A new intercity train – Bijoy Express – was introduced on Mymensingh-Chittagong route on Saturday to ease railway connectivity of greater Mymensingh region with the port city. The train will leave Mymensingh for Chittagong at 8:00pm everyday and depart the...
Eminent scientist Dr Maqsudul Alam, who decoded jute genome, died in a US hospital at the age of 60. Family members said he breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Queen’s Hospital in Hawaii, United States (US), around 1:00am....
The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has organised parallel human chains in 11 divisional headquarters, cities and towns across Bangladesh to protest India’s move to build 16 more barrages on the transboundary Ganges River. The committee also organised human chains in...
Three persons were arrested on Saturday in connection with the killing of two brothers over dispute related to business in Chittagong city. Officer-in-Charge of Chandgaon Police Station Shah Mohammad Abdur Rouf said the arrestees were involved in business rivalry with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock at the demise of scientist Dr Maqsudul Alam, the decoder of the sequence of the indigenous variety of jute who passed away at a hospital in Hawaii, USA, on Sunday. Maksudul, 60,...
The Pay and Services Commission on Sunday proposed a new salary structure for government employees, raising the public servants’ pay from 77 per cent to 100 pc. It has recommended Tk 80,000 as highest basic salary and Tk 8,200 as...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed mixed trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid choppy trading, the 1st session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, plunged 2.57 points...
As part of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plans to achieve the vision of Digital Bangladesh by 2021, the government has launched free Wi-Fi (Wireless Internet Access) at the country’s secretariat. State Minister for ICT Division of Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications...
President Mohammad Abdul Hamid on Sunday expressed deep shock at the death of eminent scientist Professor Dr Maqsudul Alam, who discovered jute genome sequencing. In a condolence message, the president recalled his contribution to the field of agricultural science saying...
A gunman ambushed and fatally shot two New York City police officers on Saturday and then killed himself, police said, and a social media post indicated it may have been in revenge for the police chokehold death of an unarmed...
A young man came to Shahbagh Police Station to sue his parents over torturing his 7-month pregnant wife in the city on Saturday afternoon. Gulger Alam, husband of Fatema Akter, 21, came up with the allegation while talking to the...
The BNP has formed a 7-member strong committee at the behest of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to investigate the sinking of an oil tanker in Sundarbans in Bagerhat district and its impact on the mangrove forest. The committee has...
The Pay and Services Commission has submitted a new salary structure for government employees. It recommended Tk 80,000 as highest salary and Tk 8,200 as lowest. The commission proposed 100 per cent increase in wages for employees at the very...
A Narayanganj court on Sunday placed another member of Rapid Action Battalion-11 on a 7-day remand in a case filed over abduction and killing of 7 people here. The remanded Rab man was identified as Asaduzzaman Nur. Senior Judicial Magistrate...
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Stocks returned to the red on Sunday after previous session’s upturn amid volatile trading throughout the session as investors remained cautious. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down marginally by 6.72 points or 0.13 per...
A Habiganj court has issued warrants of arrest against 11 persons including Khaleda Zia's former political secretary Harris Chowdhury and Sylhet City Corporation's Mayor Ariful Haq Chowdhury, in the case over the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria....
Results of this year's Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Junior School Certificate examinations will be published on December 30, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman has said. The minister said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce the results...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman today (Sunday) said the central bank will consider the suggestions or proposals placed by the women entrepreneurs to develop SME sector of the country. The BB Governor said this while addressing a seminar titled...
Experts have underscored the need for more democratisation of the national budget formulation process and tax systems for good governance. They asked the government for taking opinions of the common people in formulating budget to reflect their hopes and aspirations...
Claiming that none of his recent remarks on the historical figures in the 1971 Liberation War was speculative or spurious, BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman has thrown a challenge to Awami League leaders to prove him wrong. In a...
A libel suit has been filed against BNP's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in Munshiganj for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'Razakar'. The case filed by Md Nasibun Islam, president of Munshiganj unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, on Sunday...
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus officially launched Grameen China which will implement both microcredit and social business in China. Dr Yunus launched Grameen China during his visit to China from December 15 to 19, according to a news agency.
Bangladesh on Sunday put forward three proposals to Botswana, including one to sign a protocol between the two countries to hold Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) to expand bilateral ties. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali made the proposal to hold the...
Fifty-five foreigners, including 12 Bangladesh nationals, have been arrested at the Bukit Mertajam Fish Wholesalers Association’s market in Jalan Padang Lalang, Malaysia. Director of the Penang Immigration Department Hasbullah Abdul Rashid said 62 foreign workers in the market were screened...
The government will fall apart very soon, BNP chief Khaleda Zia has said amid comments by Awami League leaders that her party does not have the strength to stir up a movement. “We must start a movement immediately, with the...
The government will import 450,000 metric tonnes of triple super phosphate (TSP) and 150,000mt of diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilisers to meet the coming season’s domestic requirement, according to a news agency.
Two otters have been found dead in the oil-infested waters of Shela River in the Sundarbans.Forest officials recovered the bodies floating near Andharmanik, nine days after an tanker carrying furnace oil sank in the river. The Wildlife Management and Nature...
Tunisians voted Sunday in a presidential run-off election that completes the country's transition to full democracy nearly four years after an uprising which ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. With a new progressive constitution and a full parliament elected in...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday cut the interest rate of agriculture and rural credit by 2.0 per cent to 11 per cent. The Banking Regulation and Policy Department of the central bank in a circular said that from January 1,...
The government has decided to recover footpaths from illegal possession in phases, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday. The decision was taken at a road safety council meeting at the ministry's conference room, while state minister...
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