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...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to confer the 'Bangladesh Bank Award-2013' on Prof Dr Muzaffer Ahmad and Dr Swadesh Ranjan Bose (posthumous) for their distinctive and remarkable contributions to the field of development economics. A jury board comprised of five...
BNP’s Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on Sunday said though they want to face Awami League (AL) in the field, the ruling party opts to resist them by law enforcers. “Nasim (Health Minister) has announced to face us in...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with BNP standing committee members on Sunday night to finalise her party’s fresh action programmes. The meeting began around 8:40pm at Khaleda’s Gulshan political office. Party sources said Khaleda at the meeting with the party...
The government has issued a special alert at immigration centres of all land, air and river ports for the next 90 days to prevent Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) from getting into Bangladesh. "Several teams of physicians will work at all...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday suggested that the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to create a fund to tackle crisis like the Tuba Group’s one. The minister made the recommendation at a press conference at BGMEA Bhaban...
JESSORE, Aug 9 (UNB): The rivers in Jessore district are in a moribund state as their flows have fallen drastically for widespread encroachment by land grabbers and unplanned government development projects. Sources concerned said though official records put the number...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 9 (UNB): Two people were killed and three others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Moslem More on the Kharkhari Bypass Road under Matihar thana in the city early Saturday. The deceased were identified...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 9 (BSS): Speakers in an advocacy meeting on Friday said Bangladesh government has been trying to reduce the rate of death in tuberculosis (TB) to half by 2015 through Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) programme. The meeting...
RANGPUR, Aug 9 (BSS): Leaders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Jatiya Jubo Jote here today called upon all pro-liberation forces to work unitedly for greater national interests in line with the spirit of the Liberation War for continuous uplift....
NARSINGDI, Aug 9 (BSS): About 25,000 under privileged women and girls in the six upazilas of the district have achieved economic self-reliance through various income generation activities during the last ten years. The women and girls with their own initiatives...
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