Pregnant housewife found hanged in Rajshahi RAJSHAHI, Aug 8: A pregnant housewife was found hanged in her in-laws' house at Gochor village in Charghat upazila of the district Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akter (24), wife of...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong and at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions today (Saturday). Moderately heavy...
BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged Friday that government was trying to hang onto power by controlling the media, report agencies. "The government wants to cling to power by re-establishing one-party rule after snatching people's basic rights by controlling...
Speakers at a discussion paid glowing tributes Friday to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib recalling her crucial and prudent 'behind-the-scenes' role in all activities of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and movement for nation's independence, reports BSS....
CHITTAGONG, Aug 8 (BSS): Three Shibir cadres were arrested from different areas of Satkania Upazila in the district Friday for their involvement in sabotage acts. The arrestees were identified as Muhammad Mojahar (38), Mainuddin (23) and Muhammad Atique (26). Satkania...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Friday movement can't be launched by announcing its date and time, rather it requires organisational strength and courage, reports BSS. "I heard prior to the Eid-ul-Fitr...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said Friday that talks can't be held with those who celebrate fake birthday with pomp on the National Mourning Day on August 15, reports BSS. "Awami League (AL) is not against talks. But BNP chairperson Khaleda...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 8 (BSS): Chittagong Zilla Muktijuddha Sangsad will narrate the 'Autobiography of Bangabandhu' to the students of different schools and colleges in Chittagong city and 14 upazilas of the district. Marking the 39th anniversary of martyrdom of the father...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 8 (BSS): Chittagong city and district Awami League (AL) finalised a ten-day elaborate programme to observe the National Mourning Day on August 15 in a befitting manner. The programme was finalised in three separate meetings of Chittagong north,...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Bangladeshi ship owners are now losing interest in shipping business mainly due to the fall in freight charges on international routes, stirring up worries among the circles concerned in the government, according to people familiar with the business. A good...
At least 10 people were killed in two road accidents in Habiganj and Chittagang Friday. According to an UNB report, at least six people were killed and several others injured in a triangular collision involving a bus, a microbus and...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Different government agencies have allegedly been engaged in misappropriation of funds through duplication of road-development works across the country, informed sources said Friday about the drain on public money. A number of government officials said some 3,669-kilometre-long 74 roads across...
GENEVA, Aug 8 (AFP): The World Health Organisation (WHO) Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global aid to help afflicted countries. The decision came after a rare, two-day...
Strongly condemning the killings in Gaza by Israelis, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina came down Friday heavily again on the developed nations and the human rights organisations at home and abroad for their silence over the offensive, reports UNB. "I've...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Vigilance and security in and around the country's apparel hubs have been stepped up to avert any untoward incident as workers' groups have planned to observe a dawn-to-dusk strike at their units today (Saturday). Following intelligence reports of possible violence...
ARBIL, Aug 8 (Agencies): US jets struck jihadist positions in northern Iraq on Friday, a potential turning point in a two-month crisis Washington said was threatening to result in genocide and to expose US assets. President Barack Obama's order for...
GAZA CITY, Aug 8 (AFP): Deadly hostilities engulfed Gaza once again where a 10-year-old boy was killed on Friday and Israeli warplanes struck targets in retaliation for dozens of Palestinian cross-border rocket attacks. But Egypt, mediating indirect talks between Israelis...
Two on-duty Bangladesh nationals were killed in Muharraq Governorate of Bahrain on Thursday, reports local media. Interior Ministry of Bahrain confirmed the accident stating that the deceased - Billal Hossain, 32 and Younus Sikder (37) - were Bangladeshi nationals and...
Customs Intelligence officials recovered eight gold bars and some gold ornaments weighing about 1.200 kg from a toilet at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Thursday night. Sources at the airport said the incident took place just after...
SHERPUR, Aug 8: Citizens and rights activists of the district Friday condemned the rape of a garment worker by a bus driver inside his vehicle plying Nalitabari-Dhaka route on Wednesday and demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the rapist. The...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 8 (UNB): Another salvage ship, 'Jarip-10, having modern equipment to locate sunken vessels, reached Mawa Friday morning to locate Pinak-6 launch five days after it sank in the Padma river near Mawa Ghat in Lauhajang upazila with over...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has not made any visible progress in the probe into the loan scam in the state-owned BASIC Bank. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) sent a letter to the ACC on July 15 in this connection. The letter...
Syful Islam | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh is going to start negotiations with Turkey this month for signing a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) as the imposition of 17 per cent additional duty by Ankara on apparel items is seriously affecting export from Dhaka, competent sources have...
GENEVA, Aug 8 (AFP): The World Trade Organisation on Thursday upheld its ruling that China had violated global trade rules by restricting exports of rare earths, used in hi-tech goods like mobile phones and televisions. Beijing had appealed a decision...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
The government is going to send a new list of frozen food exporting companies to Russia by this month to expand the country's market share there, officials have said. "We started inspecting some 22 fish processing plants last week with...
FE Report The families of 180 Bangladeshi job-seekers, cheated and confined by fraudulent manpower recruiters in Iraq, sought necessary initiatives from the authorities concerned Friday for their immediate rescue. They made the plea at a press conference at Jessore Press...
Wall Street contended with rising tensions over Ukraine and Iraq, yet US stocks still finished in the black for the week following a big rally on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 60.56 points (0.37 per cent) to 16,553.93...
The United States warned Russia on Friday that any further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretense of delivering humanitarian aid, would be viewed as ‘an invasion of Ukraine.’ US Ambassador Samantha Power delivered the warning at a Security Council...
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