A man was killed and 10 other people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Sadarpur village in Sadullahpur Upazila in Gaibandha on Wednesday afternoon. The dead is Saiduzzaman, a resident of the village. Police said there...
Two cases have been filed against 150 leaders and workers of BNP, Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal in connection with Wednesday’s clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists in Bakshibazar in Old Dhaka. Former president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)...
A 50-kilometre-long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway following an accident in Burichong Upazila in Comilla district on Thursday. A vegetables-laden truck turned turtle in Nimsair area near Mainamati in the morning. The truck lied diagonally on the busy highway...
Police have detained 54 people in connection with series of clashes between BNP supporters and Awami League activists in Old Dhaka’s Bakshibazar when Khaleda Zia appeared before a special court there. Awami League MP Chhabi Biswas was critically injured and...
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 0.8 million from a house at Sultanpur at Satkhira town early Thursday. Abu Bakkar Siddique, owner of the house, said a gang of 7/8 armed robbers stormed his house around 2:45am by breaking open the...
The prime accused in Mymensingh four-murder case on Thursday reportedly confessed to his involvement in the killings. Miscreants chopped to death Rafiqul Islam Bachchu, general secretary of Habirbari union unit of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, his wife Parul Akhter and their...
Garment workers blocked a road at Dhaka’s Mohammadpur in protest against the repeated postponement of salary payments by the authorities of a factory. Locals said workers of Azim Garments held demonstrations near Mohammadpur Bus Stand around 1:30pm on Thursday, disrupting...
‘The Interview,’ the provocative comedy that triggered a devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures, went straight to US consumers on Wednesday in an unprecedented online debut after hacker threats prevented its wide release on Christmas day. The film was available for...
Some miscreants hurled 3/4 bombs at the residence of BNP’s Chittagong city unit general secretary Dr Shahadat Hossain on Badsha Mia road in Chakbazar in the port city early Thursday. Witnesses said the criminals hurled the bombs targeting the flat...
Police on Wednesday night arrested Rajshahi’s Bagha municipality mayor Akkas Ali on charge of making offensive comments on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam. Aminur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station, said on information,...
A passenger-packed trawler capsized in Meghna River in Tazumuddin Upailza in Bhola district on Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said, the trawler, with over 60 passengers on board, capsized after hitting a shoal (hidden char) near Badshaw Miar Char around 3:30pm. Passing...
US Q3 growth revised up to 5.0 per cent WASHINGTON, Dec 23 : The US economy grew at its quickest pace in 11 years in the third quarter, the strongest sign yet that growth has decisively shifted into higher gear....
CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) and LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs are likely to replace all kinds of incandescent light bulbs, known as conventional light bulbs, from residential and commercial use within the next three years. Newly formed Sustainable and Renewable Energy...
The country's national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to sign a deal with Egypt Air to hire two Dash-8 aircraft on dry lease soon. A top Biman official requesting anonymity told bdnews24.com: "The agreement to lease two turbo...
MADARIPUR, Dec 23 (BSS): Bhutan would supply stone for construction of the much-awaited Padma Bridge at Mawa-Janjira point, Bhutanese Ambassador in Dhaka Pema Choden said here today. "Bhutan supplied stone for construction of Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna river. This...
HAVANA, Dec 23 (AFP): Cuba's nascent private sector is bracing for an influx of visitors should the US embargo ease, but many businesses in the communist country appear unprepared for a torrent of tourists. Currently, most hotels, guest houses and...
HONG KONG, Dec 23 (Xinhua): Hong Kong's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in this November rose 5.1 per cent from a year ago, compared to the 5.2 per cent in October, mainly due to the smaller increase in the prices of...
BEIJING, Dec 23 (Xinhua): The recent plunge of the Russian rouble has triggered worries of a run on emerging economies' currencies, but experts have played down the effect it will have on the renminbi. Researcher at the Institute of Finance...
Mr. Fakhrul Islam Munshi and Mr Md Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan have been made chairman and general secretary respectively of Industry Skills Council (ISC) Agro Food Processing Sector for the year 2015-2017. They were elected at a meeting of the Executive...
NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (Reuters): Indian government has ordered a cut of nearly 20 per cent in its 2014/15 healthcare budget due to fiscal strains, putting at risk key disease control initiatives in a country whose public spending on health...
BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters): Michael Pirl is about to raise prices at his hotel in rural east Germany to cover a spike in labor costs as a national minimum wage takes effect, and he hopes new events like dinner shows...
BEIJING, Dec 23 (Reuters): China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the world's largest e-commerce company, spent over 1 billion yuan ($160.7 million) combating fake goods and for improving customer protection from the beginning of 2013 to the end of November, the...
LONDON, Dec 23 (AFP): British economic growth slowed to 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 from the previous three months, official data showed Tuesday, in line with the prior estimate. However, the economy grew by less than...
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