The High Court (HC) on Monday rejected a petition challenging the legality of axed telecoms minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui's membership in the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament). The bench of justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman passed order...
Twenty-four accused in the sensational 7-murder case were produced before a Narayanganj court on Monday. The accused, including former Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officers Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Arif Hossain and MM Rana, were brought to the court of Senior Judicial...
The government has taken ‘administrative actions’ against the officials and employees responsible for the missing of some 600 blank passports from the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, said Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque on Monday, according to a news...
At least 13 paramilitary troops were killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in central India on Monday, police said, according to a news agency.
Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is due in Dhaka on December 6 on a three-day official visit. Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had invited him after he expressed his willingness to visit...
A joint meeting of BNP will be held on Tuesday to discuss the country’s latest political situation and chalk our programmes to mark various historical events, including the Victory Day. The meeting will be held at BNP's Nayapaltan central office...
Domestic credit flow maintained a steady rise with going up by 1.7 per cent in September, according to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday handed over Bashundhara Cement Test and One-Day Series trophies to Bangladesh national cricket team for whitewashing visiting Zimbabwe in both versions of the game. She handed over the two trophies to the skippers of Bangladesh...
Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters Monday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese-controlled city. Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said...
The Appellate Division has scrapped a High Court verdict that ordered the acquittal of former minister Nazmul Huda and his wife in a bribery case. Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave the order Monday which means the case will again go...
Criticising a local research firm, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said now the world's most influential research organisations are branding Bangladesh as the new emerging economic power. The Commerce Minister passed the remarks while speaking as the chief guest...
CHITTAGONG: Three people were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sarkarhat in Anwara upazila on Monday. Two of the deceased were identified as Gias Uddin, 35, the driver of the CNG auto-rickshaw and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said that if Bangladesh wants to buy excess electricity from India, India was ready to sell, according to news received in Dhaka. "India was ready to sell 100 MWs of electricity from the plant...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday alleged that the current government has got crazier and more repressive to annihilate the opposition. “When people have got fed up with the brutal and despotic acts of the illegal regime...
Foreign investment in stock market showed steady rise in November with total turnover increasing by 29.88 per cent compared to that of in October. The DSE data released on Monday showed the total turnover by foreign investors in November rose...
Senior journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, died in a city road crash on Saturday night, was laid to rest in Azimpur graveyard (new) on Monday night following his Namaj-e-janaza at the National Press Club (NPC). His 1st Namaj-e-janaza (funeral prayer) was...
India has inched closer to settling a long-simmering border dispute with Bangladesh, possibly signaling a softer line from nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi than when he was in opposition. On Monday, a parliamentary committee urged the government to table a...
MUMBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters): India has scrapped a rule mandating traders to export 20 per cent of all gold imported into the country, in a surprise move that could cut smuggling and raise legal shipments into the world's second-biggest consumer...
BERLIN/LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters): Subdued food price inflation in Europe is unlikely to pick up any time soon, adding to the pressure on mainstream grocers as they struggle with changing shopping habits and competition from discounters. Prices paid in Europe...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Reuters): Pakistan has launched a state-of-the-art system to help farmers calculate their crop losses to extreme weather more accurately and support the government in tackling hunger and malnutrition. Late last month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture...
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (AFP): The top US shopping "holiday" saw a surge this year in online sales with smaller crowds in stores -- but Black Friday still brought some of its trademark shopping mall pandemonium. Businesses usually offer deep discounts...
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RANGPUR, Nov 30: With the advent of winter the quilt makers in the district are now passing busy time stitching quilts and blankets. They are working day and night to meet the demand of customers. There are over 300 quilt...
A BSS report says: Speakers at a huge human chain and rally programme have stressed for concerted efforts of all with a changed mindset to ensure equal women rights and dignity by preventing all sorts of repressions against women. A...
BENAPOLE, Nov 30 (UNB): A jute mill worker was killed as a bus rammed his bicycle in Rajghat Industrial area at Noapara in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdus Samad Molla,55, a worker...
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GOPALGANJ, Nov 30 : A day long first National Workshop-2014 on Combined Agriculture Development Project (Marketing Component) of Pirojpur-Gopalganj-Bagerhat was held at Circuit House conference room in Gopalganj town on Saturday. The workshop was organised by Pirojpur-Gopalgnaj-Bagerhat Combined Agriculture Development...
MOULVIBAZAR, Nov 30 (UNB): A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself failing to bear slander of stealing money at Biswanathpur village of Jafrannagar union in Juri upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mahmud Ali, 50, a...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 30 (BSS): In addition to creating mass awareness about reasonable use of both surface and underground water, emphasis should be given on integrated water resource management for reducing the pressure on groundwater table in the drought-prone area. Besides,...
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MAGURA, Nov 30: A meeting on political empowerment of women was held in Magura on Sunday. Non government organisation Rova foundation and Democracy Watch Under Aparazita project jointly arranged the meeting at Magura Sadar upazila agriculture office auditorium. Magura deputy...
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