Jubair Hasan | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Incidents of carjacking have marked a significant rise over the months as more than two vehicles are stolen in every 24 hours from the capital. Such growing incidents of vehicle theft have given rise to serious concern among the car...
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal at her meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said her country wanted to see strong democracies in South Asian countries for continuation of the...
Syful Islam | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
The government has sought more time to sign a financial agreement with the Chinese Exim Bank to fund procurement of six vessels for the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), official sources said. Recently, the Economic Relations Division (ERD) sent a letter...
Tigers beat Zimbabwe by 21 runs in the fourth game of the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday to move close to whitewashing the visiting team, reports UNB. Bangladesh is now...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 28 (UNB): A man died and at least 26 people went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal near the Saint Martin's Island early Friday. Sources at the Chittagong Sea Port said the fishing...
The Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) issued a threat to the government that it will call a hartal unless the step taken by the govt to hike the prices of power and gas is not scrapped. ‘We will call a hartal...
There are 'too many' trade unions in Bangladesh’s export-focused readymade garment (RMG) industry. Multiple trade unions are not good for the garment industry, said State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu while addressing a programme in the city. He cautioned...
Speakers at a discussion in Rajshahi said more public awareness on tax collection has become indispensable for successful recovery of tax, very important for development. They mentioned that the existing tax collection process and services need to be pro-people. So,...
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and three passengers were injured in an accident on on Maijdee-Chaumuhani Road near Maijdee Bajar under Noakhali Sadar Upazila on Friday. The dead is Abdur Rahim 28, son of Md Idris Miah of Debipur village...
A mobile court has seized 1,500 metres of illegal fishing net in Surma River in Tuker Bazar area of Sunamganj district. The mobile court, led by magistrate Mohammad Jubair Ahmed, conducted a daylong drive in Surma River along Tuker Bazar...
Hundreds of people paid homage to former mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Mohammad Hanif on the 8th death anniversary of the Awami League leader who died from the wounds sustained in the grenade attacks on an AL rally in front...
A court in Netrakona has convicted three people and sentenced them to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a man in 2005. The convicts were identified as Abdur Rashid, 42, son of Kadar Ali alias Kalar Bap, Alhaj Uddin alias...
Time has come to stop all sorts of tobacco promotion related advertisements, publicity and patronisation to protect the future generation from bad effect of smoking and other tobacco products, speakers told a discussion held in Rajshahi city on Friday afternoon....
Bangladesh has urged the international community to work in unison to find a legitimate and sustainable solution to the Palestinian crisis and thus eliminate one of the longstanding and serious threats to international peace and stability. Prime Minister Shikeh Hasina...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is on the way to Comilla on Saturday to address her party-led 20-party alliance’s public rally in Comilla Town Hall ground. The BNP Chairperson left her Gulshan residence around 10:30am for Comilla Circuit House, her media...
Mystery shrouded the death of a housewife in Sribordi Upazila in Sherpur district. Locals spotted the body of Jesmin Begum, 20, hanging in a bedroom at the residence of her husband Sujan Miah at Uttar Kharia village on Friday and...
Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria’s biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81 people, local administration and hospital sources said. Police, other government officials and witnesses said,...
A housewife was tortured and her two legs were broken allegedly by her husband over dowry in Bhaina Rajapur village in Jessore Sadar Upazila on Friday night. The victim was identified as Laboni Akter, 23, wife of Ejajul Haque of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated an extension project of Bibiyana gas-field and construction of Bibiyan-Dhanuya gas pipeline. She reached at the country’s largest gas-field in Habiganj district at 12noon. During her visit she also inaugurated an extension road...
The government is not following anyone’s ‘theory’ and only working to ensure the rights of the people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. At the meeting of Awami League (AL)’s Central Working Committee, Hasina, also the President of the ruling...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reached Comilla to attend a rally to press for a quick interim election and to protest against the government’s ‘misrule’. The rally organised by the BNP-led 20-party alliance will be held in the Town Hall...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 10,000 pieces of Yaba in Hila Customs Ghat under Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday morning. Tipped off, a BGB team conducted a drive in the area and seized a boat along...
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) has threatened to start non-cooperation movement from May 1 next year if the government fails to implement the CHT Peace Accord within April 30. Jyotirindro Bodhipriya Larma, alias Santu Larma, President of Parbatya Chattagram...
Some miscreants stabbed a security guard to death and dumped his body in Old Bus Stand area in Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila on Saturday. The victim was identified as Akbar Ali, 55, a security guard at Old Bus Stand Bazar and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says there is a good side to BNP not being in the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament). ‘It is good in one way. Parliament does not have to hear slangs. It’s sober now. People have gained back...
Claiming that the January 5 election was a farce, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said the government should step down immediately following HT Imam’s remarks. She said the country is now under one person’s grip. ‘Now the country is...
President Abdul Hamid will visit India on December 18 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. “The President will leave for New Delhi on December 18 on a four-day tour at the invitation of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee,”...
Barrister Nazmul Huda on Saturday floated his latest political party - this time it is called the Bangladesh Manabadhikar Party (BMP) , according to a news agency.
Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said there is no force that can topple the Awami League (AL) government from power, not even one second before the stipulated time. Ashraf, also the Awami League...
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