YANGON, July 8 (AFP): Myanmar's reformist president has warned that newly-won media freedoms could be curtailed if stability is threatened by religious bloodshed shaking the former military-ruled country. Thein Sein, whose administration has been accused of failing to stem two...
US Ambassador Dan Mozena said Tuesday Bangladesh needs to develop a mechanism to ensure that all the allegations of harassment and violence against labour activists are dealt with fairly, transparently and in real time, according to a news agency. The...
Bangladesh Trade Union Sangha (BTUS) on Tuesday demanded unconditional release of its leaders arrested in Sylhet. At a meeting at its office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital, the association leaders claimed that its central leader Rupok Das and Sylhet...
The plaintiff in the case over the murder of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife told the court that the couple’s daughter, Oishee Rahman, was not involved in the killings. In his witness deposition Tuesday, plaintiff Mashiur Rahman, brother...
The US Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday said the wait times for obtaining US visa are expected to increase substantially in the months of July and August. Although wait times are currently relatively short and nonimmigrant visa applicants can schedule...
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RANGPUR, July 7: A section of unscrupulous people are continuing lifting of sand illegally from Ghaghot river at Sheikhpara, Tampat, Nisbetganj area under Rangpur sadar upazila, intensifying threat of erosion in the areas. Mindless sand lifting is also threatening Nisbetganj...
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KHULNA, July 7: The Bagerhat district administration is going to issue 30 thousand identity cards to local fishermen in a bid to check piracy in Sundarbans and in the Bay. Without the ID cards provided by the administration no fisherman...
Chief Justice (CJ) M Muzammel Hossain expressed his resentment seeing the judicial functions at Dhaka lower courts on Tuesday. The Chief Justice voiced the displeasure during his surprise visit to the lower courts. During the visit, Muzammel Hossain observed a...
RAJSHAHI, July 7 (BSS): Massive tree plantation can help reduce carbon emission at a substantial level and that is very important to protect ecological balance, speakers at a discussion said here yesterday. They viewed that there is no alternative to...
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CHUADANGA, July 7: Transplantation of Aus seedlings is going on in full swing in four upazilas of Chuadanga district and will continue till first week of Bengali month Sraban. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 26,680...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Tuesday said the government is going to form a teacher recruitment commission, aiming to curb irregularities in recruitment to non-government educational institutions. The commission like the Public Service Commission (PSC) will appoint teachers as...
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NILPHAMARI, July 7: Bell metal and brass cottage industry in Gomnati Union parishad of Domar upazila in Nilphamari district is gradually perishing. Abdur Rahman one brass cottage industry owner of Gomnati union parishad said due to non availability of raw...
NETRAKONA, July 7 (UNB): Iftar items of the standard below the mark are selling in the local markets here, including those in the district town, exposing health hazards to the fasting people in the holy month of Ramadan. Owners of...
GOPALGANJ, July 7 (BSS): The 250-bed hospital in Gopalganj is functioning smoothly through providing necessary treatment to the patients despite shortages of doctors, nurses, medical assistants and staffs in the hospital. Locals said, lot of patients are coming every day...
SUNAMGANJ, July 7 (UNB): Three workers died as a sand-laden trawler capsized in the Surma River in Sadar upazila early Monday. The deceased were identified as Jamir Ali, 22, son of Mollik Mia, Farhad,22, son of late Abduz Zahir, and...
FARIDPUR, July 7 (BSS): A young boy was killed when he was run over by a passenger coach at Nowapara bus stand on Dhaka-Gopalganj highway under Bhanga upazilla of the district yesterday. Police said, the deceased was identified as Sohag,...
BANDARBAN, July 7 (UNB): Two siblings, including a four-month-old newborn, were burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Kumari in Lama upazila on Monday. One of the deceased was identified as Sumi Akhter, 4, daughter of Mohammad...
DINAJPUR, July 7 (UNB): A man and his son died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at Kushkakhali Nayapara village in Birampur upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Idris Ali, a resident of the village,...
NARAIL, July 7 (BSS): Fifteen persons including children and women were injured as a gas cylinder exploded at a Rath Mela (fair) under Lohagara upazila of the district today. They were rushed to Lohagara Upazila Health Complex. Fifteen people received...
Housewife found dead in Satkhira Police recovered the body of a housewife from Masiara village of Tala upazila in Satkhira on Monday. The deceased was identified as Lavli Khatun, 32, wife of Abdul Hamid of the village. Local people spotted...
GAZA CITY, July 7 (agencies): Israeli air strikes killed seven militants in Gaza overnight as clashes over the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager raged into the early hours of Monday. It was the worst bloodshed in Gaza since...
NEW DELHI, July 7 (AFP): India's Supreme Court Monday rejected a petition seeking to ban Sharia courts, but stressed that they had no legal powers over Muslims and their decisions could not be enforced. India's 150 million Muslims follow their...
DONETSK, July 7 (AP): Retreating pro-Russian insurgents dug in on Monday in Ukraine's sprawling industrial hub of Donetsk after government forces scored a string of morale-boosting victories in the bloody battle for the future of the country. The eastern home...
ISTANBUL, July 7 (agencies): Turkish police have ordered a major new investigation into the movement run by an influential Muslim cleric locked in a feud with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, over an alleged plot to overthrow the government, a...
BAGHDAD, July 7 (agencies): A crucial parliament session kickstarting the government formation process was delayed and an Iraqi general was killed Monday as solutions to the country's worst crisis in years appeared increasingly distant. The developments highlighted bickering among political...
HANOI, July 7 (AP): Sixteen people were killed and five injured when a Vietnamese military helicopter crashed in the capital Hanoi early Monday during a training exercise, a top military official said. "The plane was carrying 21 people and it...
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