UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Bangladesh to send more helicopters for UN peacekeeping missions. Ban came up with the request in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at his suite at the UN Headquarters in New York...
The privately-run Summit Group hopes to put into operation another 2 power plants in months to boost the country’s power generation now hovering at over 6,300 MW, officials said Saturday. The power plants are 335 MW Summit Meghnaghat Power; and...
Accurate and updated statistics on all necessary issues has become an urgent need for building happy and prosperous Bangladesh, speakers said at a workshop in Rajshahi on Saturday. They viewed utmost importance should be given on proper collection of primary...
A fire broke out at a dyeing factory in Kashimpur in Gazipur district on Saturday morning. Being informed, a dozen firefighting units from Gazipur city, Savar Export Processing Zone, Tongi, Savar town and Kaliakoir fire stations rushed to the spot...
A schoolgirl and her elder brother were killed in a road accident on Satkhira-Asasuni road at Satkhira Sadar Upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Tawfiqa Zaman Ruhina, 11, daughter of Abdul Jalil of Puratan Satkhira area of the...
Some miscreants attacked a temple and vandalised three idols, including that of goddess Durga, in Barisal city on Saturday. Bikash Haldar, secretary of Aparajita Kunja Durga Puja Mandir committee, said a gang of miscreants, equipped with iron rods, sticks and...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw sharp rise in early hours of trading on Sunday. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 61.86 points or...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the United Nations to play the central role as the custodian of global peace, security and development saying the evil forces destroying secular fabrics of the nations should be eliminated. Expressing her grave concern...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he is very much serious to resolve the pending issues like Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and Teesta water sharing agreement with Bangladesh. ‘I am very much serious to resolve the LBA and...
Customs Intelligence officials seized gold worth Tk 2.1 million at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong and detained a man in this connection on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Nurul Azim, 30, a resident of Raozan Upazila...
Some miscreants tortured a young man to death and hanged his body in a tree in Phulbaria Upazila in Mymensingh district at sometime between Saturday and early Sunday. Locals spotted his body hanging from a branch of a tree in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come out strongly against the murders of Bangladeshi nationals in the USA. 'The US tries to set benchmark for civilised behaviour for all. How can they explain such brutal murder of our people in this...
Rescue workers have found 30 or more people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and police said. Nagano prefecture posted on its website that about 30 people had...
A fire that broke out at Mega Young Dyeing factory in Kashimpur in Gazipur Sadar Upazila early Sunday has been doused. However, no injury was reported. Being informed, a dozen firefighting units from Gazipur city, Savar Export Processing Zone, Tongi,...
Hong Kong police barricaded city streets on Sunday to block in thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators surrounding Hong Kong government headquarters after they accelerated a plan to shut down the heart of the global financial hub. Leaders and supporters of the...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, in an unusually harsh outburst against Dhaka University authorities, dismissed on Sunday the university’s selection process as ‘faulty’. He even blamed the university authorities for ‘ruining the future’ of the students. His comments follow criticisms...
Syrian militant group al-Nusra Front has denounced US-led air strikes as ‘a war against Islam’. In an online statement, the al-Qaeda-linked group called on jihadists around the world to target Western and Arab countries involved. It comes as the US...
Financial Excellence Limited (FinExcel) recently organised a two-day long Training Programme on “Managing Human Resources in Banks and Financial Institutions”. Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed, Chairman, FinExcel inaugurated the training course. Mid- level executives from several banks and financial institutions...
A Ferguson police officer was shot in the arm Saturday night after encountering two men at a community center who ran from him and then opened fire during a foot chase, authorities said. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar...
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Stocks extended the gaining streak for the ninth session on Sunday riding on investors’ continued buying spree.The market opened on an upbeat mood which continued throughout the session. At the end of the session, DSEX went up by 45.27 points...
India needs investments of over $250 billion for development of the power sector in the next three years, says a report. ‘Total investment of over $250 billion is required for development of the power system during the 12th plan,’ Integrated...
bKash Limited signed an agreement with Bikroy.com Limited recently to collect advertisement payment from their customers through bkash.Rezaul Hossain, Chief Commercial Officer, bKash and Martin Malmstrom,Head of Bikroy.com signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations. Kamal Quadir, Chief...
At least 21 militants have been killed in airstrikes and a gunfight in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal areas. The air attacks were carried out on five insurgent hideouts in the Shawal area of North Waziristan overnight, a military statement said....
Sri Lanka is the world's leading cinnamon supplier thanks to its centuries-old industry, whose lush, green plantations are strung along the island's southern coast where European colonists and Arab traders once flocked. But the industry says its product known the...
One Billion Rising Revolution, a global campaign on violence against women, will launch from Nepal on Sunday. One billion refers to the UN statistic that one in three women face physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Activists from all...
The institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) organised a CPD (Continuing Professional Development) programme on “Managing Business Risk: Let Insurance Handle It” Sunday at ICMAB Auditorium in the city. Mohammed Salim, FCMA, President of ICMAB inaugurated the ...
India is turning to Pakistan and Afghanistan to ensure that there is no shortage of onions in the national capital during the upcoming festival season. National Agriculture and Marketing Federation (NAFED) will import onions from the two countries in a...
A rescue helicopter from Thailand has lost contact with ground control during a search for two climbers who scaled Southeast Asia's highest peak a month ago, officials said on Sunday. The helicopter was carrying three people, including a Thai pilot....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has decided not to allow any hide-carrying vehicle to leave the capital for three days following Eid-ul-Azha to prevent rawhide smuggling to a neighbouring country. Addressing a press conference in the city, DMP commissioner Benazir Ahmed...
The government has appointed former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as Bangladesh’s new High Commissioner in India. Ali, a retired senior diplomat, will replace Tariq A Karim in New Delhi, the foreign ministry said in a media statement on Sunday....
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