Investigators on Saturday arrested the captain accused of abandoning the South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago with 476 people on board, as divers finally accessed the submerged vessel and spotted bodies inside. Lee Joon-seok and two of his...
In separate incidents, two young men committed suicide in Bagharpara upazila of Jessore district and a suburb of the district town on Friday. In Bagharpara, a college student committed suicide by hanging himself from a mango tree at Mamudalipur village...
Police held two people with 53,100 fake National Identity (NID) cards in East Dholaipar area under Kadamtali police station in the city on Friday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Aminul Islam, 23, and Toufiq Islam, 25. Tipped off that...
A newborn baby girl, apparently discarded by her mother soon after birth, was found buried but miraculously alive by farmers at Agailjharha Upazila in Barisal district on Friday afternoon. The baby's identity could not be established. The baby has been...
A man was chopped to death by unknown miscreants in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga district on Saturday. The dead is Amjad Hossain, 45, son of late Samad Ali, a resident of Joyrampur village. Police said a gang of 5/6 miscreants...
President Barack Obama will use an Asian tour beginning next week to bolster US alliances in the region at a time of increased geopolitical tension. Obama is scheduled to visit Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and the Philippines, and will be...
A businessman has been killed and a schoolgirl injured during an exchange of fire in Khagrachhari district. Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS-Santu Larma) and United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) have blamed each other for the incident. The encounter took...
At least 100 houses were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out at a house at Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh district on Saturday. Fire service sources said the fire originated from the kitchen of the house of one Ramijul...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 349,960,135.39 on the basis of cost price and Tk 388,895,093.35 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 17 April 2014. The face value per...
A man died from electrocution in Jhenidah town on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Akkas Ali, 50, son of late Samer Ali Mandal, a resident of Goyeshwar village of Jhenidah Sadar upazila. He used to work as a...
Russia was under intense US pressure on Saturday to convince pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine to give up eastern towns they are occupying, after Washington said the situation in the former Soviet republic was in a “pivotal period”. But with the...
Assailants disfigured a woman’s face after failing to rape her in Sadar Upazila in Barguna district. The victim, a 35-year old homemaker, was alone when four men entered her house in Dhupoti village on Friday night, said Barguna Police OC...
The search for three missing Sherpa guides on Mount Everest has resumed after 13 were killed by an avalanche. The avalanche struck around 06:45 local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday in an area known as "popcorn field", just above Everest...
Iran and world powers will resume technical talks next month in New York ahead of further negotiations on a lasting nuclear deal, a senior Iranian official said Saturday. The talks will take place from May 5 to 9 on the...
Two people have died in separate road accidents in Chittagong city and Sitakunda Upazila. Ismail Hossain Rabbani, an expatriate living in Dubai, was killed when a truck ran over him after he fell from his motorbike at City Gate in...
Police rescued a schoolgirl from Barolekha Upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday afternoon, three months after her abduction from Jakiganj Upazila in Sylhet district. The rescued girl was identified as Afia Begum, 14, daughter of Kabir Uddin, a resident of...
Four French journalists held captive in Syria for almost a year were free and "in good health" on Saturday, President Francois Hollande said. In a statement the president said he had "learned with great relief this morning of the liberation...
A drone strike Saturday killed 15 Al-Qaeda suspects and three civilians in Yemen's central Baida province, a stronghold of the extremist group, a security official said. The jihadists were travelling in a vehicle towards the southern Shabwa province, witnesses said....
The arrested captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago with 476 people on board defended his decision to delay its evacuation, as divers Saturday spotted bodies inside the submerged vessel. Investigators arrested Lee Joon-Seok and two...
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband in Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Aleya Begum, 35, wife of Sohrab Ali, a resident of Paranpur village. Abdul Jalil, officer-in-charge of Kazipur...
The US has threatened tougher economic sanctions if Russia fails to abide by a new international agreement to help de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine. The Kremlin responded by accusing the White House of treating Moscow like a "guilty schoolboy" over...
Foreign Minister AHMahmood Ali has recalled with deep appreciation the contribution of the diplomats who had defected from Pakistan administration and expressed allegiance towards a sovereign Bangladesh during the country’s independence struggle 43 years ago. He was addressing as chief...
The government has adequate funds for the construction of Padma Bridge, says Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. “(Since) there is no financial problem, the construction of Padma Bridge will materialise,” Kamal said while visiting the site in Munshiganj district on...
Bank Asia, as Lead Arranger & Agent, has arranged Syndicated Term Loan of Tk. 1,700.00 million for Star Porcelain Pvt. Ltd. to help the company set up of a 100 per cent export-oriented high quality porcelain tableware products, which will...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed profound shock at the death of Abdul Mannan Sardar, a former vice president of Awami League Dhaka city unit and one of the organisers of the War of Liberation. In a message of...
The effort to find missing flight MH370 is at a "very critical juncture", Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday as authorities mull whether to reassess a challenging search of the Indian Ocean seabed that has so far found nothing. "The search...
A majority of inhabitants in Ukraine's pro-Russian protest hub Donetsk do not want to join Russia but consider the government in Kiev to be illegitimate, according to a poll published Saturday. 52.2 percent of people questioned in the region, the...
A man was arrested with Indian Rs 5 million at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city this morning. The arrestee was identified by the Customs officials as Muhammad Idris, 35, a Bangladeshi national. He arrived at the airport...
Egyptian leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi on Saturday submitted the documents required to run in next month's presidential election, in which he is seen as the main rival to former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sisi, who is riding a wave of...
A senior European Union (EU) official said he opposes cutting back gas ties with Russia in the next few years but the bloc should work on diversifying supplies. Russia is a major European gas supplier, and mounting tensions over Ukraine...
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