The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will celebrate its 150th anniversary with a photo exhibition in Dhaka. Seventy-one photos featuring its history, especially its experience in Bangladesh during 1971 to 1975 would mark its five-day celebration from Tuesday...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday challenging the prerogative for President's mercy as mentioned in Article 49 of the Constitution. The writ petitioners were Advocate Ekhlas Uddin Bhuiyan and Advocate Mahbub ul Alam, on behalf...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked for giving promotion in the Bangladesh Army based on the professional efficiency, merit and competence of the officers. Importance should be given on officers’ leadership quality, seniority, faith in the spirit of the War...
Last week's skirmishes between Bangladesh and Myanmar border forces stemmed from ‘misunderstanding’, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said. A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) trooper went missing after a gun-battle on Wednesday night near a Rohingya camp along...
A farmer was killed in a road accident at Binodpur village under Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Sunday morning. The dead is M Parul, 34, son of Faizuddin of Kamat village of Binodpur union. Police sources said the accident...
The deadline for submitting Hajj fees will not be extended despite requests from the agencies that arrange pilgrimage to Makkah. Therefore the time to pay ‘Moallem’ fee, house rent, additional service charge and airfare ends today (Sunday, June 1). The...
Breeders Association of Bangladesh on Sunday submitted a 5-point proposal before the Finance Minister for his consideration in the budget for FY 2014-15, including extension of the tax holiday facility for the poultry sector up to 2025 from the existing...
Bangladesh will offer either an industrial park or a special economic zone for Chinese investors to invest here in a larger scale during business leaders’ coming China visit, said the FBCCI president on Sunday. ‘Invest and develop your industries here....
A joint meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC), Advisory Council and Parliamentary party will be held on Monday at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence Ganobhaban. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved charge sheets in 14 cases against 12 people, including 11 officials of Sonali Bank (SB), for allegedly swindling the bank. The Commission at its regular meeting on Monday approved the charge sheets, ACC...
Six sub-inspectors (SI) of Feni Model Police Station have been transferred to different places of the district. Feni’s Assistant Superintendent of Police (Circle) Shamsul Alam Sarkar confirmed it to bdnews24.com on Sunday. The order comes after the murder of Phulgazi...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described the tenure of Sheikh Hasina-led government as ‘dangerous’ and says it is like a rotting body that needs formalin for preservation. ‘Hers is a tenure characterised by formalin. They are...
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Stocks edged marginally higher on Sunday with turnover hitting 12-session high as investors went for buying spree on large cap stocks amid optimism. The market started in the morning with an upward trend and the positive trend continued till the...
NASA's sun-observing IRIS spacecraft has captured its first stunning close-up of a colossal coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the sun. The field of view for this imagery is about five times the width of earth and about seven-and-half times...
Bangladesh (BD) U-19 team played to a draw against Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 team of India on the fourth and final day of their first four-day match at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Fatullah Sunday, according to a news...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Sunday the tension along the Bangladesh-Myanmar international border has cooled down. “The tension has cooled down…we’re moving forward our usual activities (with Myanmar),” he told reporters after a function at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in...
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) recovered 22 gold bars weighing about 2.370 kgs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Sunday. Senior ASP Alamgir Hossain of AAP said they recovered the gold searching the bodies of 15 passengers coming from Saudi...
The workers of ‘Ambia Garments’ on Sunday blocked the Airport Road at Agrabad Badamtala intersection protesting the closure of their factory and demanding payment of arrears. Mohammad Arifur Rahman, Inspector of Industrial DB police, said factory owner Abul Hashem announced...
DU 2014-15 admission process will start through applying online on August 14. Candidates will be able to apply online for 1st year from August 14 to 31. This was decided by the education committee on 1st June, in a meeting...
DU 2014-15 admission process will start through applying online on August 14. Candidates will be able to apply online for 1st year from August 14 to 31. This was decided by the education committee on 1st June, in a meeting...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday viewed that the issue of eliminating disparity between rich and poor should be prioritised for achieving overall development of the country. She said it’s not possible to ensure the country’s overall development only...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has banned carrying of all kinds of firearms, explosives and other harmful objects around the parliament building from Monday night, a spokesman said. DMP Commissioner Benazir Ahmed said on Sunday ban has been imposed also on...
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson on Sunday said the UK will help Bangladesh face climate change and river erosion challenges. Bangladesh has natural climatic problems like climate change effects and river erosion. UK will assist Bangladesh through...
BNP claimed Sunday that its senior vice- chairman Tarique Rahman, now living in London, has no Facebook or blog accounts. “We’ve noticed some Facebook accounts in the name of our party senior vice- chairman Tarique Rahman with various statements posted...
BGB member Nayek Mizanur Rahman killed in firing by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) will be buried at his native village Bholanagar in Debidwar upazila of Comilla Monday. Brig Gen Syed Ahmed Ali, BGB commanding officer for Chittagong region, told...
RAJSHAHI, May 31 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has announced an earning- expenditure balanced budget worth about Taka 3.28 billion for 2014-15 fiscal. RCC Mayor Musaddique Hossain Bulbul, who rolled out the annual budget in a press conference at the...
GAIBANDHA, May 31 (BSS): Speakers at a function underscored the need for farming medicinal trees to reduce dependence on importing raw materials to produce medicines. They said recently World Health Organization estimated that 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal...
RANGAMATI, May 31 (UNB): A woman was killed and 28 people were injured as a bus overturned at Manikchhari in the district town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sajeda Akther,22 Manikchhari police camp in-charge SI Jakir Hossain said...
RANGPUR, May 31 (BSS): Assurance of formalin-free foods has become a crying need for saving the future generations from the wrath of deadly diseases even after many years of taking poisonous foods, speakers at a post-human chain rally here said...
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase on Sunday approved four proposals, including procurement for services and work from Atomstroyexport of Russia under a third agreement for installing the first phase of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). "As per the third...
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