Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all concerned to remain alert against local and international conspirators who are out to destroy highly potential readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country. ‘Bangladesh is the world's 2nd largest readymade garment exporting...
Bangladesh women’s team clinched the International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy beating hosts Pakistan by 34-22 goals in the final at Faisalabad in Pakistan on Sunday. Bangladesh women’s team earlier confirmed their final berth beating Nepal 35-19 in the semifinal on...
A man was shot to death in a 'gun battle' between a gang of miscreants and police at Kushtia's Mirpur Upazila on Sunday morning. Enamul Haque, 35, was shot dead near Shahidul's Brick Field around 3:00am, said Mirpur Police OC...
Typhoon Hagupit is sweeping across the eastern Philippines, toppling trees and power lines and threatening coastal areas with a powerful sea-surge. More than half a million people have fled coastal villages in the area, which was still recovering from Typhoon...
NEW YORK: Police clashed with protesters in California on the fourth night of demonstrations across the United States against recent killings of African American suspects by white police in the United States. Protesters in Berkeley, California, threw bricks, rocks and...
Shakib Al Hasan has regained his position as the top allrounder of the game's shortest format Twenty20. Pakistan's Mohammad Hafiz's poor performance has catapulted Shakib to the top. Hafiz scored just 11 runs in the two-match T20 series against New...
Several improvised bombs have been exploded in front of the BNP's Naya Paltan headquarters minutes before a programme of its student front Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD). Police say at least four blasts took place on Sunday afternoon. Two groups of...
A light earthquake was felt at 05 hours 53 minutes and 46.11 seconds on Friday at the Seismic Centre of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) at Agargaon in the city. The location of the tremor was in Arunachal, India, a Met...
SYLHET, Dec 5: Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 3.0 million (30 lakh) from the house of a Saudi expatriate at Palpur village in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district early Thursday. Sources said a gang of robbers, numbering 10/12, swooped on...
BNP will hold an emergency press conference at the party chairperson's Gulshan office this (Saturday) morning. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will address the press meet to be held at 11am, BNP chairperson's media wing member Sayrul...
Two reputed organisations and 10 eminent personalities have been given the ‘Nawab Bahadur Nawab Ali Chowdhury National Award-14’ for their outstanding contributions in different fields. Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Editor of...
A suspected robber was killed in a 'gunfight' with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel at Kaukhali Upazila in Pirojpur district on Friday evening. The dead is Nazir Ahmed Sabuj, 40, allegedly the ringleader of a pirates’ gang. Deputy commanding officer...
The Bangladesh Government Press (BG Press) has been facing allegations of question paper leak but the authorities have not yet taken steps to plug possible loopholes. Although BG Press’s responsibility was proven in the question leak of a government recruitment...
Local BNP leaders and workers have demanded the resignation of the party’s Narayanganj district unit president Advocate Taimur Alam Khandker for his weak leadership. At a meeting of BNP’s Fatulla thana unit at Panchabati BNP office, they censured him for...
Three people were killed and eight others injured in separate road crashes in Mirsharai Upazila of Chittagong and Savar Upazila of Dhaka on Friday afternoon. In Mirsharai, a collision between a covered van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sufia Road...
Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad has claimed that BNP is facing a serious leadership crisis. He predicted that the party will go out of existence before the next national elections. ‘The national elections will be held after 4 years...
Five suspects have been arrested over the attempted heist at a Sonali Bank branch in Rajshahi city, police say. They were arrested in raids carried out in the city’s court area within hours of the Thursday night incident. The government-run...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel recovered 40 powerful bombs in Patuakhali Sadar Upazila on Friday night. Tipped off, a Rab-8 team conducted a drive at Shiali Bazar around 10:30pm and recovered the unattended bombs from a shop, said Lt Commander...
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Chandlai area in Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila on Friday night. The arrested is Kamal Uddin, Majlish-e-Sura member of the district unit of Jamaat and also president of the district Workers Welfare Federation, and...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested a man in possession of four pistols at Milbazar at town on Friday afternoon. The arrested is Mokhlesur Rahman, a resident of Gopalganj district. Mizanur Rahman, assistant superintendent of police of Satkhira Rab-6, said...
Ferry services disrupted owing to dense fog on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route of Padma River has resumed after a gap of around 9 hours on Friday. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Shimulia Ghat Manager (commerce) Sirajul Haq confirmed it, saying...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning on a 3-day visit. A special Druk Air flight carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the city’s Kurmitola at 9:00am. He was welcomed at the...
Key suspect in Burdwan blast case Shahnoor Alam, alleged to be the financial brain of outlawed outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested on Friday night by the NIA with the help of central security agencies from Nalbari district of Assam....
An Imam of a mosque came under attack by some Musallis for making offensive remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a pre-Juma prayers sermon in Ullaparha Upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday. Police said a group of Musallis (devotee)...
A cotton factory was gutted by a fire in the English Market area of Rajbari town on Friday afternoon. The fire broke out at ‘Asha Enterprise’ around 1pm and it soon engulfed the whole factory, said factory owner Asadul Khan....
The 87th birthday of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been celebrated in Bangladesh. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader attended the function as the chief guest. Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Madurapochana Ittarong organised the birthday celebration function at Radisson...
The 87th birthday of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been celebrated in Bangladesh. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader attended the function as the chief guest. Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Madurapochana Ittarong organised the birthday celebration function at Radisson...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted the countrymen on the ‘Free Democracy Day’ marking the fall of dictator HM Ershad's regime. In a message Sheikh Hasina promised to protect achievements of the protracted pro-democracy mass movement. She said since 1990...
A man was strangulated to death by unidentified miscreants in Charghat Upazila Rajshahi district on Friday. The dead is Mantu Sheikh, 45, son of Ajmat Ali, a resident of Bodarpara Fatepur village. Local people found his body hanging from a...
Customs Intelligence officials seized 3.8 kilograms (kg) of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport on Saturday. They also arrested a man – Abhishek, hailing from Munshiganj district – in this connection. Sources the airport said Abhishek landed at the...
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