Two construction workers have died from electrocution in Old Dhaka's Islamabag. The victims were identified as Md Asadul, 18, and Kora Mia, 45. The incident took place while they were working at a building construction site near Islamabag’s Ershad Colony...
A young housewife, who attempted to kill herself on December 22, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Saturday afternoon. The dead is Papia, 20, wife of Sabuj Ali, a resident of Fakirabad area in Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the government has taken step for making the existing Detail Area Plan (DAP) of Dhaka City more realistic to cope up with the need of time. Lakes, water bodies and open spaces should...
A Dhaka court has remanded Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal President Moazzam Hossain Alal for three days in police custody in a case over Wednesday's clashes in Dhaka's Bakshibazar. The BNP's youth affiliate chief was arrested at his Mohammadpur home late on...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Sunday urged the BNP-led 20-party alliance to withdraw their hartal called for Monday in the interest of the country’s political stability and economic progress. In a statement, the apex...
China has proposed signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost trade ties between the two countries, minimising the trade gap against Bangladesh. The Chinese side came up with the proposal at bilateral talks between the two countries...
Oliver Holmes and Omar Fahmy of Reuters in Cairo | 2014-12-28 00:00:00
Syria said on December 27 it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year to end its civil war but the Western-backed opposition dismissed the initiative. Two rounds of peace talks this year...
Strobel and Phil Stewart of Reuters in Baghdad | 2014-12-28 00:00:00
The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a senior U.S. official said. How many contractors...
Peter Apps of Reuters in Washington | 2014-12-28 00:00:00
From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the battle with...
Daniel Dickson and Johan Sennero of Reuters in Stockholm | 2014-12-28 00:00:00
Sweden's three-month-old minority centre-left government announced a deal with the opposition on December 27 to sideline the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, who hold the balance of power in parliament, and avert a fresh election. Sweden's normally stable politics were thrown into...
Our Correspondent RAJSHAHI, Dec 28: Due to mixing of sugar and harmful dying agents, legendary date-molasses (Gur) of Rajshahi is posing a health threat for consumers. It is learnt, a section of dishonest traders were engaged in mixing sugar, flour,...
Our Correspondent JHENIDAH, Dec 28: A colourful rally led by Kalaroa Upazila Parishad chairman Firoj Ahmed Swapan in presence of film actor Ilias Kanchan, founder and chairman of Nirapad Sarak Chai Andolan, was held in the the upazila headquarters Friday. ...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 28 (UNB): A young housewife, who attempted to kill herself on December 22, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Papia, 20, wife of Sabuj Ali, a resident of Fakirabad...
RANGPUR, Dec 28 (BSS): The weather marked sharp improvement today following disappearance of fog amid a sunny sky in the northern districts bringing remarkable easiness to the common people, official and local sources said. The situation improved by and large...
SAVAR, Dec 28 (BSS): A youth was killed in a road accident at Ashulia Unique Bus stand on the Ashulia-Abdullahpur road here this morning. The victim was Salauddin, 27, from Kabirhat area of Companyganj upazila in Noakhali district. Police said...
RANGPUR, Dec 28 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding ceremony of five-week training course here on Saturday asked the Ansar-VDP members for achieving self-reliance through various income generation activities to accelerate uplift. The District Ansar-VDP office organised the training course for...
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Dec. 28: Farmers of Gopalganj district are expecting a bumper production of winter vegetables this season due to favourable weather conditions and help from local agriculture offices. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj has fixed a production...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 28 (BSS): A basic training for the newly recruited paralegals has been continuing at the training centre of a non government organization (NGO) at Kanchipara under Fulchhari upazila in the district since December 22. Friendship, a reputed national...
BENAPOLE, Dec 28 (UNB): A boy died through suffocation after a piece of meat got stuck in his throat at Jhumjhumpur in Jessore district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Al Amin,12, son of Kalam Molla, a resident...
Two hemp traders convicted in Faridpur A mobile court today convicted two persons and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to each for trading eight kilograms of hemp(Ganja) near Shariatullah bazar area in Faridpur. According to official sources, on the basis...
Two hemp traders convicted in Faridpur A mobile court today convicted two persons and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to each for trading eight kilograms of hemp(Ganja) near Shariatullah bazar area in Faridpur. According to official sources, on the basis...
KABUL, Dec 28 (AFP): NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan on Sunday, holding a low-key ceremony in Kabul after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence. The event was arranged...
ROME, Dec 28 (agencies): Hundreds of passengers were trapped on a burning car ferry off Greece on Sunday, pleading to be rescued by a flotilla of nearby ships that battled storm conditions in open water to try to reach them....
PARIS, Dec 28 (AFP): Heavy snowfall in the French Alps left some 15,000 drivers stranded overnight into Sunday, forcing many to pass the night in their cars and prompting officials to open emergency shelters. The snow and ice hit as...
COLOMBO, Dec 28 (AFP): Sri Lanka's main Muslim party Sunday quit the government and pledged support to the opposition in a move seen as the biggest setback yet to President Mahinda Rajapakse's re-election bid. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader...
ZAGREB, Dec 28 (AFP): Croatians cast ballots on Sunday to elect a president under the cloud of a deep economic crisis, with incumbent Ivo Josipovic seen as the frontrunner as he sought a second term leading the EU's newest member...
Eight Palestinian ministers to head to Gaza Monday GAZA CITY, Dec 28: Eight Palestinian unity government ministers are to travel to Gaza from its West Bank base on Monday for only the second time since its formation in June, a...
BENGHAZI, Libya, Dec 28 (AFP): More storage tanks were ablaze Today at one of Libya's main oil terminals after a rocket attack by Islamist militiamen, officials said as the UN denounced attacks on oil installations. The rocket was fired on...
KIEV, Dec 28 (AFP): Moscow promised yesterday to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev's failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin's unexpected decision was...
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