BNP is trying to make a platform with the parties that boycotted the January 5 election to wage a strong movement for forcing the government to concede to their demand for holding an immediate fresh national election. “Holding a fresh...
President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao on Sunday said there is no scope for the bank to provide technical assistance for the much-hyped Padma Bridge as it has not funded the project. While talking to reporters after...
A Parliamentary Standing Committee recommended setting up coal-based power plants to reduce dependency on natural gas. The committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry also suggested importing LNG by 2016 to boost gas supply, according to a news agency. ...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives in the city Monday on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh when the two countries are likely to sign three agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU). Hun Sen will lead a delegation comprising...
Continuation of the existing political stability over the next five to 10 years, lower interest rate and ensuring the security of lives and assets are a must to accelerate private investments which is essential for achieving a higher economic growth,...
Banglalink has commercially launched self-service top-up machine (Kiosk) for its valued subscribers from where customers can top up any Banglalink number by depositing cash to the machine. As a customer-focused company, Banglalink continuously strives to get closer to customers because...
State Minister for Finance MA Mannan said Sunday the government will resolve the problems of Haor areas the way it dealt with in the monga-prone area. He made the remarks while addressing a seminar titled ‘Agricultural Modernisation Initiative for Haor...
Planning Minister AHM Mostofa Kamal on Sunday said a flyover will be built on four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway under Public Private Partnership. The government also plans to build a sub-way in Dhaka Metropolitan city, he told reporters at a meet-the-press programme...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has rescheduled flights to and from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with a view to offering passengers enhanced connectivity to a number of destinations across the Gulf region and...
NARAYANGANJ: Family members of the seven-murder victims and lawyers here demanded Sunday that prime accused Nur Hossain and his aides immediately be brought back home from India. Following the arrest of Nur Hossain in Kolkata, the family members of the...
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, was observed on Friday night with due religious fervour and devotion. The Muslims spent the night at mosques and homes offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking blessings from Almighty Allah...
Stunning goals from Dutch captain Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben ensured an awful start to Spain's World Cup defence as the Netherlands destroyed one of the tournament favourites 5-1 in Group B on Friday. In complete contrast to the...
A Mobil processing factory was gutted in a fire in the Leather Industrial Area of Habindhara in Savar on Friday. Station officer of Savar Fire Service Anwar Hossain said the fire originated at ‘Asia Oil Ltd’ around 12 noon. On...
Mexico were rewarded for their attacking intent when Oribe Peralta’s 61st minute strike gave them a 1-0 win over Cameroon in their World Cup opener at a rain-soaked Dunas arena on Friday. The Mexicans had two Giovani Dos Santos efforts...
European stock markets closed in the red on Friday, with airlines hit hard by higher oil prices caused by spreading unrest in Iraq. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies sank 0.95 per cent to close at 6,777.85 points, weighed...
US stocks on Friday moved slightly higher in early trade as a positive outlook from tech giant Intel and merger news offset worry about sectarian conflict in Iraq. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on...
A massive reservoir of water three times the size of Earth’s oceans have for the first time been located hundreds of miles underneath the surface of the planet. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of New Mexico provided the...
Lionel Messi will be attempting to cement his legacy as an all-time great when Argentina tackle Bosnia-Hercegovina in their World Cup Group F opener in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Trophies, plaudits and individual honours have rained down upon the...
On the second day of police drives against formalin contamination, almost 200 tonnes of poison-filled fruits have been destroyed. On Friday afternoon, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam told reporters, ‘On Thursday, 120 tonnes mangoes, 32 tonnes of plums...
A suspected criminal has died in an ‘encounter’ with police in Noakhali’s Begumganj. The deceased has been identified as Abul Bashar, 45, leader of gang going by his surname. The gun battle took place around 2am on Saturday in Jogikhali...
Ten people, including four women and two children, were killed in a series of clashes at a camp of ‘stranded Pakistanis’ at Kalshi in Pallabi in the city on Saturday. Nine of the deceased were identified as Baby, Lalu, his...
Seven Bangladeshi sailors, who were released by Somali pirates after 3-and-half-year of captivity, have said they were treated like slaves. They would be beaten up by the pirates anytime and without any apparent provocation. The pirates took the 7 Bangladeshis...
Narendra Modi will step up a charm offensive with India’s neighbours in the hope of stopping them falling into China’s embrace when he travels next week to Bhutan on his first foreign trip since becoming prime minister. A month after...
Forty-nine Ukrainian military personnel were killed when rebels shot down a cargo plane during the night over the airport of the eastern city of Luhansk, a military spokesman said on Saturday. Luhansk is one of the centers of a pro-Russian...
The Justice Department has asked Citigroup for more than $10 billion to settle claims the bank misled investors on mortgage-backed bonds sold before the 2008 financial crisis, a report said Friday. US prosecutors broke off talks with Citi and are...
At least 10 people, including four women and four children, were burnt to death in a fire during a series of clashes between two groups of people over blasting crackers at Kurmitola ‘Bihari’ camp at Kalshi in the city on...
The Information Commission, mandated to enforce the Right to Information Act and increase transparency and accountability in government and non-government agencies, is into five years of its existence. The Right to Information Ordinance was passed under the last caretaker regime...
Police in a drive arrested nine leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, including its president and general secretary, in Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga district on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Bakul, president of the district unit Chhatra...
The bus strike, enforced by Chuadanga Bus-Truck Workers’ Union, protesting vandalism of some vehicles by ‘easy-bike’ drivers in the district town was called off on Saturday. The strike was withdrawn following a meeting held with the local administration on Friday...
Iraq's most senior Shi’ite cleric urged his followers to take up arms to defend themselves against a relentless advance by Sunni militants, in a sharp escalation of a conflict which is threatening civil war and the potential break-up of the...
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