Students calling for full democracy for Chinese-ruled Hong Kong are hoping to take their protest to Communist Party rulers in Beijing and are expected to announce details of their new battle plan Thursday. The plan signals a shift in the...
Bangladesh should start work right now to avail itself of benefits in the European market under the ‘GSP Plus’ initiative by complying stringent conditions, said newly-appointed Ambassador and Head of EU Delegation to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Wednesday, according to...
Law Minister Anisul Huq says he has told authorities at Dhaka Central Jail to prepare for war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s execution. The Jamaat-e-Islami leader will, however, get the time to seek pardon from the president, he told reporters at a...
Cristiano Ronaldo says he has still many years and a lot of football to come as he picked up his third Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals in Europe's domestic leagues last season. Ronaldo shared the award with...
The European Union has stuck to its earlier position in urging all parties to eschew violence and engage in a genuine dialogue putting Bangladeshis’ interests first. The new head of its delegation in Dhaka, Pierre Mayaudon, said in his first...
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says reforms in the country have "stalled" and warned against "over optimism". Speaking at a press conference in Yangon Wednesday, the Nobel laureate said Myanmar had not made any real reforms in the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. During the meeting, the Prime Minister apprised the President of the outcome of her recent visits to Italy and the UAE, President's press secretary...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology Ministry on Wednesday suggested the government to take necessary steps to start construction work on Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant as soon as possible. The committee made the recommendation at its 4th meeting,...
At least 10 people have been injured as miscreants attacked a missionary school in Gazipur after spreading rumours that the institution is converting students from Islam to Christianity. The attack happened at Steve Kim Mission School at Ambagh in the...
Two more Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officials testified before a Narayanganj court on Wednesday over the sensational seven-murder incident, according to a news agency.
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said Bangladesh, as a member state, has always been working closely with Interpol, according to a news agency.
A bus was torched by pickets in the city’s Farmgate area during the first day of the countrywide 48-hour fresh hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami. Fire Service sources said pickets set fire to the Gabtoli-bound bus from Jatrabari near the Daily...
The Spanish nurse who became the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa in the latest outbreak has given an emotional account of her ordeal as she left hospital. Teresa Romero said she had clung to memories...
Danish wind turbine technology provider Vestas wants to play “an important” role in building wind-power facilities in Bangladesh. Vestas signed a MoU with US-DK Green Energy (BD) Ltd (UDGEL) recently in Singapore for this purpose, the Danish embassy in Dhaka...
The presumptive Republican leader of the US Senate has vowed to "work together" with President Barack Obama on issues where they can agree. Mr McConnell and a host of Republicans swept to victory in the Senate, and now control both...
The Muslims in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Tuesday observed Holy Ashura with due respect and religious solemnity, recalling the Karbala tragedy. Holy Ashura is observed on Muharram 10 as a symbol of ‘sacrifice and mourning’ recalling the...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, also the Chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's (CPU) executive committee, left Dhaka for CPA Headquarters (HQs) in London on Tuesday evening. The CPA chairperson will perform her official work there for the first time. Besides,...
The 8-member probe committee, formed to investigate the national power grid failure on Saturday last is expected to submit its primary report to the power ministry today (Wednesday). ‘We’ll submit primary inquiry report on the national power grid failure to...
The 48-hour nationwide nonstop hartal (shutdown), called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the death sentence awarded to its two leaders for war crimes, began on Wednesday morning. The 2nd spell of Jamaat’s 2-day shutdown began at 6am today will end at 6am...
A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Kalihati Upazila in Tangail district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified. Police said the motorcyclist was killed on the spot when a Tangial-bound bus, coming from the opposite...
Reaffirming that their movement will be a non-violent one, BNP Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas has warned the government of dire consequences if it tries to obstruct their programmes. ‘Our movement will be non-violent and peaceful. Don’t try to...
A local Awami League (AL) leader was chopped to death by miscreants at Radhanagar in Sreepur Upazila of Magura district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Pratap Saha, 50, president of AL's Kadirpara union unit in the Upazila....
A Jubo League man was shot and hacked to death by miscreants in Gopinathpur in Laxmipur Sadar Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohon Patwari, son of Hossain Ahmed Patwari of Gopinathpur village. Locals said Mohon came...
Any individual or institution willing to hold directly or indirectly 5 per cent shares or more in any commercial bank will now require permission from Bangladesh Bank to do so. The central bank on Monday asked those who already control...
Once again noting that Bangladesh is becoming an Asian Tiger, US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Tuesday said the country's pharmaceutical industry will play a great role in this regard. He made the remarks while talking to reporters...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban this (Wednesday) evening. 'Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make a courtesy call on the President at Bangabhaban at 6:00pm,' President's press secretary Ihsanul Karim said, according to a news...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young girl from Talertal area in Rajnagar Upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. Locals said they spotted the body of the girl, aged around 18, beside a road in Talertal area in the...
Police recovered the body of a minor girl cut into six pieces in Nijampur village under Kolapara Upazila in Patuakhali district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Sumi, 6, daughter of late Hamed Ali of the same village....
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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the 4th session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, reached 5,069.09 points, gaining 4.77 points after the...
Family members have met condemned war crimes convict and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka Central Jail in Old Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Ten members of his family turned up at the prison to meet him just before 10:00am. After...
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