A police probe panel has recommended taking action against the officer-in-charge (Investigation) and a constable of Dumuria Police Station in Khulna over the death of a medicine trader in police custody. The 3-member investigation committee formed by the Khulna Range...
A mobile court in a drive seized huge quantity of spurious mango juice and fined its manufacturer in Dewanganj Upazila of Jamalpur district on Thursday. According to Jamalpur Rapid Action Battalion-14 sources, a mobile court, headed by Executive Magistrate Mohammad...
Workers of Wega Fashions, a readymade garment (RMG) unit in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, held a rally on Friday protesting ‘illegal termination and attacks on the workers by the owner’ of the factory. The rally was organised under the banner of National...
The five-day ‘Jor Ijtema’, a preparatory event of the 2-phase Biswa Ijtema, began on the bank of Turag River in Gazipur’s Tongi on Friday morning. Over 0.10 million devotees from both home and abroad have joined the Jor Ijtema that...
A day-long workshop-cum-views-exchange meeting to resist and root out corruption from the society was held at local Sarada Sundary Girls’ High School premises in Faridpur on Thursday. Organised by ‘Satata Sangha’, the workshop was chaired by president of the district...
Hosta Bangladesh made 256 losing eight wickets in stipulated 50 overs in the 4th one-day international (ODI) cricket match against Zimbabwe at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka's Mirpur on Friday. Mahmudullah Riyad was not out on 82 runs and Rubel...
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal sat in a meet with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday evening. The meeting started around 6:10pm at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan residence. BNP acting Secretary...
The government is set to formulate a database of different pension schemes with a view to introducing a pension system for the organised private sector. The pension system will be introduced with the aim to safeguarding the wellbeing of the...
Zimbabwe were 172 for five wickets after 35 overs chasing 257 against Bangladesh in the 4th one-day international (ODI) cricket match in Dhaka on Friday. Brendan Taylor made 63 and Solomon Mire 52 had held the fort for the tourists...
DINAJPUR: Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari upazila here on Friday. The deceased were identified Al Amin, 20, son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel, 22, son...
Bangladesh went 4-0 up in the five-match one-day international (OD) cricket series against Zimbabwe as they beat the tourists by 21 runs in the 4th match at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Friday night. Zimbabwe scored 235...
Central bank investigators are looking into ‘questionable’ transactions in various Bangladesh banks by expatriates and foreign nationals, following requests from different countries through the Egmont Group. Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) sought information on at least 150 foreign nationals from...
A three-year old child has allegedly been raped in the northern Bangladesh district of Sirajganj, police and her family say. The incident reportedly took place around Thursday noon at Bilashpur in Madhainagar Union, Tarash police OC Ataur Rahman said Friday....
A three-year old child has allegedly been raped in the northern Bangladesh district of Sirajganj, police and her family say. The incident reportedly took place around Thursday noon at Bilashpur in Madhainagar Union, Tarash police OC Ataur Rahman said Friday....
Pope Francis called for an end to all forms of fundamentalism Friday and said fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out "grave persecutions" in Syria and Iraq. Speaking at the...
NARAYANGANJ: General secretary of Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) Khalequzzaman on Friday threatened to call a hartal if the prices of power and gas are hiked. He said this while addressing a rally on the Shahid Minar premises at Chashara Intersection...
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal at her meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Friday said her country wants to see strong democracies in the South Asian countries for the continuation of...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has called a daylong hartal in Rajshahi city for Monday to press home its five-point demand, including immediate arrest of the ‘real’ killers of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher AKM Shafiul Islam. City and RU units of...
Many people have been killed in three explosions during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say. An eyewitness told the BBC he had counted about 50 bodies, but this figure has...
SRINAGAR, India, Nov 27 (AFP): Militants attacked an army patrol in Indian Kashmir on Thursday, leaving three soldiers and three civilians dead as fighting continued near the border with rival Pakistan, security officials said. The hours-long attack coincided with a...
HONG KONG, Nov 27 (AFP): Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong was Thursday banned from a flashpoint protest site where he was arrested this week during clashes when authorities moved in to clear the pro-democracy camp. Some 150 protesters were...
LONDON, Nov 27 (AFP): Net migration to Britain rose by more than 40 percent in the year to June, official data released Thursday showed, putting pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to demand EU migrant curbs. The difference between the...
KIEV, Nov 27 (AFP): Ukraine's parliament on Thursday held its first sitting since pro-Western parties won a crushing poll victory, with lawmakers facing a mammoth task to drag the war-wracked nation back from the brink of collapse. Deputies in the...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Nov 27 (AFP): As the wind whistles through gaping holes in her ruined house, 62-year-old Suad al-Zaza and her daughter huddle together for warmth on a bed made of a wooden door laid on breeze blocks....
India announces new visa rules to boost tourism numbers NEW DELHI, Nov 27: Tourists travelling to India from 43 countries including the US will no longer have to queue at their local consulates to obtain visas after New Delhi announced...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has enquired with Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad about Bangladesh's next general elections. Friday’s half-hour meeting started at Ershad's Gulshan residence around 5:10pm. US Ambassador Dan Mozena,...
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RANGPUR, Nov 27: Brinjal growers in different upazilas under Rangpur district are overjoyed as they are making good profit through its cultivation on their lands during the current season. Sabu Miah (40) of Dangapara village under Taraganj Upazila in the...
KHULNA, Nov 27 (UNB): People, especially mother and children, in three upazilas of the district are deprived of healthcare facilities due to various reasons, among them mainly vulnerable communication system. Poverty and lack of awareness are among the other reasons...
CHUADANGA, Nov 27 (BSS): Aman rice procurement drive for the 2014-2015 season began in the district on Wednesday. The food department has fixed a target of procuring 2,581 tonnes of rice from four upazilas of the district during the current...
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