Muggers stabbed a man and snatched Tk 1.5 million from him at Uchhlapur under Kulaura Upazila at Moulvibazar on Sunday evening. Victim Iqbal Ahmad, manager of Gornvelly CNG Filling Station, came under an attack by a gang of armed miscreants...
A court in Jessore has sent 43 local leaders and workers of BNP, including the party’s district unit acting president, to jail rejecting their bail prayers in 2 vandalism cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate Maruf Ahmed passed the order after the...
At least forty shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a local market in Mithamoin Upazila in Kishoreganj on Sunday. Local people said the fire originated from a mosquito coil at a shop at the market around...
Half a dozen men have been sentenced to death for killing Narayanganj businessman Monir Hossain in 2008. Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Miaji Shahidul Alam Chowdhury gave the verdict on Monday. The six convicted were all present in the...
The prime minister’s political advisor HT Imam claims the media has reported only a part of a recent remark he made. A certain group has been misusing his comment in its campaign against the government, he told a press briefing...
Customs intelligence officials arrested one person and recovered 1.1 kg gold worth about Tk 5.5 million from Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the city on Monday. The arrested was identified as Abdur Rahim, hailed from Sonagandhi in Chauddagram in...
“CPD Anniversary Lecture 2014” titled Recent Fiscal and Labour Market Adjustment Experiences in Europe: Lessons for the Low-Income Countries, organised by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9.30 am at the La Vita Hall, Lakeshore...
Sewing machines were distributed among 25 ultra poor women at Chowdala union at Gomostapur Upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Sunday. Proyas Manobik Unnayan Society, a non-governmental organisation, distributed the sewing machines with the association of European Union and Palli Karmo...
Asian markets traded lower on Monday on news that Japan's economy contracted for a second consecutive quarter, marking a recession. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at annualised 1.6% from July to September, compared to forecasts of a 2.1% rise. That...
Police recovered the slaughtered body of a man from Bahirmallika-Khalpara village under Salikha Upazila of Magura district on Monday morning. The victim was Abbas Ali, 35, son of late Mandar Mullah of Satkhali-Singhespur village of the Upazila. Being informed, police...
Two minor boys drowned at Kaptai Lake of Vandaripara area under Borkal Upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday evening. The victims were identified as Sakib, 7, son of Sabuj Miah and Mamun, 6, son of M Hashem of Dangripara village...
The government has transferred the commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police two days after Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam was hacked to death near campus. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police’s Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman has been made additional commissioner with Dhaka Metropolitan...
European stocks were set to fall on Monday, hit by worries over the pace of global growth after data showed Japan, the world's third-largest economy, slipped into recession. At 0722 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, for Germany's DAX and...
The government has transferred the commissioner of Rajshahi Police two days after university teacher AKM Shafiul Islam was hacked to death near campus. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman has been made additional commissioner with Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said a...
A Tk 1 billion (100 crore) defamation case was filed in a Dhaka court on Monday against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman for his ‘disparaging remarks’ on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim took cognisance...
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Stocks closed lower for the third consecutive session Monday with sluggish turnover as the investors went for selling mood amid cautious stance. The market opened with a positive mood, but could not sustain as the session progressed. Eventually, DSEX, the...
A case was filed against Shibnath Kumar Saha, inspector of Sirajganj Narcotics Control Department, for extortion and bribery on Sunday. Monirul Islam, a resident of Mahmudpur area in Sirajganj, filed the complaint with a Senior Special Judge’s court in Sirajganj...
Sylhet is witnessing a lukewarm strike called in protest of Sylhet Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury being named in the charge-sheet for the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria. So far no incidents of violence have been reported during...
India’s National Investigation Agency team, headed by Director General Sharad Kumar, arrived in Dhaka on Monday. The Air India flight carrying the four-member team landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at 10:35am, said an immigration official. The agency have...
The Cabinet has approved an amendment to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia regarding manpower export. The move will allow Bangladeshi people to work in Malaysia’s Sarawak province. A Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave its...
Bangladesh Navy personnel arrested 614 persons in the Bay of Bengal while they were going to Malaysia from Cox’s Bazar illegally through sea route early Monday. Bangladesh Navy sources said naval ship BNS Durjoy made the detention. The sources said...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the dealer banks dealing with foreign currency business to properly comply with its directives to check any kind of under-invoicing or over-invoicing. The instruction came at a meeting with authorised foreign currency dealer banks with...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all the banks to install security cameras in and around their branches to ensure the safety and security of their vaults. Against the backdrop of different untoward incidents in recent times, the central bank issued...
Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for the second consecutive quarter, leaving the world's third largest economy in technical recession. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at an annualised 1.6% from July to September, compared with forecasts of a 2.1% rise. That followed...
Denouncing a court summon against its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamatory case, BNP Monday claimed the move is a deep-rooted conspiracy by the government against him. In a statement, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “Issuing...
A helicopter carrying a deputy regional army commander and eight other officers crashed in northern Thailand on Monday, killing all those aboard, the army said, according to a news agency.
The implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) will be hopefully around 96-97 per cent in the current fiscal year (2014-15). Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal expressed the hope while replying to a supplementary during the question hour in...
Bangladesh confirmed a semifinal berth of the 3rd SAFF Women’s Football Championship 2014 beating Maldives 3-1 in the third and last league match at Jinnah Football Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan Monday. In the day’s match, Maynu Marma fired the net...
The High Court on Monday granted bail for a year to Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal in a criminal case. Passing the interim order upon a petition, an HC division bench, comprising Justice M Rezaul Haque and Justice...
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is set to make an appearance on the Indian version of Big Brother, a spokesperson for the channel airing the show says. Kardashian will join the remaining 12 participants on the programme, known as Bigg...
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