An alleged mugger was killed in a gunfight with members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in the city's Khilgaon area early Friday, reports UNB. Two DB men were injured in the incident. One pistol loaded with...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-12 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 11: BGMEA president Atiqul Islam said they are not against the garments workers' trade unions, but would not tolerate if the internal matters of the RMG factories are secretly passed outside the country. "The leaders of RMG workers...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-07-12 00:00:00
The police have decided to put in their best efforts this time to rid the homebound people of the trouble of being stuck up in traffic gridlock on highways during the upcoming Eid celebration. They have identified the vulnerable points...
A young man was hacked to death allegedly by his younger brother in Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj district on Friday. The dead is Jahangir, 28, son of Alauddin of Jhaugara village. Sub-inspector Moniruzzaman of Araihazar Police Station said there had...
A man allegedly killed his two wives over family dispute at Ruposhi village in Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district on Thursday night. The dead are Momena Begum, 40, and Mokseda Begum, 37, two wives of Elias Miah of the village....
Bangladesh Ain Samity hosted an Iftar party at Dhaka University (DU) Annex Building on Friday evening. Chief Justice M Mozammel Hossain attended the Iftar party as the chief guest with Ain Samity president Afzalur Munir in the chair. Mozammel Hossain...
Two children drowned in a pond at Chatrajitpur Fultala village in Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district. The deceased were identified as Munni, 12, daughter of Masud Rana and Sabina Khatun, 9, daughter of Mehedi Hasan of the area. Family sources...
Dhaka University (DU) will establish an e-library on the campus with a view to keep pace with the digital technology as well as developed countries. Once established, the teachers and students will have an access to international journals, books, periodicals...
US stocks retreated this week following a light calendar of economic news punctuated by a brief mid-week swoon over troubles at a leading Portuguese bank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 124.45 points (0.73 per cent) to 16,943.81 points. The...
The solar panels that Idaho inventor Scott Brusaw has built aren't meant for rooftops. They are meant for roads, driveways, parking lots, bike trails and, eventually, highways. Brusaw, an electrical engineer, says the hexagon-shaped panels can withstand the wear and...
Argentina have been fined 300,000 Swiss francs ($336,000) for failing to bring players to four pre-match news conferences during the 2014 World Cup, Fifa said in a statement on Friday. Fifa’s disciplinary committee said Argentina had breached its media and...
The Bank of England is again set to leave its key interest rate at a record low of 0.50 per cent on Thursday after it launched measures to cool Britain’s housing market. The BoE is forecast also to leave its...
Argentina’s Lionel Messi will never have a better opportunity to prove he is one of the greatest players of all time than in Sunday’s World Cup final against Germany. For all the breath-taking goals and teeming towers of silverware he...
A minor tsunami hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake jolted the country's northeastern Pacific coast, prompting advisories for regions including around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. A tsunami of 20 centimeters was observed at...
The government at an inter-ministerial meeting has decided to resolve all problems on land, railway and naval routes by July 20 to make a hassle-free journey of homebound Eid passengers. The meeting decided to stop all acts of extortion, overloading...
Prices of most vegetables have dropped after a sharp rise at the beginning of the month of Ramadan. Spices and few vegetables, however, saw prices rising in the last one week with Eid-ul-Fitr approaching. A survey of markets in different...
How Germany and Argentina reached the World Cup final: Germany: Semi-finals July 8 At Belo Horizonte Brazil 1 (Oscar 90) Germany 7 (Mueller 11, Klose 23, Kroos 24, 26, Khedira 29, Schuerrle 69, 79) Quarter-final July 4 At Rio de...
A man, who was witness in a murder case, was hacked to death allegedly by an accused in the case and his men in Manikchhari Upazila in Khagrachhari district on Friday. The dead is Maminul Haque, 55, a resident of...
Israel will resist foreign pressure to halt its operations against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. He said Israel had attacked more than 1,000 targets there since Tuesday, and was using twice the force...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to ‘find and destroy’ pro-Russian rebels who killed 23 servicemen and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack on Friday. Poroshenko issued his angry statement following an emergency meeting of his security chiefs called in...
Two people were killed in separate incidents of ‘shootout’ between members of an outlawed party and police in Kotchandpur and Harinakunda Uapzilas of Jhenidah district early Saturday. One of the deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid, 30, an activist of...
Ebola continues to spread in Sierra Leone, Liberia and to a lesser extent in Guinea, with a combined 44 new cases and 21 deaths between July 6-8, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. This brought the total in...
Federal Reserve officials are cautiously nearing completion of a new plan for managing interest rates, concerned that some of the new tools they are likely to rely on could pose unintended risks in a crisis. The central bank has devoted...
Full List of matches between Argentina and Germany ahead of Sunday's World Cup final at the Maracana Stadium: Total matches played: 21 Argentina wins: 9 Germany wins: 7 Drawn: 5 08/06/58: World Cup - West Germany 3 Argentina 1 16/07/66:...
Children born through a Caesarean section procedure have different intestinal microbes than children born normally, says a study. Researchers studied the effects of Caesarean section births on the immune system of baby mice. The study shows that pups delivered by...
A couple who took their children on holiday to Australia during school term time have been given criminal records. The pair, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of their children, were handed conditional discharges at Nuneaton...
A gang of armed snatchers shot at a fish trader and took away Tk 25,000 from him at East Rajabazar under Sher-e-Banglanagar Police Station in the city on Saturday. The victim was identified as Hanif, 40, a resident of East...
Australia's central bank governor Glenn Stevens Saturday urged politicians to work together to address the growing gap between fiscal spending and revenue, as the government battles to push through massive budget cuts. In a newspaper interview, Stevens said ‘financial markets...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in separate drives recovered 1,030 bottles of Phensidyl and 16 bottles of wine from Masudpur and Baker Ali border points of Chapainawabganj district on Saturday. Acting on secret information, a team of BGB 9 Battalion...
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