ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (AP): Lawmakers from the party of Pakistani cricketer-turned politician, Imran Khan, have resigned from parliament to pressure the country's prime minister to step down over what they describe as fraud in last year's election. Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaf party...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
Yaba trafficking into the country goes on unabated--rather in menacingly higher volumes year on year--despite various preventive measures taken by different law-enforcement agencies. Such unrelenting trade in the aphrodisiac drug leaves guardians of the juvenile as well as anti-drug activists...
RANGPUR, Aug 22: Pay Commission Chairman Dr Farashuddin Ahmed has said the government of this public welfare state is committed to ensure a reasonable pay scale for the government officials and employees. — BSS
A 80-km long submarine power cable will be installed under Bay of Bengal to bring Sandwip under national power grid. To bring Sandwip under the national power grid, a Tk 1.10 billion project has been taken, they said, adding that...
A total of 12kg gold worth Tk 60.5 million were recovered in Shahjalal airport and Kamalapur railway station Friday. Two men have been detained. Customs Intelligence officials at Shahjalal International Airport seized 7.3 kg gold bars worth Tk 36.5 million...
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 22: A woman and her son who sustained severe burn injuries in an explosion at a house in Fatulla area of Sadar upazila on Monday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital Friday. The victims...
The average GDP growth rate above 7 per cent over the remaining two years of the Sixth Five-Year Plan (2011-15) is unlikely to be achieved because of lower investments than the targets, reports UNB. "Though political stability has returned and...
ULFA leader Anup Chetia, currently incarcerated in Bangladesh, has reportedly expressed his willingness to be repatriated to India where he is wanted for murder, abductions and extortion, reports bdnews24.com. Indian High Commission's official JP Singh met Chetia on Thursday at...
Islamic State (IS) militants are the most dangerous threat America has faced in years, top US officials have warned. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said US strikes had weakened IS in Iraq, but the group could be expected to regroup, reports...
Pankaj Dastidar | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 22: A Japanese team visited Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Thursday to conduct a survey on the city's solid waste management by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) as the CCC proposed for the same in the light of the...
JAKARTA, Aug 22 (AFP): With a legal challenge by his rival defeated, Indonesia's Joko Widodo has swept away the last barrier to the presidency and an ambitious reform agenda after an unlikely rise from his upbringing in a riverside slum....
Wall Street stocks on Friday finished mostly lower following a cautious appraisal of the US jobs market by Fed Chair Janet Yellen and a sharpening of tensions over Ukraine. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 38.27 points (0.22 per cent)...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim has reiterated that there will be no national election in the country before 2019. ‘They (BNP-led 20-party alliance) have to keep in mind that the country’s people voted Awami League to power for five years. The...
Several thousand vehicles have been stranded at Mawa and Paturia, two gateways to Dhaka in the country’s southern part, as strong currents disrupted ferry operation in Padma River at the two places. The authorities have stopped the operation of several...
Unruly people beat to death two people in Jagdananda village in Kabirhat Upazila of Noakhali on Saturday. Of the deceased, one was identified as AK Azad, 32, son of Abdur Rob of the village, while identity of the other could...
In a first for any film or star, ‘Raja Natwarlal’ will be shown to rickshawallas (rickshaw-pullers) at Mumbai’s Chandan theatre today (Aug 23), a week before the release of the Hindi movie that is expected to hit box office. ‘Raja...
At least nine people were killed and 56 others injured in separate road accidents in Joypurhat, Narayanganj, Narail, Sirajganj and Tangail districts on Friday. In Joypurhat, a policeman was killed and another injured as a battery-run auto-rickshaw hit their motorcycle...
European stocks fell on Friday, hit by fresh signs of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine after a key speech from US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen left markets adrift. The British capital's benchmark FTSE 100 index edged down...
Voting for the by-election to Ward No 2 of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) for the post of councillor is going on peacefully on Saturday. The polling began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without break. The Ward 2 councillor’s...
Police arrested three alleged drug traders at Boalmari Upazila in Faridpur district on Friday. Police also seized a private car and recovered 42 kilogram of hemp from them. The arrested were identified as Azad Kazi, 22, son of Ismail Kazi,...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said the structural work of Padma Bridge has already started following the international rules. He said the main work of the bridge is progressing well and in the meantime 30 technicians of ‘China Major Bridge’...
An overloaded passenger ferry has got stuck on a shoal in Meghna River in Haimchar Upazila in Chandpur district. BIWTA sources said that the launch ‘MV Sattar Khan’ with 500 passengers on board got stuck on a shoal (landmass accumulated...
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between the workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory in Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj district on Saturday. Sources said several hundred workers of a garment factory of Partex Group gathered on...
An old man was killed in an attack allegedly by his son at East Bahadurpur village at Islampur Upazila in Jamalpur on Friday. The victim was identified as Meher Ali, 70. Police and locals said Meher Ali had a dispute...
A man was stabbed to death allegedly by some miscreants at Machkhola at Satkhira Sadar Upazila on Saturday. The dead is Abu Daud, 55, son of Solaiman Gazi, a resident of the village. Locals said a gang of miscreants intercepted...
At least three people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a leguga (human hauler) at Ghatail Upazila in Tangail on Friday evening. The deceased were identified as Rawshan Ara, 30, wife of...
Managers’ Conference of First Security Islami Bank Limited was held in a city hotel Saturday. The Conference was presided over by A. A. M. Zakaria, Managing Director, First Security Islami Bank Limited. Among others, Deputy Managing Director(s) Syed Waseque Md...
The Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) authorities have formed a three-member committee to look into the theft of a new-born baby at the country’s biggest government hospital. Deputy Director of DMCH Mushfiqur Rahman said Assistant Professor KM Shahidullah attached...
Extremists attacked a mosque in Diyala province of Iraq during Friday prayers killing at least 64 people and injuring scores. It was not immediately clear if the attack was carried out by the insurgents of the Islamic State group or...
In the most intense firing along the International Border so far, Pakistani troops targeted 22 Border Security Force (BSF) posts and several villages in Jammu and Kashmir last night, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others. The deceased...
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