FE Report Deputy Chief of training of the national flag-carrier Bangladesh Biman has resigned from the senior executive post on personal grounds, competent sources said. Capt Shamim Nazrul's name came on the list of the accused made by the DB...
LIMA, Dec 12 (Agencies): Climate talks in Lima have entered their final day with long-running issues still dividing the parties, despite an impassioned appeal from US Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr Kerry told the negotiators that the world was...
The ruling Awami League (AL) will observe January 5 as the Day of Victory for Democracy, reports BSS. The party has decided to observe the day in all the upazila and district headquarters with elaborate programmes including bringing out of...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Narayanganj today (Saturday) to address a public rally at Kanchpur Balurmath from where she is likely to announce her party-led 20-party's fresh action programme to force the current regime to quit. The local unit...
The CBI Friday arrested West Bengal Transport Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra in connection with the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam, reports bdnews24.com. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also arrested Naresh Balodia, the legal advisor of...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Friday the government must take stern action against the troublemakers who will try to curb people's fundamental rights in any way, reports BSS. "It is the responsibility of the government to ensure citizens' fundamental...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 12, (BSS): Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Raushan Ershad, MP, said the true history is that the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had proclaimed the independence. She said no debate can arise out...
FARIDPUR, Dec 12 (UNB): Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, called a half-day hartal in the district for Saturday protesting the arrest of its four leaders. The shutdown that will begin at 6am and end at 12...
KUSTHIA, Dec 12 (BSS): Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu refuted Friday BNP's allegation of repression on them (BNP men) saying that their leaders and activists are enjoying all sorts of privileges and opportunities under the purview of democracy. "It's absolutely...
DINAJPUR, Dec 12 (UNB): A triangular clash in the presence of BNP's central leaders over sitting on the podium at a joint workers' meeting of the party and its associate bodies left at least seven people injured in the district...
Weather is likely to remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country today (Saturday). Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature may...
Police arrested seven alleged extortionists from the city's Badda area Friday evening following a firing that left two of the gangsters injured. Two policemen were also injured in the incident. Police had information that a gang of 7-8 extortionists went...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday threw an "open challenge" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP to arrest her following the arrest of minister Madan Mitra in connection with the Saradha fund scandal, a situation she likened...
GAZIPUR, Dec 12: A man was killed and three others were injured as a train smashed a human hauler at an unmanned level-crossing in Kaliakoir upazila on Friday. Dadan Miah, sub-inspector of Joydevpur Police Station, said the accident took place...
At least 7 people were killed and 14 others injured in road accidents in Jessore and Rajshahi districts, and Dhaka city on Friday. In capital, two people, including a schoolboy, were killed and another was injured in separate accidents in...
Some miscreants shot to death a transport trader for toll at Narsingdi’s Polash Upazila on Friday. The dead is Milon Miah, 40, of Phuldirtek area of the Upazila. Victim’s relatives said a gang of identified miscreants stormed into Milon’s house...
A leader of the Rangpur city unit of Awami League (AL) has received a death threat. Locals and family members said unidentified miscreants threatened Rangpur city unit AL general secretary Tushar Kanti Mondal over his mobile phone. When contacted Tushar...
Biman's efforts to regain its lost domestic passenger market through resuming its local flights next month have suffered a setback as it could not yet sign the necessary deal with the Egyptian aircraft supplier company. ‘The plan to resume Biman’s...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, has been enforcing a half-day hartal in Faridpur since this (Saturday) morning protesting the arrest of its four leaders. The JCD announced the shutdown programme at a press conference in the...
A teenage boy was killed and two persons were injured as a small boat capsized in the Shitalakkha River in Siddhirganj after being hit by a bulkhead on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shakil Miah, 17, son of...
A tribunal in Sylhet has convicted 7 Oggan (dope) party men and sentenced them to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for snatching a microbus leaving its driver unconscious in 2011. The convicts are Manir alias Sumon alias Swapan, 28, of Patuakhali...
A man has been strangulated to death allegedly by his wife and children for land in Chuadanga Sadar Upazila. The dead is Rabiul Haque, 43, son of late Azhar Ali Mondal of Natidanga village in Alamdanga Upazila. Police and locals...
The government has been urged to implement Overseas Employment and Migrants Act 2013 and tighten its grip on manpower exporting agencies to ensure rights and safety of Bangladeshis working aboard. The call came at a programme in the city. Addressing...
Owners of hotels and motels in Cox’s Bazar have expressed the hope that they will do greater business in 2014-2015 seasons (late autumn, winter and spring). The hospitality businesses in the southern most district of the country which has the...
The Martyred Intellectuals Day will be observed on Sunday (December 14). People will visit the Martyred Intellectuals Mausoleum in the city’s Mirpur-1 to pay homage to the greatest sons of the soil. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in a release,...
An internal clash in the presence of BNP’s central leaders over sitting arrangements at a joint workers’ meeting of the party and its associate bodies left at least 7 people injured in Dinajpur town on Friday. BNP standing committee member...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party men and the law enforcers have been trying to obstruct the party’s peaceful public rally scheduled to be held in Narayanganj in the outskirts of Dhaka city...
The weather remained mostly stable with signs of improving trend following partial disappearance of fog amid a sunny sky for sometimes in the northern districts, bringing easiness to the common people. Despite blowing chilly winds, the cold wave situation marked...
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