The current month of May saw at least 17 murders on average every day as 548 people were killed across the country during the period, said a Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) report. The report prepared based on newspaper reports...
Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) Saturday handed over the body of a Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) member killed in a BGP firing along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikhonchhari in Bandarban district on Wednesday. The body of Nayek Mizanur Rahman was...
The chief minister of a northern Indian state where two teenage cousins were gang raped and hanged has recommended a federal inquiry into the incident. The move comes after alleged police inaction sparked outrage in Uttar Pradesh state. Three suspected...
President of the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICC,B) Mahbubur Rahman on Saturday said Bangladesh would soon turn into a US$100 billion economy. “Bangladesh economy is growing up despite the unstable situation in 2013. It is expected that Bangladesh is...
As a new government has been in place in neighbouring India, BNP wants Prime Minister Norendra Modi to maintain distance from the current ‘regime’ in Bangladesh and join the other democratic countries of the world to push it for a...
The state-owned Petrobangla will sit with CNG station owners on Sunday to discuss their demands and persuade them to withdraw an indefinite strike threatened from June 8. “We will join the meeting,” Zakir Hossain Nayon, president of Bangladesh CNG Filling...
A forum of city dwellers on Saturday urged the Prime Minister to stop any commercial use of Dhanmondi playground so that it remains open to all. Addressing a press conference, organised by Dhanmondi Playground Protection Movement at the Jatiya Press...
The government should expedite the enactment of the public private partnership (PPP) law for attracting domestic and foreign investment, a meeting was told on Saturday. PPP Office under the Prime Minister’s Office, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and...
Defending her Law Minister for his comment on the trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for its anti-Liberation War role, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the Law Minister described the fact taking the law and the reality into...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of disbanding Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), an elite crime-fighting force. “Rab is a reality. After operating for a long period Rab has now developed into an institution. It’s not possible to...
THAKURGAON: Doctors, nurses and other staff at Thakurgaon Swasthoseba Hospital (Diabetic Hospital) went on an indefinite work abstention from Thursday. They demanded to pay their arrear salaries and allowances immediately, according to a news agency. The agitating medical staff alleged...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia could not join her party’s scheduled food distribution programme Saturday as she was feeling unwell. “The BNP chairperson has been suffering from leg pains since Friday night… she was exhausted, too. So she couldn’t attend Saturday’s...
The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited in its 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved 18pc dividend comprising 10pc stock and 8pc cash for the Shareholders for the year 2013, according to a news agency. The meeting also approved balance sheet upto...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said there is no alternative to holding a fresh national election under a non-party administration to resolve the ongoing political crisis. “The country’s people are passing through a hard time....
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said Saturday govt will take stern action against those involved in the leakage of question papers of the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, according to a news agency. “A committee has already been formed...
Spain's prime minister said his government will unveil a stimulus package worth 6.3 billion euros ($8.6 billion) to boost competitiveness. In another sign that the country is emerging from five years of economic hardship, Mariano Rajoy said his plan "aims...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been put on high alert along Bangladesh-Myanmar border as Myanmar authorities have reportedly deployed army at its outposts. “We’ve information the Myanmar authorities mobilised their army at their outposts along the border. We’ve already...
Jamaica's government says it is launching a $5-million welfare-to-work programme that is expected to benefit some 2,000 people. Security Minister Derrick Kellier says the programme will be implemented in the next two years. The government's media agency said on Friday...
The chief minister of a northern Indian state where two teenage cousins were gang raped and hanged has recommended a federal inquiry into the incident, according to a news agency. The move comes after alleged police inaction sparked outrage in...
A US soldier who has been held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly five years has been freed in deal that includes the release of five Afghan detainees, US officials say. US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was handed...
An alleged drug trader was killed in a ‘shootout’ with the law-enforcers at Jhumjhumpur in the outskirts of Jessore town on Friday. The deceased was identified as Taher Mollah, 40. Assistant Superintendent of Police Sharmin Akther claimed that Taher Mollah...
Ukrainian forces will continue their offensive against rebels until peace and order are restored in the east, the interim defence minister has said. Fighting has intensified around Sloviansk and 12 Ukrainian troops were killed on Thursday when pro-Russian rebels shot...
Construction work of the much-awaited Sakoa Bridge near Dholvanga on Gaibandha-Palashbari Road in Gaibandha district will begin soon. Roads and Highways Division (RHD) will implement the work of the 40.30-metre-long and 24-metre-wide bridge at a cost of Tk 30.83 million....
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday distributed cooked food among the destitute at different parts of the city on the occasion of the 33rd death anniversary of party founder late president Ziaur Rahman. After placing wreaths at the grave of...
The head of Australia's transport safety bureau (ATSB) has defended the fruitless hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, saying he is confident that search teams are targeting the right area. Satellite analysis in the days after the Boeing 777...
African governments and the International Monetary Fund on Friday agreed on the urgent need to harness the continent's rapid economic growth, as unrest and a plethora of challenges temper exuberance about the continent's rise. At a major meeting in Maputo,...
Myanmar's border police fired into Bangladesh at Naikkhangchharhi border of Bandarban district on Friday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troops returned the fire, BGB sources said. Witnesses said BGB personnel fired back after its Myanmar counterpart fired into Bangladesh at Naikkhangchharhi...
A court in Narayanganj on Friday placed former RAB officials Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Major Arif Hossain on a fresh five-day remand in connection with the Narayanganj 7-murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Shafiqul Islam passed the order when...
U.S. consumer spending fell for the first time in a year in April after two months of solid gains, but the decline probably will not change expectations for a sharp rebound in economic growth this quarter. While demand cooled last...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
