Two siblings were killed in an attack by their rival groups over dispute relating to trade in Badamtali area in Chittagong city on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Faridul Alam, 45, and his younger brother Abu Siddique, 42,...
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has highly appreciating Bangladesh’s achievement in socio-economic sectors. He said Bangladesh is going ahead economically. ‘Despite global economic downturn Bangladesh is making tremendous achievement in different areas . . . it is maintaining steady GDP growth...
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta has said statements of Tarique Rahman are ‘suicidal’ for BNP. He said that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unable to understand that her party will be most affected by weird activities of Tarique Rahman,...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has expressed deep shock at the death of former minister Sarder Amjad Hossain. In a message of condolence, the Speaker said the country has lost a devoted politician at his demise. Senior politician Sardar Amjad...
Some miscreants threw a crude bomb at the house of opposition whip in parliament Nurul Islam Omar in Bogra town on Friday evening. Witnesses said a gang of unidentified miscreants hurled the crude bomb at the main gate of the...
President Md Abdul Hamid and his entourage will leave for Agra on Saturday morning to visit Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri. On Sunday they will leave for Japiur and Ajmer before departing for Kolkata on Monday. ‘They will...
A policeman was among four people killed in separate road accidents in Barisal and Kishgoreganj districts on Friday afternoon and Saturday. Three people were killed and 30 others injured in road accident in Agarpur area under Kuliarchar Upazila of Kishoreganj...
A downward adjustment of bottled soybean oil prices at the wholesale level a couple of weeks ago is yet to be reflected at the retail level. Shops at different kitchen markets in Dhaka city were found selling soybean oil on...
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the student wing of BNP, will stage nationwide demonstrations on Saturday protesting issuance of an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman for his insulting remarks on Bangabandhu. The programme was announced by Jatiyatabadi Jubo...
A young housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry and her body was hanged from the ceiling of their residence in Sirajganj at sometimes between Thursday night and Friday morning. The dead is Sheuly Rani Ghosh, 21, wife...
Dikgang Phillip Makgalemele, Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration of Botswana, arrived in Dhaka today on a 2-day visit to explore prospective areas of cooperation with Bangladesh. This is the 1st minister-level visit from the Southern African country...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the death of senior politician Sardar Amzad Hossain. In a message of condolence issued today, the Prime Minister said the nation has lost a devoted and experienced politician at his demise....
A half-day hartal (shutdown), called the local unit of BNP demanding the release of its five leaders whom a court sent to jail in a case for bomb blast in front of Bogra Awami League office, is being observed peacefully...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all scheduled banks to set up IT rooms and install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to ensure security of all banks and their branches in the country. The directive came in a circular, issued by the...
In the month of December over 43 years ago Bangladesh’s valiant freedom fighters defeated Pakistan and liberated the country from the occupation forces. After 43 years in this month the country achieved another victory over Pakistan. Bangladesh Bank has said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appreciated the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel for their role in protecting the country. The PM came up with the praise while addressing a programme marking the ‘Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day-2014’ at BGB headquarters...
A local Juba League leader was killed and a rickshaw van-puller injured when a bus hit the latter’s vehicle at Bagachra Bazar in Sharsha Upazila in Jessore district on Friday night. The dead is Abdus Salam Babu, 27, publicity secretary...
Tahsina Rushdir Luna, wife of missing BNP leader M Elias Ali, has urged the people of the country including the party leaders and activists, to unite and launch a vigorous movement to bring the BNP’s joint organising secretary back. Claiming...
Operation of Sarkari Shishu Paribar in Khulna city is being seriously hampered for multifarious problems, including inadequate fund allocation, poor infrastructure and manpower shortage. Consequently, the state-run children’s home for boys now no more appears to be an ideal shelter...
Twenty people were injured, many of the critically, when a passenger bus fell into road side ditch as its driver lost control over the steering in Dhuna area under Morelganj Upazila in Bagerhat district on Friday. Local people rescued the...
A young man was arrested and 297 fake currency notes amounting to Tk 2,97,000 were recovered from him in Daudkandi Upazila in Comilla district on Friday night. The arrested is Rafiqul Islam, 30, son of Abdullah, a resident of Deuliapara...
A truck driver and its helper were killed in a road accident in Gazaria Upazila in Munshiganj district on Saturday morning. The dead is Nilu Ahammed, 27, the driver of the truck, and Firoz, 19, his assistant (helper). Police quoting...
Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has approved 45 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2013-14. The approval came Saturday at the 38th annual general meeting of the state-owned company, listed with the bourses. Professor Dr Mojib...
The top two leaders of Bangladesh –Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia – are set to visit Gazipur at some times in the current week. Local leaders and workers of the two...
Outgoing US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Saturday said his country backs no political force in Bangladesh’s political race as it focuses on deepening partnership between the two countries. ‘I don’t know what to say about that. America backs no...
Primary and secondary school students will get 350 million books on the first day of the new year, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told a ceremony at the Sher-e-Bangla Indoor Stadium in the city’s Mirpur on Saturday. Preparations for providing...
Six people were killed in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Satkania upazila on Saturday evening, according to a news agency.
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday visited the Mughal-era mausoleum Taj Mahal, a testament of Emperor Shah Jahan’s love for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. President Hamid went around the 17th century monument, one of the world’s seven wonders, for about 30...
Atomenergoproekt, a sister concern of Russian state nuclear company Rosatom for general designing of nuclear power plants, has invited a tender for an engineering survey, environmental monitoring and development of project documents for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) site,...
Diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was stripped of her duties over unauthorised statements to the media, told on Saturday that she was not going to resign from her post, despite facing an administrative inquiry, reports NDTV. Reports on Saturday said Ms...
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