United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sent his condolences to relatives of passengers and crew aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. “Ban Ki-moon deeply saddened by death of so many people in Malaysian Airlines crash,” read a message posted...
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people over cutting an old tree in Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur on Saturday evening. Quoting locals, police said Nur-e-Alam Siddique, officer-in-charge of Madhukhali police station, said when...
Detective police have pressed charges against Oishee Rahman, accusing her of killing her parents. Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch Inspector Abu Al Khair, in charge of investigating the case, said he had submitted the charge-sheet in a court. Besides Oishee,...
The government has upgraded the post of public primary schools' headmasters to second class from third class. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the announcement at the inauguration of the National Primary Education Week in Dhaka city on Sunday. There are...
The High Court on Sunday granted six months’ anticipatory bail to BNP leaders Mirza Abbas, Amanullah Aman and Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed in connection with the killing of a Shibir activist on December 29. An HC bench...
Police in a drive on Sunday arrested eight more people, including the branch manager, in connection with the burglary of Tk 3.25 million from a branch of Sonali Bank at Adamdighi upazila in Bobgra district. The arrestees are branch manager...
The World Bank is providing about US $75 million for the Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP). The World Bank (WB) is giving support to the government to increase the supply of safe water in rural areas. The...
There is worse news for those who hated algebra at school. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that algebra is literally a child’s play. Most preschoolers and kindergarteners can do algebra before even entering a math class, they found....
Unidentified miscreants killed a farmer at Sachni village under Sadar upazila of Magura district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Jinnat Mullah, 38, of the same area. Quoting family members, Officer-in-charge of (OC) Sadar Thana MA Hashem said...
OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani has assured that the OIC would continue to work with the government of Bangladesh, saying there were ‘free elections’ in Bangladesh. “…whoever is in power represents Bangladesh…the OIC looks forward to working with the...
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Stocks edged marginally lower Sunday, the opening day of the week, with improving turnover as late hour sell-pressure cut early gain.The market opened with positive note, but could not sustain. At the end of the session, the prime index of...
The High Court has issued a contempt rule against vernacular dailies ‘Dainik Samakal’ and ‘Naya Diganta’. The newspapers had run reports based on statements by several organisations demanding withdrawal of Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud's comments during a court hearing. Justice Naima...
North Koreans have been voting in a five-yearly election to approve members of the rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly. Each of the 687 districts has only one candidate running for office, with electors required to write only "Yes" or...
The result of the admission test of the 27th Batch MBA (Evening) programme, held on Friday, was published on Saturday. The successful candidates have been asked to appear before the Viva voce Board on March 15, 16 and 18 as...
A paper godown was gutted by a fire at KP Ghosh Street under Bangshal Police Station in the city’s old part on Sunday. Fire Service sources said the fire originated at the warehouse on the ground floor of a five-storey...
The European Union (EU) is ‘not satisfied’ fully over the progress of the steps taken so far to ensure labour rights, safety and improving working conditions in the vital readymade garment (RMG) sector, said EU Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna...
The Board of Directors of Unique Hotel & Resorts Limited on Sunday recommended 25 percent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The company has also informed that an EGM will be held to extend time for...
Vietnamese navy planes have spotted what could be fragments from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared almost two days ago. Officials said it was too dark to be certain the objects were from Flight MH370, which had 239 people...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with her party’s standing committee members Sunday night. The meeting is scheduled to start at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office around 8:30pm, her media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB. The...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday said the government is looking forward to Singaporean investment to invest in the power generation and agro-processing industries in the country. The minister said this when the Singaporean High Commissioner Chan Heng Wing...
The cabinet committee on public purchase on Sunday approved 13 proposals including eight from the power and Mineral Resources Ministry for refined oil import for the first of the current calendar year. The cabinet committee at its 4th meeting, chaired...
The hearing on the summing-up arguments will begin afresh on Monday at the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal-1 in the case of detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami being tried on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War....
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday visited St Martin’s island, the country’s lone coral island in the Bay of Bengal. On his arrival at the tiny island on board a helicopter, the President was received by Chief of Naval Staff Vice...
A court in Chittagong on Sunday extended bail to 30 BNP men, including its chairperson’s adviser Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin, city unit president Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and secretary Dr M Shahadat Hossain, in a case. Metropolitan Magistrate Noor-e Alam Bhuiyan...
Pointing at BNP, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said that the law enforcement agencies will not turn a blind eye to its conspiracies to topple an elected government before the expiry of its tenure. “It won’t happen that...
Police on Sunday arrested 14 people, including the two gun-totting ones, in connection with Saturday’s clashes between the supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate and its rebel contestant in the election to Sreepur upazila. The officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station...
Visiting Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani on Sunday witnessed the proceedings of Jaitya Sangsad from its VIP gallery. After the Magrib prayers, the OIC Secretary General entered the House with his team. Speaker...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he wanted to find a "diplomatic solution" to the crisis in Ukraine, in a telephone call with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Downing Street also said Cameron had called the Russian strongman to urge...
While the High Court granted bail to three BNP leaders, the Supreme Court cancelled HC bail granted to five of its leaders in separate cases on Sunday. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scrapped bail granted by the High...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the construction work on the country’s first-ever tunnel under the Karnaphuli River will begin in the next fiscal year. The minister said this while talking to reporters after inaugurating the repaired Kalarpol Bridge...
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