A female student of Dhaka University (DU) has been ‘abducted’ from Itahata area in Gazipur district. Mother of the victim lodged a complaint with the Joydebpur Police Station, accusing 9-10 people. She identified six of them. According to her statement,...
An indigenous community leader of Chapainawabganj says she has been raped by people who are after her land. Worse, the miscreants who attacked and raped her have not been caught, she says. In an interview with bdnews24.com, the victim named...
Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri arrived back in Lebanon on Friday for the first time in three years, a visit seen as reasserting his leadership over the Sunni community after a deadly incursion by Islamist militants in the northeast. With...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip and criticised the western governments and local human rights groups for being silent on the issue. Speaking at an event at Osmani Auditorium on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip and criticised the western governments and local human rights groups for being silent on the issue. Speaking at an event at Osmani Auditorium on...
MUNSHIGANJ: Two salvage ships -- Jarip-10 and Kandari-2 having modern equipment were searching for the sunken ‘Pinak-6’ launch as 40 bodies have so far been recovered after the vessel sank in the Padma River near Mawaghat in Lauhajang upazila with...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to retaliate after rocket attacks by Gaza Palestinian militants followed the end of a three-day truce on Friday (Aug 8), an official said. ‘The Israeli prime minister and defence minister have ordered...
The Drug Court has sent a top Drug Administration official to jail for failing to turn up to testify in a case involving deaths of children from paracetamol. DGDA Director Md Abul Khair Chowdhury, the plaintiff of a fake paracetamol...
Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip crashed into Israel Friday, the army said, less than four hours from the scheduled expiry of a three-day truce. ‘Just now, two rockets fired from Gaza hit southern Israel. No injuries reported,’ the army...
Two persons were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Nabiganj and Lakhai Upazilas of Habiganj district on Friday. The victims were identified as Dewan Ali of Murakori village of Lakhai and Shahidul Islam of Purangaon village...
A young man was killed by unidentified miscreants and the body was dumped in a pond at Doharpara in Magura town at some time between Thursday afternoon and early Friday. Police on Friday recovered the body of Ashraf Hossain, 30,...
Australia's central bank Friday (Aug 8) cut its growth forecasts as it reinforced a ‘period of stability’ in interest rates and highlighted the challenges the economy faces as it moves away from mining-led expansion. The Reserve Bank of Australia lowered...
An Afghan official says Taliban fighters stormed a police checkpoint overnight in southern Helmand province, killing four policemen. Deputy district Governor Mohammad Rassoul says the attack happened in Sangin district and that the Taliban have captured the checkpoint. Rasssoul says...
Police have found a decomposed body of a young girl at Botanical Gardens at Mirpur in the city. A young man’s body has also been found in a sack near Anandadhara Bridge in the city’s Mugda. OC of Shah Ali...
The Bank of Japan offered a bleaker view on exports and output a week before data is expected show the biggest contraction in economic activity since the global financial crisis, heightening concerns a rebound may be delayed and increase pressure...
State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu has warned that Tuba Group owners will face action if they do not pay their workers by Sunday. He was speaking at a press conference at the BGMEA building in Karwan Bazar. ‘Already...
BMW's (BMWG.DE) lead over German rival Audi is shrinking, despite increasing deliveries in July, as the luxury-car leader posts lower volume growth in the United States and Europe. BMW said on Friday that sales of premium cars and sport-utility vehicles...
The workers of Tuba Group will stage demonstrations on Friday protesting ‘police attacks’ on them and demanding payment of their dues. Amid the confusion of salary disbursement, the garment workers on Thursday backtracked from their indefinite countrywide strike but announced...
Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has warned that global markets are at the risk of a ‘crash’ due to the lingering competitive loose monetary policies being followed by the developed economies. Warning that the current build-up of financial sector imbalances...
A construction accident has claimed the lives of two Bangladeshi labourers at a worksite in northern Bahrain. Bahraini Interior Ministry identified the victims as Billal Hossain, 32, and Younus Sikder, 37, according to a report in a local newspaper, the...
Capitalism's only existed for 500 years or so. In that time, some businesses have shaped human society more than others, whether by subjugating continents and controlling commodities or giving us microwaves and cheeseburgers. Here are a few of the ones...
US military aircraft conducted an airstrike on Friday against Islamic State artillery used against Kurdish forces defending the city of Arbil, Iraq, near US personnel, a Pentagon spokesman said. Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery...
Terming the National Broadcast Policy-2014 ‘eventually a unilateral exercise’ , the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has said unilateral imposition of policies and actions to control the media can only be counterproductive. “….what could be a good example of government's engagement...
Kiyoshi Takenaka of Reuters from Tokyo | 2014-08-07 00:00:00
Japan finds itself in a worsening security environment as North Korea pushes ahead with missile development and China and Russia step up military activity in the region, Japan's Defence Ministry said this week. The ministry's annual white paper comes after...
US stocks on Wednesday finished little changed after Russia imposed fresh sanctions against the West and after a pair of potential corporate mergers fizzled. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12.14 points (0.07 per cent) to...
A man was killed and eight other people were injured when a bus skidded off road in Tongi Bazar area on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway on Wednesday. Police identified the deceased as Nurul Islam, 50, an employee of Jatrabari Rahim Engineering...
The Jatiya Sangsad panel has suggested enforcement of the ‘Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012’ to tackle the illegal money transfer to different countries. It suggested necessary measures to strengthen the capacity of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and raise the rule...
Tuba owner Delwar Hossain, who failed to get bail thrice, got lucky fourth time because he allegedly concealed facts. Delwar got bail on July 24 on the explicit promise of paying off salary and allowances to his workers which had...
After getting little response from protesting Tuba Group workers, Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association is saying they will pay off outstanding salary today (Thursday) as well. As of Wednesday afternoon, 326 of around 1,600 Tuba Group workers had collected...
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