CHITTAGONG, Aug 24: A large consignment of contraband yaba tablets was seized from a trawler in the Karnaphuli river in the early hours of Sunday. Lt Commander of the Coast Guards Darul Huda said the trawler was detained by the...
Bangladesh Bank has brought a change in the deferred payment against the import bill regarding the import of different goods. A circular of the Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FE Circular No. 27, dated July 01, 2014) said it had since...
TEHRAN, Aug 24: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the centre of the country. This stealth drone was trying to approach the Natanz nuclear zone, the...
Asian markets were mixed on Monday following a broadly negative lead from Wall Street after the head of the US central bank said she was still concerned about employment in the country. While Janet Yellen's speech on Friday said slackness...
Islamic University in Kushtia has been shut for a month following a clash between police and members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). Students have been asked to vacate the residential halls by 12:00pm on Monday, Proctor Mahabubur Rahman said....
A British adult retailer has apologised after launching a range of lingerie named Isis – but said it did not support jihadists in Iraq and Syria and had no plans to withdraw the line. Ann Summers’ Isis range includes lacy...
Rajshahi University (RU) authorities will receive online admission forms for the 1st year (Honours) course in 2014-2015 academic session from 12noon on Wednesday (August 27) instead of Monday (Aug 25), said a press release undersigned by Prof Iliash Hossain, Administrator...
Experts have urged to make educational institutions smoking-free to save the young generations from the catastrophe of indirect-smoking. Speaking at an awareness-building meeting they elaborately narrated the consequences of smoking and indirect smoking in public places like educational institutions, transports,...
President Abdul Hamid returned home on Monday morning from London after wrapping up a 7-day visit to the United Kingdom for eye treatment and medical check-up of his health. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President landed...
The 10th branch of Meghna Bank Limited was inaugurated at a simple ceremony recently at “M A Trade Center”, Madambibirhat, Bhatiari, Chittagong. Managing Director & CEO of the Bank Mohammed Nurul Amin presided over the ceremony. Vice Chairman of the...
A man and his son were killed when a thunderbolt struck them at Kachua Beel (water-body) in Dakhkhin Sunamganj Upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hafiz, 55, and his son Azim Uddin, 32,...
Some miscreants have chopped a man to death and dumped his body at a field in Shehala village under Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia district. Local people spotted the throat slashed body of Shahidul Islam Fida, 40, son of Pocha, a...
The country's noted educationists have urged the people, especially the students and teachers, to plant trees to improve environment and build a safer planet for the next generations. The call came at a programme titled, ‘Tree Plantation Campaign-2014’ held at...
The Jagannath University Journalists Association president and five of his colleagues have been injured in attacks allegedly by several other newsmen and outsiders. The injured include bdnews24.com’s JnU correspondent Mobarak Hossain, Alokito Bangladesh’s Moniruzzaman Toofan, Sokaler Khabar’s Tanvir Raihan, Daily...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
A court in Narayanganj has sentenced six people to death and one to life imprisonment for killing businessman Md Rafik Bhuiyan in 2009. Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid announced the verdict on Monday. Those given the death...
BNP's senior leader Rafiqul Islam Miah has said the Prime Minister’s absolute authority will be established if parliament’s power to impeach Supreme Court judges is restored through the 16th amendment to the Constitution. ‘Judges won’t be able to independently pronounce...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in an overnight raid, detained four people with 55,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Khilgaon area of Dhaka city, police said. A DB spokesman confirmed the arrest saying, ‘A car and Yaba...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have arrest six Bangladesh nationals from Lauer Gorh border point in Sunamganj district. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials said, the detention took place around 4pm on Sunday. The victims were workers who usually dig...
The Daily Inqilab has retracted its libelous report on a senior police officer and apologised for carrying it. In a notice published on its website on Sunday, Inqilab admitted that it did not maintain ‘adequate cautions’ in writing, editing and...
A stampede at a Hindu temple in central India killed at least 10 people and injured scores early Monday, the latest in a string of deadly accidents at mass religious events, officials said. Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at a holy...
A Dhaka court on Monday indicted senior BNP leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman and Joynal Abdin Farroque and 144 other leaders and activists on charges of creating unrest in 2013. Two cases, filed with Paltan Police Station, accuse them...
A major 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Peru Sunday, US experts said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or considerable damage. The quake hit at 2321 GMT 42 kilometers (26 miles) east-northeast of the town of Tambo at a...
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked northern California early Sunday, seriously injuring two people, igniting fires and buckling roads in the scenic Napa valley wine region. The US Geological Service said that the quake was the most powerful to hit the...
An Israeli air raid in Gaza left two Palestinians dead overnight Sunday to Monday, taking the number of killed Palestinians in the seven-week conflict to 2,122, Palestinian sources said. A spokeswoman for the Israeli army said warplanes had carried out...
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom denied Monday that he hacked a right-wing blogger and leaked emails that have embroiled New Zealand's conservative government in dirty tricks allegations ahead of a general election. Claims arising from the stolen emails that Prime Minister...
Three fishermen were missing Sunday off Mexico's coast as Hurricane Marie churned powerfully in the Pacific Ocean. The eighth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, Marie briefly hit category five, the most powerful storm rating on the Saffir-Simpson scale, before...
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Stocks returned to the green on Monday after three sessions' losing streak with turnover falling slightly as investors went for late hour buying spree. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up by 23.74 points or...
Japan said Monday it is ready to provide a Japanese-developed anti-influenza drug as potential treatment to fight the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Japan can offer the anti-influenza tablet favipiravir, developed by a...
Vietnam is sending a senior Communist party official to China this week to try to rebuild relations badly bit by Beijing's decision to deploy an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi in May. The movement of the rig by...
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