A local Awami League leader, injured allegedly by some Jubo Dal men over establishing supremacy at Sondara village in Ramganj Upazila in Laxmipur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday. The dead is Jahangir Alam, member secretary of Ward...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested a young man with pistols and ammunition, and a private car in Puthiya Upazila in Rajshahi on Friday night. The arrestee was identified as Harunur Rashid, 23, son of Bachhu Sarker of Nataiparea area...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman assured Japanese investors of enhanced facilities for investing in Bangladesh. The governor, addressing the Japan-Bangladesh Business Forum in the city, said the central bank had already brought some changes to the related rules...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will give Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Taka 2.0 billion for its "Ghore Fera Kormo Suchi" (go back home project). The project aims at rehabilitating slum dwellers to the rural areas from cities and towns. The central bank...
Improving working conditions in the Readymade Garment Sector Programme (RMGP) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) will hand over 95 motorcycles for the Labour Inspectors of Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) on Sunday. According to an ILO...
The Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt (BIG-B) initiative is the “centrepiece” of Japanese cooperation in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. In his first speech during his less than 22-hour tour of Bangladesh, he sought support of businessmen...
Bangladesh has withdrawn its candidature for the non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in support of its 'long-tested' friend Japan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced. The announcement came at a joint briefing after the summit talk with her...
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday hoped that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Bangladesh will further boost Dhaka’s economic relations with Tokyo. "Recent visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his (Shinzo Abe) return visit to Bangladesh will strengthen...
Liberation War hero AK Khandker Bir Uttam has presented "confusing and misleading" information on the proclamation of independence, his organisation Sectors Commanders Forum has claimed. Khandker is the chairman of the forum comprising sector commanders of 1971 war who are...
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Jatiya Party leader Begum Raushan Ershad Saturday made a courtesy call on visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Sonargaon Hotel in the city. Officials familiar with the meeting said they exchanged pleasantries...
Sharply criticising Awami League for its role during the Liberation War, BNP senior leader MK Anwar Saturday said AK Khandker has revealed the historical truth that the party did not take the leadership during the war but ‘killed thousands of...
Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday hoped that the major political parties in Bangladesh will be able to find out an acceptable solution to their ongoing political problem, claimed BNP....
It is the government who had paved the way for a 'rise in extremism' in Bangladesh, says the BNP. "It's clear after al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri's recent video message that extremism rises in the country during Awami League...
Information Minster Hasanul Huq Inu has said that increased international cooperation in building information communication technology (ICT) capacity is necessary to cope with the risks of climate change. He said this while reading out the keynote paper on ‘Dynamic Coalition...
Bangladesh will take on hosts West Indies in the first cricket Test of their 2-match Test series at Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown today (Friday). The match will begin at 8:00 pm (Bangladesh standard time). The two teams reached St...
Bangladesh will meet Sri Lanka in one of the 3 zonal matches of men’s World Hockey League today (Friday). The 1st round zonal opener will kick off at 3:30pm (BST) at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium (MBHS) in the city. The...
MJ Akbar, the journalist and national spokesperson for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will leave Dhaka today (Friday). He arrived here on Monday. However, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka did not announce his visit. The hotel Akbar has...
The High Court has confirmed the trial court’s death sentence for three men who in 2006 had raped a teenaged girl in Sylhet and then killed her in an attempt to cover up the crime. The death row convicts are...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have arrested 16 people while they were going to India illegally through Benapole border in Sarsa Upazila in Jessore. Alauddin, in charge of the BGB Battalion-23 camp at Benapole union, said being tipped off, a...
A businessman has been shot to death by some miscreants at Chandanimahal under Dighalia Upazila of Khulna. The dead is Laxmi Kanta Mondol, 30, son of Natabar Mondol of Chandanimahal Pashchimpara village of the Upazila. Witnesses said coming in a...
Kidnappers slaughtered a minor and hid her body under earth in Battalahat in Kaliganj area in Chapainawabganj town. The dead is Kabita, 4, daughter of Kurban Ali, a resident of the area. RAB personnel recovered her body from a place...
About 120 million girls around the world – slightly more than one in 10 – have been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 20, a UN report says. The children’s agency Unicef also says 95,000 children and teenagers...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours ending at 6am on Saturday, according to...
Customs Intelligence officials seized 1.5 kilograms (kg) of gold and detained a man at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Dhaka on Friday. The detainee was identified as Mahibul Khan, 39, son of Nurul Haq Khan of Louhajang Upazila of...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 1,890 bottles of Phensidyl in Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Friday. Additional director of Chapainawabganj BGB-9 Battalion Major Sheikh Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said a BGB patrol team challenged some people while they, carrying...
The invigilators at the entry test of the ‘Ga’ unit of Dhaka University caught red-handed five admission seekers while forging in the examination with the help of mobile phones in different examination centres on Friday. The incident happened during the...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said that soil testing for constructing the Padma bridge will start very ‘soon’. He said the 1st shipment of equipment from China for the bridge construction had reached Bangladesh. ‘The 2nd...
A total of 65 power plants were set up in the last 5-and-half-year increasing the country’s power generation capacity by 5,091 megawatts (MW). ‘The government has set up a total of 65 power plants from January 2009 to August 2014...
A boatman died from electrocution and one of his relatives went missing after getting electric shock in a beel (water body) in Bhangura Upazila in Pabna on Thursday night. The dead is Rashed Hasan, 30, a resident of Dilpasha village...
Worldwide development agency Oxfam’s Chief Executive Mark Goldring will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a 3-day visit to Bangladesh. During the visit, Goldring is expected to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to express his sincere thanks on behalf of...
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