At least six people, including four women, were killed in separate incidents in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Satkhira, Jessore, Natore and Sylhet districts on Friday. In Satkhira, a woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her rivals for land at Amalkhitola at...
Senior army officials of the Asia-Pacific regions will join a seminar in Dhaka from Sunday to discuss ‘opportunities and challenges’ of the region. Titled ‘Pacific Armies Management Seminar’, this is the brainchild of the US Army Pacific. The seminar will...
JSD Chattra League will stage a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city today (Saturday) demanding execution of verdict in Mohammad Quamrul Islam Momin murder case. Momin was the former vice-president of Dhaka City unit...
Awami League presidium member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun has alleged that the perpetrators of August 21 grenade attacks have again been hatching conspiracy to save the war criminals. ‘The BNP-Jamaat combine mounted the grenade attacks on August...
The much-awaited Bimstec Secretariat began its journey on Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Secretariat of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) in Dhaka this (Saturday) morning. With the inauguration, the Bimstec Secretariat...
Two people, including a minor, were killed in separate incidents in Lalmonirhat and Dinajpur districts on Friday. Minor boy Miraz, 4, son of Milan Hossain, a resident of Post Office Para area in Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat district drowned in...
A case has been filed accusing six people of the murder of Swechchhasebak League’s Shyampur union unit President Reazul Islam Lalu in Dhaka. Lalu’s wife Doly Begum lodged the case on Thursday evening at Kadamtali Police Station, said Sub-Inspector Shahidur...
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu has blamed the BNP for the internal feuds in Jatiya Party, which is the Opposition in Parliament but has representation in the government. ‘A plot is on to split Jatiya Party. The internal feud inside Jatiya Party...
The US Navy is searching for a pilot missing after two combat jets crashed at sea in the western Pacific Ocean on Friday, Navy officials said on Saturday. The two F/A-18 Hornets were operating from the aircraft carrier USS Carl...
Indian authorities have reportedly began an inquiry into allegations being made against Trinamool MP Ahmed Hassan Imran. In a report ran on Friday, Kolkata’s ‘Ananda Bazar Patrika’ claimed that Imran had sent a large amount of funds to a political...
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), a think tank, said that the process of industrialisation has been taking place in Bangladesh with a dawdling rate of transition to a sustainable and inclusive industrialization, thereby causing the economy not to grow at expected...
With top Bengali newspapers of Kolkata alleging that a Rajya Sabha MP of Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee funded a political party in Bangladesh, Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has summoned the Deputy High Commissioner of the neighbouring...
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has asked doctors to look east for medical technologies and training, instead of Europe and America. ‘This is the best time for technology transfer from east to east,’ VC...
A Hajj pilgrim died from illness at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Yunus, 62, a resident of Nazirpara of the city’s Dakkhin Patenga. Sources at the airport...
Bangladesh will conclude their tour of the West Indies with the 2nd and final Test in St Lucia starting today (Saturday) night. Having lost the 1st Test by 10 wickets and so far without a win on the tour, the...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in New York this month during the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA). This will be the 1st meeting between Modi and Hasina after the BJP came to...
Prime Minster Sheikh Haisna on Saturday placed a 6-point-proposal, including those for poverty alleviation and facing climate change challenges, for the consideration of Bimstec member states in the greater interest of this region. She placed the 6 proposals while speaking...
A total of thirty-three people have been arrested over bomb attack on a bus carrying the teachers of Chittagong University in Hathazari near the port city. Police on Saturday held three more Islami Chhatra Shibir activists over the bombing of...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that her party will take to the streets if the government fails to soon hold a dialogue to organise fresh elections with participation of all political parties. The BNP did not want conflict and...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 325,758,666.25 on the basis of cost price and Tk 310,231,624.44 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 11 September, 2014. The face value per...
The written test for admission into 1st year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BAF) courses (Cha unit) for the session 2014-2015 of University of Dhaka was held on Saturday. DU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, dean of Fine Arts...
Bengal Tigers, one of the critically endangered species, face extinction as their habitats in the Sundarbans are going to be severely affected due to the growing extreme climate events and sea-level rise, warned biological scientists. “Of course, Bengal Tigers living...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed deep gratitude to Bangladesh at the withdrawal of its candidature for a non-permanent membership of UN Security Council in favour of Japan. The Japanese Prime Minister made the remark when Speaker Dr Shirin...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are likely to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 27 which is expected to...
Unidentified miscreants attacked ex-Dhaka University teacher Professor Mahbub Ullah on the Supreme Court premises in the city on Saturday. Mahbub Ullah came under the attack as he was leaving the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) auditorium around 1:20pm after attending...
Unidentified miscreants attacked ex-Dhaka University teacher Professor Mahbub Ullah on the Supreme Court premises Saturday. Mahbub Ullah came under the attack as he was leaving the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) auditorium around 1:20pm after attending a programme there. The...
The foreign ministry has dismissed media reports about Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in Kolkata being summoned by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “The news is not based on fact,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday, according to...
Bangladesh will seek “specific timeframe” from India to settle the Teesta water sharing and implement land boundary agreement in the upcoming foreign ministers’ level meeting in New Delhi, according to a news agency. The third Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting...
Teachers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have opposed the appointment of university’s new Vice Chancellor Khaleda Ekram. On Saturday, two days after her appointment, the teacher’s association from a meeting urged the president, who is the ex-officio...
Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) on Saturday urged the government to put in place a legal framework to protect their investment and assets in their absence. "Many NRBs don’t find confidence in the existing law and rules for them,” said a leader...
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