Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday as investors took a breather after the previous day's rally, taking their lead from a retreat on Wall Street. The euro continued to face pressure from the dollar and the yen ahead...
Dhaka Bank Limited received the 1st Prize from Dhaka South City Corporation Wednesday for taking the leadership role in branding and decorating Dhaka City in connection with ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014. The prize along with a Certificate was formally...
The number of people in the world who are obese or overweight has topped 2.1 billion, up from 875 million in 1980, the latest figures published in the Lancet show. And not one country is succeeding in treating it, said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief journalists on Saturday about her recent visit to Japan. State Minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam told journalists on Thursday that the Premier’s office would inform the details of the press meet later....
Sri Lanka missed its foreign investment target last year because of bureaucratic delays, which would pull down economic growth in the formerly war-torn island, a minister said Thursday. Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said red-tape and other bureaucratic delays...
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have shot down a military helicopter near Sloviansk, killing 14, outgoing President Olexander Turchynov says. The aircraft was reportedly hit after dropping off troops at a military base. The town of Sloviansk has seen fierce...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said Bangladesh firmly believes in the continued relevance of Non Aligned Movement (NAM) in the changed global realities. “We must assure that the groundswell of solidarity that nurtures our movement never dries up when...
The government will implement a number of projects, including 1200-megawatt Matarbari Ultra Super Critical coal-fired power plant in Cox’s Bazar with a Japanese loan package under the 35th Official Development Assistance (ODA), said the State Minister for Foreign Affairs in...
Bangladesh Bank on Thursday sent a letter to the Bank and Financial Institutions Division of the Finance Ministry recommending dissolution of the state-owned Basic Bank for widespread ‘irregularities and corruption’. Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman sent the letter addressing...
The Health Ministry has suggested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to increase taxes on tobacco and tobacco products in the national budget for fiscal 2014-2015. “I would like to request the Finance Minister through the NBR to enhance taxes...
A mobile court in Savar on Thursday sealed off a fake medicine factory and sentenced its nine employees to different terms of jail. The mobile court, led by UNO and executive magistrate Quamrul Hasan Mollah, raided the factory ‘SF Laboratory’...
Bangladesh and Algeria on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on foreign office consultations, the first-ever bilateral agreement signed between the two countries. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra signed the MoU in the...
BNP, its associate bodies and different socio-cultural organisations will observe the 33rd death anniversary of its founder late President Ziaur Rahman on Friday with various programmes. On this day, May 30, 1981, Zia was assassinated by a group of disgruntled...
Bangladesh on Thursday strongly protested the firing and detaining a member of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) patrol team by Myanmar Border Guard Police along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, and demanded his immediate release. The Myanmar envoy in Dhaka, U Myo Myint...
Noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday raised a question whether 154 members of parliament (MPs) elected unopposed are public representatives. While appearing as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in connection with a writ petition challenging the validity of...
BNP on Thursday warned that it will realise its demand for holding a fresh election under a non-party government through a street movement if the government does not accept it willingly. “Our leader (Khaleda) has already asked the government for...
Following a central bank recommendation to abolish the board of directors of BASIC Bank, the finance minister has said the government will restructure the board. The central bank on Wednesday recommended the dissolution of the board of the state-owned bank,...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has said its activities are transparent and that it has nothing to hide. The statement came on Thursday after Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) M Sahabuddin questioned TIB’s source of funds and transparency in...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-29 00:00:00
RANGPUR, May 28: Speakers at a view exchange meeting put emphasis on giving special importance on assisting the ultra-poor people for expanding livestock sector in order to enhance their socio-economic uplift in rural areas of the region. BRAC organised the...
JAMALPUR, May 28 (UNB): Two people were killed and 50 others injured as a nor'wester lashed Sarmara in Bakshiganj upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shalu, 50, and Masum, 30, son of Abu Taleb. Witnesses said Shalu and...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-29 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, May 28; the jute fields of the district are being damaged due to scorching sunshine, drought and pest attack in the current season. The jute growers of the four upazilas of the district are passing time with worry as...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-29 00:00:00
PABNA, May 28: A milk trader was abducted from Trimohoni area of Sonahara beel (water body) in Faridpur Upazila under Pabna Tuesday. Police could not trace out the victim till 24 hours after abduction. The victim Md. Mohor Ali, 32,...
RU Correspondent | 2014-05-29 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 28: The Rajshahi University Newspaper Readers' Forum is a career oriented voluntary organisation at the university. Rajshahi University Newspaper Readers' Forum (RUNRF) is now a postulate and a dynamic zone for the students and teachers of the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-29 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 28: At least 25 persons were injured seven of them critically in a clash between two groups at Kajulia under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district Tuesday. The critically injured persons are Abul Kalam Sheikh (42), Aminur Rahman...
House owner killed by dacoits in Narsingdi A house owner was stabbed to death allegedly by armed dacoits at Basail area of Narsingdi Tuesday night. The deceased was Haji Sultan Khan, 68, of the area. Police and family sources said...
SHARIATPUR, May 28 (UNB): Police recovered the slaughtered body of a housewife from Charkumaria village of Sakhipur thana Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Fahima Begum, 28, wife of Akter Bepari of Dhalikandi village of Charkumaria union. Officer-in-charge of Sakhipur...
Shab-e-Barat, the holy night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed on the night of June 13 as the new moon for the month of Shaban was not sighted anywhere in the country on Thursday. The decision came at a...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-29 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 28: Milon Hossain, 15, a student of class X of Benapole High School and son of Abdul Majed of Gatipara village under Benapole port police station was killed as the sunshade of their building collapsed on him Tuesday...
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