MUNSHIGANJ, Mar 15 (UNB): Four members of a family, including a woman and her two children, were burned to death in a fire at Binodpur village in Sadar upazila early Saturday. Three of the deceased were identified as Firoza Begum...
Police recovered the body of a young girl from Paris Road in Pallabi area in the city Saturday, reports UNB. Being informed, a team of Pallabi thana police recovered the body at about 12:00 noon, said officer-in-charge of Pallabi police...
Doulotpur Samity Installation ceremony today Installation ceremony of the newly-elected executive committee of Douloatpur Upazila Kalyan Samity will be held at TSC of Dhaka University at 4:30pm today (Sunday). State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Malik MP will...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may fall slightly over the country, Met Office said. The country's...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
Adulterated rice is on sale in different markets across the country. This evil practice has added a new dimension to large-scale adulteration of food items -- fish, fruits, meat, vegetables, milk and milk products etc. A private TV channel in...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
Calls made from a land phone to another land phone will automatically be diverted to a smart phone belonging owner of the latter by an app, developed by a company owned by Bangladesh nationals, if none picks up the phone...
FE Report | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Saturday the government will amend the existing Consumers Rights Protection Act, 2009 to make it time befitting. With this end in view the government has formed a six-member committee with the responsibility for bringing necessary...
FE Report | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
The government is set to award the shallow water block SS-07 to US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips in April, a top government official said. The ConocoPhillips has committed to spend US$40 million including bank guarantee of the same amount...
FE Report | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
Country's food grain imports increased more than 5.73 million tonnes in the eight months of the current fiscal compared to the previous fiscal due mainly to lower local wheat production and import of finer variety of rice, ministry sources said....
Taking a swipe at the ruling party men for what he said indulging in widespread vote fraud during the third phase of the upazila polls, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Saturday Awami League (AL) has turned...
Crimea is set to vote on whether to re-join Russia or stay with Ukraine – a referendum condemned as “illegal” by Kiev and the West but backed by Moscow. Russian troops have taken de facto control of the majority ethnic-Russian...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set a target to net in around 200,000 or 0.2 million new taxpayers by December this year by conducting an external survey across the country. The board was casting the tax net wider...
Bangladesh joined on Saturday the frantic search campaign for the missing Malaysian aircraft in the Bay of Bengal engaging two frigates and two patrol aircraft, officials said, reports BSS. "Under a decision, the search campaign will be primarily carried out...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
The last-ditch efforts by the United States and Russia for easing tensions surrounding the situation in Crimea, particularly the referendum there on March 16, have failed. This makes it amply clear that the larger "Ukraine" tangle is inexorably moving towards...
FE Report | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
Thirty chairman candidates were elected unofficially so far in the third phase of upazila elections held across the country Saturday. According to the unofficial results available from different areas until filing this report at 10:00 pm on the day, Awami...
Monira Munni | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
Workers of about 15 per cent of the surveyed readymade garment (RMG) factories are yet to get enhanced wages even three months after the new wage structure was announced, according to the BGMEA. However, labour leaders alleged that 50 per...
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr Mahathir Mohamad highly praised on Saturday the recent development activities in Bangladesh during the AL-led government, reports UNB. Dr Mahathir came up with his observations when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her...
FE Report | 2014-03-16 00:00:00
The curtain goes up today (Sunday) on the 5th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup with a match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city as Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the...
Six people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a road accident in Mirkanda area under Sadar upazila of Mymensingh district on Saturday noon. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. A passenger bus of Shyamoli...
The Awami League (AL) has shrugged off a strong challenge from the BNP to win the third phase of the Upazila (UZ) Parishad polls and make up some ground lost earlier in the staggered balloting. The unofficial results of 79...
Refuting the BNP’s allegation of vote fraud in the third phase of the Upazila (UZ) Parishad polls, the Awami League (AL) has claimed the election was largely peaceful though its leaders and activists were attacked by their opponents and law...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed deep shock at the death of elderly politician and president of the advisory council of Ganotantri Party Azizul Islam Khan. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said Azizul Islam Khan was a...
A daylong hartal, called by local unit of BNP protesting various irregularities during the 3rd phase upazila (UZ) Parishad polls, is progressing peacefully in five UZs of the southern district on Sunday. The five UZs are Morrelganj, Mongla, Rampal, Sharankhola...
Attention focused on Sunday on the pilots of the missing jet after Malaysia’s leader announced findings so far that suggest someone with intimate knowledge of the Boeing 777/200ER’s cockpit seized control of the plane and sent it off-course. Prime Minister...
The headmaster of a government primary school has died in a road accident at Kagil in Bogra district. The deceased was identified as Azizar Rahman, 45, the headmaster of Aman Mihar Government Primary School of Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj district....
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested three women along with a large quantity of smuggled goods at Jamtala under Sarsa upazila in Jessore district on Saturday night. The arrestees were identified as Shukjan Begum,50, wife of Anisur Rahman, Lilufa Khatun,...
A local Awami League (AL) leader was arrested along with firearms in Kaliganj upazila in Satkhira district on Saturday afternoon. The arrested is Ashraful Islam Khokon, 40, president of Ratanpur union unit of AL. Golam Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police...
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