At least two people were killed in separate road accidents at Savar Upazila in Dhaka districts on Friday. The victims could not be immediately identified. Police said a man was killed on the spot when a bus of the ‘Grameensheba...
Four Bangladeshi teenagers have returned home after serving several months in Indian jails for trespassing. Indian border guards handed them over on Thursday evening in the presence of Border Guard Bangladesh and immigration police officials, said Benapole port police's Inspector...
Two people have been killed in separate accidents in Savar. The victims could not be immediately identified. Police said a man was killed on the spot when a bus of the 'Grameensheba Paribahan' ran him over at Ashulia on Friday...
Washington's South-Asia point person Nisha Desai Biswal is coming to Dhaka. A foreign ministry official said that they have been notified about the visit. Her schedule has not been fixed yet, but the US embassy in Dhaka has given an...
An Indian has been arrested with smuggled gold at Dhaka's Shahjalal (A) International Airport. Armed Police Battalion (APBn) ASP S Tanjina said the gold was found on one Mahesh Kumar Gopal Das, who flew in from Dubai around Friday noon....
At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured in a 'shootout' between police and a gang of robbers in Grosgram Bazar under Tarash Upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday. Being tipped off that a gang of robbers were taking...
Bangladesh reached 23-0 without loss and extended its lead to 152 after bowling out Zimbabwe for 374 on the 3rd day of the third cricket Test in Chittagong on Friday. Imrul Kayes was batting on 11 with Tamim Iqbal on...
Bangladesh has urged Malaysian investors to take up new investment ventures in the fast growing manufacturing, services and infrastructure scoters to help the South Asian country reach the newer height of development. Apart from investing in large infrastructure projects, including...
Bangladesh Ambassador in Washington M Ziauddin met Congressman Ed Whitfield and briefed him about the current status of trials in the International Crime Tribunals (ICTs). During the meeting with Whitfiled, also the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power...
The ICT Fair at the Cardiff International School Dhaka (CISD) ended on Friday on a high note as students of the city’s one of the leading English medium schools developed and demonstrated unique software that would help solve different problems...
Detectives, in separate overnight raids, detained 31 foreign nationals from different parts of Dhaka city on charge of staying illegally in Bangladesh. Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (South) Krisna Pado Roy said ‘They (foreign...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have asked house owners to check relevant papers before renting out flats to foreigners. Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Nazmul Alam made the call on Friday. Addressing a press briefing, Alam said they have started a drive...
YANGON, Nov 14 : US President Barack Obama urged Myanmar Friday to hold “free, fair and inclusive” elections as he threw his weight behind a bid by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to change a constitution that bars her...
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) organised a Tagore programme in Dhaka on Friday evening. Styled ‘Tomar Oshime’, the Tagore evening brought together Bangladesh and Indian artistes. Rabindranath Tagore is the common poet of India and Bangladesh. Music and dance...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed the customs intelligence to be more vigilant to detect the smuggling of imported materials under the bonded warehouse facility. NBR chairman Ghulam Hossain was learned to have instructed the customs intelligence to...
QUEENSLAND: World leaders are arriving in Australia for this weekend’s G20 summit in the Queensland city of Brisbane. The two-day summit, attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth. Australian Prime Minister Tony...
COMILLA: Describing unauthorised vehicles like auto-bike as one of the main reasons behind frequent road accidents on highways, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Friday said these types of vehicle will in no way be allowed to ply on...
LONDON: Scientists working on Philae comet lander say it is time to take more risks with the probe, amid fears its battery might die in hours. There is an expectation that the robot may be entering its last day of...
Indian police have arrested the owners of two pharmaceutical factories as part of the investigation into the deaths of 15 women after sterilisation surgery. The two men were held on charges of destroying evidence - which they deny. The doctor...
The BNP has maintained its stance on the war crimes trials by refraining from commenting directly on the issue. Party's acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Friday reiterated that they did not oppose trials of suspected war criminals. Of...
The World Trade Organization said Friday there was a "high probability" that a major deal on streamlining global customs rules will be implemented within two weeks after India and the United States overcame a key impasse. "I would say that...
JESSORE: Police in a drive arrested two miscreants and recovered six powerful bombs in Sadar upazila Friday. The arrestees were identified as Rabiul Islam alias Bosta Billal, son of Ajgar Ali, hailing from Hatcharipara of Kholadanga, and Mamun, son of...
Felani Khatun's father will go to India to testify in the retrial of his daughter's killing, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has said. He will be accompanied by BGB-45 Battalion Commanding Officer Lt Col Mofazzal Hossain Akanda and Kurigram Public...
The Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) has decided to sell party nomination papers for the by-election to Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency from November 15-17. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ALPB held at Ganobhaban, the official residence of...
A gas supply line caught fire in the city’s Gulshan area Friday night. Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire erupted in the gas supply line near Navana Tower at Gulshan-1 at 9:12pm. On information, four...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (BSS/AFP): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has issued arrest warrants for cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri over violence during anti-government protests, officials said Thursday. Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi issued the orders for Khan, Qadri and...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13, 2014 (BSS/AFP) - A dinosaur tooth found in Malaysia is at least 140 million years old and belongs to a new species within the "bird-hipped" Ornithischian order, researchers said Thursday. While still unsure of the exact...
KABUL, Nov 13 (BSS/AFP): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will make his first state visit to neighbouring Pakistan Friday, seeking to improve ties that are crucial to his hopes of reviving Taliban peace talks as US troops end their 13-year war....
JERUSALEM, Nov 13 (BSS/AFP): US Secretary of State John Kerry is set for talks Thursday with the Palestinian leader on easing regional tensions, after Israel approved new settler homes in east Jerusalem despite mounting unrest. The new settlement construction was...
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