The government has taken steps for ensuring maximum facilities, better management and providing training for the Hajj pilgrims to assist them in conducting the religious ritual in a hassle-free manner. High officials have said this at the concluding ceremony of...
Terming Bangladesh a peaceful country in South Asia and it never wants to attack any country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh must have the capability of carrying out counter-attack to protect its independence and sovereignty if it is...
The High Court on Sunday granted 6-month’s ad-interim bail to Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal President Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and Chhatra Dal general secretary Habibur Rashid Habib in separate cases. An HC bench comprising justices Naima Haider and Zafar Ahmed passed the...
The 41st Annual General Meeting of GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited was held recently at Hotel Agrabad, Chittagong. The meeting was presided over by the Company’s Chairman & SVP, Area Head Africa & Developing Countries, Mr. Rodrigo Becker. Managing Director Mr. M...
Two truck drivers were killed and their two helpers injured in a road accident at Mujibnagar point on Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Pirganj upazila in Rangpur on Sunday. Police said the accident occurred when a potato-laden Dhaka bound truck (Rangpur Da...
SM Knitwears Limited has recently signed an agreement with IDLC Investments Limited and Royal Green Capital Market Limited to raise capital through Initial Public Offering. IDLC Investments Limited will act as Lead Issue Manager and Royal Green Capital Market Limited...
A Bangladeshi woman is among the latest five victims of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia, the BBC reports. It quotes a Saudi government statement as saying that the latest five victims of the coronavirus in the kingdom...
An adverse weather condition is prevailing over the greater Rangpur region. The region is experiencing sweltering heat during daytime while moderate cold spell sweeps it at night. Dew also falls at night. Due to the huge fluctuation of day-and night-time...
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Stocks slipped into the red Sunday after sixth sessions' gaining streak with turnover dropped significantly as investors booked marginal profit. The market started with a positive note, but could not sustain. At the end of the session, DSEX, the prime...
Acquitting one, the High Court on Sunday confirmed the death penalty of three of the four condemned convicts in the sensational Pallabi 6-murder case over seven years ago. The HC confirmed the conviction of condemned convicts Masum Matabbar, Zakir Hossain...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the army to develop to ensure it wins any confrontation with the United States, North Korea’s news agency said on Sunday, a day after US President Barack Obama warned the North of its...
Customs Intelligence officials seized a large amount of Indian currency from a flight of Qatar Airways at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city on Sunday morning. Being tipped-off, a Customs Intelligence team at the airport seized five medicine...
Chairmen of parliamentary standing committees Sunday proposed expansion of tax net, raising direct tax, resolving land scarcity hindering investment and liberalising the credit policy in the upcoming national budget. They also called for proper allocation for river dredging, encouraging PPP...
The two-day second meeting of the SAARC Cabinet Secretaries concluded in the city Sunday, promising to enhance regional cooperation and ensure greater dissemination of member-states’ ‘best practices’. The meeting adopted a draft report highlighting the areas of future cooperation and...
NARAYANGANJ: Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) panel mayor Nazrul Islam along with his four associates was abducted by miscreants from Fatulla area of the city Sunday. The other victims are Nazrul’s aides Tajul, Swapan, Liton and his private car driver, according...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) President Mohammad Shahjahan Khan Sunday urged Turkish entrepreneurs to invest in the pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, windmill, infrastructures and agriculture sectors of Bangladesh. The DCCI president made the request when President of Turkey-Bangladesh Chamber...
Krishi Bhaban in the city’s Motijheel area caught fire Sunday afternoon. Sources at the Fire Service Control Room said the fire originated on the seventh floor of the Krishi Bhaban around 5:25 pm, burning down a sofa set, according to...
Bangladesh Navy under its ‘Operation Jatka’ programme seized illegal current nets and jatka (hilsa fries) worth about Tk 110 million in the last 21 days till April 26. Bangladesh Navy has been conducting drives under the ‘Operation Jatka’ in various...
BNP’s Dhaka city unit will hold its rally after its scheduled demonstration programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club Monday if it is not allowed to stage it at Suhrawardy Udyan. “We’ve sought permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
SATKHIRA: A local Awami League activist was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling party over establishing supremacy in Khazra union of Ashashuni upazila Sunday, according to a news agency. The deceased...
SIRAJGANJ: District Motor Workers’ Union went on an indefinite transport strike in the district Sunday morning protesting the alleged attack on some bus workers by auto-rickshaw drivers. No long route bus, truck and tank lorry were seen plying on the...
Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, the workers’ front of BNP, is going to hold a rally in the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Thursday in observance of the May Day. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be present as the chief guest...
SIRAJGANJ: An HSC examinee was killed and 25 people were injured in a clash between the residents of two areas under Sirajganj municipality Sunday evening. The deceased, Ali Raj, 18, was a candidate of the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate examination...
An annular eclipse of the sun will occur Tuesday. The eclipse will start at 9 hours 52 minutes 36 seconds Bangladesh time and will end at 14 hours 14 minutes 30 seconds. The central eclipse will start at 11 hours...
Military observer 'freed' in Sloviansk One of the team of European monitors seized by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian flashpoint city of Sloviansk has been freed, news agencies report. The man was Swedish and was released on medical grounds,...
Stressing that the court is the last resort to justice seekers, Law Minister Anisul Huq called upon the newly-appointed judges to be careful about miscarriage of justice. “It’s the responsibility of the judges to prevent crimes providing exemplary punishment to...
Pope Francis has declared Popes John Paul II and John XXIII saints, in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands. He praised his two predecessors as "men of courage" at the Vatican service, the first time in history that...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-27 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Apr 26: With frequent load shedding and sweltering heat, people of Rajshahi are experiencing the scorch of desert with no water in the river Padma and most of the city ponds and water bodies dumped and dried up. The...
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