Pro-Moscow rebels shot down two helicopter gunships Friday during an assault on the flashpoint Ukrainian town of Slavyansk, prompting a furious Russia to warn that the raid had destroyed a peace deal to defuse the crisis. Two Ukrainian servicemen were...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to carry hajj pilgrims this year with its own aircraft without taking any wide-bodied aircraft on lease as in previous years. “Yes, we’ve decided to carry hajj pilgrims by our own aircraft,” acting Director (Planning)...
News Corp., the media empire controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said on Friday it is buying leading romantic novel publisher Harlequin Enterprises for 455 million Canadian dollars (300 million euros) in cash. Harlequin, which publishes the work of more than 1,300...
The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to remain close to 6 percent at the end of the current fiscal year though the country witnessed 6.33 percent growth in the last four fiscal years (2010-2013) on average, says...
The BNP has lent moral support to a general strike called by Narayanganj lawyers for Sunday to protest against the abduction and murder of a colleague and six others. The party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters...
Leaders of the Hindu community on Friday demanded that 60 seats be kept aside in parliament for all the minority groups to ensure their empowerment in society and prevent communal attacks. Addressing a human chain in front of the Jatiya...
Gono Forum chairman Dr Kamal Hossain has called for forming citizens committees in all thanas of the country to organise citizens for a nationwide movement against the ‘sick politics’ practised by the two main parties. “People want to see a...
Bangladesh has adopted a master plan in the power sector giving coal a dominant source as primary fuel for the country’s 50 percent power generation by 2030. The new strategy for the country’s latest “Power System Master Plan 2010” has...
Suspected Jewish extremists vandalised a Muslim grave near the northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa, police said Friday, in the latest in a string of racist and religious attacks. "Graffiti was found sprawled on and around a grave in the...
Nor’wester lashed Pabna, Bhola, Kushtia and Natore districts Thursday night, leaving an unspecified number of people injured and dwelling houses and standing crops damaged. In Pabna, the storm swept over Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas injuring 30 people and damaging over...
Awami League senior leader Suranjit Sengupta said Friday the government needs to take a strong stance against the growing incidents of killings and disappearances as these are not good for a democratic system in any way. “The government must show...
Students of Dhaka University’s AF Rahman Hall have attacked and vandalised the New Market Police Station and injured at least four policemen and an Ansar member. Hundreds of students attacked the nearby station around 3pm Friday after four hall-mates were...
MUNSHIGANJ: The work order for the main Padma Bridge construction will be issued in the first week of June, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said Friday. Talking to reporters during his visit to the bridge site in Lohajong upazila, Quader said...
LONDON: European stock markets ended mixed Friday, with London lifted by strong earnings while other leading European indices shrugged off upbeat economic data to move lower, amid rising Ukraine tensions. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.20 percent to stand...
Bangladesh Navy has launched a fresh search operation for the missing Malaysian passenger aircraft, MH Flight 370, in the Bay of Bengal, following the suggestion by an Australian survey company that the wreckage of a plane might be found in...
A day after its chairperson issued a countrywide ‘organisational red alert’, BNP Friday gave the 19-party leaders and activists a 10-point advice like not moving alone and going to any unsafe and desolate place to avoid any untoward incident of...
BAGERHAT: Convener of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port (Oil-Gas Committee) Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah Friday announced a long march again to stop the implementation of coal power plant adjacent to the Sundarbans, a world...
NOAKHALI : A businessman was reportedly abducted by unidentified miscreants from his residence Alaiapur in Begumganj upazila Friday, according to a news agency. Family sources said two motorcyclists called Abul Bashar, 45, son of Faiz Ahmed, out of their home...
KABUL: A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried a village Friday in northeastern Afghanistan, leaving as many as 2,000 people missing, a top official said. Badakhshan province Gov. Shah Waliullah Adeeb said more than 2,000 people were missing after a...
The Election Commission has been considering to start providing the smart national identity (NID) cards to the country’s citizens by the end of this year. The Commission thinks it will be able to provide the high security featured smart NID...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 30: An A-5IIIA aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) landed at Shah Amanat International Airport at 1223 hours after completion of routine training mission. After touch down on the runway, the wheel burst and emitted fire. Pilot Flight...
The 14th death anniversary of major general (retd) Abdul Mannan Siddiqui will be observed today (Thursday). He served as the master general of the ordinance and quarter master general in Bangladesh Army. He was also the Public Works and Home...
Another person, who suffered burn injuries in the fire incident in a hardware shop at Tejturi Bazar in the city on April 10, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to 6, reports...
2 killed in Ctg road crash CHITTAGONG, Apr 30: Two people were killed as a covered van crashed into a pickup van carrying them at Kumira Bypass in Sitakund Upazila early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain (26),...
Rain and thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is like to occur at one or two places over Rajshai, Rangpur, Dhaka, Sylhet, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions in next 24 hours till 6:00pm today (Thursday). Mild to moderate...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Wednesday suggested the government to turn state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) into a full-fledged public limited company within six months to make it a profitable organisation, report agencies. The Bangladesh Chapter of the Berlin-based civil...
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The country should create a scope for investment of undisclosed money to check its flight to other favourable destinations, the revenue board chief said Wednesday. National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Ghulam Hussain said undisclosed money-holders are choosing other countries...
Charging the ruling party men with the incidents of killing, forced disappearance and abduction, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said Wednesday these repressive and 'heinous' acts can be stopped only when a pro-people government assumes office, reports UNB. "The current illegal...
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