The UN health agency Wednesday warned countries to bolster their guard against the MERS virus, which has killed 152 people in Saudi Arabia and is causing alarm as it spreads elsewhere. The World Health Organization said that a meeting of...
Owners of local steel industries on Wednesday demanded increase of tax on the import of billet and withdrawal of tax from the import of chemicals in the upcoming national budget for fiscal 2014-15 to protect the local industries. They also...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of police drive against tinted glasses in vehicles. Advocate Manzill Morshed filed the writ petition on behalf of Supreme Court lawyers Asaduzzaman Siddique and Eklas Uddin....
The High Court has declared illegal the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s order telling public company directors to acquire two percent stake in their companies. The bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain issued the verdict...
The Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka has said it will take a while to know whether Indian foreign policy changes if BJP forms the government under the leadership of Narendra Modi. “The results of the election will be published on...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday expressed profound shock at the death of 12 people, including 10 Bangladeshis, in a fire at a furniture-manufacturing factory at Shifa Sanaya in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday night. “The premature death of expatriates,...
US stocks Wednesday opened lower following mixed earnings reports, snapping a two-day streak of record closing highs on the Dow and S&P 500. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 24.56 points (0.15 percent) to 16,690.88. The...
Taking a jibe at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for demanding the disbandment of Rab, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Wednesday said question does not arise to dissolve the elite force. “If some Rab members indulge in any crime, they...
The European Union said Wednesday it wants a complete ban by 2015 on drift-net fishing, dubbed by environmentalists as 'walls of death' for killing other marine animals, especially dolphins. Drift-nets, often vast lengths of near-invisible nylon netting floating near the...
Several Dhaka-based foreign diplomats have urged the government to keep open the option of holding dialogue with opposition BNP on the modalities of future general election. The diplomats’ call came at a briefing arranged by the Foreign Ministry at the...
DINAJPUR: Nine members of Bangladesh Army were injured in a grenade explosion during a training at Kholahati Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment in Parbatipur upazila Wednesday, according to a news agency. Sources at Rangpur Cantonment said a grenade went off accidentally during...
Vice- chairman of the standing committee of China National Peoples Congress Yan Junqi said Wednesday Bangladesh is a unique example in the world for marching towards development. Junqi, leading a delegation of China National People’s Congress, made the remark when...
ZH Sikder Women’s Medical College and Hospital has sacked a doctor and a staff for confining and beating a journalist. They are Dr Mohammad Safiul Azam and his telephone operator Abu Sufian. Sikder Group Director (Operations) SQ Islam Mohon confirmed...
DOHA: Qatar, which will host the 2022 football World Cup, said Wednesday it will abolish its controversial sponsorship system for foreign workers as international criticism mounts over their treatment. It "will be replaced with a system based on employment contracts,"...
A 139-member contingent of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka for Mali on Tuesday night to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission there. The team, led by Superintendent of Police Md Habibur Rahman, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by an UN chartered...
The tax administration should work more efficiently to boost revenue in the upcoming national budget, a discussion was told on Wednesday. Speakers at the discussion said tax net cannot be expanded without ensuring good governance. The pre-budget discussion was jointly...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh has excellent relation with China, a close friend of the country. Sheikh Hasina made the remarks when Mrs Yan Junqi, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...
So who led the Twitter battle in the just-ended marathon Indian elections? There are an estimated 33 million Twitter accounts in the country. Analysts say these numbers are small when compared with India's 814 million eligible voters, but since every...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will go to Agargaon Passport office to submit her application to have a machine readable passport (MRP) on Thursday. “Madam (Khaleda) will go to Agargaon passport office to register for MRP. It’s her personal programme,” the...
Bhutan is keen to export boulders to Bangladesh for the Padma bridge project. The new Bhutanese ambassador in Dhaka Pema Choden requested Dhaka to allow its duty-free access. She expressed the interest while meeting Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again promised to bring the Narayanganj murder culprits to justice but said ‘overenthusiastic’ actions by some were creating problems for the executive branch. The head of the executive branch expressed resentment over frequent petitions to...
New York-based rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday asked Bangladesh authorities to establish an independent body to ‘investigate evidence’ that Rab has been responsible for the extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture, and other serious abuses over many years. Human...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday visited the family of murdered Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Councillor Nazrul Islam. She reached Nazrul’s home in Shiddhirganj around 12 noon. The families of four associates of the slain councilor, who were also abducted...
A fire broke out in a compartment of an inter-city train in Dhaka Cantonment area on Tuesday. However, no causality is reported. Fire Service Control Room's duty officer Shahzadi Sultana said fire broke out in a bogy of the Dhaka-bound...
A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called "right to be forgotten". The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated...
A spate of rush hour car bombs rocked Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad Tuesday, killing 21 people in the first major series of attacks to hit the Iraqi capital since elections last month. The violence, which also wounded more than 60...
A Tel Aviv court on Tuesday sentenced Israeli ex-premier Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for accepting bribes linked to a major property development in Jerusalem, media reports said. Broadcasting live from the court, Israel's main radio stations said...
Managing Director of NCC Bank Golam Hafiz Ahmed handing over a cheque worth Tk. 4.0 million to President of Dhaka University Alumni Association Raquibuddin Ahmed for construction of a gate named ‘Freedom and Democracy’ at the Nilkhet entrance of the...
Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress Yan Junqi arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday on a three-day visit to hold talks with Bangladesh leaders. The purpose of her visit is to promote friendly contacts and exchanges...
A sand trader was abducted by unknown miscreants at Bheramara upazila in Kushtia district on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Shafiqul Islam, alias Shafi Haji, 44, son of late Meher Ali, a resident of Baro Dag village under the...
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