Squally weather may affect the North Bay, adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh and the maritime ports as the deep convection is continuing over the North Bay. The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sayedul Hoque has asked the navy and coast guards to keep special surveillance along Bangladesh-Myanmar maritime border to stop intrusion of foreign fishing trawlers into the Bay of Bengal. There should be special patrolling from estuary...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sayedul Hoque has asked the navy and coast guard to keep special surveillance along Bangladesh-Myanmar maritime border to stop intrusion of foreign fishing trawlers into the Bay of Bengal. There should be special patrolling from estuary...
Prime Minister’s International Affairs adviser Gowher Rizvi said Tuesday the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord will fully be implemented by this year. He said this while addressing a seminar titled ‘Realisation of Indigenous People’s Rights and Ratification of ILO...
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif urged Tuesday the authorities concerned to properly follow the job quota for autistic people. He made the call while addressing a discussion meeting organised by Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID-Bangladesh) in...
Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Nazrul Islam said the government has taken a decision to extend the economic life of CNG-run auto-rickshaws from 11 years to 15 years. Communications Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday....
The government has extended the validity of CNG autorickshaws to 15 years from 11, with conditions, following a recommendation of BUET. Roads Division issued a circular to this end Monday, amid an ongoing strike by autorickshaw owners to extend the...
German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) will extend its support to shipbuilding companies willing to implement a comprehensive occupational and health safety system. The interest was expressed by GIZ at a seminar on occupational health and safety titled, ‘Impact 99 per cent:...
US housing price growth slowed to just 0.2 per cent in the first three months of 2014, latest figures show. According to the S&P/Case-Shiller index, the slowdown in growth compared with the previous quarter was partly caused by tighter bank...
Owners have called off the transport strike in Rajshahi Division. The decision came hours after transport owners and workers put off their strike in districts of north Dhaka, Gazipur and greater Mymensingh until May 29. Rajshahi Bus-Truck Owners Unity Council...
Thailand's military leader has received royal endorsement at a ceremony in the capital, Bangkok, after taking power in a coup last week. Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha was formally appointed to run the nation at the army headquarters. The 86-year-old...
At least 20 people are feared dead after a passenger train derailed and hit a stationary goods train in India's Uttar Pradesh state, officials say. Six coaches of the Gorakhdham Express went off the rails and ploughed into the freight...
A newspaper editor and critic of Libya's jihadists was gunned down Monday in the lawless eastern city of Benghazi, an Islamist stronghold, medics said. They said Meftah Bouzid, editor of the weekly newspaper Burniq, was shot dead in the centre...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Zimbabwean pacer Heath Hilton Streak as the national team’s bowling coach for two years. BCB spokesperson Jalal Yunus announced the signing of the contract with Streak on Monday. Earlier Sri Lankan Chandika Hathurusingha was...
A passenger express slammed into a stationary freight train in northern India on Monday, killing at least 10 people with others feared trapped in the wreckage, an official said. The express was travelling to Gorakhpur city in northern Uttar Pradesh...
The government has decided not to allocate RAB-10 land in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area to set up a permanent headquarters. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite force formed in April 2004, was allotted 7-acre land on the bank of Buriganga River...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Moscow was willing to talk with Ukraine's newly elected president Petro Poroshenko. "We are ready for dialogue with Kiev's representatives, with Petro Poroshenko," Lavrov said at a joint press conference with his...
Asian markets mostly rose on Monday following a record close on Wall Street that was fuelled by upbeat US data, while Tokyo was boosted by a weaker yen. The euro sat around a three-month low against the greenback following big...
Indonesia's religious affairs minister resigned Monday after being accused of misusing funds that were supposed to help Muslims go on pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. The anti-corruption agency last week named Suryadharma Ali a suspect in its investigation...
India's premier-elect Narendra Modi plans to slash 26 government positions and name himself as defence minister under a cabinet revamp set to be unveiled later Monday, reports said. Modi's cabinet will number 45 including him, down from 71 in outgoing...
Narendra Modi was to be sworn in on Monday evening as Prime Minister of India in a ceremony attended by a slew of foreign dignitaries – including Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was one of the...
Japan's Sony has signed a partnership in China to manufacture and sell its PlayStation consoles on the mainland. The deal, formed as two joint ventures with Shanghai Oriental Pearl, gives Sony access to an estimated 500 million gamers in China....
The BNP will hold a rally in Munshiganj on Wednesday after two of its gatherings were foiled in Dhaka city. Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia will take part in it. The BNP had been allowed hold the rally at the Launch...
Expressing her government's earnest desire to consolidate the partnership with Japan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought greater Japanese support for Bangladesh's bid to build a knowledge-based nation, develop rich human resources and undertake massive infrastructure development projects. "We...
Thai coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Monday he had been formally endorsed by the king as head of a military council that will run the country, and warned he would use force if political protests flared up again....
Farida Anwar, a Bangladeshi-born British citizen, has been elected a councillor in Oxford local government polls. A Labour Party nominee, Farida was earlier selected by the local government in Oxford to contest the election from Headington, according to a message...
Narendra Modi has picked Sushma Swaraj to be the first female foreign minister (FM) of India. Swaraj was sworn in on Monday by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace in New Delhi, after Modi took oath...
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said the government has taken steps to bring the migration cost of people seeking job abroad down to zero level. Speaking at a press briefing at the Probashi Kalyan...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday overruled the High Court (HC) judgment that had scrapped the trial court sentence in a graft case against BNP joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and his wife, nearly four years ago. Responding to a...
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