Joint Secretary AKM Jahangir has been sent down on forced retirement for allegedly holding a meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with a group of incumbent and former government officials, according to private TV channels.
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) today (Thursday) went live with its new automated trading system, incorporating DSE X-Stream INET Matching Engine powered by NASDAQ technology. Deployment of ‘DSE-FlexTP’ will enhance the Exchange’s technological capability, improve transparency and offer one of the...
Joint Secretary AKM Jahangir has been sent on forced retirement over his reported meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. AKM Jahangir, an officer on special duty (OSD), along with a group of incumbent and former government officials reportedly held a...
At least five people were killed and 25 others injured as they fell off a freight train and crushed by it in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday afternoon. Three of the deceased were identified as Sadequl of Puranpoil area,...
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that some foreign envoys are adding fuel to the BNP’s demand for fresh parliamentary polls. She also said the countries the emissaries represent had not been in very much favour of Bangladesh during...
The 134th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani will be observed on Friday with due respect, according to a news agency.
A Bangladeshi expatriate worker has been shot dead by a muezzin in Saudi Arabia for allegedly failing to make prayer call on his behalf. The incident took place on Sunday at Ortawwiyah in Majmaah district, some 30km from Riyadh, Arab...
Though oil taker ‘OT Southern Star 7’ was pulled off to the shore under private efforts on Thursday morning two days after its capsize in the Shela River, the furnace oil continues to spread to the river and its surrounding...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 10 (BSS): Speakers at a post-rally discussion here today underscored the need for protecting the human rights of the ethnic minorities for their mainstreaming. They mentioned that there should be effective measures for creating public awareness towards establishing...
SYLHET, Dec 10 (UNB): A truck driver and his helper were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sutang in Sadar upazila of Habiganj district early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as truck driver Abu Bakar,42 and his...
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GOPALGANJ, Dec 10: Gopalganj thana police recovered dead body of a female student from a house in Gopalganj town yesterday (Tuesday). The victim was identified as Tulika Bal (18), a student of first year Sabera Rauf College and daughter of...
Bangladesh Navy Ship "Shomudro Joy" on Thursday reached Male with 100 tonnes of bottled drinking water and five desalination plants. The Bangladesh government sent these as emergency assistance to Maldives to address their drinking water crisis in capital city Male,...
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Another message from our correspondent says: The International Anti-corruption Day-2014 was observed with a befitting manner in Gopalganj yesterday. District Corruption Prevention Committee, Gopalganj organised the programme. On the occasion of the day a colourful rally, chanting slogans paraded through...
Indian High Commission in Dhaka has asked Bangladeshis to report to police if anyone approaches them offering assistance for Indian visa, according to a news agency.
NATORE, Dec 10 (UNB): A farmer man was found dead in a crop field at Salamar village in Singra upazila on Wednesday morning, one month after his going missing. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, 38, a resident of...
RANGPUR, Dec 10 (BSS): Enhanced participation of the organisations of small and marginal farmers in food security governance and policy-making could improve livelihoods and ensure food security of the extremely poor, speakers said today. They were addressing today the concluding...
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MAGURA, Dec 10: International Human Rights Day-2014 was observed in Magura Wednesday. Voluntary organisation Rova Foundation in association with Manusher Jonnyo Foundation took different programmes in observance of the day. A rally was brought out in town in the morning....
GAIBANDHA, Dec 10 (BSS): Some 200 River erosion people of Singria village under Udakhali union of Fulchhari upazila got blankets from two non-governmental organizations on Tuesday. An online based voluntary organization Dhakastha Gaibandhabashi and the Distressed Children and Infants International...
THAKURGAON, Dec 10 (BSS): The bumper production of T-aman (Transplanted Aman) paddy brought the smiling face of the farmers here during the current season. The harvesting of T-aman is almost over, only some late varieties are left in the field....
MUNSHIGANJ, Dec 10 (BSS): Munshiganj was liberated from the clutches of Pakistani occupation forces on December 11, 1971. Freedom loving people of the district started taking fresh air most happily in a free country after months of fighting. The district...
NAOGAON, Dec 10 (UNB): A freedom fighter was hacked to death and another person injured in an attack by a group of miscreants at Ayapur village in Patnitala upazila on Tuesday midnight. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin,65, son...
Hemp trader convicted in Faridpur A mobile court yesterday convicted one person and awarded six months simple imprisonment for trading huge quantity of hemp (Ganja) in Sadar upazilla of Faridpur. According to official sources, on the basis of secret information...
Akhtar Soomro and Katharine Houreld of Thomson Reuters Foundation in Meeran Pur (Pakistan) | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Azeema Khatoon, a mother of five, has spent most of her life labouring in Pakistan's sunbaked cotton fields for less than $2.0 a day. Last year, she and a group of around 40 women struggling to feed and clothe their...
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (AFP): CIA torture of Al-Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged and failed to produce useful intelligence, the US Senate said in a report that drew international calls Wednesday for criminal prosecution. The United Nations said...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (AFP): Pakistan's military said on Wednesday it had killed 11 militants in air strikes in a troubled tribal district near the Afghan border. The raids took place Tuesday evening in Tirah area of Khyber district where the...
OSLO, Dec 10 (AFP): Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever Nobel laureate Wednesday when she received the Peace Prize in Oslo, sharing it with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. "A young girl and a somewhat older man,...
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