A daylong hartal (shutdown), called for today (Tuesday) in Jessore district by the local unit of BNP, has been observed without major untoward incident till filing of this report at 4:30pm, 1-and-half-hour before the lockdown ends at 6pm. BNP have...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) inked a corporate agreement with Dhaka WASA regarding Real Time On-Line Bill Collection Tuesday. Mr. Azam Khan, Head of Marketing & Development Division of First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) exchanged the corporate agreement...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday visited the Dhanmondi residence of late AKM Muqitur Rahman, former chief engineer of Public Works Department (PWD), who died on Monday night at Apollo Hospitals at the city’s Gulshan. The Prime Minister stayed there...
A woman was crushed under the wheels of a pickup van near Dabirganj Bazar at Tarash upazila in Sirajganj on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Karimon Begum, 40, wife of Sambhu Mandal of Dabirganj village. Police said the pickup...
A sailor and a civilian died in a shooting incident aboard a destroyer at a US navy base in Virginia, the base commander said Tuesday. The civilian was armed and apparently had authorization to be on the base, called Naval...
A tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for killing schoolboy Nafiz in Keraniganj in 2012. The convicts are M Ali Hossain, son of Surut Ali, and M Shafique, son of Mohammad Hanif of Puratan Sonakanda village...
The German Ifo business confidence index fell for the first time for five months in March, data showed on Tuesday, as the Crimea crisis hurts sentiment in Europe's biggest economy. The Ifo economic institute's closely watched business climate index fell...
Vehicles will not have to pay toll to use existing highways under the roads and highways division (RHD), communications minister Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday. The Cabinet approved the draft of the National Toll Policy-2014 on Monday sanctioning the imposition...
Seven million people died as a result of air pollution in 2012, the World Health Organization estimates. Its findings suggest a link between air pollution and heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer. One in eight global deaths were linked with...
Major General Md Shamsul Haque has been appointed director general of the National Security Intelligence (NSI). He will replace Brigadier General (Retired) Monzur Ahmed as the head of the civil intelligence agency. Monzur Ahmed's contract was twice extended after his...
Taliban militants staged a gun and suicide attack on an Afghan election commission office in Kabul on Tuesday, killing two police officers, with less than a fortnight to go before the presidential poll. The insurgents have vowed a campaign of...
Two teams who aren’t at the top of their game come together in Tuesday’s clash. The Super 10 match starts at 7:30 pm (Bangladesh standard time). Bangladesh, the hosts, have had a forgettable 2014 so far, with lacklustre showings in...
The High Court has dismissed a petition by Kader Siddiqui challenging a decision of the Election Commission (EC) on cancellation of his candidature for Tangail-8 by election. The bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Zafar Ahmed issued the...
Indian border guards picked up a Bangladeshi national from Kalirhat frontier in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Tuesday. The victim was identified as Jahedul Islam of the upazila. BGB sources said the BSF troops from Jamalda-35 camp caught Jahedul as...
Aslamul Haque, a ruling party MP, on Tuesday submitted his and his wife’s wealth statements to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) following the allegation of illegal wealth accumulation against them. “Aslamul Haque came to the ACC head office in the...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Tuesday met with the Mayor of the Maniwa City, Mr Oota Noboru on the last day of his visit to Japan. Oota Noboru pioneered the idea of biomass plant that uses only...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu said on Tuesday the government is mulling over lifting the ban on private television channels, Islamic Television and Diganta Television. Inu’s statement in the Parliament came in rely to a written question of AKM Mayeedul...
THE HAGUE: Thirty-five countries Tuesday committed to bolstering nuclear security, backing a global drive spearheaded by US President Barack Obama to prevent dangerous materials falling into the hands of terrorists. In a joint statement issued on the sidelines of the...
Winning the toss, Bangladesh elected to field first in their first Super10 match against West Indies in the ICC World Twenty20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Tuesday. Bangladesh made four changes in the line-up. Out-of-form Nasir Hossain, Forhad...
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) is going to launch its first locally built passenger vessel, MV Bangali, on Dhaka-Barisal route on Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to formally launch the ship, which has a capacity of carrying...
Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. The Army Chief was accompanied by Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled. During...
Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan paid a courtesy call Tuesday on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. The Army Chief was accompanied by Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled, according to...
Bangladesh is poised to be part of history with thousands of people singing the national anthem in chorus. ‘Lakho Konthe Sonar Bangla’ (Sonar Bangla in lakhs of voices) would be sung on Independence Day at the National Parade Square Wednesday,...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has gathered information on illegal assets of four MPs and three ministers of the last Grand Alliance government. The graft watchdog’s Commissioner Nasiruddin Ahmed Tuesday told bdnews24.com that their preliminary investigation based on the affidavits of...
A move is underway to set up three more hi-tech parks in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Sylhet, according to official sources. Dhaka’s hi-tech park will be set up on a 47-acre land at Karail Slum in Mohakhali area while that of...
BNP will lay siege to the offices of Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) across the country on Thursday protesting what it said the widespread terrorism, capturing of polling stations and vote rigging by the ruling party men during the fourth phase...
India and Bangladesh railways have decided to issue return journey tickets of Maitree Express. The system will come into effect from May 16, the Indian High Commission has said. It says, with this, passengers in Bangladesh would be able to...
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday demanded the resignation of ex-chief justice ABM Khairul Haque as the chairman of Law Commission (LC), a statutory body, for his remark terming the Law Minister as the guardian of the judiciary....
The Bangladeshi hosts of cricket's World Twenty20 threatened to ban local supporters Tuesday from stadiums if they are seen carrying the flags of any of the other teams competing in the tournament. The order came after an outcry over images...
India will have to wait for road transit facilities until Bangladesh upgrades its highways to four lanes and improves the transportation system, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said on Tuesday. Shahriar was addressing a seminar titled Bangladesh, China,...
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