The OC of Khilgaon Police Station has been withdrawn after unknown assailants shot dead a man, wounded his father and fled with Tk 4.8 million in Goran on Thursday evening. Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner Md Ashrafuzzaman said the order...
Claiming that the book ‘1971: Bhetore Baire’ a document against the ruling party’s long-drawn ‘false campaign’, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Friday said the revelation of facts in AK Khandker’s book has triggered fire to Awami League’s body. “What...
A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Kayemkola village in Boraigram Upazila in Natore on Thursday night. The dead is Arzina Akhter, 20, wife of Faruk Hossain of the village. Police said Arzina was...
Three minor boys drowned in a natural stream in Zamchhari area of Lohargarah Upazila in Chittagong district on Friday. The deceased, aged between 5 and 7, are Naimul Islam Hridoy, son of Nurul Islam, Sabbir Ahmed, son of Zasim Uddin,...
Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad has urged the people to vote for his party once instead of the ruling Awami League and the BNP ‘to bring peace’ to the country. He gave this call while addressing a programme in Lakshmipur...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday seized 16 knitting machines and two ring spinning machines at Benapole border under Sarsa Upazila in Jessore. BGB said the machines were about to be smuggled out to India. Jessore-26 BGB Battalion Commander Lt...
ST. VINCENT: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and chose to bowl first against the West Indies in the first cricket test at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex Friday, according to a news agency. Bangladesh gave debuts to left-arm...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid Bipu has said the government will soon invite bidders for exploration in seven ocean blocks after updating the PSC. The junior minister said oil and gas exploration would be carried out at...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in the city Saturday on a brief but crucial official visit, aiming to expand and deepen ‘Comprehensive Partnership’ between the two friendly nations. The less than 24-hour official visit takes place after 14 years...
The Saudi government has denied claims made by a British newspaper that it plans to destroy the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Madinah, pan-Arab news TV Al Arabiya has reported, according to a news agency. The channel in a...
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels have signed a truce deal to end almost five months of fighting, according to a news agency. The two sides, meeting in Belarusian capital Minsk, agreed to stop firing by 15:00 GMT. However, the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 4: Normal life in Rangpur came to a halt for about 10 minutes Thursday as people stopped all activities demanding supply of natural gas through pipe line to the region in order to accelerate industrialisation and uplift. Greater...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
MAGURA, Sept 4: West Zone Power Development company Biddut Shramik League, Magura district committee form a human chain in front of Magura Power Development office, Thursday morning to press for implementation of their 11-point demands including new pay scale and...
FARIDPUR, Sept 4 (BSS): Water level in the river Padma receded drastically during last twenty four hours bringing a sigh of relief among the marooned people under three upazillas of the district. Water level in Padma now stands at 8.31...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 4 (BSS): A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself following a family feud in Fatikchhari municipality area under Fatikchhari upazila of the district Thursday. The victim was identified as Shibli Rani Shil, 23, hailed from Napitpara area...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 4 (BSS): The number of slum population has been increasing in Rajshahi metropolis, a recent survey conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and Centre for Urban Studies disclosed it. It is learnt, there being no industrial infrastructure, Rajshahi...
A Correspondent | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 4: One person was sentenced to life term imprisonment and was fined Tk. 20,000, and six months more in default in a murder case in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday evening. Chapainawabganj district and session judge Kabita Khanam gave the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Sept 4: One person was killed and five others injured three of them critically, in a road accident on Tungipara-Kotalipara highway at Madhukhali under Tungipara Upazila in Gopalganj district Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Muslim Daria (70), a...
BARGUNA, Sept 4 (BSS): About 5,000 distressed women and girls in six upazilas of the district have achieved economic self-reliance through various income-generating activities during the last five years. The women and girls with their own initiatives have taken training...
RANGPUR, Sept 4 (BSS): Side by side with the government initiatives, the World Food Programme (WFP) and RDRS Bangladesh distributed relief goods among the flood affected people of Kurigram and Gaibandha districts in recent days. According to officials of RDRS...
College student electrocuted in Bhola A college student died from electrocution at Taraganj village in Lalmohan Upazila in Bhola on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Manju, 25, a first year honors student of Bhola Government College and...
Japan wants to see the ‘real start’ to make a difference in Bangladesh and considers Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Dhaka visit a mission of ‘actions’ in doing business together with special focus on investment. “Our focus is on investment...
Nivedita Bhattacharjee of Reuters from Mumbai | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Google Inc's partnership with three Indian phone makers is set to rev up fast-growing demand for lower priced smartphones, and spell more trouble for Samsung Electronics which is rapidly losing share in emerging markets. Micromax Infomatics Ltd, Karbonn Mobiles and...
SRINAGAR, India, Sept 4 (AFP): Flood waters swept an overcrowded bus carrying a wedding party into a gorge on Thursday with all but six of the 50 on board feared dead in Indian Kashmir, officials said. Rescue teams have been...
NEWPORT, United Kingdom, Sept 4 (AFP): NATO leaders will aim Thursday to show unity against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, after France suspended delivery of a warship to Moscow despite a surprise peace plan put forward by the Kremlin....
MUMBAI, Sept 4 (AFP): Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday that India offered an "abundance of opportunities", on the first day of a visit during which he is expected to sign a long-awaited uranium deal with the energy-starved nation....
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