Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta has called for reforming the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), but dismissed BNP’s demand that the elite anti-crime force be disbanded, according to a news agency. Suranjit’s remarks came amid allegation that three RAB officials...
Bangladesh and China signed Monday four agreements on military cooperation, aimed at improving professionalism and other capacities of Bangladesh armed forces. The agreements were signed between the military officials of both the countries at a function at Dhaka Cantonment, according...
CHITTAGONG: Local Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami called a daylong hartal in greater Chittagong for Wednesday protesting the arrest of its 21 leaders and activists. City Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer Prof Ahsan Ullah told UNB Monday that they would enforce the shutdown in Chittagong, Bandarban,...
Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) announced Monday that doctors will observe a work abstention programme from 12 noon to 1pm Wednesday across the country protesting the recent attacks on doctors. BMA Secretary General Dr M Iqbal Arsnal declared the one-hour programme...
Interns at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) returned to work withdrawing their strike on Monday evening. DMCH assistant director (Admin) Dr Khaza Abdul Gafur told UNB around 8pm that the interns called off their strike at 7:30pm.The interns went on...
Interns at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) returned to work withdrawing their strike Monday evening. DMCH assistant director (Admin) Dr Khaza Abdul Gafur told UNB around 8pm that the interns called off their strike at 7:30pm. The interns went on...
Chinese state-run China National Complete Plant Import and Export (Group) Ltd has expressed its interest to set up a coal-based power plant having capacity of 1,000 MW in Bangladesh. Company President Gu Haito expressed the keenness to set up the...
Terming the existing planning process too impractical, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday stressed the need for a new planning process to have better development outcomes. “The way projects are prepared now following PEC and Ecnec is much impractical…project proforma...
Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India's next prime minister, exit polls showed Monday, with his opposition party and its allies forecast to sweep to a parliamentary majority in the world's biggest ever election. Indian elections are notoriously...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday filed two write petitions with the High Court (HC) challenging the legality of charge-framing against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Khaleda’s counsel Mohammad Asaduzzaman filed the writ...
Japan has provided 12 more eco-friendly waste collection vehicles to Bangladesh. Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima and JICA chief Mikio Hataeda handed over those vehicles on Monday at Sayedabad. With these new vehicles, the number of Japanese waste collection cars rose to...
The father-in-law of slain Narayanganj City councillor Nazrul Islam claimed Monday the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) helped Nur Hossain, the prime suspect of the seven-murder case, flee to India. It is the second time Shahidul Islam, popularly known as Shahid...
LONDON: European stock markets closed higher Monday as investors shrugged off concerns about the Ukraine-Russia crisis following disputed referendums at the weekend, analysts said. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed 0.55 percent higher to close at 6,851.75 points....
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RANGPUR, May 11: Standing Boro paddy on about 150 acres of land at Paromali village under Bhogdanga union in Kurigram Sadar upazila have been damaged on account of toxic hot gas emitted from a brick kiln set up near agricultural...
BENAPOLE, May 11 (UNB): Chemically-treated Indian mangoes have flooded the markets in Jessore region, posing serious health risks. Visiting different markets, the UNB correspondent found out that low quality Indian mangoes are selling at Tk 100 per kg near the...
RAJSHAHI, May 11 (BSS): Agricultural experts and researchers have underscored the need for promotion of modern technologies to boosti agricultural production for sustainable food security. They also said government's efforts to attain self-reliance in food through internal production would be...
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CHUADANGA, May 11: Guava cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in four upazilas of Chuadanga district as it has already proved highly profitable. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 101 hectares of land has...
NETRAKONA, May 11 (BSS): Many native species of fish are on the verge of extinction in the natural water bodies of the district due to various reasons including adverse impact of climate change. Once the district was known as granary...
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PABNA, May 11: A 3-day long Rabindra festival marking the 153rd birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore concluded in Shahzadpur Kacharibari in Sirajganj Saturday. A discussion and cultural programme were held on the occasion in Kacharibari Saturday night....
KUSHTIA, May 11 (UNB): A minor girl died and her mother and maternal uncle fell sick allegedly after drinking soft drinks at Nishchinta Baria village in Khoksa upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Afsana, 1, daughter of...
SYLHET, May 11 (UNB): A man was killed in an attack by his rival over a land dispute at Chunarpar village in Balaganj upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Afroz Ali, 40, son of Abdul Majid of the...
NATORE, May 11 (UNB): A woman was killed and 10 people were injured as a bus overturned at Mokrampur in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Highway Police sources said the Natore-bound...
NEW DELHI, May 11 (AFP): Frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi is calling for a record turnout to throw the scandal-plagued Congress party out of office when voting ends on Monday in India's bitter marathon election. Modi's final appeal to...
BANGKOK, May 11 (agencies): Thailand's caretaker government said Sunday that it would tighten security to prevent clashes that could arise between the two sides in an escalating political crisis, and warned people to stay away from protest sites for their...
DONETSK, May 11, (agencies): Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine held a vote on independence Sunday, slammed by Kiev as a Kremlin-backed "criminal farce", amid fears the poll could spark civil war and lead to the break-up of the ex-Soviet republic....
NAYPYIDAW, May 11, (AFP): Surging maritime tensions dominated a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders Sunday with Vietnam expected to call on its regional neighbours for support in its deepening territorial dispute with China. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaffirmed Monday that her government will give exemplary punishment to those involved in the Narayanganj seven murders. She came up with the remarks when family members of five of the victims called on her at her...
NEW DELHI, May 11 (Reuters): India and Myanmar have signed a deal for 'enhanced cooperation' between their security agencies in combating militancy, narcotics smuggling and poaching of wildlife. The deal provides for coordinated patrol by the armed forces and coast...
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