Actress Naznin Akter Happy has vowed to continue the legal battle that she initiated on Saturday against national cricketer Rubel by filing a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with Mirpur Police Station. She also said that...
British MP Keith Vaz has decried his government’s decision to move visa-issuing powers from the UK High Commissions in Dhaka and Mumbai to New Delhi as being insulting to the people of Bangladesh. He has demanded that the ‘short-sighted decision’...
Two alleged robbers, arrested in Dhaka in connection with the robbery attempt in two local jewelry shops, were injured in a ‘gunfight’ between police and their cohorts in Chittagong on Wednesday. The injured are M Hasan Jamadar, 32, and M...
Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets council in London, has been stripped of his powers to dish out grants and sell property with a takeover squad moving in. Two commissioners on Wednesday night entered the council office to meet...
President Md Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for New Delhi on a 6-day official visit to India on Thursday morning. The visit, the 1st India tour by a Bangladesh President after nearly 3 decades, takes place at a crucial time when...
The updated performance review of the Taka 860 billion Annual Development Programme (ADP), in terms of implementation, for the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, provides a picture similar to that of the corresponding period of the last fiscal. The implementation...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
There are incipient signs that dollar is losing its world dominance in global trade. According to a recent estimate, it has lost 11 per cent of its share during the last 13 years and the loss is creeping on. Use...
Iftu Ahmed from Aurora, IL, USA | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Learning to drive an auto and learning to drive safely are two different issues. After a few weeks under the guidance of an efficient auto instructor, almost everyone can qualify for a driver's license but learning safe driving is not...
The world is in a state of shock after watching the brutal bloodshed in a school at Peshawar, Pakistan, where 141 school children were killed by the Taliban gunmen. My words are inadequate to express my grief, shock and indignation....
Crude oil prices have fallen by almost 50 per cent since June and oil is now being traded at US$ 60 per barrel which was last seen five years ago. Other than the negligible quantity of condensate usually acquired from...
We are set to bid farewell to the year 2014. But there is still a feeling that we welcomed 2014 only the other day with great jubilation and how short the year was to come to an end! The year...
Khurshida Sayeed | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Recent trend throughout the world to recognise the citizens' right to information vindicates the veracity of political self of the human kind and that is for freedom and fair play for the people living in a political system. The relation...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Russian President Vladimir Putin's India visit and signing of several energy sector deals with India on December 11 2014 have been considered as significant steps to reshape the world energy business. The latest agreements include, among others, the Russian help...
Quamrul Islam Chowdhury | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Ministers and delegates from 196 countries after weathering many a hurdle adopted Lima Call for Climate Action in the early hours of December 14. It set the target for setting a new loose course of action for nations to cut...
Issuing a strong warning to Tarique Rahman for his derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina advised BNP chief Khaleda Zia Wednesday to ask her spoiled son to hold his tongue, report agencies. "I would like to tell...
Charging the government with resorting to continued evil efforts to hang onto power, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Wednesday that the fall of this regime is now only a matter of time, reports UNB. In a statement, Mirza...
Claiming that the country is now under the grip of the cohorts of 1971 occupation forces, BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon the people from all walks of life to get united to save Bangladesh's besieged democracy,...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Thursday Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly for empowerment of women, reports BSS. "Sheikh Hasina is very sincere for empowerment of women. She...
MOULAVIBAZAR, Dec 17 (BSS): Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Thursday that Khaleda Zia and her party leaders are shouting that there is no democracy and it has been in prison, in reality, it's not democracy but war criminals and...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 17: People from all walks of life observed the country's 44th Victory Day with solemnity and reverence as they thronged the Central Shahid Minar at Nandankanon in the city to pay rich tributes to the martyrs of the...
A joint meeting of central leaders of Awami League (AL) and Awami Jubo League (AJL) chairman, general secretary and Dhaka City South and North unit presidents and general secretaries has been convened at the political office of AL president Sheikh...
A Dhaka court has scrapped a libel case against BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir over a comment he made about an Awami League (AL) leader, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Anwar Sadat of Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court dropped the case Wednesday...
RU Correspondent | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 17: Masud Hasan, former vice-president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit and his cohorts allegedly assaulted a RU student over the teasing of the ex-leader's girlfriend at the university and threatened to kill...
FE Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
The government is considering setting up of housing projects in every district for Bangladeshi expatriate workers. There is also a plan to introduce an insurance company so that the migrant workers get financial support from it after returning home. Expatriates'...
FE Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Police charged baton and used water cannon to foil a pre-scheduled protest by dental students off the government secretariat Wednesday, leaving around 30 injured, witnesses said. They said 15 of the protesters, including move-convener Sarwar Hossain Bhuiyan, were pickled up...
FE Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
A teenage girl student committed suicide on Wednesday at North Mugdapara in the capital. The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akhter (17), daughter of one Moniruzzaman of 135/4 North Mugdapara Madinabagh area. She was a student of Mugdapara Haider Ali...
Customs officials seized gold weighing 2.1 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and detained a man in this connection Wednesday, reports UNB. The detainee was identified as Sheikh Muhammad Mainuddin (29). He arrived here from Malaysia by a flight...
Eye Health’s symposium today A symposium on 'Universal Eye Health' organised by Orbis International will be held at Bangladesh University of Health Science at Mirpur in the city at 11:00 am today (Thursday). Prof Jalal Ahmed, director of National Institute...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over...
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