A farmer was killed and three other people were injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Chuadanga district on Saturday. Lightning struck Mandar Ali and his two cows when he went to the courtyard of his house to take...
Green activists in Dhaka on Friday demanded setting up boundary pillars identifying the original channel of Buriganga River as per the CS Record. The demand came from a human chain programme organised by Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), an environmental organisation,...
Virender Sehwag's 122 off 58 balls led Kings XI Punjab to their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) final. Kings XI beat Chennai Super Kings by 24-run in the Qualifier 2 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday night. They will...
A woman was killed and 28 other people were injured as a bus overturned at Manikchhari in Rangamati town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sajeda Akther, 22. Manikchhari police camp in-charge SI Jakir Hossain said the Rangamati-bound bus...
A police officer died in a road accident in Ujirpur Upazila in Barisal district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mokhlesur Rahman. He was stationed at Batajore police outpost in Gournadi Upazila. Ujirpur police OC...
Airport Armed Police personnel arrested nine people along with 15 gold bars weighing around 2 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city on Friday afternoon. The arrestees were identified Md Ataur Rahman, Atwar, Jakir Hossain, Ali...
Two people were killed when a truck collided with a SUV at Chakaria Upazila in Cox's Bazar on Saturday morning. Six others were also injured in the accident on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway, said Shahidul Islam, SI of Harbang police...
The main accused in BNP leader and ex-panel mayor Ismail Hossain killing case was arrested from Jessore town on Friday night. Acting on a tip-off, a team from Kaliganj police station, led by officer-in-charge Anwar Hossain, arrested Shajahan Ali from...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pressing Indian authorities for the early release and repatriation of Sultan Ahmed, a 65-years-old Bangladesh national, in a detention camp designated for suspected foreigners in Goalpara, a border town of Assam. Ahmed, who...
A freedom fighter, who was a defence witness to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU) hospital in the city on Saturday morning. Shamsul Alam Talukdar, 74, was suffering from old age-related ailments...
As tension escalated along Bangladesh-Myanmar border following the firing by Myanmar border police personnel, Bangladesh on Saturday summoned again Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka to register its protest. The Myanmar envoy in Dhaka, U Myo Myint Than, was summoned at the...
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has accused Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets in London, of 'arrogance' and backed an inquiry into alleged voter intimidation in the recent local election which re-elected Rahman. Clegg attacked the Tower Hamlets...
The 19th Annual General Meeting of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) was held Saturday at “Sunrise Community Center” in Sylhet. The shareholders approved 12% cash dividend for the financial year 2013 in the AGM. The Chairman of the Board of...
Southeast Bank Ltd signed a software license and service agreement for Card Management System with SunGard Ambit (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd recently in the city. S.M. Mainuddin Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director and Eric Gan, Head of Professional Services signed the agreement...
The construction of Institute of Marine Technology (IMT) at an estimated cost of Tk 27.97 million on the outskirts of Faridpur town is nearing completion. The project was taken with the objective of creating skilled marine manpower for meeting domestic...
Overseas Employment and Expatriate Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain has said that the government has given highest importance for maintaining law and order in the right direction to ensure safety of the people and property across the country. Mosharraf,...
A former union parishad (UP) member was killed in an attack by his rivals at Sakurai under Haluaghat Upazila in Mymensingh on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Saifuzzaman Khoka, 60. Locals said there was a longstanding enmity between...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 47th in the Forbes’s list of the world’s most powerful women published by the magazine on May 29. German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list for the fourth consecutive year while Hillary Clinton...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 47th in the Forbes’s list of the world’s most powerful women published by the magazine on May 29. German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list for the fourth consecutive year while Hillary Clinton...
The government will establish Driving Testing and Training Centre in Dhaka city to check road accident, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader told the journalists at an awareness-building campaign at Mohakhali Bus Terminal in the city today. The Minister has also asked...
The government should take a plenty of regulatory measures to protect local manufacturers from dumping as Bangladesh will have to waive regulatory duties including Supplementary Duty (SD) on important goods as per the guidelines of the World Trade Organisation (WTO),...
A Myanmar border police officer has confirmed that a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed by his unit during a border skirmish on Wednesday. ‘One from the other side [Bangladesh] was killed by our police force when a...
The US defence secretary has accused China of "destabilising" the South China Sea, saying its action threatened the region's long-term progress. Chuck Hagel said the US would "not look the other way" when nations ignored international rules. Mr Hagel was...
As tension escalated along Bangladesh-Myanmar border following the firing of gunshots by Myanmar border guard police, Bangladesh on Saturday asked Myanmar to stop the gunfire and take immediate measures for identification of the dead body that could be of Naik...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 351,372,861.55 on the basis of cost price and Tk 384,078,657.70 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 29 May, 2014. The face value per...
Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of unleashing a global propaganda campaign to persuade global powers not to recognise an election that gave the presidency to a pro-Western tycoon. Washington for its part admitted to a "fundamental disagreement" with Russia and...
A roadside bomb killed 14 civilians in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the country as US-led troops prepare to leave after 13 years of war. The victims were travelling in the Giro district of Ghazni...
Lightning strikes killed at least seven people in Chuadanga, Jhenaidah, Bagerhat, and Gaibandha districts on Saturday. More than 18 others were injured by thunderbolts in the districts. Most of the victims were farmers. In Jhenidah, lightning strike killed two farmers...
India's new energy minister pulled an all-night work session to tackle power cuts caused by a dust storm in New Delhi on Friday and provide more electricity to the country's largest state that is suffering outages in sweltering summer heat....
Thailand's coup leaders faced fresh international condemnation Saturday when US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel demanded immediate elections and the release of detainees held by a junta which says there will be no polls for at least a year. Speaking at...
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