Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 1.016 kilograms (kg) of gold in Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday afternoon. The paramilitary force also arrested a man – a Myanmar national – in this connection. The arrested is Mohammad...
An official Facebook page of Dhaka University (DU) titled www.facebook.com//univdhaka.ac.bd was launched on Thursday. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the Facebook page at a simple ceremony at the Vice-Chancellor's office. DU Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration) Prof Shahid Akhtar Hossain,...
A 2-member delegation of US nutrition scientists met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office on Thursday afternoon. Dr Patrick Webb, Dean for Academic Affairs, Gerald J and Dorothy R Friedman School of Nutrition Science and...
Detectives arrested 31 foreign nationals from different parts of Dhaka city on Thursday night for overstay in the country. Being tipped off, two teams of Detective Branch (DB) of police conducted simultaneous drives in Uttara and Gulshan areas of the...
US stock prices held firm on Thursday after the Dow and Standard & Poor's 500 reached record intraday highs, while crude fell below $80 a barrel for the first time in four years on further signs of a slowdown in...
Asian markets were trading lower after Japanese shares opened at a fresh seven-year high.The Nikkei was up 0.7% to 17,520 - its highest intraday level since July 2007, but has since fallen 0.2% to 17,353.77. Hong Kong shares opened lower...
The India-Bangladesh High Commissioners' Summit began at Dhaka University (DU) on Friday. The International Relations Department of DU have organised the 2-day (Nov 14-15) Summit in association with India-Bangladesh Foundation. The Summit, which is being held at the DU Senate...
'Shatirtha Unosattor', an organisation of former students of Dhaka University who had entered the university in 1969, will hold its general meeting on Saturday (Nov 15). The meeting will be held at 3:00pm at Dr. Mozaffar Ahmed Chowdhury auditorium of...
A young man was killed after being hit by a stray bullet fired accidentally from the gun of a local Awami League leader at Palerkhanda village in Morelganj Upazila of Bagerhat on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Masum Sardar,...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel rescued an abducted minor girl from Chaitanipara village in Jamalpur Sadar Upazila on Thursday. Baishakhi, 6, daughter of Abu Samar of Shahapur of the district town, was allegedly abducted by some miscreants from her residence...
India-Bangladesh relations have withstood ‘the test of time’, setting a ‘precedent’ for other regional countries ‘to emulate’, the foreign minister has said. ’The relationship is on the upswing,’ Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Friday, citing examples of engagements even...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith left Dhaka for Bhutan on Friday afternoon on a 3-day official tour. After reaching Bhutanese capital Thimpu, Muhith will meet Bhutanese Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji and is expected to have an audience with the King....
An Indian national has been arrested with smuggled gold at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka’s Kurmitola. Armed Police Battalion (APBn) ASP S Tanjina said the gold was found on one Mahesh Kumar Gopal Das, who flew in from...
At least two people were killed in separate road accidents at Savar Upazila in Dhaka districts on Friday. The victims could not be immediately identified. Police said a man was killed on the spot when a bus of the ‘Grameensheba...
Four Bangladeshi teenagers have returned home after serving several months in Indian jails for trespassing. Indian border guards handed them over on Thursday evening in the presence of Border Guard Bangladesh and immigration police officials, said Benapole port police's Inspector...
Two people have been killed in separate accidents in Savar. The victims could not be immediately identified. Police said a man was killed on the spot when a bus of the 'Grameensheba Paribahan' ran him over at Ashulia on Friday...
Washington's South-Asia point person Nisha Desai Biswal is coming to Dhaka. A foreign ministry official said that they have been notified about the visit. Her schedule has not been fixed yet, but the US embassy in Dhaka has given an...
An Indian has been arrested with smuggled gold at Dhaka's Shahjalal (A) International Airport. Armed Police Battalion (APBn) ASP S Tanjina said the gold was found on one Mahesh Kumar Gopal Das, who flew in from Dubai around Friday noon....
At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured in a 'shootout' between police and a gang of robbers in Grosgram Bazar under Tarash Upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday. Being tipped off that a gang of robbers were taking...
Bangladesh reached 23-0 without loss and extended its lead to 152 after bowling out Zimbabwe for 374 on the 3rd day of the third cricket Test in Chittagong on Friday. Imrul Kayes was batting on 11 with Tamim Iqbal on...
Bangladesh has urged Malaysian investors to take up new investment ventures in the fast growing manufacturing, services and infrastructure scoters to help the South Asian country reach the newer height of development. Apart from investing in large infrastructure projects, including...
Bangladesh Ambassador in Washington M Ziauddin met Congressman Ed Whitfield and briefed him about the current status of trials in the International Crime Tribunals (ICTs). During the meeting with Whitfiled, also the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power...
The ICT Fair at the Cardiff International School Dhaka (CISD) ended on Friday on a high note as students of the city’s one of the leading English medium schools developed and demonstrated unique software that would help solve different problems...
Detectives, in separate overnight raids, detained 31 foreign nationals from different parts of Dhaka city on charge of staying illegally in Bangladesh. Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (South) Krisna Pado Roy said ‘They (foreign...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have asked house owners to check relevant papers before renting out flats to foreigners. Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Nazmul Alam made the call on Friday. Addressing a press briefing, Alam said they have started a drive...
YANGON, Nov 14 : US President Barack Obama urged Myanmar Friday to hold “free, fair and inclusive” elections as he threw his weight behind a bid by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to change a constitution that bars her...
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) organised a Tagore programme in Dhaka on Friday evening. Styled ‘Tomar Oshime’, the Tagore evening brought together Bangladesh and Indian artistes. Rabindranath Tagore is the common poet of India and Bangladesh. Music and dance...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed the customs intelligence to be more vigilant to detect the smuggling of imported materials under the bonded warehouse facility. NBR chairman Ghulam Hossain was learned to have instructed the customs intelligence to...
QUEENSLAND: World leaders are arriving in Australia for this weekend’s G20 summit in the Queensland city of Brisbane. The two-day summit, attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth. Australian Prime Minister Tony...
COMILLA: Describing unauthorised vehicles like auto-bike as one of the main reasons behind frequent road accidents on highways, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Friday said these types of vehicle will in no way be allowed to ply on...
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