The United States has said Bangladesh does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, though it is making significant efforts to do so. 'Authorities investigated and prosecuted more cases under the 2012 Prevention and Suppression...
Spain has revealed plans for sweeping tax cuts to stimulate the economy and create new jobs in a nation still grappling with stubbornly high unemployment despite a return to growth. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government, which faces elections in 2015,...
A construction worker was killed and three others were injured when a wall collapsed on them during incessant rain at Rahmannagar under Panchlaish Police Station in Chittagong city on Saturday. The dead is Aslam, 23, a construction worker and son...
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two Indian nationals along with two kgs and 400 grams of gold from a bus at Goalanda intersection in Rajbari sadar upazila headquarters early Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Jitendar Singh,...
Prime Minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, his wife Kristine Overmyer Wazed and their daughter Sophia Wazed arrived in Bangladesh on Friday. ‘Sophia’s school is closed for summer vacation. So PM’s son will spend one month in Bangladesh participating in various...
Police arrested three suspected muggers from Shibganj in Sylhet city on Friday. The arrested were identified as Ruhul Ahmed, 22, Mamunul Haque, 25, and Badshah Mia, 20. Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shah Poran (RA) Police Station, said suspecting the...
A cleaner of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) died on the spot as a motorised vehicle knocked him down in Tejgaon area in the city on Saturday morning, police and hospital sources said. The deceased was identified as Khorshed Alam, 50,...
At least six people were killed and an unspecified number injured in a road accident in Nilphamari on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately (detail to come), according to private TV channels.
Chittagong city authority and Police have evacuated 200 families living in the foothills of Battali Hill and Motijhorna Hill area in the port city. They have been taken to safe refuge after incessant rain and severe water logging hit the...
Six members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out in Fatulla area in Narayanganj city on Saturday. The victims were identified as Tariran Begum, 60, her husband Aziza, 65, their daughters Tania, 16, and Tanni,...
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 1 kilogram of hemp at Goriadanga village at Satkhira Sadar upazila on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Hafizul Islam, 35, son of Golam Hossain...
Two people fell to death from the roof of a moving bus at Dhamoirhat upazila in Naogaon district on Friday midnight. The deceased were identified as Soilen Murmu, 20, son of Ram Murmu and Sanjit Hembrom, 17, son of Golap...
Chinese police Saturday shot dead 13 ‘thugs’in restive Xinjiang after they drove into a police building and set off an explosion, a regional government website said. ’Today thugs crashed a car into the public security building of Kargilik county in...
Three persons, including two siblings, were electrocuted in two separate incidents in Tangail district on Friday evening. The victims were identified as Baha Uddin, 45, and Ajmat Uddin, 40, both sons of Ismail Hossain of Ramkha village of Sakhipur upazila....
Lionel Messi returns to World Cup stage tonight (Saturday) as Argentina look to become the latest side from Latin America to book their place in the second round after Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica. Argentina face Iran in Group F...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) organised a training programme on "Public Sector Auditing Standards" under the World Bank financed "Public Private Partnership for Improved Audit Quality Assurance" project for its members at ICAB auditorium on Friday. A...
At least 10 shops and three CNG-run auto-rickshaws burnt down in a fire that broke out at an automobile workshop in Sonapur Kathpotti area of Noakhali town on Saturday morning. Kabir Ahmed, station officer of Maizdi Fire Service, said the...
Dhaka’s train communications with northern and south-western Bangladesh has been cut off after heavy rains triggered erosion near a rail bridge in Tangail, police say. Two passenger trains have been stranded on each side of the bridge at Kalihati. Bangabandhu...
An alleged robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Dumni village in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sohel, a resident of Joina Bazar of the upazila. Locals said a gang of robbers...
Professional Advancement Bangladesh Limited (PABL) organised a day-long workshop for Green Delta Insurance Company Limited in the city recently to raise awareness on Anti- Money Laundering. Mr. Nasir A. Choudhury, Advisor of Green Delta Insurance Company Limited was the chief...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday said the 4G (fourth generation) telecommunications technology will be implemented within the tenure of the present government. “We had implemented the 3G in our previous...
Legends Pele and Maradona have poured praise on German coach Joachim Loew as his side bid to back up their Portugal drubbing by beating Ghana in Saturday’s World Cup clash. Loew’s Germany got their Group G campaign off to a...
The flood protection embankment covering 3 coastal upazilas – Koyra, Dakope and Paikgachha – of Khulna district is now in a very flimsy state for want of repair. With the monsoon approaching, the embankment lies under the risk of collapse...
Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife from her residence in Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Swapna Dev, 25, wife of Pavitra Dev of in Shankarsena village under Ashidron union of the...
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Rating Agency Ltd. (BDRAL), for credit rating of MTB SME customers, at a simple ceremony held at the bank's corporate head office in Gulshan, Dhaka. Managing...
Ghasful, a mass-media house organised an open discussion on ‘Planned Urban System and Dhaka City’ Friday at Conference Lounge of National Press Club. Presided over by Prof. Nazrul Islam, prominent urban expert and Chairman of Urban Research City Study Centre,...
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) has discovered a new gas field in the country. The new gas field, the 26th in Bangladesh, was discovered on Saturday in Purbachal under Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj district. This has been...
A new gas field was discovered on Saturday at Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district, about 30-35 km off the capital city. This has been the 26th gas field so far discovered in the country. The new gas structure is located...
BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that President Abdul Hamid betrayed the nation through his remarks about the January 5 polls in his recent meeting with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. “People’s hopes and aspirations have got...
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