Two youths of Bogra who were abducted from Hili area of Dinajpur district have bought their freedom paying ransom. They were identified as Hasan Ali, 30, son of Majibur Rahman, and Abdul Mannan, 32, son of Tesar Ali of Bhutbari...
A mobile court in Satkhira has sentenced three madrasa teachers to two years’ imprisonment on charge of planning subversive acts at Kaliganj upazila. The convicts were identified as Abdul Jabbar, 58, son of Moniruddin Gazi of Bandakati village, Abdus Sattar,...
A businessman died from electrocution at Kachari under Nokla upazila in Sherpur district on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Alam, 48, owner of ‘Al Amin Garment’ at Nakla Bazar and son of Samiruddin Haji in Ishobpur Kamarpotti...
A man allegedly stabbed his wife and daughter to death following a family feud in Siddhirganj area in Narayanganj city on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mayna Begum, 29, and her daughter Nurjahan Akther Swapna, 13. Quoting neighbours, police...
World No Tobacco Day today (Saturday). The day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the globe with the aim of intensifying the campaign against tobacco consumption to raise awareness among the people about harmful effects of tobacco consumption....
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s special representative Ameerah Haq has said that an additional 4,000 peace-keeping troops will be deployed in South Sudan this year. However, she said that none of them will be from Bangladesh. She said that...
The leader of Thailand’s military coup has said elections will not be held for more than a year, to allow time for political reconciliation and reform. In a televised address, Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha called on all sides to co-operate and...
A farmer was killed and three other people were injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Chuadanga district on Saturday. Lightning struck Mandar Ali and his two cows when he went to the courtyard of his house to take...
Green activists in Dhaka on Friday demanded setting up boundary pillars identifying the original channel of Buriganga River as per the CS Record. The demand came from a human chain programme organised by Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), an environmental organisation,...
Virender Sehwag's 122 off 58 balls led Kings XI Punjab to their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) final. Kings XI beat Chennai Super Kings by 24-run in the Qualifier 2 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday night. They will...
A woman was killed and 28 other people were injured as a bus overturned at Manikchhari in Rangamati town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sajeda Akther, 22. Manikchhari police camp in-charge SI Jakir Hossain said the Rangamati-bound bus...
A police officer died in a road accident in Ujirpur Upazila in Barisal district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mokhlesur Rahman. He was stationed at Batajore police outpost in Gournadi Upazila. Ujirpur police OC...
Airport Armed Police personnel arrested nine people along with 15 gold bars weighing around 2 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city on Friday afternoon. The arrestees were identified Md Ataur Rahman, Atwar, Jakir Hossain, Ali...
Two people were killed when a truck collided with a SUV at Chakaria Upazila in Cox's Bazar on Saturday morning. Six others were also injured in the accident on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway, said Shahidul Islam, SI of Harbang police...
The main accused in BNP leader and ex-panel mayor Ismail Hossain killing case was arrested from Jessore town on Friday night. Acting on a tip-off, a team from Kaliganj police station, led by officer-in-charge Anwar Hossain, arrested Shajahan Ali from...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pressing Indian authorities for the early release and repatriation of Sultan Ahmed, a 65-years-old Bangladesh national, in a detention camp designated for suspected foreigners in Goalpara, a border town of Assam. Ahmed, who...
A freedom fighter, who was a defence witness to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU) hospital in the city on Saturday morning. Shamsul Alam Talukdar, 74, was suffering from old age-related ailments...
As tension escalated along Bangladesh-Myanmar border following the firing by Myanmar border police personnel, Bangladesh on Saturday summoned again Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka to register its protest. The Myanmar envoy in Dhaka, U Myo Myint Than, was summoned at the...
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has accused Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets in London, of 'arrogance' and backed an inquiry into alleged voter intimidation in the recent local election which re-elected Rahman. Clegg attacked the Tower Hamlets...
The 19th Annual General Meeting of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) was held Saturday at “Sunrise Community Center” in Sylhet. The shareholders approved 12% cash dividend for the financial year 2013 in the AGM. The Chairman of the Board of...
Southeast Bank Ltd signed a software license and service agreement for Card Management System with SunGard Ambit (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd recently in the city. S.M. Mainuddin Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director and Eric Gan, Head of Professional Services signed the agreement...
The construction of Institute of Marine Technology (IMT) at an estimated cost of Tk 27.97 million on the outskirts of Faridpur town is nearing completion. The project was taken with the objective of creating skilled marine manpower for meeting domestic...
Overseas Employment and Expatriate Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain has said that the government has given highest importance for maintaining law and order in the right direction to ensure safety of the people and property across the country. Mosharraf,...
A former union parishad (UP) member was killed in an attack by his rivals at Sakurai under Haluaghat Upazila in Mymensingh on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Saifuzzaman Khoka, 60. Locals said there was a longstanding enmity between...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 47th in the Forbes’s list of the world’s most powerful women published by the magazine on May 29. German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list for the fourth consecutive year while Hillary Clinton...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 47th in the Forbes’s list of the world’s most powerful women published by the magazine on May 29. German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list for the fourth consecutive year while Hillary Clinton...
The government will establish Driving Testing and Training Centre in Dhaka city to check road accident, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader told the journalists at an awareness-building campaign at Mohakhali Bus Terminal in the city today. The Minister has also asked...
The government should take a plenty of regulatory measures to protect local manufacturers from dumping as Bangladesh will have to waive regulatory duties including Supplementary Duty (SD) on important goods as per the guidelines of the World Trade Organisation (WTO),...
A Myanmar border police officer has confirmed that a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed by his unit during a border skirmish on Wednesday. ‘One from the other side [Bangladesh] was killed by our police force when a...
The US defence secretary has accused China of "destabilising" the South China Sea, saying its action threatened the region's long-term progress. Chuck Hagel said the US would "not look the other way" when nations ignored international rules. Mr Hagel was...
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