A mobile court (MC) in Munshiganj on Thursday sentenced seven-day jail to a teacher for supplying copy to a JSC candidate in cheating in the examination hall. The court, led by magistrate and Upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Tongibari Upazila,...
Tributes have been paid to martyred war heroes with solemnity on the Armed Forces Day. A remembrance ceremony was held at Shikha Anirban (Eternal Flame) in Dhaka Cantonment on Friday morning. The day is observed each year on November 21...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka's Paltan and Mirpur on Friday. Of the victims, one was identified as Md Shariful Islam, 30, son of Nur Biswas, a resident of Nektar Gali of Manda in the city's...
President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for some 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans who vow to fight his moves. In a...
Police have arrested 17 persons over the clash at Shahjajal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet. A case was filed by the police against 250 unidentified people over the clash between 2 rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League...
A dialogue on Recapturing the Momentum in the Post-Bali Process of the WTO will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 3.00 pm at Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan in the city. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Bangladesh...
The government has decided to build about 1,400 overpasses at level crossings across Bangladesh to avert accidents. The announcement came after a meeting of a panel of the parliament on Thursday amid growing number of accidents and deaths at authorised...
The Tigers have the opportunity to gain vital rankings points when they go head-to-head in a 5-match one-day international (ODI) series against the visiting Zimbabwe national cricket team starting on Friday afternoon. The first ODI begins at 1:30pm local time...
The government has fixed a target of producing 8.78 million tonnes potato from 0.45m hectares of land in the country during the 2014-2015 Robi season, official sources said. Under the programme, farmers of the country's northern region will produce 6.15m...
BNP leader Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal has been released from jail after he secured bail in a case of attempted violence before a shutdown. Authorities at Dhaka Central Jail-1 at Gazipur’s Kashimpur released the party's youth affiliate chief around 11am...
Bangladesh are 155 for four after 35 overs in the first One-Day International (ODI) against Zimbabwe in Chittagong. Shakib Al Hasan (67) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (30) are leading the hosts charge at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Shakib’s 27th...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Baliaghat border point in Tahirpur Upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday. The victim was identified as Hazrat Ali, 35, a coal worker and son of Akkas Ali...
Bangladesh scored 281 for the loss of 7 wickets in stipulated 50 overs against Zinbabwe in their 1st one-day international (OD) cricket match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday afternoon. Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to...
Some miscreants tortured to death a man and dumped his body in a field in Chatmohar Upazila in Pabna district on Friday. Local people spotted the body of the man with his hands and legs tied up in the field...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged pleasantries with BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Dhaka Cantonment’s Senakunja on Friday afternoon. They were attending a reception marking the Bangladesh Armed Forces Day-2014. Addressing the function, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
A turf war between two factions of Awami League in Comilla has left one dead and at least 60 injured. The clash occurred at Titas Upazila’s Kolakandi Bazar on Friday afternoon, killing Riazul Karim Sentu, 42, an activist of Kolakandi...
Two Leftist parties have announced a two-day agitation programme in protest against the government's decision to hike gas prices. Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BaSaD) General Secretary Khalequzzaman Friday said they would be out on the street with the Communist Party of...
SHARIATPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Friday said vehicular movement on the much-talked-about Padma Bridge will start by 2018. “The construction works on the Padma Bridge is continuing defying all odds. Vehicles will start plying the Padma Bridge...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the armed forces the "pride of the nation". She says her government wants to see the armed forces as efficient, modern and well-equipped. "We will do everything necessary to this end," she said at...
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Friday urged the government to quit forthwith and arrange a credible general election. “An unprecedented anarchy has been created in the country following the January-5 election joined by only one...
CHITTAGONG: An all-round performance by Shakib Al Hasan enabled Bangladesh to taste their first ODI victory in 2014 beating Zimbabwe by 87 runs in the first of the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 20 (BSS): Proper supervision and monitoring has become an urgent task for enhancing the collection of holding tax in Union Parishad (UP) level for making it self-reliant, speakers at a discussion meeting here said. They viewed own fund...
THAKURGAON, Nov 20 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from Dehan village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque,57, son of late Mohammad of the same village....
PIROJPUR, Nov 20 (UNB): A bus helper was killed in a road accident in bus stand area of Bhandaria upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sagor, 20, son Piyar Ali, a resident of Birkathi village in Kathalia...
KHULNA, Nov 20 (BSS): The law and order meeting was held today (Thursday) at the conference room of Khulna deputy commissioner office in the city. Law maker Mizanur Rahman Mizan asked the law enforcement agencies to take immediate drive against...
RANGPUR, Nov 20 (BSS): The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 0.63 million tonnes mustard from 0.55 million hectares of land during the current Rabi season in the country, official sources said. The fixed mustard...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Nov 20: As Aman paddy farmers started to sell paddy in the markets, husking mills have also started functioning in the district. As a result Chatal workers who were out of works also came back to works. There are...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 20 (BSS): Chief Information Commissioner Mohammed Faruk said every citizen of the country has the right to get information from all the public, autonomous and statutory organization as it has been recognized in the constitution. He said, it...
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