The High Court (HC) has asked for reports on whether cable networks in Bangladesh have permission to broadcast Indian television channels, reports bdnews24.com The vacation bench of Justices Sheikh Hassan Arif and Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman gave the order...
The Ro Ro Ferry Ghat of Mawa has been reset after 45 hours. However, ferries are using only Ghat Number 1 to load and unload vehicles. At about 6.45pm on Thursday, the Ro Ro Ferry Ghat was reset temporarily at...
The Non-government Teachers’ Registration and Certificate Authority has published the 10th teachers’ registration examinations results with 31.73 per cent pass rate. A total of 356,962 candidates took part in the teachers’ registration examinations this year. Of them, 223,037 candidates participated...
A total of 38 meritorious students from various Departments of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded ‘The Duke of Edinburgh International Award’ for their outstanding performances in the extra-curriculum activities. DU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique distributed certificates...
The government has taken initiatives to turn the text books of primary school into multimedia books aimed at making those readable in computer, laptop, tablet and other handy devices. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has launched a project...
An International seminar on 'Reforming Madrasa Education' will be held at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Saturday (Aug 23). Department of Al-Quran and Islamic Studies of IU has arranged the seminar. IU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Abdul Hakim Sarker...
The S&P 500 set a new record on Thursday as Wall Street stocks powered higher, shrugging off geopolitical problems elsewhere and gaining from fresh signs of strength in the US economy. The S&P added 5.86 points (0.29 per cent) to...
European stocks climbed on Thursday, cheered by hints the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than expected in view of US growth, despite mixed eurozone data. Frankfurt’s main DAX index jumped 0.93 per cent compared with Wednesday’s close...
A retired army major has been remanded in five-days' police custody for a Facebook status criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Police said Md Shamsuzzoha, 45, has been working as senior specialist for Grameenphone. He was arrested from GP House in...
Asian shares gained on Friday after the S&P 500 index notched up a new record high, as traders awaited a keynote speech by the US Federal Reserve chief for clues on the timing of interest rate hikes. Hong Kong added...
The theft of a portion of underground telephone cables connecting Niketon, Tejgaon and Gulshan areas of Dhaka city have caused as many as 3,500 telephones to go dead since Thursday morning, Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) has said. In a...
Government Railway Police (GRP) men on Friday recovered 40 gold bars worth Tk 24 million (Tk 2.40 crore) at Kamalapur Railway Station in the city. The GRP personnel arrested a man for possessing the precious metal. The arrested is Mohammad...
Customs Intelligence officials seized gold bars weighing 7.3 kilogram worth Tk 36.5 million (Tk 3.65 core) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Kurmitola in the city on Friday. The Customs officials also arrested a man in this connection. The...
Two children were killed and two otherpeople injured in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a truck at Garadia village at Singair Upazila in Manikganj district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Alvi, 5, son of Tazul...
Three people have been killed and 20 others injured in a road accident at Pakundia of Kishoreganj. ‘The accident occurred near Barati under the Pakundia municipality around 11:45 am,’ said Inspector Shams Uddin of Pakundia Police Station. The dead victims...
Two people, including a Saudi Arabia expatriate, drowned as a boat capsized in a water body in Sylhet Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Mainul Islam, 40, and his nephew Maruf Hassan, 10. Local sources said Mainul...
Mystery shrouded the death of a housewife in the city. The body of Momata Rani Pal Tumpa, 20, has been recovered from the house of her husband, Shovon Ranjan, in Wari in Old Dhaka. The victim was an honours 1st...
A senior official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that a total of 469 children were killed in Gaza, where the situation is ‘dire’ because of its debilitating effect on the one million Gaza Strip inhabitants under...
France has recognised Bangladesh’s artist Shahabuddin Ahmed’s works with its one of the highest titles in arts and literature. The foreign ministry said the freedom-fighter artist, who lives in Paris, has been awarded with the ‘Chevalier de I’Ordre des Arts...
A mobile court in Munshiganj has fined two launches (passenger ferries) for lack of fitness certificates at Mawa Launch Ghat at Lauhajang Upazila in the district. The launches – MV Saiful and MV Royal Express 2 – have been fined...
There has been a marked decline in import through Benapole Land Port in the last fiscal year (FY). Stakeholders offer many reasons for this happening – volatile political situation before the Jan 5 national elections in Bangladesh, a slowdown in...
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain has urged private recruiting agents to get out ‘a tout’s mindset’ while dealing in manpower export. Speaking at an interaction with the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) in the...
Israeli air strikes killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Friday as European governments sought UN action to end more than six weeks of bloodshed. Fighting flared anew on Tuesday as Egyptian-brokered truce efforts collapsed, with Israel insistent on its demand...
The dollar maintained its strength in Asia Friday as investors awaited a speech by the US Federal Reserve chief for any hint at when the bank will start raising interest rates. The US unit was changing hands at 103.90 yen...
Oil prices rose in Asia Friday but gains were capped by downbeat Chinese manufacturing data and the low likelihood of supply disruptions in conflict-hit Iraq, Ukraine and Libya, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery added six...
The Red Cross said Friday its representatives were not escorting a Russian aid convoy that entered war-torn eastern Ukraine as they had not received ‘sufficient security guarantees.’ ‘We are not a part of the convoy in any way,’ Victoria Zotikova,...
Authorities in Kerala have announced a ban on alcohol to tackle a growing abuse problem in the southern Indian state, a popular tourist destination. The state government warned that alcohol abuse was becoming a danger to society as it unveiled...
A 5.0-magnitude undersea tremor struck Friday off the northern Greece peninsula of Halkidiki, a major tourist destination, the national earthquake observatory said. There have been no reports of injuries or damage in the area, some 218 kilometres (135 miles) north...
The death toll from catastrophic landslides in western Japan could more than double, a police tally showed Friday, as fears of a fresh collapse temporarily halted the search for 47 people still missing. At least 40 people were killed and...
Police have arrested two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from Monsuria Madrasa in Trimohini area in Kanaighat Upazila in Sylhet. The arrestees were identified as Rashid Ahmed, 26, president of Kanaighat Upazila unit Shibir, and Jubayer...
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