India's external affairs ministry never proposed a visa-free entry for Bangladeshi nationals, its spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin has said in Dhaka. ‘There is no proposal for visa-free entry to Bangladeshi nationals,’ he categorically stated at a press briefing, rejecting media reports...
BNP-backed candidate Haji Abdus Sattar won the mayoral by-election to Daudkandi municipality held on Thursday. Haji Abdus Sattar bagged 4,235 votes while his nearest candidate of BNP rebel MI Khalil polled 3,786, according to a news agency.
Jatiya Party candidate AKM Salim Osman was unofficially declared elected in the Narayanganj-5 by-polls held on Thursday. According to unofficial result, Salim Osman bagged 82,322 votes in 140 centres, out of total 141, while his nearest independent candidate SM Akram...
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. The President hoped that Sushma’s visit will help further strengthen friendly relations between the two countries. He also hoped that the existing...
The government on Thursday signed a draft agreement with a Singapore-based company to develop a floating LNG terminal at 5-10 km offshore of Maheshkhali island in Cox’s Bazar. On behalf of the government, state-owned hydrocarbon corporation Petrobangla signed the initial...
Ahead of her visit to Bangladesh, Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has spoken with West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The two leaders discussed issues like Teesta River’s water sharing and land boundary agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, which Banerjee has...
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has rejected calls for a national salvation government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels. Such calls represented a ‘coup against the constitution and an attempt to end the democratic experience’, he warned....
More than 70 high school students in South Korea who survived the Sewol ferry disaster in April have returned to school. The students had been attending therapy sessions and classes at a special facility since the incident. Weeping relatives of...
The government has imposed a ban on the export of green chilli, eggplant, cucumber, coriander leaves and lemon to ensure the smooth supply of these essentials in the market during the Holy month of Ramadan. Revealing this, Commerce Minister Tofail...
A Chittagong court has indicted Mufti Izaharul Islam and his son Mufti Harun Bin Izahar in a case under Acid Control Act over a bomb explosion at a madrasa in Lalkhanbazar in the port city last year. Metropolitan Sessions Judge...
The most senior Chinese official overseeing ties with Taiwan is visiting the island, amid controversy over a proposed trade pact. China's Taiwan Affairs Office director Zhang Zhijun's visit follows unprecedented protests in Taiwan over the pact in March. Protesters said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has been conducting a survey to collect information of the 'persons with special skills' who were once known as the 'persons with disability'. The word 'disabled' has been changed in the world...
Swiss Ambassador in Dhaka Christian Fotsch on Wednesday said child marriage is a threat to prosperity apart from undermining the development initiatives of the government and its partners in Bangladesh. 'It's time for policymakers, parliamentarians, communities, families and young people...
Ambassador-At-Large Md Ziauddin has been appointed Bangladesh's new ambassador to the United States, according to a news agency. The public administration ministry issued a circular Wednesday appointing him as the country's ambassador in Washington for three years.
A delegation of the Law Commission, led by its chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque, submitted its annual report to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday. During the meeting, the delegation apprised the President of the commission's ongoing activities including...
World Bank Country Director Johannes Zutt stressed the need for policy stability alongside a peaceful political atmosphere in the country as businesses are reluctant to invest in an environment where policy is unpredictable. “So, policy stability is very important because...
Leader of the House and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in Parliament Wednesday that the government’s stern action against those involved in food adulteration would continue in future to safeguard the public health. “Activities including adulteration of the food items...
Bangladesh Bank in a circular sent to the top executives of commercial banks has asked them to keep their banks open on Saturday (June 28). The directive was issued Wednesday afternoon for the convenience of NBR to cash the deposited...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday hoped that vehicles would be plying the Padma Bridge in 2018 because it is no longer a dream as its implementation is a matter of time. "We hope vehicles will be plying the bridge...
US oil major ConocoPhillips expects a potential reserve of 5-7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) natural gas at the two deep sea blocks-DS -08-10 and DS-08-11-where it conducted 2D seismic survey under production sharing contract (PSC) with theBangladesh government. “Conoco officials...
John Kemp of Reuters | 2014-06-25 00:00:00
New air pollution standards on emissions of mercury and other heavy metals from coal-fired power plants will avert up to 11,000 premature deaths every year in the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the standards will generate benefits...
Alexei Anishchuk in Moscow, Aleksandar Vasovic in Siversk, Alessandra Prentice in Kiev and Laurence Frost in Paris of Reuters | 2014-06-25 00:00:00
Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported this week, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels. Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, at...
Douglas Busvine of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-06-25 00:00:00
India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, a defense research group said last week, raising the stakes in a regional arms race with China and Pakistan. The revelation highlights the...
Uttam Chakravarty of the Daily Janakantha and Kamran Reza Chowdhury of the Dhaka Tribune have been made president and general secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Journalists’ Association (BPJA) respectively. The 11-member BPJA executive committee was formed on Tuesday at a...
BAGHDAD, June 24 (agences): Iraqi air strikes killed at least 32 people Tuesday as security forces held off attacks on a strategic town and an oil refinery, officials and witnesses said. Pro-government forces battled Sunni militants at a key town...
COLOMBO, June 24, (AFP): Sri Lankan authorities are to dig up the site of a suspected mass grave next week after claims it contains the bodies of scores of Muslims killed by Tamil rebels 24 years ago, police said Tuesday....
BEIRUT, June 24 (AFP): An overnight suicide blast in Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah's main bastion, killed a security officer who had tried to stop the bomber, a Lebanese security source told AFP on Tuesday. The explosion happened at around midnight...
BANNU, June 24 (agencies) Pakistani police and troops fired warning shots Tuesday to break up a protest over food shortages by people who have fled a military operation against the Taliban. The offensive has seen the northwestern tribal area of...
NEW DELHI, June 24 (AFP): India's new defence minister promised Tuesday to speed up the procurement of military equipment after a series of corruption scandals under the last government brought deals to a near standstill. Following a meeting with top...
MAIDUGURI, June 24 (AFP): Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized. Analysts...
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