CHITTAGONG, Jun 11 (UNB): Police Wednesday pressed charges against five people, including nayeb-e-ameer of Hefajat-e-Islam Mufti Izharul Islam and his son Harun Izharul, in a murder case filed in connection with a bomb blast at a madrasah here in October...
Three days after their appointment, five High Court (HC) judges are going to take oath of office today (Thursday). Chief Justice M Muzzammel Hossain will administer the oath at 10:30 am in the auditorium of the Supreme Court (SC) Annex...
Information Minster Hasanul Huq Inu, MP, said Wednesday that Khaleda Zia and BNP were continuing the trend set by military rulers, reports BSS. He was addressing the 36th memorial meeting of Comrade Shukhendu Dastidar organised by the Shamyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist)...
Joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif Wednesday called upon his party leaders and workers to remain alert to thwart conspiracy of BNP, reports BSS. "As all of their conspiracies failed, they (BNP) are hatching conspiracies...
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Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Wednesday adverse impact of climate change is causing a significant loss to the country's economy. "Bangladesh suffers losses worth Tk 220 billion to Tk 230 billion a year and it witnesses natural disasters like...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina returned home on Wednesday afternoon from Beijing after wrapping up her six-day official visit to China, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the PM and her entourage, landed at Hazrat...
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Construction of the Karnaphuli Water Treatment Plant in Pomra, Rangunia in Chittagong is almost stopped now and it is uncertain to say about its completion time, sources said. The government appointed construction firm has started the project's construction work in...
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The government will launch a campaign from today (Thursday) to create awareness among the people about human trafficking in the form of lucrative job offer abroad. To this effect, Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry (EWOEM) will ask all local...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has adopted a new legally binding protocol designed to strengthen global efforts to eliminate forced labour, reports UNB. The protocol, supported by a recommendation, was adopted by governments, employers and workers delegates to the International...
At least five Bangladeshis have been killed and 40 others injured in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday when a group of traffickers opened fire on people in a trawler travelling to Malaysia illegally, coastguards say, report agencies. Altogether 340...
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague in Netherlands is likely to give its verdict within this month over the Bangladesh-India maritime boundary dispute. Secretary (Maritime Affairs Unit at the Foreign Ministry) Khurshed Alam said the specific date...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 10 (BSS): Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling essentials on truck since this morning aimed at keeping the essentials' prices stable during the holy month of Ramzan. The state-run trading started selling at five major Points...
RU admission tests begin on October 19 The admission tests of Rajshahi University (RU) for first year honours courses under 2014-15 academic session will begin on October 19. The tests will continue till October 25, a press release of the...
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday claimed that he did not join the January 5 national election and he was kept confined to hospital forcefully. “I didn’t join the election…I was kept confined to hospital forcefully,” he told a...
The greatest show of sports - FIFA Football World Cup 2014- will kick off tomorrow (Thursday) at Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo. Samba, traditional dance of Brazil, will dazzle the audience at the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony will be as...
Croatia coach Niko Kovac said on Wednesday he was proud that his team was to play the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Opening Match with the host Brazil and pledged their best performance, according to fifa.com. "Immediately after the draw we...
Ronaldo kicks off FIFA Fan Fest Tens of thousands of people descended onto Iracema Beach in Fortaleza on Sunday evening in an event which saw the city in north-east Brazil captivated by FIFA World Cup™ fever. The beach was the...
Newly appointed head coach of Bangladesh national cricket team Upul Chandika Hathurusingha believed Bangladesh can go past the first round of the 2015 World Cup in Australia/New Zealand, reports UNB. Talking to the reporters at the Mirpur Stadium on Tuesday,...
Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity notched an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Dhaka Cricketers in a 40-over match of the Metropolitan Women's Cricket League at Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, reports UNB Dhaka Cricketers elected to bat first after winning the toss...
Some 89 per cent of foreign grants was spent in the last fiscal year (2012-13), Finance minister AMA Muhith told Parliament Wednesday. “Of the Tk 185 billion foreign grants allocated for 283 projects in 2012-13 fiscal year, Tk 163.95 billion...
United Commercial Bank (UCB) has been named as the official ticketing partner of the Sahara Cup Bangladesh-India ODI series that will begin on Sunday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur, Dhaka, reports UNB. Indian cricket team will...
A rising name in European club football, Algeria's Islam Slimani could be a stand-out figure up front for his national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, and the Sporting Lisbon star says that he and his teammates are looking...
Balotelli set to marry model girlfriend ROME, June 10: Temperamental Italian striker Mario Balotelli ensured headlines of the positive sort on Tuesday announcing on his Twitter account he is to marry his girlfriend the Belgian model Fanny Neguesha. The 23-year-old...
BEIJING, June 10 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina urged the Chinese entrepreneurs on Tuesday to relocate their factories to Bangladesh to avail themselves of competitive and affordable wages of Bangladesh's young and energetic workforce. "Since the costs of production...
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