The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the pleas of BNP standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to quash the trial proceedings against them in two graft cases. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by...
Afghanistan's aid-dependent economy is slowing markedly as NATO troops withdraw, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday, warning that violence, political instability and lack of reform threaten future growth. GDP growth will slide to 3.2 percent in 2014, the IMF...
Etihad Regional on Wednesday announced that it will introduce five new routes expanding the airline’s operations out of Zurich to eight destinations. Building on its network expansion strategy, Etihad Regional will commence daily services from Zurich to Linz (Austria), Lyon...
The country’s per capita income has now increased to $ 1180 from $ 1044, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Wednesday. The Planning Minister revealed this after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) held...
Police on Wednesday foiled a preparatory meeting of local BNP in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj in the run-up to party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s planned visit to the district on May 28. Foiling the meeting, the law enforcers also put the...
The Cabinet Purchase Committee is set to consider Thursday the approval of the biggest ever tender proposal for the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project at a cost of Tk 121.33 billion. The Communications Ministry has put forward the proposal...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony as Prime Minister of India on May 26. “The Speaker will represent Bangladesh in India’s next Prime Minister’s swearing-in ceremony,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam told...
Nepal’s ambassador in Dhaka HK Shrestha called on Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her office in the Parliament Secretariat on Wednesday. They discussed parliamentary democracy and economic development of the two countries. They agreed that the two countries should...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court Wednesday seeking implementation of Safe Food Act,2013 to ensure safe food for all citizens of the country. Assistant Director of Legal Action Bangladesh Sayeed Ahmed filed the writ as public interest...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government has no control over the country’s law-enforcing agencies because of their political use. “The heinous killing took place in Feni’s Fulgazi soon after the seven murders in...
BNP-backed candidate Abul Kalam Abu was unofficially declared mayor of Boalkhali municipality of Chittagong in the election held on Wednesday. Abu bagged 13,268 votes while his nearest candidate Shawkatul Alam, also a BNP rebel, polled 8,264, according to a news...
State Minister for Health Zahid Malek on Wednesday said they would take necessary steps to stop the recurrence of untoward incidents in the country’s hospitals. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has repeatedly given instructions to stop the recurrence of untoward incidents...
Bangladesh has a rich culture with diverse communities from ethnic minorities and indigenous people but they often suffer as their rights are violated, said William Hanna, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, according to a news agency. ...
RANGAMATI, May 20 (UNB): Locally set up 'community-based rice banks' have been found to help marginal and poor communities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts address food shortages during lean periods. Killyamura Bangali para and Tripura para comprising 75 households...
RAJSHAHI, May 20 (BSS): Instead of depending on only the fossil fuel emphasis should be given on enriching the renewable energy sources to face the energy challenges, speakers at a discussion said here today. They viewed the availability of energy...
TANGAIL, May 20 (UNB): Three people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed into a pick-up van on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Postokamari in Mirzapur upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam, 40, a driver...
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NILPHAMARI, May 20: Cultivation of zinc-enriched paddy has started in Nilphamari district. A total of 50 farmers cultivated the paddy in their respective demonstration plots in No-3 Nitya Nanda ward of Tupamari Union Parishad of sader upazila. On the 19th...
NARSINGDI, May 20 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting here said social awareness of the people could check drug trafficking and its adverse effects on the society. Terming the drug trading as one of the worst social vices, they underscored the...
RANGPUR, May 20 (BSS): Effective value chain system can ensure fair price of the locally produced dairy and handicraft products through linking the producers and traders under one umbrella minimising middlemen interference in the process. Speakers said this at the...
GAIBANDHA, May 20 (BSS): Construction of a sluice gate on the embankment of the Alai River in Daldalia area under Shaghata upazila began on Monday amid much enthusiasm to the locals. The objective of the work is to save Aman...
RANGAMATI, May 20 (BSS): Mob rescued three children from the clutch of an alleged kidnapper at Reserve Bazaar Launch terminal on Monday evening. The alleged kidnapper tried to ferry the victims to Langadu but the alleged kidnapper could not satisfy...
MAGURA, May 20 (UNB): Two people were killed and fiver others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Shalikha and Sadar upazilas on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Sabbir Hossain,12, of Rajarampur village of Sadar upazila, and...
SATKHIRA, May 20 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from a water-body in Gorkumalpur in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Hossain,22, son of Rafikul Islam Gazi,...
One trampled by wild elephant in Kaptai A man was trampled by wild elephants in Babuchhara area under Raikhali union of Kaptai Upazila in Rangamati Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as Abdus Sattar, 35, of the same area. Police...
NEW DELHI May 20 (agencies) India's next Prime Minister Narendra Modi has generated hopes, sold dreams and his huge poll mandate may have washed away the 2002 Gujarat riot stigma. But look at the company Modi will find himself in!...
BEIJING, May 20, (AFP): Beijing summoned the US ambassador and accused Washington of double standards Tuesday as a diplomatic row escalated over the unprecedented indictment of five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage. The world's top two economies have long been...
Speakers at a programme on Wednesday expressed concern over the public sanitation system in the city, especially for the commuters. They called for constructing proper sanitation facilities, primarily safe and hygienic toilets, for the commuters. The programme was organised marking...
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