Bombings across Iraq killed at least 35 people in attacks that appeared to be revenge for an assault on a Sunni mosque that has deepened sectarian conflict. A bomb also exploded in the northern city of Arbil on Saturday, a...
The police chief of a small south Texas town was shot dead during a traffic stop on Saturday, a county sheriff said. Michael Pimentel died of multiple gunshot wounds suffered in a confrontation with a motorist shortly before noon in...
Former dictator HM Ershad has called on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to merge with his Jatiya Party. ‘You leave Jamaat, come join my party. We are the true nationalists,’ he said, speaking at a rally in Feni on Saturday....
Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said. Pictures on social media purportedly showed Misrata fighters celebrating at the terminal...
Bangladesh has highlighted its business and investment opportunities at the recent annual international business forum held in Isyk Kul, Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan). Mosud Mannan, Bangladesh Ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic with residence in Tashkent, delivered a speech at the inaugural ceremony highlighting...
Palestinian militants kept up their cross-border rocket fire in what has become a conflict of attrition that has defied attempts by regional power Egypt to broker a durable truce in fighting now in its seventh week. An Israeli air strike...
Archaeologists have found two ancient Mayan cities hidden in the jungle of southeastern Mexico, and the lead researcher says he believes there are ‘dozens’ more to be found in the region. Ivan Sprajc, associate professor at the Research Center of...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka and seven other people for irregularities in the allotment of space at a mall. ACC director Mahbubul Alam filed the case...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign for a month during which a probe into the alleged poll rigging will be completed, even as 400 PTI protestors were booked for anti-government rallies and blocking...
Residents of Kurigram's flood-hit areas, suffering from acute shortage of food, drinking water, and fuel oil, say the government relief is too little to meet the demand. Hundreds of thousands of flood victims are thronging residents of local public representatives...
shohoz.com has come forward to end the hassle regarding travel arrangements and booking tickets for onward/ return journeys. Bangladesh’s premium e-travel venture, shohoz.com reveres its existence to make travel convenient. “We realised that travellers are constantly worried about booking bus...
An Upazila primary education officer (UPEO) accused of various irregularities has been ordered to be stand-released and report at the Primary Education Directorate. Sadar upazila primary education officer Mostafa Masud was accused of ‘deputation-business’ and irregularities during the appointment of...
Activists in the Chinese casino capital of Macau kicked off an informal poll on Sunday to gauge support for democratic reforms, inspired by a similar vote in Hong Kong that had a big turnout but was denounced by Beijing as...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed a case against an alleged money-launderer for siphoning off about Tk 3.28 billion (Tk 328 crore). ACC assistant director Shamsul Alam filed the case against Mohammad Sabbir, owner of four private firms,...
China's Defense Ministry rejected US accusations that a Chinese fighter jet conducted a ‘dangerous intercept’ of a US Navy surveillance aircraft off the southern Chinese coast. Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun called the US accusations ‘groundless’ in a statement issued Saturday...
BNP is now trying to reinvent itself with a plan to rejuvenate the party rank and file with district tours by its senior leaders to have them ready for a decisive movement likely to be launched in mid-October or early...
The BNP has alleged that the prime minister is trying to influence the trial of the August 21 grenade attack case with her statements, reports bdnews24.com Criticising the prime minister's statements on August 21, BNP chairperson's Adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 22 (BSS): Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Friday that the next parliament election will be held in 2019 as per the Constitution. BNP would not be able to wage any movement on the street and...
Awami League (AL) advisory council member and former railway minister Suranjit Sengupta, MP, urged the government Friday to complete the trial of the August 21 grenade attack cases expeditiously, reports BSS. "As the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on...
JU Correspondent The authority of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has suspended a total of 16 Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men of the campus unit in connection with an attack on another group on the campus. The decision came from an emergency...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Friday that General Ziaur Rahman is a villain in the history of Bangladesh, reports BSS. Ziaur Rahman built a children's park at the place in Suhrawardi Udyan, where the Pakistani occupation forces surrendered after...
Prime minister's (PM) IT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has alleged that the BNP is a party of terrorists and said it should be brought to justice, reports bdnews24.com. "As I've said repeatedly, the BNP is a party of terrorists....
SYLHET, Aug 22 (UNB): Police arrested two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from Monsuria Madrasah Trimohini area in Kanaighat Upazila Thursday morning. The arrestees were identified as Rashid Ahmed, 26, president of Kanaighat Upazila unit...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to adopt a rule to rid the taxpayers of the hassle of facing annual auditing of their tax-payment records. Taxpayers, both of individual and corporate categories, may have to undergo tax audit...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
Major irregularities and shoddy work have been detected in the Tk 9.42 billion Gorai river restoration project (phase-II), officials said. Such irregularities have seriously undermined the main objectives of reducing salinity and ensuring higher water flow in the Gorai River,...
FE Report | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
A university student was killed and three others were injured in a fatal accident as a rashly-driven vehicle crashed onto a walkway in the capital's Kafrul area on Friday evening, police said. The deceased was identified as Sajid, 22, an...
Syful Islam | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
The government is likely to prepare a master plan for setting up economic zones (EZs) in coastal areas and stop their establishment in a scattered way, sources said. A move has been initiated after both local and foreign investors have...
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