Ten Bangladesh nationals were arrested on Sunday in India’s West Bengal state for travelling without proper documents. The Bangladeshis were arrested from a bus while on their way to Balurghat town in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district, some 440-kilometre (km)...
Luftur Rahman has been re-elected as executive mayor of the East London borough. Earlier, Lutfur Rahman (then a Labour councillor) won the leadership of Tower Hamlets council in 2008. The results of this year's elections were announced recently, according to...
A High Court bench has issued a split verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal challenging the legality of appointment of a lower court judge who indicted her in two corruption cases. Khaleda filed the two petitions on May 12....
SM Akram, a former Awami League MP and current Nagorik Oikya adviser, will contest the Narayanganj-5 by-polls slated for June 26. Akram, who quit the post of district Awami League convener over his disagreement with the party high-ups during the...
A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tokyo on Sunday on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. A Biman flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage...
The United States sees Bangladesh's growing engagement with major global players India and China as a ‘good thing’ that brings ‘gains for everyone’. US Ambassador Dan W Mozena said this at a country lecture titled ‘America’s Partnership with Bangladesh: Stronger,...
Awami League publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday accused BNP of indulging in a conspiracy to create a Thailand-like situation in Bangladesh. “BNP was born through a conspiracy. Their (BNP’s) politics is always based on conspiracy. Their...
Noor Hossain, the prime accused in cases filed over abduction and murder of seven people in Narayganj last month, is still holding the post of the vice president of Siddhirganj unit of the ruling Awami League. Party insiders said the...
A six-day long combined exercise between Bangladesh Air Force and US Pacific Air Force, codenamed, ‘Exercise Pacific Angel-2014-1’, will begin at Saidpur of Rangpur and Dinajpur on June 1. In the exercise, the local people will be provided with medical...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) removed Sunday BASIC Bank Limited Managing Director (MD) Kazi Faqurul Islam on charge of irregularities and corruption. Kazi Faqurul Islam has been removed with immediate effect as he indulged in financial irregularities while disbursing loans violating the...
BNP staged demonstrations across the country Sunday in protest against police action foiling its scheduled rally at the Engineers’ Institute in the city Thursday. The party leaders and activists brought out processions in all the cities, including Dhaka, district towns...
FENI: Local Awami League leader Jahid Chowdhury alias Jihad, one of the masterminds of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram killing, was arrested at Barahipur in the district town Sunday. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in...
BNP staged demonstrations across the country on Sunday in protest against police action that led to foiling its scheduled rally at the Engineers’ Institute in the city on last Thursday. The party leaders and activists brought out processions in all...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Youth And Sports Ministry on Sunday recommended proper steps to stop arrangements of any concert, fair and other cultural programmes on sport grounds. It also suggested building more green sport grounds in the capital...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled with deep gratitude Japan's unequivocal support to Bangladesh's War of Liberation, saying that it had given the freedom-loving people a great strength and inspiration during their heroic struggle. "Indeed, you have been our friend in...
Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in all districts under Rajshahi division from 6am on Sunday to press home their six-point demand, including a ban on the movement of unauthorised vehicles on roads and highways. Their other...
BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Sunday threw a challenge to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for testing her popularity by contesting polls against him from his constituency in Comilla. “The government’s popularity has gone down to a zero level....
The parliamentary standing committee on Labour and Employment Ministry on Sunday recommended extending the ‘inspection sector’ and setting up labour courts in industrial areas. It also suggested the ministry to take actions against organisations in case of unilateral retrenchment of...
Tania Sultana | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
There is no denying the fact that 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world' as said by Nelson Mandela. Needless to say, education is the password in the path of enlightenment and prosperity....
The High Court (HC) on Sunday stayed for six months the June 4 election to Muktijoddha Sangsad Central Command Council (MSCCC). Passing the interim stay order, an HC division bench comprising Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice Md Badruzzaman also...
President Barack Obama is making a previously unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan. Mr Obama flew overnight from Washington to Bagram Airfield outside Kabul, where he is due to address soldiers, according to a news agency. The visit comes...
RAJSHAHI, May 24 (BSS): Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has been implementing 5720 schemes involving Taka 17.65 billion in eight districts under Rajshahi division during the current 2013-14 fiscal year. According to the LGED sources, work on 1610 schemes was...
KHULNA, May 24 (BSS): Most of the Aila victims who became homeless after Aila cyclone five years ago, have returned to their homes. On May 25, 2009, at least 190 people were killed and several thousand houses washed away by...
DAUDKANDI, May 24 (BSS): Three persons were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident at Barpara area under Daudkandi upazila on Dhaka-Chittagong highway this morning. The deceased were identified as Ekram, 32, Swapan, 35 and Zahirul Islam, 42....
GAIBANDHA, May 24 (BSS): Speakers at a function here today stressed the need for creating awareness among the technology users to check cyber crimes for building a peaceful society. "With using information and communication technology to keep pace with the...
SHERPUR, May 24 (UNB): The Boro procurement drive in the district is likely to face serious setbacks due to space shortage in the government food warehouses, much to the worries for the farmers and the millers. Sources at the district...
RANGPUR, May 24 (BSS): Experts at a discussion here have said the newer cropping pattern evolved by RDRS Bangladesh increases output benefiting the farmers enabling them cultivating four crops annually on the same land. They were addressing the discussion organised...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 24: A worker of a rice mill was killed and another was wounded in a boiler explosion at Itta village under Monirampur Upazila Friday noon. The dead was identified as Maina Bibi, 60, wife of Abdul Majid of...
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