Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said that political frustration cannot hamper development works. He said the government, led by Sheikh Hasina, has proved that Padma Bridge can be built by own cost of the nation. He said the main work...
The committee investigating the alleged leak of HSC question papers will hand over findings to the education minister this week. 'We have finalised the probe report. We will hand it to the minister as soon as he gives an appointment,’...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 is all set deliver the verdict in the case of crimes against humanity against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami on Tuesday. The ICT-1 set the date for pronouncing verdict through an order today (Monday). Justice...
International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz has filed a general diary with police fearing theft of information from her personal computer. Shahbagh Police Station Inspector (investigation) Md Habil Hossain said she lodged a general diary (GD) around 8:30 pm on...
The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) resumed at 11.5 am on Monday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The day’s proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran, according to 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 of proper enforcement of...
Residents of Dhaka City have been suffering due to water-logging caused by heavy rain on Monday morning and shortage of transport. The torrential rains started around 8:30am on Monday and have continued without a let-up until 11am inundating a vast...
Shanghai-based conglomerate Fosun International said on Monday it would take a stake in new US media company Studio 8, marking a rare investment by a Chinese firm in Hollywood. The deal was signed on June 6, Fosun said in a...
Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove towards Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's condemnation of U.S. action...
Banned outfit Harkatul Jihad (HuJi)’s top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and 7 other people have been sentenced to death in the case over the 2001 Ramna Batamul bomb attack. Six other people have been sentenced to life in prison in...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Iraq's capital, Baghdad as Sunni insurgents expand their control of towns across north-western Iraq. In Egypt on Sunday, Kerry warned that Sunni militants Isis' ’ideology of violence and repression is a...
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 130 pieces of Yaba tablet in Baburail Bou Bazar area of Narayangonj city on Sunday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Bodu Sumon. A team of Sadar Model Police Station, being...
A California study out today (Monday) found that pregnant women who lived near farms where pesticides are applied had a two-thirds higher risk of having children with autism. The findings in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives examine the association between...
Extending their appreciation to Finance Minister AMA Muhith for placing a pro-poor, business friendly and time-befitting budget in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), treasury bench members have said the budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 would take Bangladesh a step ahead for...
A man, who suffered injuries in a fire incident caused by gas pipeline explosion at a filling station at Feni, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday. The deceased was identified as Md Rafiqul Islam, 40, a technician...
Five members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire at South Ibrahimpur under Kafrul Police Station in the city on Monday. The injured were identified as Joynul Abedin, 40, his wife Piyara Begum, 35, their daughter Khadija Begum,...
Deputy Speaker Advocate Fozley Rabbi Mia adjourned the House at 1:45pm today (Monday). The House will resume its sitting at 5.20pm, according to BSS.
The judgement on the maritime boundary delimitation case between Bangladesh and India will be delivered on July 2 at the Hague, a senior Bangladesh Navy official has said. The hearings ended in December last year when both sides argued their...
A mill worker was killed by some miscreants at Noapara under Abhaynagar upazila in Jessore district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam Nishan, 36, a worker of a jute mill at Noapara and son of Sujauddin...
A schoolboy was killed in a road accident at Kharakpur in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Faisal, 11, a student of class VI of Dhobra High School and son of Darul Islam, a...
IFIC Bank organised an exclusive programme on "Cash Reward Giving Ceremony-2013" from "IFIC Bank Employees Contributory Welfare Fund" recently at Bank's Training Institute at Motijheel in the city. Managing Director & CEO of IFIC Bank Mr. Shah A Sarwar attended...
Unidentified miscreants killed a housewife and dumped her body in a field at Arpara under Chaugachha Upazila in Jessore at sometime between Saturday and Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rahima Khatun, 2nd wife of Johurul Islam, a resident of...
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Stocks returned to the green on Monday after four session's bearish trend amid increased participation of investors in lucrative stocks. The trading started with a positive note in the morning, which continued throughout the session as investors bet mainly on...
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid (DNA) Bill, 2014 was placed in Parliament on Monday, aiming to bring the existing DNA test procedure under a legal framework and to establish a national DNA database. Immediately after the House resumed sitting for the day around...
The half-day hartal, enforced by the local unit of Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the arrest of one of its leaders, was observed in Sylhet district amid some stray incidents on Monday. Witnesses said Jamaat-Shibir activists brought out a procession in Pathantula Latif...
Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with positive Chinese manufacturing figures boosting morning markets until profit-taking sent Hong Kong and Shanghai into the red in the afternoon. The early purchasing managers index (PMI) figures from banking giant HSBC added to...
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) and Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL) signed an agreement Sunday at the Head Office of RAKUB in Rajshahi for partnership on Mobile Banking. Under this agreement (subject to the approval of BB), all the 376 branches of...
A court in India's West Bengal state has ordered Nur Hossain and his two accomplices to fourteen days in judicial custody on Monday. Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the multiple murders at Narayanganj, was produced in the court of...
Valentin Garger, Managing Director and Regional Head of Financial Institutions APAC (ex-Japan), Corporate Banking of Citi will be in Dhaka on a 2-day official visit tomorrow (June 24, 2014). During his visit, he is scheduled to meet senior Citi officials,...
Two Bangladeshi siblings were killed while two other Bangladesh nationals injured in a missile attack on their residential camp at Benghazi city in Libya on Saturday night. First Secretary (Labour) at Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui confirmed UNB...
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