of Sadar upazila on Wednesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Thursday morning. The...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Depreciating tendency of the Bangladesh Taka (BDT) against the US dollar increased on the last two working days as there were increasing import payment obligations before ending this calendar year, bankers said. The BDT depreciated by 0.02 per cent against...
FE Report | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
A joint drive of customs intelligence and DB police on Thursday recovered 62 kilogrammes of gold and Tk 4.50 million worth of local and foreign currencies from a house at Purana Paltan in the city. Acting on a tip-off, they...
FE Report | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman said in Dhaka on Thursday the non-performing loans (NPLs) are not 'a big problem' for the economy although different quarters are very critical about this issue. "The amount of the classified loans seems...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
The government is set to offer a single-tier Value Added Tax (VAT), instead of existing three tiers, on import of crude edible soyabean, palm and palmolin oil in a bid to ease process of release of the essential consumer item....
COMILLA, Dec 25 (UNB): The busy Dhaka-Chittagong Highway saw chaotic traffic on Thursday with a 50-km long tailback created following a road crash in Burichong upazila. A vegetable-laden truck overturned at Nimsar in the morning, disrupting traffic on the highway...
Monira Munni | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
A move is underway to take necessary actions against the apparel factories, failing to initiate detailed engineering analysis (DEA) within the stipulated timeframe, officials said. The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) sought necessary directives from the labour...
Two people were killed in gunfights with law enforces in Pabna and Comilla districts early on Thursday. In Pabna one person was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Gokulnagar on the Ishwardi-Rajshahi Highway in Ishwardi upazila...
Garment factory workers have blocked a road in Dhaka's Mohammadpur in protest against the repeated postponement of salary payments. Locals said workers of Azim Garments held demonstrations near the Mohammadpur Bus Stand around 1:30pm on Thursday, disrupting regular traffic on...
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