Two pedestrians have been killed when a bus drove on to the pavement in Mirpur, in the city after the driver lost control of the vehicle. Two others have been critically injured in the mishap, according to a news agency....
BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah Friday alleged that the government is trying to restore a controversial provision of the press law in a bid to hide its corruption and misrule. Addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club,...
BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah Friday alleged that the government is trying to restore a controversial provision of the press law in a bid to hide its corruption and misrule. Addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club,...
The United Nations has decided to raise the salaries of its peacekeeping troops. The decision has been viewed as a major success for the diplomatic efforts of the nations who send their soldiers to the international agency, according to a...
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday took Iftar with orphans, family members of Birsresthas, war-wounded freedom fighters (FFs), alem-ulema (religious scholars) and officials and employees of the Bangabhaban. The President went round different tables set at the Darber Hall for the...
Police on Thursday arrested a teacher of Northern University, Khulna campus on charge of making disparaging remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The arrestee was identified as Rajib Hasnat Shakil, an assistant...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) on Thursday hired an Australian consultancy firm to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a design for Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway Construction Project. RHD chief engineer Mofizul Islam Rajkhan and team leader of Australian consultancy firm...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Barrister AKM Fakhrul Islam, a lawyer of war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury arrested in connection with the leakage of the draft verdict. An HC bench comprising Justice Md...
SYLHET, Jul 2 (UNB): The world famous Shital Pati (cool mat made of cane) industry is facing a downturn in production due to unavailability of Murtar, one kind of rattan used in mat-making, in the country. Talking to UNB, a...
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NILPHAMARI, Jul 2: Water in the Teesta river is flowing 24 centimeters above danger mark in Teesta barrage point due to heavy rain in the upstream of the river. As a result 15 villages of 10 union prishads has been...
RAJSHAHI, Jul 2 (BSS): Mojibur Rahman, 45, of Jhinaipukur, a drought-prone village under Nachole Upazila of Chapainawabgonj district, has become happy over getting an Eco-sun toilet that brings multifarious benefits to him. In terms of water-stress condition, the toilet, a...
BARISAL, Jul 2 (BSS): A man was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Suachitra area under Banaripara upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as Anisur Rahman, 40, ward-boy of Banaripara upazila...
KHULNA, Jul 2 (BSS): The government will distribute 1,702 tonnes of rice among distressed people under the vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programme in the district during the month of Ramzan and Eid-ul-Fitr. The district administration has asked the Upazila administrations...
SATKHIRA, Jul 2 (UNB): A tribunal here on Wednesday convicted a man of killing his wife for dowry in 2006 and sentenced him to death. The condemned convict is Siddique Gazi, son of Wahed Gazi of Padma Shakhra village in...
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GOPALGANJ, Jul 2: A reception for talented students of S.M. Model School, Gopalganj who got GPA-5 in S.S.C Examination, 2014 was held at Police line auditorium, Gopalganj Tuesday (yesterday). The function was organised by district administration, Gopalganj collaborated by district...
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PABNA, Jul 2: At least 10 people were injured, of them three with bullet injuries in a gunfight between two groups over establishing supremacy of a haat (market) in Santhia Upazila of Pabna Tuesday. The clash erupted between Raich Uddin...
PANCHAGARH, Jul 2 (BSS): Agriculture office of Boda upazila today distributed high quality paddy seeds and fertilizer among the marginal farmers free of cost to boost food production. Kamol Kumar Shah, director of Department of Agriculture Extension of Rangpur, distributed...
SYLHET, Jul 2 (UNB): A man was killed and four others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kamal, 35, a resident of...
Youth's body recovered in Rajshahi Police recovered body of a youth in Chhotabangram area under Shahmukhdum Police Station in Rajshahi Wednesday morning, police sources said this afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shawkat Hossain, 22, son of Asaduzzaman of Chalkbudhpara...
NEW DELHI, July 2 (AFP): India summoned the top diplomat from the US embassy Wednesday to complain for the third time about spying, following new allegations that Washington's National Security Agency targeted its ruling party. "What we have said is...
ISLAMABAD, July 2 (AFP): Pakistan's parliament amended an anti-terrorism law Wednesday, doubling the maximum prison sentence for those convicted of terror offences and allowing security forces to detain suspects for up to 60 days. The Pakistani government had faced a...
BAGHDAD, July 2 (AFP): Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday offered an amnesty to some backers of a sweeping militant offensive, in an apparent attempt to undercut support for the insurgents. "I announce the provision of an amnesty for...
JERUSALEM, July 2 (AFP): A Palestinian teenager was reportedly kidnapped and killed on Wednesday, triggering violent clashes in east Jerusalem, in an apparent act of revenge for the murder by militants of three Israeli youths. The killing was denounced by...
HONG KONG, July 2 (AFP): Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge march that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding democratic reforms. The arrests followed a largely peaceful march...
KABUL, July 2 (AFP): Afghanistan's delayed presidential election result will be announced on Monday, officials said, as the two candidates wrangle over alleged fraud in a political crisis that threatens the country's first democratic transfer of power. The five-day delay...
CALAIS, July 2 (AFP): French police early Wednesday cleared a food handout centre and three squats in the port of Calais occupied by more than 600 migrants waiting to try to illegally cross the Channel to Britain. Police cars and...
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