Two suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gun battle’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel at Sundarbans East Zone in Satkhira on Tuesday. RAB-8 identified the deceased as Enamul Hawlader, alias Daroga, 34, and ‘Saiful’, 24. RAB-8 sources said being...
Trains have started off for Jamalpur eight hours after a derailment cut its rail links. One compartment of a train headed to Mymensingh from Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge East Railway Station was derailed near Jamalpur district’s Chechia embankment around 4:00pm on...
A tank lorry (oil tanker) caught fire at a filling station in Basail Upazila in Tangail district on Tuesday morning. Fire service sources said the oil tanker caught fire in front of Nahian Filling Station at Baoikhola on Dhaka-Tangail Highway...
US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin will hold meetings in Dhaka on issues related to bilateral trade and investment, regional economic connectivity, workers rights and factory safety issues. Sources at US embassy in Dhaka...
The Appellate Division has upheld the bail granted to Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Badi but warned him against commenting on matters subjudice. A full appellate bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave the order on Tuesday. The Cox’s...
European shares were seen inching higher at the open, mirroring gains in Japan and the United States overnight and taking heart from upbeat updates from heavyweight telecoms firm Vodafone and some German companies. Futures for the Euro STOXX 50, Germany's...
The Supreme Court has taken away the CID from the investigation of the sensational 7 murders in Narayanganj by accepting a plea from the state. Detective Branch (DB) of police was probing the abduction and murders of 7 people in...
The Supreme Court has taken away the CID from the investigation of Narayanganj’s multiple murders by accepting a plea from the state. Detective Branch was probing the abduction and murders of Narayanganj Ward Councillor Nazrul Islam, local senior lawyer Chandan...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested the brother of prime suspect in Burdwan bomb explosions from Farazikanda in Narayanganj on Tuesday. RAB-11 identified the arrestee as Md Monayem aka Monwar Hossain aka Mona, brother of Sheikh Rehmatullah, alias Sajid, the...
Customs Intelligence officials seized Indian currency worth Tk 10 million at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the city on Monday. Contacted, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Jewela Khanam said a passenger landed at the airport from a flight of Emirates Airlines...
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Stocks edged marginally higher Tuesday after two sessions’ fall with turnover falling further as the investors followed cautious stance. The market saw volatile trading initially, but rest of the session stayed in positive territory amid modest see-saw. At the end...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrested five Bangladeshi construction workers at Balughat in Paschim Dinajpur of India while they were entering India from Bangladesh without valid documents on Monday night. Identities of the arrestees could not be known. Confirming...
A 15-member delegation comprising members of the Swiss Advisory Commission on International Development Cooperation arrived in Dhaka city on an 8-day visit to familiarise themselves with the opportunities and challenges facing Bangladesh development sector. The Swiss Advisory Commission on Development...
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Khardar area in Bagerhat town on Monday afternoon over violence. The arrestee was identified as Advocate Sheikh Abdul Wadud, 48, secretary of the district unit of Jamaat and son of Joynal Abedin,...
Southeast Bank Limited opened its 108th branch at Kalibari of Narayanganj Tuesday. Mohammed Gofran, Additional Managing Director of the Bank, formally inaugurated the Branch as Chief Guest, according to a statement.
Groups representing public aspirations of Assam’s Bengali dominated Barak valley have asked India’s central government to create an Economic Development Council (EDC) for the neglected region. The Barak Upatyaka Bahubhasik Samamnoy Samity (BUBSS) and the Barak Upatyaka Bangiya Sahitya-Sanskriti Sammelan...
The government is waiting for the directive of the Supreme Court for execution of war crimes death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Law Minister Anisul Haque told reporters after a meeting of the Ministry of Law at the Secretariat on Tuesday....
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday censured prosecutor Abul Kalam for submitting without proper scrutiny the formal charges made against fugitive war crimes accused Syed M Hachen alias Hasan of Kishoreganj district. The 3-member tribunal, headed by Justice M...
A police constable, who was arrested for abducting a former Bangladesh Army sergeant and forcibly withdrawing money from his bank account, has been sent back to his department for work. However, no punitive action has been taken so far against...
Sylhet Division’s road links with the rest of Bangladesh has been disrupted after 2 organisations of owners and workers enforced a transport strike. Sylhet District Road Transport Owner-Worker Unity Council and Transport Owner-Worker Resistance Committee are pressing for a 7-point-demand....
A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant for Bangladesh Krishak Shramik Janata League (BKSJL) President Abdul Kader Siddiqui in a defamation suit. General Secretary Ruhul Amin Majumder of National Freedom Fighters’ Foundation, an organisation for the welfare of freedom...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed two security guards of the residence of slain journalist couple Sagar-Runi on a two-day remand in a case filed in connection with the gruesome murder. Those who were remanded are Palash Rudra Pal and...
Corroborating the evidence of other prosecution witnesses (PWs) over the May 22 atrocities in Noligram village of Mathbaria at Pirojpur district during the 1971 independence struggles, PW-22 Bidhan Chandra Roy blamed Engineer A Jabbar for the massacre. ‘Engineer Jabbar along...
BEIJING: The global economic recovery is unstable and nations in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bloc should speed up free trade talks to spur growth, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday. Speaking at this year’s APEC summit in Beijing,...
SEOUL: The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing 304 passengers was jailed for 36 years on Tuesday after a court found him guilty of negligence, but was acquitted of homicide for which prosecutors had sought...
Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation has decided to keep their indefinite transport strike in Rangpur Division in abeyance for 72 hours. The strike was called in protest against vandalisation of vehicles in the aftermath of the killing of a local...
Speakers at a conference in Kathmandu Tuesday urged leaders of the South Asian countries to reaffirm their commitments and pledges at the upcoming 18th SAARC summit, for a coordinated regional response to meet the interdependent challenges of climate change, disasters...
Daily travel is getting tougher for commuters in capital Dhaka with public transport thinning out due to the BRTA’s continuing drive against unfit vehicles. Fines and arrests drove ageing buses off the road Monday, aggravating commuters’ hardship, so much so...
Past and present high commissioners of India and Bangladesh are going to convene in a summit Friday at Dhaka University. The Department of International Relations of Dhaka University is co-hosting this first-of-its-kind event with the India Bangladesh Foundation styled ‘India-Bangladesh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged youths to utilise technologies and stop moving door-to-door for employment. She made the call while addressing the ‘Digital Centre Entrepreneurs Conference’ at the National Parade Square in Dhaka Tuesday. Hasina said: “You have to...
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