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...
Four people perished and 20 others were hurt when a flash flood swept through a festival in Italy on Saturday night. After a 10-minute burst of heavy rain before midnight, the Lierza river overflowed its banks, sweeping away residents, stands,...
Three suspected Shebab Islamic militants were executed by firing squad in Mogadishu on Sunday, Somali police said. All three had been condemned to death for murder, police chief Abdi Mohamed said, with one of the men allegedly taking part in...
Chinese state media early Sunday said that 37 civilians and 59 ‘terrorists’ had been killed in a terror attack in Xinjiang, home to China's mainly Muslim Uighur minority, earlier in the week. The official Xinhua news agency added that police...
At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday, the official news agency Xinhua reported.’As of 7:10 pm (1110 GMT), 26 residents were killed, two were missing, and 79...
The Primary and Ebtedayee Terminal Examinations-2014 will begin in the country on November 23. The examinations are scheduled to end on November 30 while the result is likely to publish on December 28. The decisions were taken at a meeting...
A court in Feni on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of local BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in Fulgazi Upazila Parishad chairman Ekramul Haque murder case. Acting Judge of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Alamgir...
At least four people, including a man and his grandson, were killed and two others injured in two road crashes in Bhaluka and Nandail Upazilas in Mymensingh district on Sunday. Two women – Saleha, 28, and Lota Begum, 45, of...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Israel on Sunday to end military operations in Gaza and lift its blockade of the Palestinian enclave. Wang made his comments at a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri, whose government is...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has summoned the editor of Daily Sangram and three other people for reporting and commenting on sub-judice matters. The ICT-1 on Sunday ordered Sangram Editor Abul Asad, the paper’s Rangpur correspondent, Rangpur’s former ‘freedom fighter...
Clashes between government troops and pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine's main rebel-held stronghold of Donetsk have killed six civilians over the past 24 hours, the city's deputy mayor said. Shooting killed six residents and left 13 injured in the western...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has announced that it will pay Tuba Group workers two months’ wages on Wednesday. After a meeting of the association’s top functionaries on Sunday afternoon, BGMEA acting President AM Mannan Kochi announced...
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