Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered one pistol, four magazines and 10 rounds of bullet in Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Monday afternoon. Major Sheikh Mizanur Rahman, additional director of Chapainawabganj BGB Battalion-9, said being ingormed, a BGB team,...
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) is extending its home loan coverage to rural areas aimed at developing planned and modern housing in villages while protecting cropland from indiscriminate use. The state-owned house financing organisation will offer cheaper loan for...
Customs Intelligence officials seized 250 cartons of foreign-made cigarettes at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the city on Tuesday. The cigarettes of Esse Special Gold brand, made in South Korea, were being smuggled into the country through the airport,...
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing 5,258 tonnes of wheat in Joypurhat district during the current Rabi season. The DAE sources said, a total of 1,724 hectares of land to be brought under wheat...
Bangladesh was among 13 countries at high risk of being hit by terrorism, said the Institute for Economics and Peace. The Global Terrorism Index released along with its annual report shows Bangladesh scoring 5.25 for year 2013, that places it...
Three Bangladeshi teenagers including a girl returned home through Putkhali border on Monday after serving 1 year in an Indian jail. Border Security Force (BSF) men handed them over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel at night. They hail...
Police in separate drives arrested 112 fugitives, accused in various cases, from 11 Upazilas of Bogra district on Monday night. Sources at Bogra district police media centre said separate teams of police carried out drives in 11 Upazilas early in...
Father of Felani, who was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel while crossing the barbed-wire fence on India-Bangladesh border in Kurigram district on January 7, 2011, returned from India through Burimari Land Port in Lalmonirhat district early Tuesday....
Nazeem A Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking, Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) and Pradip Kar Chowdhury, Executive Director, Finance and Planning of ACI Limited recently signed a Payroll Banking Agreement at ACI Head Office in Dhaka. EBL Deputy Managing Director Hasan...
Officials of Narcotics Control Department recovered 1.5 kg hemp in Adamdighi Upazila in Bogra district on Monday. The arrested is Abdul Alaol, 28, son of Matiur Rahman of Hakroail village of Nachole Upazila of Chapainawabganj district. Narcotics Control Department officials...
Police arrested two alleged robbers in possession of four crude bombs and six sharp weapons at Arabpur in Jessore town on Tuesday. The arrested are Arif Hossain, 32, son of late Mofayel Hossain of Shashthitala PTI Road of the town,...
The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) resumed at 4:09pm on Tuesday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The 4th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad resumed last week after more than about month of holidays, including...
Some miscreants tortured to death a fish trader and dumped the body in Jhaudia village in Jessore Sadar Upazila at sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday. The dead is Shahidul Islam, 42, son of Abul Hossain, a resident of...
Police in a drive arrested two people along with 19 fake currency notes amounting to Tk 19,000 at Tentulia Bazar at Ashasuni Upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday. The arrested are Biplob Gosh, 25, a resident of Kochua village, and...
A man was killed and another injured as a bus crushed into them at Bhabaniganj on Lakshmipur-Ramgati Road in Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on Tuesday. The dead is Khurshid Alam, son of late Bhulu Miah of Tumchar village. Locals said Khurshid...
A fortnight-long (15 days) 'Plastic Surgery Camp' opened in Munshiganj on Monday aimed at providing plastic surgery treatment to the patients. A group of 12 plastic surgery specialists from the Netherlands, led by Dr Johana, will operate upon 500 patients...
Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is giving service to passengers across the country with a large fleet of buses. There are a total of 1,529 buses in the...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) members on Monday arrested a Myanmar national in India’s Hyderabad city in connection with October 2 blast in Burdwan. Hindustan Times (HT) quoting India’s IANS news agency, said that arrestee – Kaleed, alias Khalid Mohammed...
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Stocks extended their losing streak for four straight days Tuesday with turnover falling further as investors remained in selling mood amid cautious stance. The market opened with a positive mood, but could not sustain as the session progressed. Eventually, DSEX,...
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved Ashuganj-Bhulta Transmission Line Project for sufficient power supply in Dhaka city. The 400 KV transmission line involving Tk 8.53 billion (853.68 crore) will supply power through Rampura 230/132 KV...
President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday called for immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment to the killers of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. ‘No one expects a scholar teacher of a higher educational institution to get murdered like this....
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Canada amounted to more than Canadian dollar (CAD $) 1.8 billion in 2013, with agricultural commodities representing 68 per cent of Canadian exports, experts told a seminar on agriculture and agri-food products, held in the...
Newly-appointed Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven has assured Bangladesh of his government’s continued support for the development of Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector and maintaining international standards. The prime minister made the assurance in an opinion-exchange meeting arranged by the...
The election to Rajoir Municipality in Madaripur district will be held on December 23, said the Election Commission on Tuesday. According to the election schedule, the deadline for nomination is November 25, while the date of scrutinising nomination papers is...
Responding to a media report alleging that 16 more high officials, including secretaries, have had fake freedom fighter (FF) certificates, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Tuesday said the government will investigate the matter and take necessary steps...
Parliament on Tuesday passed the ‘Non-Formal Education Bill 2014’ aiming to expand and enhance the quality of non-formal education in the country. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman moved the bill in the House that was passed by voice...
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he was calling a snap election and delaying an expected sales tax rise after figures showed Japan was in recession. Less than two years after he swept to power pledging to reinvigorate the...
JERUSALEM: Two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers burst into a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday and killed four Israelis before being shot dead in the bloodiest attack in the city in years. It was a rare attack on...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2015 will begin on February 2. The examinations will begin simultaneously under the country’s 10 education boards, including one of madrasah and another technical board. The education ministry has published...
India's anti-terror officers have arrested a Burmese man in connection with an explosion in a house in West Bengal state last month.The National Investigation Agency said it had held Khalid Mohammed in the southern city of Hyderabad Monday. Twelve people...
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