Doctors examined Motiur Rahman Nizami at the Dhaka Central Jail and advised ‘close observation’ for the Jamaat-e-Islami chief, resulting in the postponement of his war crimes trial verdict, according to a news agency. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) deferred Nizami’s...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mojibul Haque Chunnu on Tuesday said the government is thinking about formulating new laws to protect the rights of domestic and agriculture workers. The cabinet in its next meeting will discuss whether the government...
Muggers took away Tk 3 million after injuring three people, including two officials of a real estate company, from Kalyanpur under Mirpur police station in the city Tuesday. The injured were identified as Shamsur Rahman, 40, and Akter Hossain, 35,...
An initial deal is likely to be signed between state-owned Petrobangla and US-based Excelerate Energy-Astra (EA) Consortium for the construction of an LNG terminal at Moheshkhali in Cox's Bazar. “Negotiations are on… we hope we’ll be able to reach a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy Tuesday said the government will introduce a national healthcare database to facilitate better treatment for the common people. “We want to introduce a national healthcare database. If...
RANGPUR, Jun 23 (BSS): The farmers are expecting better jute production as the plants are growing excellent now in northern districts despite a shortfall in the farming target this season when harvest of the fibre crop will begin from the...
Two construction workers died and another fell sick after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank at Juktitala village in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Tuesday. Biman Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station, said three workers -- Pappu, Jony...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Jun 23: The annual budget of Pabna municipality for 2014-15 fiscal has been announced Monday. Pabna municipality mayor Kamrul Hassan Mintu announced Tk. 860.03 million budget in a press conference held at the Mayor's office Monday. The budget envisages...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jun 23 (UNB): A schoolboy was killed in a road accident at Kharakpur in Shibganj upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Faisal, 11, a student of class VI of Dhobra High School and son of Darul...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-24 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Jun 23: Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) has launched first track services at the Rajshahi University (RU) campus yesterday, said a press release. RU Vice Chancellor Prof Muhammed Mizan Uddin as the chief guest inaugurated the first track service...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has raised both the volume of fund and credit limit for exporters. After the increase, EDF has become $1.5 billion and individual credit limit $1.5 million. BB created Export Development Fund (EDF) with initial fund of $100...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 23 (BSS): Speakers at a view-sharing meeting have unequivocally called for a comprehensive plan of action to check human trafficking that also needs collective efforts of judges, lawyers, law-enforcers and others concerned. They also stressed on a need...
GAIBANDHA, Jun 23 (BSS): Speakers in a function here on Monday stressed the need for successful promotion of e-services in all the government offices to ensure transparency and accountability. "In line with the modern world all the civil service offices...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Jun 23: A jute mill worker was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in front of the mill gate at Rajghat under Nawapara industrial area early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam Nissan, 35, worker...
BARGUNA, Jun 23 (UNB): A court here on Sunday convicted four members of a family for killing a housewife in 2006, and sentenced two of them to death and the two others to life imprisonment. The condemned convicts are Mohammad...
50 houses damaged as tornado lashes Bhola At least 50 houses were damaged as a tornado lashed across two villages under Chachra union in Tazumuddin upazila in Bhola Monday. Abu Taher Miah, chairman of Chachra Union Parishad, said the violent...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh increased by 24 per cent in 2013, a UN report says. The annual World Investment Report by UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was published Tuesday worldwide. The Board of Investment Bangaldesh (BoI)...
LAHORE, June 23 (agencies): A populist Canada-based cleric returned to Pakistan Monday to try to start what he has called a "peaceful revolution" against the government, as his supporters engaged in violent clashes with police. Tahir-ul-Qadri touched down in the...
SRINAGAR, June 23 (AFP): Government forces shot dead a youth in Indian Kashmir Monday during protests following an overnight gunbattle in which one suspected rebel was killed and another was believed to have escaped. The incident happened in the volatile...
BEIRUT, Jun 23 (agencies): Israeli air raids on several Syrian military facilities overnight killed at least 10 troops and destroyed an army command center, an activist group said Monday. The Syrian government has not commented on the airstrikes, which the...
BAGHDAD, June 23 (AFP): US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Baghdad Monday to push for stability, as Sunni militants seized a strategic town and a border crossing, tightening their grip on north and west Iraq. Flying in from...
KABUL, June 23 (AFP): A top Afghan election official accused of fraud resigned Monday, raising the chances of a breakthrough in a political deadlock that threatens to derail the country's presidential election as NATO troops withdraw. Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, head of...
UKRAINE, June 23 (AFP):- Ukraine pressed German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other Western allies on Monday to help end a pro-Russian uprising that has continued to rage in the industrial east despite Kiev's unilateral ceasefire. President Petro Poroshenko conducted another...
Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 7 years CAIRO, June 23: An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges, bringing widespread criticism that the verdict...
Yasir Wardad Prices of onion and potato marked a significant rise in just one day in the city's kitchen markets. The syndication of importers and big traders is responsible for the unusual hike, officials and market insiders observed. Meanwhile, traders...
SINGAPORE, June 23 (AFP) : Oil prices edged higher in Asia Monday on continued violence in Iraq, but gains were capped as the risk premium associated with the crisis in the key crude producer is already factored in, analysts said....
A Ukrainian military helicopter has been shot down by pro-Russian rebels in the east, with casualties feared, the Ukrainian military says. It says the Mi-8 helicopter used for transporting military cargo was hit by a rocket shortly after take-off near...
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