In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said in Stockholm on Friday. The 36-year-old mother received a uterus from a close family friend last...
Workers of a tea garden flew into fury and put up barricade on Osmani International Airport Road in Sylhet following death of a fellow in a road accident at Choukidekhi in the north-eastern divisional city on Friday, halting traffic for...
Telecoms Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui, who is facing the axe over his anti-Hajj rant, has reportedly returned to New York from Mexico. Government officials have been tightlipped on the matter, but several expatriate Bangladeshis confirmed that they had seen Latif...
A local Jubo League leader was slaughtered in Sreenagar Upazila in Munshiganj district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque Shamsu Pathan, 22, son of late Solaiman, alias Babu Pathan of Baghra village. Police said locals found...
An Internet video released on Friday purports to show an Islamic State (IS) fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the militant group now targeted in US-led air strikes. The video mirrored other beheading...
The father-in-law of Dr Enamur Rahman, the ruling party's member of Parliament (MP) from Savar Upazila, has been rescued by police in Malaysia two days after he was kidnapped. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sources said, Fazlul Haque, father of Dr...
Prices of spices have gone up on rising demand as Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two main religious festivals of the Muslims, is knocking at the door. At the kitchen markets in Dhaka City, including New Market, Mohammadpur’s two main markets,...
Bank branches in Bangladesh’s industrial belts have opened on Saturday morning to facilitate the payment of salaries and allowances by readymade garment (RMG) factories to their employees before Eid-ul-Azha. The central bank, in a circular, has instructed the scheduled banks...
Holy Eid-ul-Azha is being observed in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Thousands of Muslims started going to the Eidgah (prayer ground) in Riyadh just after the Fajr prayers. The central Eid congregation in Riyadh was held around 6:00am at Dheera Masjid....
Holy Eid-ul-Azha, the 2nd biggest religious festival of Muslims, is being observed in several districts in Bangladesh on Saturday, synchronising the day with the Kongdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Holy Eid-ul-Azha is being observed with due respect and solemnity in...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 0.12 million (120,000) Yaba tablets and a boat in Naf River in Teknaf Uapzila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday. Being tipped off, a team of BGB-42 Battalion conducted a drive in No 4...
A youth died from electrocution at Malipara village in Thakurgaon Sadar Uapzila on Friday night. The dead is Malin Chandra, 22, son of Amatu Barman of the village. Witnesses said Malin died on the spot when he came in contact...
Ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Match Referees had a successful ‘innings’ at the Emirates Aviation College – Crew Training facility, during their training in Dubai last...
A long tailback appeared in the Link Road on the west side of Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge on Saturday. Sources at Hatikumrul Highway Police Station said a 20-killometer tailback on Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge Link Road (west) pushed hundreds of passengers into...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file separate cases against BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Ani and former Jatiya Party MP Abdul Jabbar for allegedly amassing illegal wealth. The Commission at its recent meeting approved filing cases against...
A 5-kilometre long tailback has been created on highways on the both sides of the Mawa-Kewrakandi ferry crossing points of Padma River. The tailback is getting longer as vehicles are increasing in numbers with the clock ticking. Mawa Water Police...
Bangladesh Bank has been nominated as the member of the Steering Committee of Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) in its Global Policy Forum (GPF) meeting held recently in Trinidad and Tobago. Bangladesh was recommended by the Central Bank of Philippines...
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has once again raised the issue of alleged infiltration from Bangladesh to India. Addressing a programme, at RSS headquarters at Nagpur in Maharashtra, Bhagwat has claimed the influx from Bangladesh into two eastern...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will hold a public hearing after Eid-ul-Azha on the proposal to raise the prices of gas and then come up with a final decision about it. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources...
Protesting the move to raise gas price, BNP urged the government on Saturday to rescind its decision to avert any bad consequence. The BNP leader said this while addressing a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, according to...
Police recovered the body of a night guard at Char Rajapur village in Fatlullah in sadar upazila of Narayanganj on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Billal Miah, 24, son of Abdul Khalek Miah of the village, according to a...
The government has imposed an 11-day ban on catching, selling and transportation of hilsa from Sunday across the country to ensure safe spawning and protect the mother fish, according to a news agency.
A meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) on October 12 will decide the fate of its presidium member Abdul Latif Siddique, now under fire for his derogatory remarks on Hajj, Tablig Jamaat and the Prime Minister’s son....
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta Saturday called upon the government to enact a code of conduct for cabinet members so that it does not have to face any embarrassing situation because of any minister’s unwarranted remarks and behaviour. “Ministers...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange greetings with diplomats and eminent citizens on the Eid day Monday. The Eid reception programme will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, according to a news agency. Khaleda will...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange greetings with diplomats and eminent citizens on the Eid day on Monday. The Eid reception programme will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. Khaleda will first exchange greetings...
Several hundred ready-made garment workers of a Tuba Group factory have protested in front of the BGMEA Bhaban in Dhaka demanding outstanding salary and festival bonuses. But the owner, Delwar Hossain, claims he does not have enough money to pay...
More than a thousand rival protesters, some wearing helmets, faced off in a densely populated, gritty district of Hong Kong Saturday, fuelling concerns that the Chinese-controlled city's worst unrest in decades could take a more violent turn. After a night...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has claimed that joy of the upcoming Eid has been blemished by the sense of insecurity. In a statement issued on Saturday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, Khaleda expressed her concerns over the economy and the...
Parts of Bangladesh may witness drizzle Monday, on the day of the Eid-ul-Azha, the Meteorological Department has forecasted. People are rushing back home to celebrate the festival with their families. In its Saturday’s forecast, the Met Office said most time...
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