Munima Sultana | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Office is now ready to invite tenders for three projects this year expecting investment of US$500 million for infrastructure and road communication development in the country. Officials of the PPP Office said necessary ground works like...
Many a man from all walks of life paid their last homage to Abdul Matin, a forerunner of the historic language movement in 1952, showering flower petals and wreaths on his body at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
The government has decided to import from January 2015 cleaner diesel having 0.05 per cent sulfur content instead of 0.2-0.25 per cent to ensure safe environment, a top government official said Thursday. "We have already sent letters to the gasoil...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 09 (AFP): Patrick Modiano, a historical novelist haunted by France's painful experience of Nazi occupation and his own childhood wounds, won the Nobel Literature Prize Thursday. The Swedish Academy said it wanted to celebrate his "art of memory"...
RAB have arrested seven men from Dhaka, Aricha and Munshiganj in connection with the Tk 20 million BRAC Bank robbery in Joypurhat, report agencies. RAB said the suspects were arrested Wednesday night from Dhaka, Aricha, Munshiganj and other places. A...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has become the first Bangladeshi to be elected the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The election took place on Thursday at the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Cameroon's Yaoundé. Bangladesh's first woman speaker Chaudhury will...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has introduced a refinancing scheme for Shariah-based funding with the particular aims of creating jobs in rural areas by helping existing agro-based industries and creating new entrepreneurs. The size of the fund had not been finalized yet,...
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unlike anything since the emergence of HIV/Aids, top US medical official Thomas Frieden has said. A fast global response could ensure that it did not become "the next Aids," the director of the...
Law enforcers arrested nother suspect in the murder of Phulgazi Upazila Chairman Ekramul Haque in Chittagong. RAB-7 sources said ‘Ruti Sohel’ was detained from the main entrance of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Thursday afternoon. Another accused in...
A man was chopped to death by some miscreants at Bhorerbazar at Mirsarai Upazila in Chittagong district on Thursday night. The dead is Adil Mahmud Chowdhury, a resident of Bhorerbazar. Locals said a gang of 7-8 miscreants picked up Adil...
After the prolonged Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja holidays people are returning to the capital after celebrating the two religious festivals with their near and dear ones in their native villages and towns. This year, the holidays were especially long as...
A man was slaughtered by some local miscreants in Gobindaganj Upazila in Gaibandha district on Thursday. The dead is Ujjal, son of Ataur Rahman of Dharmapur village. Locals said Shahjahan Ali, an influential person of Dharmapur village, along with his...
People's Republic of China has toppled the United States of America to become the world’s largest economy, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports the Daily Mail Online. The US has been the global leader in economy...
The 'World Mental Health Day' is being observed in the county as elsewhere in the globe today (Friday). The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been observing the day since 1992 to create greater awareness among people. This year’s theme is...
JK Rowling has explained the meaning behind a cryptic tweet sent earlier this week, scotching hopes that it referred to a new Harry Potter story. On Oct 6, the author posted the anagram: ‘Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My...
Asian stocks sank on Friday after Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year and weak German trade data fueled worry Europe is sliding into recession. KEEPING SCORE Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index plunged 1.3 per cent to 15,286.25 points...
Muggers looted cash and valuables from a businessman after stabbing him at Mandar Tala at Magura Sadar Upazila on Thursday evening. The victim is Akhil Kumar Saha, 42, a resident of Shatrujitpur Bazar area in the Upazila. Police said Akhil...
A police officer was killed by a bullet from his own gun while he was on duty in Raipur Upazila in Lakshmipur district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police and the...
Two siblings were stabbed to death by their rivals for land in Nandail Upazila in Mymensingh district on Friday. The victims were identified as Tofazzal Hossain, 50, and his brother Swapan Mia, 35, sons of Sharafat Ali of Rajabaria village....
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 50,000 Yaba tablets in Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Friday. Tipped off, a BGB team conducted a drive in Ashabania area of Teknaf and seized a boat along with 50,000 pieces of...
A youth was stabbed to death following an altercation over a trifling matter in Wireless Gate area in Chittagong city on Friday. The dead is Md Jashim, 24, a resident of Bihari colony in the area. Quoting family members police...
A one-storey residential building caught fire in Tanti Bazar area in Old Dhaka on Thursday night. Firefighters and local people said a fire broke out in a house on a narrow alley in Tantri Bazar around 8pm. However, no injury...
Police have arrested a woman for allegedly killing her six-year-old stepdaughter at Jatrabarhi in capital Dhaka. Jatrabarhi Police Station OC Abani Shankar Kar told bdnews24.com they recovered the body of 'Maimuna' on Friday morning from a drum inside a flat's...
A trawler carrying over 100 passengers has sunk near the Chairman Ghat area at Hatia Upazila in Noakhali. Hatia Police Station OC Syed Fazle Rabbi said the vessel, coming from Nolchira Ghat, went down around 12pm. Quoting locals, he said...
Oil and share prices fell further in early European trade as fears deepened over prospects for the global economy. The Brent crude benchmark fell $1.65 a barrel to $88.40, a price not seen since November 2010. The head of the...
Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarathi have won the Nobel Peace Prize. At 17, Malala is the youngest recipient of the prize. The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in...
A mobile court on Friday sentenced four fishermen to 1 year imprisonment for catching Hilsa fish with current nets in Padma River in Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia district. They are- Syed, alias Tikka, 22, Lavlu Mandal, 25, Mahidul Malitha, 22,...
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