The authorities' steps to make the city dwellers used to walk on footpaths by deploying mobile courts in some Dhaka streets has apparently failed. Experts have said that the steps would have worked had the authorities of the mega city...
Some miscreants killed a woman and dumped her body in a char in Chowhali Upazila in Sirajganj district at some times between Saturday night and Sunday. Local people found the body, bearing injury marks, in the char and informed police....
Dhaka's rail links with Bangladesh’s north and south-western regions have been restored after over 9 hours. The communication was snapped on Sunday after the engine and four coaches of ‘Rajshahi Express’ train had derailed on one end of Jamuna Bridge....
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The country's twin-bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – rose in early hours of trading on Monday, the 2nd session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 18.92 points...
The Rajshahi University (RU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) have been enforcing an indefinite strike on the campus since Monday morning, demanding the release of their arrested leaders and activists. JCD RU unit vice president Asaduzzaman Anil announced the...
Three people died in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Wapda area in Shreepur Upazila in Magura district on Monday morning. Police said at least 10 other people were injured in the road accident. Two of...
A female readymade garment (RMG) worker was killed and another one injured as a bus rammed them in front of Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) in Ashulia in Savar on Monday. The dead are Mukta Begum, 40, a worker of...
The ‘French Annual Gala 2014’ was held in Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the city Saturday. The France Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFB) has been organising this event annually since 1997 to celebrate and present the culture...
At least 17 people including were injured in a clash between two rival groups over land at Kumajpur village in Salanga Upazila in Sirajganj district on Sunday. Quoting locals, police said Sohrab and Siddik of the village had been at...
Ruling party MP Abdur Rahman Bodi has allegedly been assisting Rohingyas to illegally become voters in Bangladesh. Sources at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that Bodi has been identified as one of the people helping Rohingyas to illegally get...
Police has submitted the chargesheet in a case against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka over treason. Paltan police station's Inspector (investigations) Tofael Ahmed filed the charge-sheet in the court of Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha on Monday. Court...
The government will give opportunity to 10,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims to perform Hajj in 2015 with a cost of between Tk 300,000 and 350,000 (approximately) per person. Altogether 101,758 Bangladeshi pilgrims will be able to perform Hajj next year. The Cabinet...
The rising export earnings in November suggest that one of the key economic indicators of Bangladesh is back on the right track, according to analysts and exporters. The country’s exports fetched about US $2.42 billion in Nov this year, registering...
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Stocks ended flat in positive on Monday amid choppy trading with turnover improved slightly as investors were active in buying and selling sides. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,930.82 points, gaining only 0.45...
The government has made a mini shuffle in the upper-echelon of bureaucracy, with three secretaries being transferred and deputy commissioners (DC) withdrawn from five districts, and six districts getting new DCs. The Public Administration Ministry notified this through separate gazettes...
A Bangladesh Bank official has filed a defamation case against Ekushey Television (ETV) over alleged broadcasting of ‘false information’. Md Abdur Taher Bhuiyan, a 2nd grade employee of the central bank, filed the case at Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel have detained a woman who tried to impersonate Sheikh Rehana, younger sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from Banasri area in Dhaka city. The woman was identified as Jannati Nupa, 35, who was serving as...
President Abdul Hamid on Monday underscored the need for identifying the young and innovative researchers for the welfare of the country. “We need to patronise the young and innovative researchers in different fields so that they can contribute for the...
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement William R Brownfield on Monday said governments and non-government organisations will have to work together to counter terrorist financing. ‘The fight against terrorism is truly a global endeavour,’ Brownfield...
NEW DELHI: US online ride-hailing service Uber has been banned from operating in the Indian capital after a female passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, a case that has reignited a debate about the safety of women in...
WASHINGTON: Angry protesters in California—some vandalizing, looting and clashing with police—gathered for a second night Monday to condemn recent killings of black suspects by white officers. Hundreds of protesters gathered late Sunday and continued marching into early Monday in the...
SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told voters Monday not to be intimidated against casting ballots in Indian Kashmir’s state elections after a string of attacks, as he hit the campaign trail in the Muslim-majority region. Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is...
Bangladesh and Bhutan have agreed to boost trade and negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries apart from strong collaboration in the power sector, especially hydroelectric power. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque said this at a press...
Worried at the growing incidents of murder and road crash, former military ruler HM Ershad Monday said now there is no guarantee of people’s natural death in the country, let alone the security of their property. “‘Now there’s no security...
The Bangladeshi female student, who was allegedly raped by a research scholar at Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan in India’s West Bengal, is leaving the institution. A BBC Bangla report Sunday said the student would be leaving Santiniketan for Bangladesh with...
German Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Hans-Joachim Fuchtel has said they have already invested 10 million euro in the ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’ and promised additional funds of 6 million euro in Bancladesh....
A group of student leaders, who participated in the '90s anti-junta movement and are in the BNP, has called for unity to oust the incumbent Awami League-led government. Aman claimed the incumbent government was "worse than the autocratic regime of...
British businessman Shrien Dewani has been cleared of murdering his wife during their South Africa honeymoon, after the judge threw out the case. Judge Jeanette Traverso said the evidence presented by the prosecution fell "far below the threshold" of what...
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. UNICEF Executive Director...
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