President Barack Obama has deployed 200 more troops to Baghdad to protect the US embassy as Iraq’s parliament was set to convene on Tuesday to seek a solution to the country’s sectarian crisis. ‘In the light of the security situation...
British medical journal The Lancet has published Bangladesh’s success story in cutting 40 per cent maternal deaths in the previous decade and says it can be a lesson for countries lagging behind. Researchers who wrote the Bangladesh chapter in this...
The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) resumed at 11.02 am today (Tuesday) with Deputy Speaker Md. Fazley Rabbi Mia in the chair. The day's proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran, accrding to BSS.
A mobile court in Rajshahi on Monday sentenced two people to six months’ imprisonment each for cultivating hemp in Bagmara upazila in the district. The convicts were identified as Munsur Rahman, 35, a resident of Katila village in Bagmara upazila,...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong, Barisal, Rangpur, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places in the next...
A man was crushed to death by a train near Kuril Highway at Khilkhet in the city on Tuesday morning. Police and witnesses said the unidentified man An unidentified pedestrian under the wheel of a train in that the man...
The death toll in Jessore bus accident rose to 10 as three more injured passengers died in hospitals on Tuesday morning. Police and witnesses said 20 other people were injured in the accident at Godkhali at Beneali on Jessore-Benapole Highway...
The government will implement a project at a cost of Tk 1.14 billion aimed at making the unemployed women self-reliant through training. Under the project named ‘Empowerment of Women Through Technology Transfer’, training will be given to the poor and...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has lambasted the media for misreporting the scope for ‘whitening’ black money in the 2014-15 budget. ‘You (the media) have misreported on provisions for regularising black money,’ Muhith told reporters on Tuesday, describing the reports as...
The Dhaka University turned 93 on Tuesday (July 1). The day is being observed today on the campus with great enthusiasm and festivity, marking the 93rd founding anniversary of the university, once termed the Oxford of the East. The theme...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the physical works of the main Padma Multipurpose Bridge begins this month and it is expected to be opened for vehicular movement in 2108. ‘Meantime, the construction of approach roads and other construction...
Bangladesh Sericulture Development Board (BSDB) has been implementing a project for promoting sericulture and its industry through entrepreneurship development at different levels of production. According to the officials concerned, the five-year project titled ‘Extension and Development of Sericulture in Public...
Asian markets were mixed Tuesday after data showed Chinese manufacturing activity picking up last month, while Tokyo was boosted by a weakening yen. Tokyo jumped 1.08 percent, or 164.10 points, to finish at 15,326.20 and Shanghai edged up 0.10 percent,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has recognised Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s role in Bangladesh’s independence. ‘Families are respected because (Sheikh) Mujibur Rahman had a contribution, Ziaur Rahman had a contribution. From there, people have faith in them,’ the former prime minister...
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by the prosecution pleading to accept testimonies recorded by investigation officer (IO) of five prosecution witnesses (PW) as depositions against Syed Md Qaiser. In their petition, the prosecution mentioned of...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said late Monday he would not extend a truce with pro- Russian rebels in the country's east, vowing instead to go on the attack. ‘After examining the situation, I have decided, as commander-in-chief of the armed...
A report on ‘The Palli Sanchay Bank Bill 2014’ aimed at setting up a specialised bank to facilitate savings and transactions of the earnings of the rural poor and under privileged people was placed in parliament on Tuesday. Chairman of...
Brac University vice chancellor Professor Dr Ainun Nishat is leaving the private varsity while his successor Dr Syed Saad Andalib will join on July 14 for a term of four years. President and Chancellor Abdul Hamid has confirmed the appointment...
Coast Guard personnel have detained a person with 150,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a fishing trawler at the Outer Anchorage of Chittagong Port. The Coast Guard raided the trawler near Sandwip Channel on Monday night and nabbed Md Aziz,...
Customs officials on Tuesday seized gold ornaments weighing two kilograms (kg) from a passenger’s handbag at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Patenga of Chittagong. The passenger, Monwara Begum, 45, returned from Dubai on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman addressed the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt faculty Monday on impact of remittance inflows into developing economies. In his presentation, Governor Rahman highlighted significance of wage earners’ remittances in socioeconomic development of...
Israel bombed dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking at Hamas after finding the bodies of three missing teenagers whose abduction and killing it blames on the Palestinian Islamist group. Israel's security cabinet, which held an emergency...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Tuesday passed the ‘Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust Bill 2014’ aimed at ensuring welfare of the poor, insolvent, sick and wounded journalists and the family members of deceased journalists. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu moved the...
The parliamentary committee attached to the foreign ministry has identified ‘mutual lack of trust’ as the key deterrent preventing solutions to disputes between Bangladesh and Myanmar. The watchdog has suggested frequent bilateral discussions to overcome the difficulties. The panel discussed...
Lionel Messi has been the key to Argentina's perfect start at the World Cup, scoring four of their six goals in three straight group wins, and the South Americans hope his blistering form continues when they face Switzerland in the...
Workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory in Gazipur on Tuesday agitated for several hours to push their management to pay their Eid bonus. Around 4,500 workers of Aman Tex in Boiragir Chala locality at Sreepur Upazila joined the protests...
'I find it deeply disturbing we are going in that direction,' former secretary of state says. Hillary Clinton blasted the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling, announced Monday, that craft chain Hobby Lobby and other ‘closely held’ for-profit companies do not have...
A total of Tk 5.93 billion (Tk 592.98 crore) has been spent for the maintenance of Bangbandhu (Jamuna) Bridge till June 2014, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader told Parliament on Tuesday. Replying to a starred question of Enamul Haque of Rajshahi-4...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained and was reportedly being questioned by financial investigators Tuesday in a corruption probe that is rattling France's conservative political establishment. A judicial official said Sarkozy was in custody in the Paris suburb...
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