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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
PAKISTAN, May 28 (agencies): Outcome of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with new Indian Premier Narendra Modi in New Delhi Tuesday was better than expected, Sharif's National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said Wednesday. Addressing a press...
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters ): U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016, ending...
BANGKOK, May 28 (agencies): Thailand's junta Wednesday freed leaders of the "Red Shirt" movement allied to the civilian government ousted in a recent coup, after holding them without charge for nearly a week. Key members of the protest group walked...
BEIRUT, May 28 (AFP): Thousands of Syrians, thronging streets around their embassy in Beirut, on Wednesday streamed to the polls for Syria's controversial presidential poll being staged as civil war rages in the country. For the early vote by expats,...
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Thursday dubbed BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman both ‘insane’ and ‘illiterate’ for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a ‘failed politician’. “He created Hawa Bhaban…..he created the empire of corruption. Now he often...
TRIPOLI, May 28 (AFP): Gunmen attacked an interior ministry unit tasked with protecting Libya's outgoing government, officials announced Wednesday, as Washington readied a possible evacuation of its embassy amid turmoil in the North African state. "The government strongly condemns the...
Jordan jails 11 Islamists over US embassy plot AMMAN, May 28: A Jordanian military tribunal handed jail terms of between four and 20 years on Wednesday to 11 people it convicted of plotting to attack the US embassy for Al-Qaeda...
Yasir Wardad Farmers are making only nominal profits in the ongoing Boro season in the country because of an increase in production costs coupled with lower market prices than the government-fixed procurement rates. The market prices of paddy are now...
RANGAMATI, May 28 (BSS): Despite widespread campaign by the government and NGO organisations, tobacco cultivators have brought more than 1,000 hectares of land under tobacco farming at different areas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) districts. Deputy Director of Department...
Property buyers are using online marketplaces to avoid hassle and also oppression of middlemen. The online marketplaces have empowered property buyers to analyse the documents of property as well as giving them an opportunity to have transparent and direct negotiation...
RANGAMATI, May 28 (BSS):The four natural fish breeding grounds in Kaptai Lake are now on the verge of extinction due to water contamination and excessive use of fertilizers in the lakeside lands. Officials of Rangamati river sub-center of BFDC said...
CANBERRA, May 28 (Xinhua): With 21 projects worth a combined 25.6 billion AU dollars (23.7 billion US dollars) completed over the past six months, Australia's mining sector is continuing to shift from investment boom to the production phase, according to...
LONDON, May 28 (AFP): Oil prices rose on Wednesday, underpinned by improved US demand expectations and concerns about a potential tightening of supplies caused by the Ukraine crisis and unrest in Libya, analysts said. US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...
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