Barely two-and-half-month into office after the January 5 national elections, opposition leader Raushan Ershad on Thursday said she is thinking to quit politics. “I wouldn’t contest polls in the future. I’m thinking not to do politics. I’ve done enough,” said...
The High Court has granted BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir an interim bail for six months in one of the several vandalism cases pending against him. The bench of Justices Md Rezaul Hasan and Muhammad Khurshid Alam...
Nepal is considering banning foreign climbers from scaling Mount Everest alone in a bid to reduce accidents on the world's highest peak, an industry official said Thursday. Solo climbers would be forced to take a local guide up the mountain...
Buddhist-led mobs tore through streets hurling stones at the offices and residences of international aid workers in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state Thursday, prompting the evacuation of almost all non-essential staff, residents and officials said. Some were flown out, others placed...
World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region Philippe Le Houérou will arrive here Friday to build on the longstanding partnership between Bangladesh and the World Bank Group. This will be Le Houérou’s first visit to Bangladesh since assuming...
Bangladesh’s ambassador has been summoned by the Myanmar government after a Dhaka-based newspaper ran an opinion piece calling for a referendum in the Arakan state. English daily ‘Dhaka Tribune’ in an Op-Ed titled “A referendum in Rakhine state?” on March...
The final results of SSC examination-2012 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published on Thursday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid announced the results at a press briefing at the ministry. A total of 61,354 learners were enrolled in the SSC...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the officials and employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to improve its passenger services through skilled leadership and sincerity and thus make the national flag carrier profitable, saying no organization can survive with continued...
BNP on Thursday threatened to take ‘historic revenge’ if the current ‘fascist and illegal’ regime does not refrain from what it said resorting to repressive acts, killing and forced disappearance. “The nationalist forces will take historic revenge by ousting the...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the government will focus on bringing a momentum in overall investment in the coming fiscal year as he thinks the ‘sluggish investment’ trend was the ‘weakest side’ of the government in the last...
A court in Qatar has sentenced an American couple to three years in prison over the death of their eight-year-old adopted daughter. The judge did not specify the exact charges of which they were convicted. But prosecutors had accused Matthew...
Four people were killed and three others injured as a train rammed a human-hauler at a level-crossing near Bhelurpara rail station in Sonatola upazila in Bogra on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Nayeb Ali, 40, Sarwar Hossain, 48, of...
Sonali Bank on Thursday filed three cases against Hall Mark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and its chairman Jesmin Islam accusing them of defaulting Tk 21.71 crore loan. The cases, field before Artha Rin Adalat judge Md Rabiuzzaman, raised to...
South Africa beat Netherlands by 6 runs in a Group 1 Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Thursday. Netherlands skipper Peter Borren won the toss and decided to field first....
The husband of a newly married woman has complained to police that her wife was raped by the family members of a union parishad chairman keeping him tied at his home. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Laxmikhali village of...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said having a mid-term election is nothing unusual saying that it can be held for various reasons and if the situation demands. “…so, no one shall predict I shall stay for five years. But...
Indian Deputy High Commissioner Sandeep Chakravorty on Thursday inaugurated a two-storey women’s hostel for Kazi Montu College at Bhangerhat and a boys’ hostel for Bhennabari United High School at North Bhennabari in Gopalganj district. This project is funded by the...
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday denied it has given magistracy power to the army deployed to keep order during the on-going upazila (UZ) elections. It said some media reports on this issue have not been objective. The commission had...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Thursday said the government has drawn up a plan to generate 24,000 MW of electricity from coal by 2030. “Of this, about 6,000 MW will come within the next five years....
What if you are told that excessive chatting or texting on 'WhatsApp' messenger service can hamper your health to an extent that you get a thumb disease! "WhatsAppitis" is real, and happening. A report in the prestigious medical journal, The...
The Election Commission (EC) will give its decision on Sunday on the suspension of the January 5 election results in two Jessore constituencies won by Awami League (AL) candidates Sheikh Afil Uddin and Monirul Islam. The results in Jessore-1 and...
The curtain falls on Tangail-8 by-election campaign on Thursday midnight, 32 hours before the voting opens. Five candidates -- Anupam Shahjahan of the ruling Awami League, Sadek Siddiqui of JP (Manju) and independent Abdul Malek (AL rebel) and Principal Abu...
Trashing the allegation against the ruling party that it resorted to vote rigging in the ongoing upazila parishad elections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said these local body polls should be held along the party line in the future....
The International Crimes Tribunals investigator on Thursday submitted his report to the Chief Prosecutor, identifying a seven-count charge of crimes against humanity, including genocide, carried out by Jamaat-e-Islami, its associate bodies and mouthpiece – daily Sangram – during the Liberation...
Bangladesh Ambassador in Washington Akramul Qader has urged the US government to allow Bangladesh with certain trade privileges which would help expand further the already existing healthy trade relations between the two countries. He reiterated Bangladesh’s commitment to work with...
The country set a new record by producing 7032 MW of electricity at 70:30 pm on Thursday. Officials at the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) said this is first time Bangladesh crossed 7,000-MW mark in electricity generation against 6970 MW...
The Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires on Thursday made a donation of US$ 10,000 (BDT 777,000) to the Operation Cleft charity, a unique Rotary project that provides free cleft repair surgery for underprivileged children in Bangladesh. Members of the...
A captain’s knock of 126 runs by Meg Lanning guided the Australia women’s team to taste a huge 78-run victory against Ireland women’s team in a Group-A match of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 at Sylhet Stadium on Thursday. Replying...
Two days after her eldest son’s assertion, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday also claimed that her late husband Ziaur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh and proclaimer of its independence. “Though the whole world and the country’s people...
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