BNP on Monday criticised the Prime Minister for comparing her government’s mandate with that of India’s BJP in her congratulatory message to Narendra Modi, saying Sheikh Hasina has made herself a funny person with such a claim. BNP acting Secretary...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Sri Lanka’s Chandika Hathurusingha as head coach of its national cricket team. “Sri Lankan all-rounder Hathurusingha has been appointed head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team by the BCB,” a BCB official has...
Police arrested an upazila (UZ) parishad chairman candidate for violating electoral code of conduct on the eve of balloting in a polling centre in Pagla Pir area under Rangpur Sadar upazila on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Masud Rana,...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against 22 officials, including Chairman and MD, of Maxim Group, a multilevel market company, on charge of swindling Tk 3.04 billion of investors’ money. ACC deputy director Nur Hossain filed...
The counting of votes in 12 upazila parishads across eight districts continues as the polling closed at 4pm Monday. The voting in the upazilas was held amid stray incidents from 8:00am to 4:00pm without any break, according to a news...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Monday urged Danish entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh’s environment-friendly shipbuilding and pharmaceutical sectors. “If any specific proposal for investment in the potential sectors of Bangladesh is made, it will be considered properly,” he told...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a rally of her party’s lawyers’ forum scheduled for Saturday to protest the killing of Narayanganj lawyer Chandan Sarker. The rally of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum will be held on the Supreme Court premises at...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $350 million to Bangladesh to help public and private institutions scale up skills-training for 1.25 million young workers to equip them to find jobs and meet the changing needs of today’s labor market....
Bangladesh has got the membership of Conference on Interaction and Confidence (Cica), one of the largest political entities in Asia that pursues the multilateral cooperation in the fields of peace, security and stability. All the Cica members unanimously decided to...
SYLHET: Nurses at Osmani Medical College Hospital went on an indefinite work abstention Monday protesting the alleged assault on one of their fellows by some interns. Sources said two interns-Tofail Ahmed and Jonny-locked into an altercation with Proloy, a male...
ReGen Powertech, an Indian company which was awarded contract for conducting wind mapping across the coastal area of Bangladesh to assess wind power potential, is likely to get one year extension for the job. A Power Division source said the...
Etihad Airways announced Monday that it is establishing Etihad Flight College, a world-class flight training facility in the United Arab Emirates, for Emirati and international cadet pilots. As a first step in establishing the college, Etihad Airways is in the...
The bye-election to Narayanganj-5 parliamentary constituency that fell vacant following the death of Jatiya Party MP Nasim Osman will be held on June 26. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced the election schedule at a press conference at the...
A total of 1,261 retired teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions Monday received cheques worth Tk 722.3 million to perform hajj this year. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the cheques among the recipients at a function at...
A discussion in memory of late renowned journalists Gias Kamal Chowdhury and ABM Musa will be held Tuesday. Feni Journalists’ Forum in Dhaka will arrange the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, said a press release Monday. Information adviser to...
Shykh Seraj, the presenter of a popular television programme on agriculture, on Monday submitted 56 recommendations to the Finance Minister AMA Muhith for consideration in the upcoming national budget. The recommendations are related to agriculture, poultry, fisheries and livestock sectors....
Additional Attorney General MK Rahman has been relieved of his service for reasons unknown. The President relieved Additional Attorney General MK Rahman, better known as M Khalilur Rahman, of his responsibilities through an order, said a Law Ministry notification on...
Additional Attorney General MK Rahman has been relieved of his service. The President relieved Additional Attorney General MK Rahman, better known as M Khalilur Rahman, of his responsibilities through an order, said a Law Ministry notification Monday. Solicitor Wing of...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said China Major Bridge Engineering Company got the main construction work of the much-talked-about Padma Multipurpose Bridge. He came up with the disclosure while addressing a discussion at Awami League President’s Dhanmondi political office...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday hoped that the country would be able to gain 10 per cent growth rate by 2018 with the present government’s efforts to make the local government institutions fairly powerful by the end of its...
NEW DELHI: India’s Sonia and Rahul Gandhi offered to resign Monday after leading the once-dominant Congress party to its worst-ever election defeat last week, only for colleagues to insist the dynasty stay in place. Congress won just 44 seats in...
Eighteen officers and members of Rab-3 were closed to the Rab Headquarters on Monday for their alleged controversial activities. Director (Legal and Media Wing) of Rapid Actin Battalion (Rab) Headquarters Wing Commander ATM Habibur Rahman told UNB that they were...
Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Huseyin Muftuoglu paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Monday night. During the hour-long meeting that began around 7:30pm, they discussed various issues relating to the mutual interests of...
RANGAMATI, May 18 (BSS): A massive sugarcane cultivation programme has been taken by the Directorate of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region in the current season. The DAE found that the cash crop,...
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GOPALGANJ May 18: Four persons were killed including a minor girl and a woman in a fire at Dumdia village under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district last night. The deceased were identified as Tanima (5), daughter of Mohidul Fakir,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-19 00:00:00
KHULNA, May 18: A total of 1,01,880 kilogramme honey worth $ 61,740 has been exported to India through Bhomrah land port of Satkhira from southern part of the country during February - May of the current year. Source said that...
BAGERHAT, May 18 (BSS): A court here today sentenced four persons to death and six others to life imprisonment for killing a fish trader at Sundarban area under Mongla upazila of the district in 1998. The court also fined the...
NARSINGDI, May 18 (BSS): Prices of rice have registered a slight fall with the arrival of new Boro rice in the market of the district. Some traders of Narsingdi district town told BSS that the prices would come down further...
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