Chittagong University (CU) goes on an early summer vacation for 45 days on Tuesday. All classes will remain closed from June 24 to August 7 during the vacation that also includes Ramadan, Shab-e-Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr, said deputy registrar Farhad Hossain...
President of Bangladesh Readymade Garment Manufacturers and Exporters (BGMEA) Atiqul Islam on Monday said the Bangladeshi apparel factory owners want to project their products through ‘Made in Bangladesh with Pride’. “Some foreign campaigners are engaged in negative publicity against Bangladesh...
At least six people went missing as a boat capsized in the Jamuna River in Sariakandi upazila in Bogra on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said the shallow-engine run boat carrying 23 people sank in the middle of the river around 6pm...
Bangladesh on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka to export pharmaceutical and medical products to island country. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim and visiting Sri Lankan Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena inked the MoU on...
Marcel, a sister concern of Walton, has opened its exclusive showroom at Shapla Chattar in the district town of Kushtia with the utmost collection of electrical, electronics, automobiles and other home appliance products. Amin Khan, film actor and Marcel Brand...
Congratulating Bangladesh Awami League on its 65th founding anniversary, BNP Monday urged the ruling party to return to the path of democracy through holding a fresh election immediately. “Awami League had been founded with an ideal to establish democracy, but...
GAZIPUR: Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, who awaits judgment on the trial of war crimes perpetrated against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Jail Monday ahead of the verdict. The International Crimes...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) for commercial banks to 6.5 per cent, a move that analysts say is aimed at containing inflation. According to a BB circular issued Monday, the decision would take effect...
Zoonotic diseases like anthrax and rabies will be epidemic in Bangladesh with the demise of vulture population, which are currently at risk of extinction, biologists warned. They said the vultures eat the carcasses of cattle and digest poisonous germs and...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to provide budgetary allocation for climate change adaptation in fiscal 2014-15 to facilitate the efforts to cope with the adverse impacts of global warming. In a statement Monday, TIB executive director Dr...
Security has been tightened across the country, especially in the capital, as the International Crimes Tribunal-1 is set to deliver its verdict Tuesday on the war crimes case of Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, according to a news agency. Sources...
British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson Monday opened the new boutique resort Cox’s Bazar Surf Club unveiling a memorial to the 18th century British Diplomat, Captain Hiram Cox, from whom the area gets its name. It is a boutique resort...
Awami League (AL) general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday said the country’s oldest and largest party has many achievements in its 65 years journey. “In the last 65 years, Awami League has many achievements. The party will keep it...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm belief that the people of the country will see an end to their days of sorrow as Awami League is in power for the second time in a row through the January...
BNP senior leader Rafiqul Islam Miah on Monday alleged that President Abdul Hamid through his remarks about the January 5 polls in his recent meeting with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has proved that he is representing only Awami League...
Terming BNP’s threat for waging a movement after Eid ‘nothing but rhetoric’, Communications Minister Obidaul Quader on Monday said there is nothing to be worried about it. “BNP’s threat for launching a movement will be of no use. The party...
Moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6pm Tuesday. Moderately heavy to very heavy...
Bangladesh on Monday formally launched the 'National Web Portal' opening up a new horizon and a unique window for ensuring transparency and accountability in government activities, and building a developed, prosperous country free from hunger and poverty. The public portal...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-23 00:00:00
KHULNA, Jun 22: The normal work of Mongla port including loading and unloading of export and import cargo on board was hampered as heavy rainfall has been prevailing from Saturday morning. The port authorities hoisted cautionary signal no. 3 and...
BARGUNA, Jun 22 (BSS): A court here today sentenced father and son to death and two others to life imprisonment for killing a housewife at Tafalbaria village under Patharghata upazila of the district in 2006. District and Session Judge Md...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-23 00:00:00
PABNA, Jun 22: At least one person was killed and five others injured as the two rival groups clashed over supremacy in the area at Aoutapara village in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Siddik...
MAGURA, Jun 22 (UNB): A local Jubo League leader of was injured allegedly in an attack by Juba Dal activists at Sadar union parishad in Sreepur upazila on Saturday afternoon. The injured was identified as Rafiq Khandakar, 48, president of...
GAIBANDHA, Jun 22 (BSS): A total of 4,080-bigha of land in the district have been brought under the cultivation of Pariza paddy, an indigenous variety, during the current season. RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed non-government organization, motivated the farmers to farm...
FARIDPUR, Jun 22 (BSS):A housewife identified as Moriom Begum, 26, was killed by her husband Saturday at village Paikpara under Bagat of Madhukhali upazilla in the district. Police said Robiul now absconding killed his wife, mother of two minor children,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-23 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Jun 22: The indigenous species of fish of Chuadanga district, particularly the small ones, are disappearing fast due to drying up of the local water bodies alarmingly. The district fisheries office sources said a total of 165020 hectares of...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 22 (BSS): Substantial and sustainable promotion of e-services has become an urgent need for linking up the public offices and general people, speakers at a press-briefing said. They viewed people will avail their requisite services easily in one...
KHULNA, Jun 22 (UNB): A college student was chopped to death by miscreants at Moheshsharpasha area in the city on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Rubel Hossain Mollah, 22, a third year student of Government BL College, Khulna,...
Farmer electrocuted in Sylhet A farmer was electrocuted at Kalujuri village in Gopalganj upazila in Sylhet Saturday. The deceased was identified as Anu Mia, 25, son of Sharof Uddin of the village. Locals said Anu went to his crop field...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-06-23 00:00:00
In the recent past Iraq had faded from our collective consciousness. Recent events have pointed out once again the internal struggle that exists within Iraq under the veneer of so-called democracy set in place in that country. This has made...
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