Australian and American authorities said Tuesday they had begun searching 600,000 square kilometres of the remote Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and conceded it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The Malaysian government has...
Talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at agreeing a lasting nuclear deal resumed in Vienna on Tuesday. The parties aim to transform by July an interim accord struck in November into a final deal that resolves for good...
Ukraine's new Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his ex-Soviet country had no plans to join NATO following last month's fall in Kiev of a pro-Kremlin regime. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in a televised address to the nation...
Overturning his bail petition, a court here on Tuesday sent BNP joint secretary general Mizanur Rahman Minu to jail in a case filed on charges of attempting to murder the then officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station in 2011. Rajshahi Chief...
Overturning his bail petition, a court in Rajshahi on Tuesday sent BNP joint secretary general Mizanur Rahman Minu to jail in a case filed on charges of attempting to murder the then officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station in 2011. Rajshahi...
The Jatiya Party is not able to play the role of the opposition in the 10th Parliament, says the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB). TIB expects the 10th parliament would not run its full term -- only then, it says, the...
A Dhaka court will hear on March 23 the bail pleas of three BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in three cases. Metropolitan Magistrate Zahurul Haque fixed the date on Tuesday after their lawyer M...
German auto giant Volkswagen will invest 800 million euros ($1.1 billion) in a new factory near the western Polish city of Poznan, Poland's foreign investment agency said Tuesday. "The group will invest close to 3.4 billion zloty in Wrzesnia, where...
BNP will lay siege to the Deputy Commissioners’ (DCs) offices across the country on Thursday protesting what it said the widespread capturing of polling stations and vote fraud by the ruling party men during the third phase of upazila elections...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent separate notice to former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife, Hasina Sultana, for submitting their wealth statements. As part of the ACC inquiries into the allegations...
President Putin has told a special session of Russia's parliament that "in people's heart of hearts, Crimea has always been part of Russia". Mr Putin was speaking at the Kremlin, where he announced new laws for Crimea to join the...
France's foreign minister says that leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) world powers have suspended Russia's participation in the club amid tensions over Ukraine and Russia's incursion into Crimea. The other seven members of the group had already suspended...
It is only the quorum crisis that claimed 222 hours and 36 minutes of the sessions of the ninth parliament causing a wastage of about Tk 1.04 billion of public money, according to a new study conducted by the Transparency...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister M Sayedul Haq on Tuesday said the ban on hilsa export will be lifted only when the local demand is met. The minister said this when he was asked to clear government’s position about the proposal...
A court in Cairo has convicted four Egyptian policemen over the deaths of 37 Islamist detainees last August. Deputy chief of Heliopolis police station Lt Col Amr Farouk was sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and extreme...
Sardar Niyamat Hossain, 55, who contested for position of chairman in Bagerhat Upazila, has died of injuries sustained in a poll time clash. He was injured during a clash between locals and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on February 27, when...
The government is examining the proposals of some countries to invest in the proposed deep-sea port at Sonadia Dwip, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan told the Parliament on Tuesday. Replying to a supplementary question of Shamsul Huq Chowdhury (AL-Chittagong), he said...
Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 7 wickets to keep their World T20 main round hopes alive at Chittagong Tuesday. Afghans were restricted by some quality bowling from Hong Kong in the early going, before Mohammad Shahzad and Shafiqullah hit twin...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday said emphasis will be given on an industry-and investment-friendly tax structure in the upcoming budget to encourage local industrial production. He made the remarks while talking to reporters after a meeting with the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the death of ameer of Tabligh Jamaat Maulana Jubayerul Hassan. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said Tabligh Jamaat lost their worthy ameer while Muslim Ummah an eminent think-tank...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday sent a notice to Petrobangla chairman Prof Dr M Hossain Monsur asking him to provide some information concerning the managing directors of six sister companies. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali sent the notice seeking...
Norway wants to sign an agreement with Bangladesh to send back illegal Bangladeshi nationals who seek political asylum in that country, Law Minister Anisul Haq said on Tuesday. The subject was raised by Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Merete Lundemo during...
SYLHET: The admission tests for the first year Honours courses for 2013-14 academic session of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will be held as per the schedule as Islami Chhatra Shibir has withdrawn its agitation programme. Shibir called...
Forty-eight women are going to be elected MPs from reserved seats as they have no rival, and no one of them pulled out of the polls race either by Tuesday, the last date for the withdrawal of candidature. “No one...
Winning the toss, hosts Bangladesh elected to field first against the ICC associate member Nepal in their second Group-A match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Tuesday. Bangladesh will need to seal the victory...
The Department of Environment (DoE) plans to incorporate a new guideline on industrial sludge management in the environmental regulation, officials said Tuesday. The officials told a consultation of Bangladesh-Germany joint-project, titled Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry...
CHITTAGONG: Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Jabed Ali Tuesday warned that legal action would be taken if anyone tries to interfere in the upazila polls unwarrantedly, whoever they might be. “Our main aim is to hold a fair and...
The Department of Environment (DoE) plans to incorporate a new guideline on industrial sludge management in the environmental regulation, officials said on Tuesday. The officials told a consultation of Bangladesh-Germany joint-project, titled Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the...
The 12th Graduation Ceremony of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) was held at Mirpur Hall of Mirpur Cantonment in the city Tuesday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid attended the ceremony as the chief guest. Chief of Army Staff...
Rebutting a minister's claim, the Islami Bank has said it has donated Tk 30 million for the Independence Day event in which thousands are expected to sing the national anthem to set a world record. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu...
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