Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Monday said the National Broadcasting Policy 2014 has been framed with an aim to make media broadcasting in the country more dynamic instead of restricting it. “This is a step towards a new era...
At least seven people were killed and five others injured when a truck lost control and fell into a roadside ditch in Rupganj Upazila in Narayanganj district on Saturday. The truck carrying vegetables and at least 12 people was on...
Two people, including a teenage boy, died in separate incidents in Barisal Sadar Upazila of the district on Friday. Family sources said Ridoy, 13, son of Krishak Federation Barisal unit president Harun Vandari, died from electrocution at his house at...
A Dhaka court has sent sub-inspector Zahidur Rahman Khan of Mipur Model Police Station to jail in a case filed in connection with the custodial death of a young trader. Metropolitan Magistrate Nuru Miah passed the order on Saturday after...
Both Israel and Hamas have vowed to continue their 27-day confrontation in Gaza Strip, shunning efforts to broker an end to the bloodshed which has claimed more than 1,800 lives. With no resolution in sight, a senior Palestinian delegation has...
Thousands of protesters, many wrapped in Palestinian flags, rallied outside the White House on Saturday to call for peace and an end to the fighting in Gaza Strip. The crowd, young and old from across the United States, including scores...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the opening day after a nine-day Eid vacation. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 9.49...
Ageing is inevitable, but the secret to why some people age more gracefully could lie in the functioning of a protein in our body. Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) protein could be the key to maintain the health of ageing blood stem cells...
Doctors worked to save America's first Ebola virus patient on Saturday after he arrived in the United States from Africa. Ebola-stricken Dr Kent Brantly arrived near Atlanta, Georgia, just before 11:50am (1550 GMT) aboard a private air ambulance and was...
Workers of Tuba Group, which owns several readymade garment (RMG) units including the fire-razed Tazreen Fashions, staged demonstration for dues on Sunday in front of ‘Hossain Market’ in the city’s Uttar Badda that houses five of its factories. Several hundred...
A young man was killed as a bus rammed his bicycle in Shalikha Upazila in Magura district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Yunus Mollah, son of Meher Mollah of Deshmukhpara village of the upazila. Police said a...
Unidentified miscreants chopped to death a local leader of Jubo League at Ratanpur village at Bhulbaria union at Ataikula upazila in Pabna early Sunday. The dead is Masum Billah, alias Baki Billah, president of Ward 9 of Bhulbaria union Jubo...
The namaj-e-janaza of former Water Resources Minister and ex-Deputy Speaker LK Siddiqui was held at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) on Sunday morning. Chief Whip ASM Firoz, members of the parliament, senior secretary to Jatiya Sangsad Md Ashraful Makbul,...
Hurricane Iselle, tearing across the Pacific southeast of Hawaii, picked up strength overnight, the US National Hurricane Center said Sunday. Iselle was located some 1,615 miles (2,600 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii moving west towards the islands at 10 miles...
Israel's army says a soldier reported missing in Gaza on Friday is dead, after investigations in the Rafah area. Hadar Goldin was believed to have been captured by militants during fighting, leading to the collapse of a ceasefire shortly after...
Gunmen have killed eight Lebanese soldiers in clashes that erupted near the border with Syria after the army detained a suspected jihadist from the war-torn country, the military said Sunday. The clashes are some of the worst violence to hit...
More than 3,000 homes have been destroyed by floods that hit almost half of Sudan's states over Ramadan and the Eid Al-Fitr holidays. The capital Khartoum was among the areas inundated, prompting an opposition party to accuse the government of...
At least seven people were killed Sunday in a fresh strike on a UN school in southern Gaza which was sheltering Palestinians displaced by an Israeli military offensive, medics said. Gaza emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said another 30 people...
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Yunnan province Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) west-northwest of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, according to AFP.
Indian police have arrested the chairman of the state-run Syndicate Bank over allegations he took bribes in exchange for loan extensions to private companies, a law enforcement official said Sunday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Sudhir Kumar Jain...
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Stocks slipped in the red on Sunday, the opening day after nine-day Eid vacation with turnover crossing Tk 4.0 billion-mark after 7-week as investors took position on large cap stocks. DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSEX)...
A hijacked Singaporean oil tanker carrying 21 sailors was released on Sunday a week after being seized by pirates in waters off Ghana in West Africa, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The 3,200-tonnes tanker, carrying a South Korean captain and chief...
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Sunday demanded an unconditional ceasefire to resolve the ‘intolerable’ situation in Gaza, adding that the British public was ‘deeply disturbed’ by what it was seeing. Hammond, who took over from William Hague last month,...
The European Central Bank is unlikely to take new policy action at its monthly meeting on Thursday, despite a lingering threat of eurozone deflation and geopolitical risks, analysts said. For now, the ECB is in ‘wait-and-see’ mode to assess the...
Afghanistan's audit of votes cast in June's presidential election resumed Sunday without the backing of Abdullah Abdullah, one of the two candidates, officials said, as the fraud-tainted poll was pitched into further uncertainty. ‘The commission waited yesterday and today, but...
The government has re-appointed Major General (retired) Humayun Khaled as chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) for two years with effect from July 23. He joined BJMC as its chairman on July 29, 2012, according to a statement.
Fighters from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday wrested control of the northwestern Iraqi town of Sinjar, near the Syrian border, from Kurdish forces, Kurdish officials said. ‘The (Kurdish) peshmerga have withdrawn from Sinjar, Daash has entered the city,’...
Rescue workers Sunday discovered more bodies in the mud and debris of a devastating landslide in western India, taking the confirmed death toll to 92, an official said. With dozens more villagers still missing, rescue workers kept up their grim...
BRAC Bank has been awarded with ‘Sustainable Marketing Excellence Award’ from CMO Asia. The award is as part of Global Brand Excellence Awards of CMO Asia, the most prestigious brands award in Asia. The award was handed over to BRAC...
Ohio's governor has ordered the state's National Guard to help deliver water and food to residents in Toledo, where some 400,000 are being told not to drink from the city's water system. Ohio officials are awaiting the results of more...
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