Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested a young man and recovered from him cobra venom worth Tk 1,000 million at Benapole under Sarsa Upazila in Jessore on Friday night. BGB also seized a private car from the possession of the...
Mr. Aparup Chowdhury has joined Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation as Chairman. He is an Additional Secretary to the Government. He had his M.Sc. in Zoology, MBA in Human Resource Management and Ph.D. degree for a research work on ‘Functions of NGOs...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said those who kill people in the name of movement do not believe in healthy politics, democracy, constitution and the country’s independence. Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, said Bangladesh’s democratic march...
Two people were shot and wounded by some miscreants at Madhya Badda in the city on Saturday. The victims are Mohammad Saiful Islam, 47, a resident of Madhya Badda and Zulfikar Ali, a security guard of ANZ housing society at...
Two people were shot and wounded by some miscreants at Madhya Badda in the city on Saturday. The victims are Mohammad Saiful Islam, 47, a resident of Madhya Badda and Zulfikar Ali, a security guard of ANZ housing society at...
A fire broke out in a five-storey building near Hossain Market in Chawkbazar area in the city on Saturday noon. Fire service officials said the fire broke out on the third floor of the building around 2:20pm soon spread to...
The bus and coach owners’ association of southern Bangladesh has announced an indefinite transport strike starting from Sunday in protest against vandalism and the torching of their vehicles. Association President Md Alamgir Molla has said that buses and minibuses would...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the people to remain careful and raise their voice against what she said the brutality of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in the country for more than two years since February 2013 to foil the...
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossen left Dhaka on Saturday morning on four-day tour of the Middle East. The minister, who is heading a five-member high profile delegation, has arrived Amman, the capital of Jordan, to hold...
The 10th death anniversary of Awami League leader Ivy Rahman will be observed on Sunday. Ivy Rahman, the party’s secretary for women affairs, died 58 hours after being severely injured by grenades hurled on an AL rally in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu...
Selina Islam Beauty, the wife of slain Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam, has won the Ward-2 councillor election by a big margin. The ward's councillor post fell vacant after the death of Awami League supporter Nazrul in April. After...
The river transport authorities must bear the blame for the Pinak-6 launch capsize that killed dozens of people and left many missing early this month, a discussion was told on Saturday. The speakers alleged that Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority...
BNP on Saturday alleged that the government is conspiring to keep the party away from politics and election by implicating its top leaders in ‘false’ cases. “The government has filed false cases one after another against Khaleda Zia. Cases have...
Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Lee Yun-young has said Bangladesh should come out from protectionism and open up its market for big investors through removing its anti-FDI (foreign direct investment) atmosphere. “As Bangladesh’s ‘enduring friend’, Korea wants to see more ‘success...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Saturday held a condolence meeting and milad mahfil in memory of its ex-president and former MP M Mosharraf Hossain. The meeting was held at the auditorium of the BGMEA complex with its president...
In the wake of BNP’s allegation that the trial of the August 21 grenade attack case is being held in a farcical way, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Saturday said the ruling Awami League (AL) has no history of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday put emphasis on signing of the much-awaited Teesta water sharing agreement between Bangladesh and India quickly. "Teesta water sharing deal should be inked as soon as possible as Bangladesh needs more water in the...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader claims he has been fed a number of 'false reports’ on road conditions by roads and highways engineers. "I find the real picture to be quite different," he said at a gathering that discussed the progress...
The flood situation in several districts, particularly the char areas, continued to worsen on Saturday, adding to the woes of the affected people. Waterborne diseases were also wreaking havoc in many districts including Kurigram, Sirajganj and Faridpur, according to reports...
KIRKUK: Three near-simultaneous car bombs exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Saturday, killing 21 people and wounding 65, a senior police officer and a doctor said, according to a news agency. Two of the bombs exploded near buildings...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tried Saturday to rally political support from rival and former President Asif Ali Zardari as protests demanding his resignation continued in front of the country's parliament. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri have...
An unidentified middle-aged man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Hirupara in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday. Gomastapur stationmaster M Shahidullah said the accident took place around 5pm when a Rohanpur-bound train from Rajshahi hit the...
Three people were killed in separate incidents of electrocution in Sonargaon upazila and Fatullah area of Narayanganj on Saturday. Witnesses said Samad, a construction worker, was killed as he came in touch of a live wire in Panchabati area of...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
Cell phone companies have been locked in a stiff competition and offering a wide range of packages in order to woe subscribers and attracting potential ones. But no one is telling how their competition has at times led to enormous...
Rezina Sultana | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
"HR (human resource) policy in Bangladesh has no such law only for women. Different companies adopt their own policies according to their needs. Only foreign companies demonstrate few policies which now benefit a woman employee and which in turn helps...
Tahseen Rashid | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
The atmosphere was vibrant, lively and also full of anxiousness. The weather was hot and humid, with a breeze blowing to poise the chills running down everybody's spine. At first sight, we gave everybody a hug after seeing them after...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
Expenditure in some sectors under appropriate policies in line with a budgetary plan provides an opportunity for maximising income generation for the countrymen. The sectors, namely agriculture (A), readymade garments (R), manpower (M) and the second-best sectors (S), can be...
Masum Billah | 2014-08-23 00:00:00
The group of five emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - sat on July 15 and 16, 2014 at Fortaleza, Brazil and took two significant decisions which stand as challenge to the existing global economic institutions...
Reminding the government everything has its limit, BNP Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on Saturday said this time the BNP leaders will not leave the streets in fear of bullets. “We’ll be there on the streets this time until...
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