A housewife was killed when a tree collapsed on her during a storm that swept Pratapnagar village at Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ramesa Khatun, 45, wife of Asgar Ali of the village. Witnesses...
Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested two people along with a large quantity of contraband drugs, including Phensidyl, in Shibganj upazila in Bogra district. The arrested were identified as Mamunur Rashid, 30, son of Golam Mostafa of Ghoraghat upazila...
A middle-aged man was killed as a recklessly driven truck crashed into him at Paturia ferry ghat (jetty) in Manikganj on Saturday. The deceased Abul Kalam, 45, was a ticket seller (lascar) at the ferry ghat and a resident of...
A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media say. They say the signal has a frequency of 37.5kHz per second - the same as those...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited city’s Apollo Hospital on Saturday to see Awami League (AL) leader and lawmaker Showkat Hossain Hiron who has been critically ill after suffering heart attack and brain hemorrhage. She stayed there for sometimes and enquired...
An activist of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) has been killed in a bomb attack in Jhenaidah's Harinakundu. Jahangir Hossain, 45, came under the attack on Friday night and died on Saturday morning, said Harinakundu Police Station OC...
Sri Lanka face a daunting test of nerves from dominant India in Sunday's all-Asian World Twenty20 final in Dhaka that is rich with incentives for both teams. If Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Indians win, they will become the first team to...
Thousands of Thai pro-government "Red Shirts" massed Saturday in a show of support for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, warning that they would resist attempts to oust her through the courts. More than 3,000 police and troops have been mobilised for...
A mobile court has handed down punishment to 641 during an anti-narcotics drive in Dhaka in the last two months. Abu Yusuf, assistant commissioner (media wing) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said on Saturday that the mobile court had detained...
Malaysia has joined other Islamic countries in banning the Hollywood biblical epic "Noah" starring Russell Crowe, decrying it as irreligious and saying it violates Islamic law against depicting prophets. A home ministry official Saturday confirmed that Paramount's latest big budget...
Claiming Ziaur Rahman the proclaimer of the country’s independence, BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday said those who do not accept it are war criminals and traitors. “Those who don’t accept Ziaur Rahman as the proclaimer of...
Chairman of Russia's Gazprom Alexei Miller on Saturday said that Ukraine must pay back the full discount it has been granted on Russian gas over the past four years, worth $11.4 billion. Miller said this week's annulment of the so-called...
The US Treasury has granted plane manufacturer Boeing a licence to export certain spare commercial parts to Iran, a company spokesman says. Boeing has had no public dealings with Tehran since 1979. In a statement, the US company said the...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) will organise a three-day Teesta-march programme from April 17, demanding equitable share of the Teesta River water. “We’ve declared the Teesta-march programme to force the government to take effective steps...
The Managers’ Conference of First Security Islami Bank Limited was held in the city Saturday. The Conference was presided over by Mr. A. A. M. Zakaria, Managing Director, First Security Islami Bank Limited. Mr. Syed Waseque Md. Ali, Mr. Quazi...
A court in eastern Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, their lawyer said Saturday. Judge Mian Amir Habib handed the death sentence to Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta...
The Rajshahi University unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has called an indefinite strike, demanding the arrest and punishment of the killers of Chhatra League leader Rustam. The strike, enforced at RU from this (Saturday) morning, has halted classes...
Southeast Asian finance ministers are "vigilant" in the face of economic risks such as reduced US monetary stimulus, Myanmar said Saturday at a meeting that underscored its return to the international diplomatic stage. Officials said the 10-member Association of Southeast...
Mystery shrouded the death of a physician of Comilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH) whose decomposed body was recovered on Saturday from a dormitory of the medical college and hospital. Police said, on information, they recovered Dr Hasibul Hasan’s body from...
At least 18 people were killed in tribal clashes in Egypt on Saturday, security officials said, prompting police to send reinforcements to quell the unrest. The fighting between the Bani Hilal tribesmen and Nubian villagers in the southern province of...
Speakers at a seminar in the city Saturday laid emphasis on ‘tax justice’, and sought proper policy measures to let taxpayers know how and where their taxes are being used apart from ensuring transparency in realising taxes. They observed that...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena begins his weeklong tour on Sunday to visit Pabna, Bogra, Joypurhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat. The visit is a continuation of the Ambassador’s pledge to visit all 64 districts in Bangladesh, said a...
A whaling fleet anchored at a Japanese port Saturday after Tokyo said it would cancel its annual hunt for the first time in more than 25 years to abide by a UN court ruling. "The Nisshin Maru and two other...
Afghan voters turned out in large numbers Saturday, braving Taliban threats, to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power as US-led forces wind down their 13-year war. Long queues formed outside polling...
Ukraine on Saturday rejected Russia's latest gas price hike and threatened to take its energy-rich neighbour to arbitration court over a dispute that could imperil deliveries to western Europe. Prime Minister Asreniy Yatsenyuk said Russia's two rate increases in three...
An activist of Parbatya Chhatragram Janasanghati Samity (PCJSS) was shot dead by some unknown assailants at Beltolipara in Laxmichhari upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Narayan Marma, 35. Local sources said when Narany and Jiten Chakma were going...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student associate body of the ruling Awami League, on Saturday said it will apologise to the nation if Ganajagaran Manch can prove that BCL men attacked their activists at Shahbagh on Friday. “If Imran H...
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's wife Eva Braun may have been of Jewish descent according to DNA analysis carried out for a British television documentary, the makers said Saturday. The anti-Semitic German leader responsible for the Holocaust married his long-term lover...
New Walton Primo ZX handset is now available at the smartphone markets with the motto ‘Born for Shooting’. Featured with the most powerful processor, the new ZX handset carrying highest memory and has already created huge hype. Development and Research...
Dhaka University (DU), the country’s oldest public university, is in a festive mood ahead of its 48th Convocation to be held on Monday. Main entrances of the campus have been decorated with colourful makeshift gates that convey warm welcome to...
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