SYLHET, May 10: Police Saturday arrested three people, including a Jubo Dal leader, in connection with the recent disappearance of BNP leader Mujibur Rahman Mujib and his driver from Sunamganj town recently. The arrestees are: Ali Akbar Chowshury, 30, member...
Making a noble gesture to the country's artistes, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday announced to bear all the expenses of ailing eminent actor Khalil Ullah Khan, a lifetime achievement award recipient. She made the announcement while addressing the National Film...
Two children drowned in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts on Saturday. In Moulvibazar, a boy drowned in a pond at Nasratpur village in Kamalganj upazila. The deceased was identified as Kabya Sutra Dhar, 3, son of Khokon Sutra Dhar, a resident...
US stocks finished the week with solid gains at the weekend, but it was not enough to lift the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index into the black for the week. The Nasdaq, which has underperformed compared to the other two leading...
Police arrested an alleged drug trader in Chandpur and recovered some contraband drugs from him. The arrestee was identified as Abul Kalam, 45, of Koroish village in Kachua upazila. Being tipped-off, a team from Kachua Police Station, led by sub-inspector...
Advertising titans Omnicom and Publicis have called off their $ 35 billion merger, the deal bedeviled by corporate culture differences, regulatory issues and who would hold power in the combined firm. After nine months of talks between the US and...
Built to tackle terror, hundreds of men of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have been punished for committing crimes in the last 10 years. The elite force was introduced in 2004 to fight crimes and terrorism. However, nearly 2,000 of its...
Emergency services at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) were suspended a few minutes after briefly resuming on Saturday midnight protesting attacks on interns at Chankharpool near the hospital. DMCH sources said emergency services have not resumed there till 10:15am...
The driver of Narayanganj city councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in 7-murder case, has been arrested from Noakhali. Chairman of Rasulpur Union Parishad (UP) Nurul Amin said on Saturday that the driver Mahiullah Nayan was nabbed along with his...
Police recovered one pistol and huge bullets during a raid on the house of the nephew of Nur Hossain the prime accused in 7-murder case, at Shimrail under Siddhirganj in Narayuanganj on Saturday night. A team from Siddhirganj Police Station...
There is good news for Bangladeshi mothers on the occasion of Mothers’ Day on Sunday. The country is a better place for mothers than neighbouring India and Pakistan. A new Save the Children report on state of mothers’ put Bangladesh...
The government has launched a move to provide machine readable passports (MRPs) among Bangladesh workers and other professionals living in United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials said. Different government departments and agencies in Dhaka believe nearly one million Bangladeshis, mostly workers,...
The Awami League (AL) has taken the first step to expel Nur Hossain, the main accused in Narayanganj 7-murder case, from the post of vice-president of Siddhirganj unit of the ruling party. Siddhirganj chapter AL has also suggested ouster of...
Share prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the opening day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 9.91 points...
Police on Sunday morning started operation in capital Dhaka against all artificial coverings including nontransparent and tinted car windshields and glasses on windows of vehicles. "We began the operation from today. We are monitoring it from various points of the...
After the multiple murders in Narayanganj, the government has issued a directive banning use of tinted windshield/glass in vehicles. Such glasses help avoid public gaze for vehicles during abductions of the kind resorted to by the abductors and killers of...
The prosecution has pressed war crimes charges, including genocide, against former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Jabbar. The formal charges were submitted to the Tribunal’s registrar AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud on Sunday. Jabbar has been charged with five types of crimes against...
Miscreants stabbed to death a man at Ikribazar at Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur early Sunday. The dead is Abdur Rashid, 45, a resident the village and member of security staff at Ikri Bazar. Police and witnesses said a gang of...
A minor girl died and her mother and maternal uncle fell sick following intake of soft drinks in Khoksa upazila in Kushtia on Saturday afternoon. The dead is Afsana, 1 year, daughter of Asad Munsi of Nishchinta Baria village. Ali...
The Rajshahi Medical College Hospital authorities have withheld the certificates of 20 interns who have been accused of assaulting journalists. On Saturday, the authorities said they would consider issuing the certificates to the 49th batch interns after reviewing the reports...
The High Court has ordered the home ministry to arrest the three suspended Rab officers over the multiple murders at Narayanganj. The bench of Justices Mirza Hussain Haider and Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar issued the order on Sunday. The three...
Chemically-treated mangoes have flooded the markets in Jessore region, posing serious health risks. Visiting different markets, this correspondent found out that low quality Indian mangoes are selling at Tk 100 per kg near the Benapole border area, while they are...
Two persons died on Sunday after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank in a house in Ashulia under Savar upazila. The mishap occurred early morning at Narsinghpur, said Ashulia Police Station SI Ruhul Amin. The dead are Kismat...
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Stocks witnessed sharp decline on Sunday with key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped below 4,500 points mark after 6 weeks as investors went for selling spree. The market started with a negative trend and the downturn continued...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Teesta water sharing treaty between Bangladesh and India could not be signed due to an objection raised by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee. “The framework agreement on sharing the water of Teesta...
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami at Ishwardi town in Pabna district on Saturday night. The arrested is Golam Azam, 43, Ameer of Ishwardi municipality unit of Jamaat. Biman Kumar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ishwardi Police Station, said on secret...
A woman was killed and 10 other people were injured in a road accident at Natore Sadar upazila on Sunday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Highway Police sources said a Natore-bound bus from Lalpur overturned at...
The BNP will start an investigation into the Narayanganj multiple murders, party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. “A retired justice will head a three-member investigation committee,” he said on Sunday after paying respects at the grave...
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 guards of the two countries...
Standard Chartered Bank, the leading international bank in Bangladesh has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DuSai Resort & Spa, the first luxurious boutique Villa Resort & Spa in Bangladesh. DuSai Resort & Spa will provide a range...
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