A man died from electrocution in Bhuiyapara area under Khilgaon Police Station in the city on Saturday, police, relatives and local people said. Hospital sources said the deceased was identified as Mohammad Samiul, 20, son of Abdus Sattar, hailed from...
Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of houses and forcing thousands to flee, provincial authorities said on Saturday. "Heavy torrential rains followed by flash floods have killed more than 50 people in...
Ukraine's Western-backed billionaire Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as president on Saturday as glimmers of hope emerged for a solution to the bloody crisis that has pitted his splintered ex-Soviet country against Russia. Poroshenko took the oath of office in...
Workers of two readymade garment (RMG) factories blocked roads for an hour in Chittagong on Saturday, demanding immediate payment of their salary dues. The workers of Wakia and Techno Garments say that they didn't get their salaries for May, Industrial...
Two people were killed in separate incidents in Rupganj and Fatulla Upazilas of Narayanganj district at some time between Friday night and Saturday morning. Thirty eight-year old Anwar Hossain was found dead in Rupganj’s Machhimpur. Rupganj police OC Mir Asaduzzaman...
A young man was hacked to death by some miscreants at Dumdia Ampara village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Friday night. The dead is Alamgir Hossain, 30, son of Abul Kalam of the village. Police said a gang of miscreants...
A sexagenarian man allegedly committed suicide by jumping under a train in Rajpara Police Station area in Rajshahi city on Saturday. Witnesses said the unidentified old man, aged about 65, jumped into a Chapainawabganj-bound commuter train from Rajshahi when it...
The Coordinator of the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP), US Department of State, Macon Phillips, will arrive in Dhaka on a 4-day visit on Sunday. During his tour, Phillips will visit Edward M Kennedy Center for Public Service and...
The first reactor of India's largest nuclear plant -- dogged by protests and multiple delays -- reached full capacity for the first time Saturday, an official said. The Russian-backed Kudankulam plant, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is designed...
Saudi Arabia is preparing to launch its first sovereign wealth fund to manage budget surpluses from a rise in crude prices estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars, state media reported Saturday. The central bank has managed investment of the...
Two local leaders of Jubo League were killed in a road accident in Joka area on Dhaka- Aricha highway in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Rubel, 23, organizing secretary of Baniajuri union unit...
The World Accreditation Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world on Monday. The year’s theme of the day is: ‘Accreditation: Delivering confidence in the provision of energy.’ Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) has chalked out an...
A Narayanganj court on Saturday placed Mortuza Zaman alias Churchil, one of the associates of Nur Hossain, prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case, on a 5-day remand. Police produced Churchil, arrested early Friday from Faridpur district, before the court...
The authorities of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College on Saturday suspended its 10 students, also members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for their suspected link with the killing of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist Towhidul Islam. The suspended students are BCL...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said coordinated steps will be taken to prevent road accidents. “Road accidents have become a national problem. It will be prevented through coordinated steps,” he said. Quader was speaking at the launching of a...
Somali pirates have released Saturday seven Bangladeshi crewmen, who were on board the Malaysian ship, MV Albedo, hijacked more than three and a half years ago. The foreign ministry said they were in good health and being flown to Nairobi...
Somali pirates have freed seven Bangladeshi crew held hostage abroad a Malaysian flagged vessels for over 42 months, said a foreign ministry official in Dhaka Saturday. The Bangladeshis were on board vessel MV Albedo when it was hijacked by Somali...
NEW DELHI: India's monsoon, dubbed an "economic lifeline", advanced along the southern coast Saturday after arriving nearly a week late as a heatwave baked the north, causing blackouts in the power-starved country, according to a news agency. As one of...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has deployed a raft of aggressive measures to boost Europe's economy, but stopped short of the one many economists insist would do the most to help: large-scale purchases of bonds. That could change sooner rather...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Saturday welcomed extension of tax holiday facilities proposed in the national budget for 2014-15 fiscal. In unveiling the budget in parliament on last Thursday Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed up to 10...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday said the government is expecting Japanese investment for launching a ‘learning and earning’ project to build skilled manpower in the country’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector. “I believe Japan will invest for...
Secretary of China Communist Party of Kunming Province Qin Guangrong on Saturday assured Bangladesh of taking effective steps for the easy access of Bangladesh products to Kunming market. Qin Guangrong gave the assurance when he along with other leaders of...
Claiming that a plot is on to overthrow Sheikh Hasina’s government illegally, LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said it is not possible to implement another 1975-like blueprint if Awami League leaders and activists remain united. “I wish Sheikh...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has described media reports on statements by two of its former officers on the Narayanganj multiple murders as 'misleading'. A statement released by the force's media wing also claimed the comments of Narayanganj Bar Association president...
Pakistan on Friday suspended Geo News, the country's most popular television channel over a row with the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), according to an official statement. The government's media regulatory body "unanimously decided to immediately suspend the licence of the...
Police have arrested 33 Jamaat-Shibir men in raids spread over Satkania and Lohagara Upazila in Chittagong. Additional Police Super of Chittagong AKM Emran Bhuyan (Satkania Circle) said those detained were accused who had carried out subversive attacks last year. Police...
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Dhaka Stock Exchange has hailed the budgetary proposal to exempt the demutualised stock exchanges from paying taxes for the next five years "This is a positive message for the stock exchanges", said Swapan Kumar Bala, managing director of DSE. The...
French President Francois Hollande has led the D-Day 70th anniversary tributes by remembering those who died on a day that "changed the world". He attended a service near Bayeux with US President Barack Obama, who said the US commitment to...
A couple was killed as a bus hit a motorcycle carrying them on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila of Manikganj district on Friday noon. The deceased, identified as Doyal Chandra Sarkar and his wife Dr Dulali Rani Sarkar, hailed from...
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