A college teacher was beaten to death in an attack by his rivals at Paschim Moheshkhalia Para village in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Friday. The deceased was identified Shamsul Alam, 50, professor of Teknaf Degree College and...
British lawyer Toby Cadman has demanded suspension of the Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunals alleging a breach of international law in Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami’s death penalty. Cadman, has also asked for a freeze on all the sentences handed down...
A madrasah teacher was killed as a truck knocked down his motorcycle in Shah Makhdum Airport area in Rajshahi city on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman Jahangir, 28, son of Pan Mohammad, teacher of a local...
Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Tarik Ahsan has presented his credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo. The High Commission in a media statement on Friday said he conveyed his warm regards of President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is on the way to Natore on Saturday to address a public rally aimed at drumming up support for snap polls under a non-party and neutral administration. The BNP Chairperson left her residence at Gulshan in...
A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by jumping under a running bus on the Dhaka-Bogra highway at Chandaikona Bazar in Raiganj Upazila of Sirajganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Lima Khatun, 14, daughter of Shahidul Islam, a resident...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 553 pieces of goat rawhides foiling a smuggling bid on Putkhali border in Benapole early Saturday. Acting on secret information that huge goat hides were being smuggled to India, a team of BGB-23 conducted...
Detectives in separate drives arrested six alleged members of a fake currency racket along with counterfeit notes worth Tk 5 million from different parts of Dhaka on Friday night. Tipped off, a team of Branch (DB) of police conducted separate...
A female worker was killed and her two children were injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Ashuganj Upazila in Brahmanbaria district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Amena Begum, 45. Police said Amena sustained burn...
A high school student was found dead in his residence in Shamshernagar area under Kamalgannj Upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shahriar Hossain Sajib, 14, son of Bangladesh Air Force Official Sohel Rana of Shyampur...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have detained five people, including three policemen, in Dhaka while they were extorting one for money. Police's Gulshan zone Assistant Commissioner Nurul Alam said a case has been filed over the incident. 'RAB men have...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has predicted that his party will come to power next time as the people of Bangladesh want to see a change. ‘The countrymen now want to get rid of the two major political parties....
Police in an overnight drive arrested five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir Rajshahi University (RU) unit from three dormitories of the university on Saturday. Three of the arrestees were identified as Abdullal Al Galib, a 4th year student of anthropology,...
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over two Bangladeshi youths to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). They were held on allegations of trespassing. BGB Benapole check-post camp Commander Subedar Ayub Hossain said BSF handed them over late Friday night. The...
India is likely to urge Bangladesh to allow it to use the Chittagong port for transportation of food grains to its Northeastern states. The Indian food ministry has asked the External affairs ministry to take up the issue with its...
Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Affairs Dr Gowher Rizvi on Friday said juvenile courts should be set up in all districts for establishing juvenile justice system throughout the country to protect children's rights. ‘It is urgent to set...
Power outage has hit several places in Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, due to a collapse in the national grid. Reports of power cut were coming in from different districts including Narayanganj, Rangpur, Sirajganj and Sylhet on Saturday. State Minister...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached Natore on Saturday afternoon. She will address a public rally at NS Government College ground at Natore town, organised by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. Her motorcade reached Natore Circuit House around 3:00pm. Earlier around 10:25am...
On the Occasion of the 15th anniversary of First Security Islami Bank Limited, Managing Director’s meeting with managers, executives and officers of Khulna and Barisal Zone was held at Hotel City Inn, Khulna, on Friday. The meeting was presided over...
Finland will soon send a high-power trade and investment delegation in Dhaka to explore the areas of opportunities as the Nordic country wants to strengthen trade ties with Bangladesh. Finland President Sauli Niinistö conveyed it when Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden...
The power supply, suspended across the country following a breakdown in the national grid around 11:30am on Saturday, resumed at different parts of the country, including Dhaka city, at 5:00pm. ‘We’ve already restored power supply to Bangabhaban (the presidential palace),...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Global Economist Forum (GEF) on Saturday. DCCI president Mohammad Shahjahan Khan and president of Global Economist Forum Dr Enayet Karim inked the MoU at DCCI office...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Saturday urged the government to further extend the deadline for submission of income tax returns to November 30. The apex trade body has already written a letter to Chairman...
Airtel Bangladesh Ltd, one of the leading mobile operators in the country, further enhanced the ‘Shobai Ek’ plan by adding unlimited validity of 1p/s tariff as a core feature. Airtel launched ‘Shobai Ek’ plan this September revolutionising the tariff game...
A labourer was killed as a truck hit him at Arabghat under Sadarghat thana in the Chittagong city on Saturday. The deceased was identifies as Bacchu Mia, 25, son of Rafizul Mia, a resident of Balur Char village of Lalmohon...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia termed the current Awami League-led government illegal. Addressing a mammoth public rally in Natore on Saturday afternoon, Khaleda, also the leader of the 20-party alliance, alleged that the government is ‘using RAB and police for political...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two people along with 22, 300 pieces of Yaba tablets from Kalamia Bazar in the Chittagong city early Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Abul Kalam, 47, son of Abul Kashem and Abdur Rahman,...
The government says the power restoration process is under way but has not made it clear when the work will be done. A massive blackout hit Bangladesh after the collapse of the national grid Saturday morning. The restoration ran into...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
As advancement of science and information technology (IT), globalisation of businesses, industries and finance raise the international capital flows, determining the appropriate monetary policy is becoming more multidimensional for developing countries. The challenges for policymakers are to gauge the different...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
In Pakistan it is suddenly the season of mass rallies and prolonged sit-ins accompanied by violence which no other civilised country would allow. The current fad of every politician is to disturb the tranquillity of the early autumn nights by...
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