The High Court (HC) fined the daily Prothom Alo joint editor Tk 5,000 for contempt of court charge while exonerated its editor Motiur Rahman for publishing two signed articles by contemnor Mizanur Rahman Khan on its proceedings over anticipatory bail,...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to construct two five-star hotels and three shopping malls with hotel-cum guest houses involving Tk 22,272 million under the public-private partnership (PPP). — BSS
A fire broke out in an apartment building in the city's Purbo Tejturi Bazar area on Thursday noon. Fire Service officials said the fire originated from the oven of a kitchen on the second floor of the six-storey building near...
MADARIPUR, Mar 13: At least four people, including three women, were killed and 11 others injured as a bus and a human hauler collided head-on at Mostafapur in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. — UNB
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard have arrested two forest ‘robbers’ along with arms and ammunition in a drive at Boising Golakhali in Koikhali of Khulna district. The arrestees were identified as Abdul Al Mamun and Mohmmad Babu, members of ‘Rabiul...
Asian markets extended the week's losses on Friday, following a heavy sell-off in New York and Europe in reaction to another batch of poor Chinese data and flaring tensions in Ukraine. Traders scurried into lower-risk assets such as the yen...
Four people have died after a helicopter crashed in thick fog in the eastern England county of Norfolk on Thursday, according to local police. Police were called to the accident scene near the town of Beccles at 7.30pm local time...
Police recovered the beheaded body of a farmer from Mahishmari village in Baliadangi upazila on Thursday. The victim was identified as Paziruddin, 35, son of Rahimuddin of the village. Officer-in-charge of Baliadangi Police Station Ruhul Quddus said miscreants killed Paziruddin...
At least 25 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two candidates in the upcoming upazila elections in Bhanga upazila over a trifling matter on Thursday. Quoting locals, police said a scuffle took place between the supporters...
Rocket and air strikes have continued between Gaza militants and Israel despite Palestinian claims a truce had been restored. Several rockets hit Israeli soil on Thursday and Israel's military said it had launched retaliatory air strikes. Palestinian militant group Islamic...
Google has started to encrypt searches made by people in China. The move is widely seen as a way for users of the search engine to avoid official scrutiny of where they go online. It is also seen as a...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he has called President Barack Obama to "express frustration" over US digital surveillance. The 29-year-old said in a blog post the US government "should be the champion for the internet, not a threat". His...
Indians traditionally hoard gold in the belief it will bring financial security. Now India, the world's largest consumer of gold, is seeing a record rise in smuggling. An estimated 700kg of gold is smuggled into India every day. Officials at...
Twenty British soldiers are to be reinterred in northern France, almost a century after they were killed in action during the 1915 Battle of Loos. Their remains were uncovered in 2010, during construction work near Vendin-le-Vieil, north of Arras. It...
The yen rose in Asia Friday, extending gains in New York on concerns about China's economy and the Ukraine crisis, while the euro fell after the head of Europe's Central Bank pledged to take action to fight deflation. The dollar...
Mitchell Johnson is struggling to be fit for the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh with the Australian fast bowler suffering a toe infection stemming from a cut he picked up in South Africa. Cricket Australia said the pace spearhead was receiving...
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that Moscow "does not want war" with Ukraine. Vitaly Churkin was responding to a direct question from Ukraine's interim PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk. But Mr Churkin...
Miscreants set fire to two shops of two freedom fighters at Phultala Bazar in Kachua upazila early Friday. Locals said a group of miscreants set fire to a grocery shop of freedom fighter Mahmud Hossain by pouring petrol at about...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are bringing together the governments of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to create a South Asia Urban Knowledge Hub to help improve urban services, such as sanitation,...
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southern Japan early Friday injuring 17 people, reports said as officials warned residents to be alert to the danger of landslides following the tremor. There was no tsunami warning or reports of major damage....
The US has lifted a ban on oil giant BP that prevented it from bidding for US government contracts. The ban was imposed after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, caused by an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig,...
Restricting the number of fast-food outlets around offices and homes could help combat the obesity epidemic, UK researchers say. Exposure to too many pizza and fried-food outlets can nearly double your chances of obesity, research suggests. Measures to restrict access,...
The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are among Middle Eastern countries banning Hollywood epic Noah as it breaks Islam's taboo of depicting a prophet. "There are scenes that contradict Islam and the Bible, so we decided not to show it," Juma...
A 35 kilometre long traffic gridlock was created on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway on Friday morning following a collision between two trucks at Raipur in Daudkandi of Comilla. Highway police sergeant of Illiotganj camp Hasan said two trucks collided head-on at...
The needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner spread to the vast Indian Ocean Friday after the White House cited "new information" that it might have flown for hours after vanishing nearly seven days ago. Multiple US media reports, citing...
Syria's civil war has forced more than nine million people from their homes, creating the world's largest displaced population, the UN said on Friday, describing the continuing conflict as "unconscionable". "It is unconscionable that a humanitarian catastrophe of this scale...
Gunmen shot dead a female teacher in insurgency-riven southern Thailand on Friday and set her body on fire, police said, in the latest attack on an education worker. The 42-year-old was riding a motorbike to work at an elementary school...
Russia has blocked three major opposition news websites as well as the popular blog of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the latest in a media crackdown that comes amid Moscow's standoff with the West over Ukraine. The government's media watchdog Roskomnadzor...
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