A car bomb killed at least 17 civilians and wounded dozens more on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Salama border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, a monitoring group said. Women and children were among the dead in the blast...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will go to Japan on a four-day visit from May 25-28, which is expected to further bolster Bangladesh-Japan relations in all areas of co-operation, says the Foreign Ministry here on Thursday. During the visit, the Prime...
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) signed a $120 million agreement on Thursday with a tri-nation joint venture company USDKGEL to build a 60 megawatt wind power plant at Cox's Bazaar. As per the agreement, the power plant will be built...
Four people were killed and 12 others, including an Army man, injured in a triangular collision involving a bus, an ambulance and a tractor in Chouddagram upazila of Comilla district on Thursday afternoon. One of the deceased was identified as...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development voted Thursday in favour of Libya becoming a member country, a move that could see it eventually receive EBRD financing. The bank's board of governors approved membership for the north African country on...
US stocks opened lower Thursday following a mixed bag of economic data and corporate earnings. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 46.68 (0.28 percent) to 16,567.29. The broad-based S&P 500 declined 5.66 (0.30 percent) to 1,882.87,...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia applied for a machine readable passport (MRP) to Agargaon passport office on Thursday. Khaleda, who had long been using red passport for holding the portfolios of the prime minister thrice and leader of the opposition in...
The government will stop the long-running food-for-work programme (FWP), designed to help the jobless rural poor, as the country has overcome food shortage, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Thursday. The programme, known in Bengali as KABIKHA, employs rural poor...
United Airways (BD) Limited launched its maiden Dhaka-Doha flight on Wednesday. Capt Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, chairman and managing director of the United Airways (BD) Ltd, formally inaugurated the first Doha flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday night. The...
Foreign buyers of US Treasury securities increased their holdings in March to a record high. The Treasury Department says total foreign holdings rose 1 per cent to $5.95 trillion from $5.89 trillion in February. China, the largest foreign buyer of...
Diplomats of the European countries in Dhaka on Thursday urged the government to remove the institutional obstacles to greater and quicker European Union (EU) investments in Bangladesh. They mentioned power, infrastructure, IT and services sectors where investment process needs to...
Around 40 fishing trawlers sank in the Meghna River and over 150 thatched houses were damaged as a nor’wester lashed different unions of Kamalnagar upazila on Thursday afternoon. The fishing trawlers capsized in Ludhua, Patabania, Katoria, Matabbarnagar and Matihar areas...
The government and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Thursday launched a major initiative to achieve the goal of building a better trained and qualified workforce for key industry sectors with a project involving Canadian dollar 19.5 million. The project...
Walton Mobile has launched three more models of Smartphone -- Primo GH+, Primo V1 and Primo R3 -- in the country’s mobile market recently. The new models are featured with modern technology and cheaper price. Powered by a mighty 1.3...
Chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed was shifted to the incentive care unit (ICU) of United Hospital on Thursday as his health condition deteriorated sharply. Zafar’s personal secretary Golam Mostafa said doctors shifted Zafar to the...
Chinese firm ‘Max-Rankin JV’ has offered the lowest bid for the construction of the 5.2-km long four-lane Muradpur-Lalkhan Flyover. Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) disclosed this during the opening of the bids in the presence of the representatives of the bidders...
Twelve bodies were retrieved from the Meghna River after a launch capsized in Gazaria upazila on Thursday amid bad weather. Three of the deceased were identified as Mamal Hossain, 50, of Naria upazila of Shariatpur district, Tumpa Begum, 30, and...
RANGPUR, May 14 (BSS): Innovation of time-befitting scientific technologies, skills and stress-tolerant rice varieties along with political will and farmers' endevours can increase rice production to ensure food security despite climate change impacts. Agriculture experts expressed the views today at...
RAJSHAHI, May 14 (BSS): Frequent plying of heavy vehicles including trucks and buses on the city streets instead of the bypass roads has triggered the traffic congestion and road accidents in the Rajshahi metropolis. The 14-kilometre district bypass road that...
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CHUADANGA, May 14: The farmers of four upazilas of Chuadanga sadar Upazila, Alamdanga, Damurhuda and Jibannagar are expecting a bumper Boro paddy this year . Harvesting of the crop has been started which will continue till last week the month...
MYMENSINGH, May 14 (BSS): A mother and her daughter were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Bangaon village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jorina Begum, 45, and her...
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JESSORE, May 14: Affected farmers of Bhabadah water-logged areas under the banner of Bhabadao Water- logging Resolving Movement Committee in a press conference demanded cancellation of all the tidal river management projects. The press conference was held at Jessore Press...
DINAJPUR, May 14 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by his second wife and his step sons at Ramchandrapur village in Parbotipur Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Subas Chandra Roy,48, son of late Hariprada...
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PABNA, May 14: A man was killed allegedly by his uncle at Piarpur in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna Tuesday night over a disputed tree. The killer uncle managed to escape from the spot after the incident. The victim was identified...
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GOPALGANJ, May 14: Gopalganj thana Police recovered a body of a youth from Khagail under Gopalganj sadar upazila last night. The deceased was identified as Nice Sharif (30), son of Siddique Sharif of village Khagail under Gopalganj sadar upazila of...
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RANGPUR, May 14: A teenage boy drowned in a pond while taking bath at Shalbon area in Rangpur city Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Monirul Islam Ridoy (17), son of Rafiqul Islam of the area and a student...
NEW DELHI, May 14 (PTI): Senior BJP leaders are in Ahmedabad to meet the party's prime ministerial candidate after exit polls predicted a win for the Modi-led NDA. Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and party chief Rajnath Singh are in the...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday expressed profound shock at the loss of lives in a launch capsize in the Meghna River at Gazaria, Munshiganj. In a condolence message, Khaleda, also a former prime minister, said, “I'm deeply shocked and...
BINH DUONG, May 14 (AP): Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country after protests against Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam,...
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