An Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy on Sunday, medics said. According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, the strike took place in the central town of Deir al-Balah. His death raised to 15 the...
Bangladesh Bank Sunday signed agreement with 32 commercial banks and financial institutions (FIs) to disburse funds under a re-financing scheme of the central bank. Under the agreement, small and medium entrepreneurs will be able to borrow from the BB re-financing...
A suicide attacker targeted a NATO convoy in Kabul on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding at least 35 others, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the capital as politicians wrangle over election results. The NATO force made...
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Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a six-month high on Sunday, as investors took strong position on large cap stocks amid optimism. The total turnover on DSE stood at Tk 7.63 billion, registering an increase of 29.76 per...
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but Japanese authorities did not issue a tsunami warning and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at 12:43 pm (0343 GMT) in...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has chalked out 27 work plans to achieve its huge revenue collection target of Tk 1497.20 billion for fiscal 2014-15. ‘As the target is huge for the ongoing fiscal, we don’t have any other...
Only four vessels will continue the search operations for sunken launch Pinak-6. All other vessels of Navy, Coastguards, BIWTA and fire service have been withdrawn. ‘Jarip-10, Kandari-2, Rustam and Nirbhik will take part in the main rescue work,’ Munshiganj Deputy...
France says Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has gone to Iraq to supervise French aid delivery and show support. A ministry statement Sunday said Fabius was visiting Baghdad and Irbil, in the Kurdistan region, and meeting with representatives of Christians and...
India’s top crime fighting body is investigating a $155 million loan by a state-run bank to debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines, a police official said Sunday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was conducting an initial probe into why the 9.5 billion...
The ‘Civil Service Act’ will be passed soon to reform Bangladesh’s public administration and make it ‘efficient and service-oriented’, the prime minister has said. Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said a draft of the Act has already been prepared. ‘We’ll enact...
Search workers are saying the length of the metallic object detected underwater in the Padma River near Mawa Ferry Ghat matches the length of the sunken launch ‘Pinak-6’. The equipment on board Kandari-2 detected the object underwater on Saturday afternoon....
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has signed an international manifesto ‘supporting Palestine,’ demanding that Israel respect UN resolutions and withdraw from Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Castro, who will be 88 next week, added his signature to those...
Bangladesh will screen passengers coming from West Africa’s Ebola-affected countries as ‘an additional measure’ to prevent the deadly virus from travelling to Dhaka. The health ministry has formed a committee that includes all relevant stakeholders including the immigration and civil...
Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told on Sunday. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said the Sunni militants had also buried alive some of...
An Iranian regional passenger plane crashed on Sunday while taking off from the capital, Tehran, killing 48 people onboard, state media reported. The aircraft, an Iran-140 typically used for short domestic flights, crashed near Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, Iran’s state-run IRNA...
Japan has pledged to provide 10.5 billion yens (105 million US dollars) in loan to Myanmar to help the country improve communication network linking major cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw. The low-interest loan, aimed at meeting the...
Airport Armed Police (AAP) personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Kurmitola arrested five Malaysia-bound passengers along with foreign currencies worth about Tk 8.6 million on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as Maksudur Rahman, 38, Md Rafiqul Islam, 40,...
At least 20,000 civilians who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said Sunday. The breakthrough coincided with US air raids...
An air force spokesman in Pakistan says one of his country's drones has crashed while trying to land at a base. Air Commodore Tariq Mahmood said the drone crashed Sunday during a routine flight in eastern Punjab province. Mahmood says...
US military planes dropped containers with water and thousands of meals to civilians fleeing jihadist violence in Iraq, the Pentagon said. US fighter planes escorted one C-17 and two C-130 cargo planes that dropped 72 bundles of supplies to ‘thousands...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday said he and his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully have agreed to further widen and strengthen bilateral relations between Bangladesh and New Zealand after discussing matters of mutual interests. During a meeting held...
Taxpayers will have to get a 12-digit e-TIN number this year for taking any kind of service from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) including submission of income tax return under universal self assessment system. The government introduced the 12-digit...
There arises a potential to export Walton brand products to the member countries of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as Ukraine has show its keenness to import the products. Oleksandr D Shevchenko, ambassador of Ukraine to Bangladesh, India, Nepal and...
The government on Sunday said the suspension on sending workers to trouble-torn Iraq would remain in force till the security situation improves there. The Bangladesh Embassy in Baghdad is in constant touch with Bangladesh nationals working in Iraq to ensure...
Twenty-four hours after badmouthing and threatening journalists, the social welfare minister has apologised to them. In a statement, Syed Mohsin Ali said his remarks were not meant for ‘all members of the press’ and it was addressed to some local...
The government revoked 31 freedom fighter certificates. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs issued an order to this effect Sunday. Gazettes and certificates of 29 people have been scrapped, based on reports by the NSI, it said, according to a...
A government investigation committee has said it will interrogate Narayanganj's local MP Shamim Osman and city Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in connection with the sensational murder of seven, according to a news agency. Probe body member secretary and public administration...
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has been acquitted in a case of violence. Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court Sunday indicted 19 other accused in the case filed with Motijheel police for obstructing police duty, sabotage and exploding crude bombs....
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has been acquitted in a case of violence. Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Sunday indicted 19 other accused in the case filed with Motijheel police for obstructing police duty, sabotage and exploding crude...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday directed police not to allow any very important persons (VIPs) to drive on the wrong side of a road. He came up with the directive while addressing an awareness programme on road safety organised by...
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