NYANDENI, South Africa May 29 (Reuters): Mining accounts for a fraction of South Africa's gross domestic product but still hits well above its weight and is pushing the continent's most advanced economy towards recession. South Africa's economy shrank 0.6 per...
SINGAPORE, May 29 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia today as dealers await the latest US supply report for clues about demand in the world's biggest crude consumer, while supply concerns also provided support. US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...
PARIS, May 29 (AFP): The e-cigarette was pushed centre stage ahead of World No Tobacco Day, with doctors and policy experts urging the UN's health agency to embrace the gadget as a life saver. With tobacco smoke claiming a life...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs said Thursday Bangladesh's bilateral relation with foreign countries, including global powers, is moving with a 'good pace' that reflects their full confidence in the current government, reports UNB. "We're not facing any problems at the...
A parliamentary watchdog put forward on Thursday a 23-point recommendation, including raising the number of judges to 5,000 from 1700, for reducing backlog cases and modernising the judiciary, reports UNB. "We've made a 23-point of recommendation for reducing over 3.2...
Khaleda Zia's elder son and BNP's senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's political career as a failure and said his father Ziaur Rahman succeeded in everything he did, reports bdnews24.com. "Awami League leader Sheikh Mujib's...
The prosecution's closing arguments on the Radar purchase graft case faced by former President HM Ershad and others began Thursday at the special court in the city, reports UNB. The court adjourned for Monday (June 2) the proceedings after hearing...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said Bangladesh firmly believes in the continued relevance of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the changed global realities, reports UNB. "We must assure that the groundswell of solidarity that nurtures our movement never dries up...
Eight people submitted nomination papers to contest in the Narayanganj-5 by-election scheduled for June 26, assistant returning officer Tarifuzzaman said on Thursday, reports UNB. Thursday was the last day of filing nomination papers. The eight aspirants are late MP Nasim...
PABNA, May 29 (UNB): An outlaw party leader was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in Ishwardi Upazila Thursday. The deceased was identified as Hamidul Islam alias Hamidul Hamel (35), second-in-command of regional...
MEHERPUR, May 29 (UNB): An outlawed party leader was slaughtered by rivals in Gangni Upazila. Police recovered the throat-slit body of Ashraful Islam (35), the regional commander of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Lal Pataka) and son of Mujibur Rahman of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has invited Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to attend the 'World Assembly for Women: Tokyo-2014 (WAW) to be held in September next in Tokyo, reports UNB. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said...
Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif dubbed Thursday BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman both 'insane' and 'illiterate' for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'failed politician', reports UNB. "He created Hawa Bhaban.....he created the empire of corruption. Now...
Sharply reacting to a defence suggestion, a prosecution witness, also a Liberation War widow, said that her martyred husband was killed in her presence in 1971, reports UNB. "Why should I resort to lie?" retorted PW-7 Jahanara Begum amid sobbing...
Khairul Islam | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Despite glorious results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, a considerable number of students have challenged the published results and applied for reassessment of their examination papers. According to official data, a total of 98,731 SSC and its...
Wrapping up her four-day official tour of Japan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Prime Minster and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at...
PIROJPUR, May 29 (UNB): A 17-year-old schoolboy at Bhandaria upazila has invented an automated firefighting device, which he claims, can control a big fire in any establishment at three stages. Sabbir Khan, a class XII student of Amanullah Higher Secondary...
Bangladesh and Algeria Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Foreign Office Consultations, the first-ever bilateral agreement signed between the two countries, reports UNB. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra signed the MoU in...
The government has selected ADHUNIK (We Prevent Smoking) for the 'World No Tobacco Day Awards 2014' in recognition of its outstanding contributions to anti-tobacco activities in the country, reports UNB. A crest and a certificate will be handed over to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 29: The UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh have brought honour and prestige for the country through their contribution to the world peace missions for the last 26 years. The Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been acclaimed for their efforts in keeping...
NARAYANGANJ, May 29 (UNB): A court sent Thursday Narayanganj City Corporation female councillor Jannatul Ferdous Nila, said to be a 'girlfriend' of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the much-talked-about seven-murder case, to jail. Judicial Magistrate Ishtiaque Ahmed passed the...
SYLHET, May 29 (UNB): Two young people-- a boy and a girl-- were killed in separate incidents as lightning struck two villages in Goainghat Upazila Wednesday afternoon. The dead are as Shahab Uddin (18), son of Azir Uddin of Khalarchari...
SUNAMGANJ, May 29 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a man with 96 fake notes of Tk 1,000 denomination from Jamtala area of the town Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Humayun Kabir (30), son...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 29: Miscreants snatched away Tk 0.2 million Thursday from a foreign student at gunpoint at Prabartak Square under Panchlaish thana in the city. The victim, Lardez Warren, is an MBBS final year student of Chittagong Medical College (CMC)...
Vice-president of Jatiya Sramik League (JSL)and President of Jatiya Bidyut Sramik League Md Zahirul Islam Chowdhury left Dhaka for Switzerland to attend the 103rd International Labour Conference Tuesday. During his visit, he will exchange views with the Awami League and...
CHITTAGONG, May 29 (UNB): A young man was electrocuted in the city's Hazari Lane area early Thursday. The dead is Jony Dhar (27), son of late Sona Dhar of Boitali union under Chandnaish upazila of the district. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI)...
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