The government is going to appoint 16,000 primary school teachers in all districts barring the three in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The primary and mass education ministry released a circular making the announcement on Wednesday. It says aspirants have to...
The internal probe by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) blames three of its former officers for the murder of 7 people in Narayanganj, including City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar. The elite police unit submitted...
Hossain Khaled has been elected President of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) for the year 2015. A DCCI press release on Wednesday said Humayun Rashid has been elected as Senior Vice President while Md Shoaib Choudhury Vice...
The rifle that went missing from the armoury of Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail was found in an abandoned pond of the prison on Wednesday, according to a news agency.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Patuakhali on Thursday to commission the newly-built training base of Bangladesh Coast Guard 'CG Base Agrajatra'. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of a number of development projects from...
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India on Wednesday received the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives to fight for children's rights, according to a news agency.
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A portion of the charity money collected by NGOs is diverted to support the acts of terrorism, said US Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield in Dhaka Monday and called for a combined action to stall such diversion of the...
Two more RAB personnel have confessed to their involvement with seven murders in Narayanganj. Havilders Md Nasiruddin and Babul Hassan gave confessional statements in the courts of Narayanganj Magistrates respectively. With them, 16 members of RAB-11 and two others have...
Dense fog has disrupted ferry operations at Daulatdia-Paturia and Shimulia-Kaorakandi crossing points on the river Padma. The services on the Shimulia-Kaorakandi route resumed only around 3:30am on Monday after a stoppage of about four and a half hours. — bdnews24.com
MAGURA, Dec 8: Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Wapda intersection in Sreepur upazila Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 35,...
The European Union (EU) has wanted an explanation about the effectiveness of the Parliament and the role of the Opposition in Parliament. The 28-nation EU made the demand when the delegation of EU MPs met Awami League Joint Secretary Mahbubul...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has dropped a hint that the much-awaited election to the two Dhaka city corporations (DCC) is likely to be held early next year. She gave the indication during a weekly Cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon when...
The family members of Shankharibazar's tailoring shop owner Biswajit Das, who was killed in Dhaka city two years ago, have demanded that the fugitive convicts in the murder case be hunted down. ‘Two years have elapsed since my son was...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the concerned organisations to complete the work of the 250-bed Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and the 5-bed Nursing College at Tetuibari under Kashimpur in Gazipur district on time. She laid the...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has accepted the status of Palestine, clearing the way for war crimes in the Occupied Territories to be investigated, Al Jazeera has learned. Monday’s decision amounts to a symbolic victory for the Palestinians who will...
Tulip Siddiq, the daughter of Sheikh Rehana, has sought support of Bangladeshis living in the United Kingdom in her bid to get elected to the upcoming House of Commons. She made the request while addressing a gathering of expatriate Bangladeshis...
Angry crowds hurled objects at police who retaliated in a 2nd night of clashes in northern California following the death of a black man who was put in a chokehold by a New York police officer. Police fired gas after...
Security has been stepped up at US facilities across the globe ahead of the release of a report expected to reveal details of harsh CIA interrogations, the White House says. Embassies and other sites were taking precautions amid ‘some indications’...
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia river route resumed after over 8 hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Tuesday morning. Salauddin, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha Ghat (terminal), said they kept suspended ferry services...
A daylong hartal, enforced by 'Santras O Chandabaji Protirodh Committee' (a platform to resist terrorism and extortion) protesting rise in terrorist activities and extortion in Khagrachhari is passing peacefully in the district on Tuesday. The committee announced the shutdown programme...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the 3rd session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 16.27 points or 0.33...
US and European stocks fell on Monday after weak Chinese and Japanese data stoked worries about slowing global economic growth, while oil prices sank to five-year lows on expectations of oversupply into 2015. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI closed...
The visiting US assistant secretary for narcotics and law enforcement affairs has suggested that military and police had better not work together at the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). Addressing a ‘media roundtable’ in Dhaka, William Brownfield said that military and...
European shares were expected to extend the previous session's losses on Tuesday, mirroring weaker equities in the United States and Asia, with a further drop in oil prices to a five-year low seen hurting energy stocks. Financial spreadbetters predicted Britain's...
Former dictator HM Ershad has ‘expressed indignation’ at why no monument has been set up in Dhaka to commemorate the sacrifice of Noor Hossain, who was killed police during his autocratic rule in 1987. The Jatiya Party chief claims he...
Asian shares traded lower on Tuesday, following losses on Wall Street prompted by slumping oil prices and worries about global growth. Brent crude prices sank to a new five-year low, falling to $65.33. The S&P 500 closed down 0.7%. Nikkei...
Bangladesh is in a relatively good position among the South Asian countries in tackling inequality in distribution of income and expenditure, says a World Bank (WB) report. According to the report titled ‘Addressing Inequality in South Asia’, Bangladesh is 3rd...
A roundtable discussion titled 'VAT and SD Act 2012: Concerns and Implementation Challenges' will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3.00 pm at the Six Seasons Hotel, House 19, Road 96, Gulshan 2 in the city. M A Mannan, MP, State...
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