A child, who suffered burns in the gas cylinder blast in a microbus at Chittagong’s Fatikchharhi, has died. Promi Akhter, 7, died in the burn unit of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Saturday morning. Promi suffered 70 percent...
North Korea test-fired 30 short-range missiles into the sea on Saturday, the South's Yonhap news agency said, the latest in a series of launches that have provoked criticism from Seoul and Washington. The missiles were fired off the North's east...
Forty-eight MPs who have been elected uncontested from the seats reserved for women in the 10th Parliament will take oath on Sunday, officials say. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oath at the Parliament building at 11am, Parliament Secretariat...
Australia has vowed the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will go on indefinitely, despite no sightings yet of wreckage in the Indian Ocean. Deputy PM Warren Truss said the operation would go on until "further searching would be...
International monitors will be sent to Ukraine, after Russian diplomats dropped their objections. European security organisation, the OSCE, will send advance teams within 24 hours to areas including the violence-hit south-eastern areas. But the 100-strong monitoring team is not expected...
Alliance Capital Asset Management Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of MTB Unit Fund. The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 349,882,646.51 on the basis of cost price and Tk 380,003,602.07on the basis of market...
Sri Lanka put a competitive score of 165 runs for South Africa to chase in the World T20 match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Saturday. Lankan opener Kusal Perera's slogging performance steadied Lanka after the fall of a...
Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians on Saturday during a raid on a home in the occupied West Bank to capture a wanted Hamas Islamist militant, the Israeli military said. Hamas supporters carried three bodies through the streets of...
Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) organised the 3rd Leadership Summit 2014 under the theme “In Search of Transformation,” seeking the next phase of industrial growth in the country. The summit took place today (Saturday) at the Raddison Blu Water Garden to...
A former domestic worker for the consul general of Bangladesh has sued him and his wife in New York, saying he was lured to US with false promises of $3,000 monthly wages and then was forced to work in oppressive...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the country’s Islamic scholars to beware so that no one from other faiths could infiltrate into the Muslim community and create differences among the Muslims for instigating anarchy in Bangladesh. She made the...
Chinese satellites have spotted objects floating in the southern search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane that could be debris and has sent ships to investigate, Malaysia said on Saturday. "Chinese ships have been dispatched to the area. Beijing...
Two masked robbers wielding a gun and an axe burst into the Colette boutique in the heart of Paris Saturday, making off with 600,000 euros ($800,000) worth of goods from the trendy concept store, officials said. The pair held up...
An activist of Jubo League (JL) was killed in a bomb blast while making crude bombs at Ahmedpur village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Dulal Miah, 45, son of late Obeyd Mollah....
Prof Imtiaz Ahmed, an expert of international affairs, on Saturday observed that no Delhi-centric contact by Dhaka can help resolve the Bangladesh-India dispute over the sharing of Teesta River water. The next central government of India is likely to be...
Sri lanka won yet another nail biter as they beat South Africa by 5 runs in the World T20 match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Saturday. Sri Lankans after winning the toss elected to bat first and amassed...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has directed all local election officials to put in their best efforts to ensure a free and fair voting in the fourth phase of the Upazila Parishad polls. A ‘concerned’ CEC, who is...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has directed all local election officials to put in their best efforts to ensure a free and fair voting in the fourth phase of the Upazila Parishad polls. A ‘concerned’ CEC, who is...
Ninety-one more upazila parishads across 43 districts are going to polls Sunday in the 4th phase of the staggered local government elections. The voting will open at 8am and continue till 4pm without any break. The Election Commission asked law...
The Buriganga River could be revived within a year by just putting an end to the spilling of industrial and household pollution into the river, according to water experts. Prof Dr M Feroze Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor of Stamford University, told a...
Bangladesh on Saturday expressed its keen interest in concluding an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan considering the ‘growing synergies’ between the economies of the two countries. The issue came up for discussions during bilateral talks between Foreign Minister AH...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s defence minister says a Chinese satellite has spotted a large object along a broad stretch of ocean where officials hope to find a Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than two weeks. Hishammuddin Hussein...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claims that there are ‘specific intentions’ behind shuffling of police officials before the fourth phase of Upazila Parishad elections. Voting in 91 Upazilas of 43 districts will be held Sunday. “We want to tell the...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader alleged that BNP has resorted to falsehood over upazila polls only to rejuvenate its leaders and activists. “Telling lies has become a habit of BNP. They’re lying over the upazila polls everyday only to revamp the...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said teachers of all educational institutions must learn computer. “Information Technology is essential for raising the standard of education and bringing dynamism in it. Teachers of all educational institutions, including that of schools, colleges and...
Japan will provide US$1.18 billion to Bangladesh for development projects in gas, power, urban infrastructure improvement and capacity building of government officials. This was stated by visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday during his meeting with Prime Minister...
Election Commissioner (EC) Mohammad Abdul Mobarak on Saturday blamed the direct involvement of political parties for the violence in the first three phases of upazila (UZ) elections though the polls are non-partisan legally. “According to the law, political parties are...
The Bangladesh consul general in New York has claimed that allegation of his ex-servant working for free under ‘slavery-like conditions’ is baseless. Monirul Islam talking to bdnews24.com Saturday claimed the servant, Masud Parves Rana, was trying to get himself permanent...
Senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday accused the government of frequently arresting and harassing its leaders and activists in a bid to suppress their movement. “Assuming office through a voter-less election, the government is conspiring to destroy democracy....
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