At least 46 people have been killed as millions of Afghans cast their votes in a run-off to elect a new president. Local people, security officials and militants were among those who died in a number of low-level attacks across...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her recent visit to China will help build closer ties with that country. “The bilateral relation with China, including trade and investment, technology and scientific avenues as well as cooperation and partnership will improve...
COX’S BAZAR: Police in an overnight drive Friday arrested five members of an organised gang of human traffickers from different parts of Teknaf upazila in connection with the bay firing that left five Bangladeshi dead. Officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station...
KIEV: Ukrainian forces said they had hoisted the national flag over the strategic rebel-held port of Mariupol Friday in their biggest advance since Petro Poroshenko's election as the insurgency-wrecked country's pro-Western president, according to a news agency. Poroshenko celebrated the...
As India's new government gets to work, the BBC has been looking at the big economic challenges it faces. One of those is to get the country's finances in order. For example, right now India spends more than $20bn (£12bn)...
BAGHDAD: A representative for Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Friday urged Iraqis to defend their country as militants who have seized large swaths of the nation’s Sunni heartland captured two towns in an ethnically mixed province northeast of Baghdad. Neighboring Shiite...
At least 10 garment workers were injured as they clashed with police at North Badda in the city Friday during their demonstrations. Locals said several hundred workers of ‘Tuba Fashion’ situated at North Badda started demonstrations at noon demanding payment...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) destroyed huge fruits laced with toxic chemicals Friday as it continued the drive against chemical-tainted fruits. During the special drive from 8pm Thursday to 8am Friday, law enforcers destroyed some 3,000 maunds of mango, 800 maunds...
BANGKOK: Thailand's junta said Friday that it was lifting a night-time curfew across the country, three weeks after seizing power in a military coup. The midnight-4am curfew, imposed following the military takeover, had already been lifted in some provinces and...
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, is being observed across the country Friday night with due religious fervour and devotion. The Muslims are spending the night at mosques and homes offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking...
SANTA CRUZ: Red carpet was rolled out at Viru Viru International Airport here as President Abdul Hamid arrived in the Bolivian business hub Santa Cruz at 6.15 am (local time) to attend the "Commemorative Summit of G77 and China". Speaker...
Furious Croatia coach Niko Kovac blamed "out of his depth" referee Yuichi Nishimura and warned the World Cup could turn into a circus after a contentious penalty decision effectively cost his team the opening game of the tournament against Brazil....
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the government has gone crazy because of growing popularity of BNP. He also accused the ruling party of trying to stay in power through illegal means. “The government has resorted to killings,...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia visited the grave of her husband and party founder Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the city Friday night on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Barat, according to a news agency. On her arrival at the mazar around...
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A parliamentary committee in Burma has voted to retain a constitutional clause barring opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from standing for president. The clause bans those with non-Burmese partners or children from running. Ms Suu Kyi's late husband and...
LONDON: Europe's main stock markets closed in the red Friday, with London's FTSE 100 index of top companies losing 0.95 per cent to 6,777.85 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 ended the week down 0.26 per cent to 9,912.87 points, and the...
A group of United Nations independent experts on slavery, migrants, trafficking, sale and sexual exploitation of children, and internally displaced persons Friday welcomed the adoption by the International Labour Conference of a legally binding international Protocol to respond to today’s...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock Friday at the death of Gano Azadi League president Alhaj Abdus Samad, according to a news agency. In a message of condolence, Hasina said Abdus Samad, also the son of late Moulana Abdur...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Jun 12: Due to drying up of the river Padma, supply of water to the city residents from 'Shahid AHM Kamruzzaman Water Purification Plant' installed at Shyampur on the river by Water and Sewerage Authority, Rajshahi, remained suspended for...
MEHERPUR, Jun 12 (UNB): Four people were killed and 50 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch at Meherpur Government College intersection in the district town on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Mehedi, 20, Shariful, 45, Sirajul,...
RANGPUR, Jun 12 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a training course today stressed for an effective value chain system to benefit both the producers and consumers by ensuring fair price of the locally produced dairy and handicraft products....
A Correspondent | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Jun 12: The traditional bell metal industry of the district has been gradually perishing during the last 10 decades due to various reasons. Tangail district had once been famous for bell metal and brass industry. The household appliances and...
MYMENSINGH, Jun 12 (BSS): A snatcher was killed and another was injured seriously in a mob beating in Gafargoan Railway Station early hours today. The dead was identified as Shakil, 20, son of Babul Hossain of Shilashia village under Gafargoan...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Jun 12: Rajshahi University (RU) regained a land from illegal occupiers after 25 years following a court verdict. At the end of the long legal proceedings, Joint district judge court, Rajshahi gave verdict in favour of the university...
NATORE, Jun 12 (UNB): The bodies of two people, including a schoolgirl, were recovered from Bagatipara and Gurudaspur upazilas on Wednesday. Informed by locals, police recovered stabbed body of a schoolgirl from a jungle at Panka village in Bagatipara in...
NETRAKONA, Jun 12 (UNB): A housewife, who sustained injuries in an attack by her husband for dowry at Monang village in Sadar upazila on Monday, died at sadar hospital on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Rina Akter, 32, wife...
47 held in Benapole while crossing border Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested 47 people, including women and children, while they were going to India illegally through Putkhali border in Benapole Thursday morning. Acting on secret information, a patrol team...
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