The Group of Seven most developed economies is calling on Russia to stop all efforts to "annex" Ukraine's Crimea region, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday. At 1130 GMT, G7 leaders, European Council head Hermann Van Rompuy "and...
Amid widespread criticisms about his ‘dubious’ role during the party’s pre-election movement, BNP vice-president Sadeque Hossain Khoka has decided to step down from the post of convener of the party’s Dhaka city unit. He came up with the announcement while...
State-owned Petrobangla signed a production sharing contract (PSC) on Wednesday with Santos-Kris Energy, an Australia-Singapore joint venture, for the block No-SS-11 in the Bay of Bengal. Officials at the Energy Division, Petrobangla, Santos, Kris Energy and Bapex signed the contract...
The last communication received from a Malaysia Airlines plane suggests everything was normal on board minutes before it went missing over the South China Sea, Malaysian authorities say. Flight MH370 replied "All right, roger that" to a radio message from...
Six people were killed in Thailand in a three-vehicle accident when a van crashed into a wild elephant crossing a road in pre-dawn darkness on Wednesday, a hospital official said. All four occupants of the van, including a Singaporean man,...
Arab League Secretary General Dr Nabil El Araby has praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘guts and determination’ to form and hold trials at the International Crimes Tribunals, Bangladesh (ICTs). The Secretary General mentioned that he was following the developments with...
The OPEC oil cartel raised on Wednesday its world oil demand forecast for 2014 on the back of an increase in US consumption in late 2013 and a "gradual" global economic upswing. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries now expects...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday exonerated eight journalist leaders from contempt of court charge as they appeared before it in compliance with its summons. Passing the order, an HC division bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed...
A bitter dispute between the CIA and the U.S. Senate committee that oversees it burst into the open on Tuesday when the committee chairwoman accused the agency of spying on Congress and possibly breaking the law. Veteran Democratic Senator Dianne...
At least four soldiers were killed when an avalanche struck a base camp in northern Pakistan, the military said on Wednesday. The incident happened in the snow-covered Astore area which falls in the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, also claimed by India...
A scandal that initially landed former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy in hot water has boomeranged on to the Socialist government which now stands accused of "political espionage" and threatens a star minister. Several leading members of France's right-wing opposition, itself...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into the graft allegation against managing director of Padma Oil Company Limited M Abul Khair. Earlier, the Commission received an allegation of amassing wealth illegally against Abul Khair, and the ACC...
Oman is interested in taking more skilled manpower from Bangladesh, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday. “We’ve requested the government of Oman to take more skilled manpower from Bangladesh for its construction, agriculture and...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday interrogated former Rajuk chairman Azizul Haque and its former member Nasir Uddin in connection with irregularities in Rajuk plot distribution, according to a news agency. ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy questioned them for...
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities will distribute convocation costumes among the eligible students on April 4, 5 and 6 in the run-up to 48th convocation of the university. The students have been asked to collect the convocation costumes from Social...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday warned that stern actions will be taken against those engaged in food adulteration and formalin mixing in perishable food items. The Prime Minister said this while replying to a starred question from M Aftab...
BOGRA: Police in their overnight drive Tuesday detained eight more people as they could make any breakthrough in the looting of Tk 3.8 million from the Adamdighi branch of Sonali Bank Ltd even after four days. Inspector Jahurul Islam of...
The High Court has directed the government to issue within 48 hours a machine readable passport (MRP) to BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed. The bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order ...
The prosecution again pleaded for capital punishment to Motiur Rahman Nizami, the 1971 Al Badr supremo as “they have been able to prove all but one of the 16 charges beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt” of his crimes against...
Prof Farzana Islam, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, said Wednesday she will focus on resolving the crisis that has afflicted the campus for months. “My first job will be to restore stability on the campus and its reputation”,...
The government has taken steps to turn Cox’s Bazar Airport into an international one, said Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said on Wednesday. “We’ll hold a meeting with the Chinese government to seek its financial assistance in...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said that the government has decided to start selling five essential commodities in open market to check price hike 15 days before Ramadan begins. “Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has taken preparation so that the prices...
NEW YORK: A major explosion caused by a gas leak reduced two residential buildings in Manhattan to rubble on Wednesday, killing two women and injuring 22 people, with a number of others missing. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio described...
A doctor allegedly committed suicide by consuming excessive sleeping pills in Sylhet city’s Baghbari area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Joy Goswami, a physician of Goswami Arogya Clinic in the area. He hailed from Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj...
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka is going to celebrate its fourth anniversary Friday. The Centre was inaugurated on Mar 11, 2010. Bangladesh’s theatre troupe Natyajan will stage Rabindranath Tagore’s comedy ‘Sheshrakkhya’ at the National Museum auditorium at 6:30...
Two workers have been killed and at least 10 others injured in an oxygen cylinder explosion at a steel mill in Rupganj Upazila. Police and the factory authorities said the explosion also blew off the Ahmed Re-Rolling Mills’ tin roof...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged the government to immediately hold an inclusive national election to restore democracy. “What ever has happened, happened… let’s take the country forward by holding a free, fair and credible election under a neutral...
Miscreants torched a campaign office of the Awami League-backed candidates in the upazila polls and a local Sramik League office in Bagerhat Sadar upazila early Wednesday. Locals said the miscreants set fire to the election campaign office at Kodla village...
Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) went on the rampage and vandalised the Pabna Education Engineering Department office after failing to win the tender for work worth Tk 17.5 million in lottery. Executive Engineer of Pabna EED ATM Faruk Al...
Workers of seven jute mills of Khulna-Jessore region started a 24-hour strike on Wednesday morning to press home their 11-point demand, including providing fourth installment money of the National Wages and Productivity Commission through cash slips. Over 50,000 workers of...
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