Police stopped activists of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal from taking out a procession in Dhaka’s Paltan because it was organised without 'prior permission’. Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal is the women affiliate of the BNP. The procession was to start at 10.30am on...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) has donated Tk 0.1 million to Jalalabad Education Trust (JET) as scholarship in a bid to develop the country’s education sector. On behalf of the organisation, Finance Minister AMA Muhith received the cheque from Mohammad...
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday asked the police to discharge their duties with neutrality and professionalism upholding human rights and democratic values. “You must discharge your duties with neutrality and professionalism by upholding human rights and democratic values in line...
Ted Anthony, an award-winning journalist, who has reported from 20 countries and pioneered innovative cross-platform story-telling at The Associated Press, has been named Asia-Pacific news director for the news cooperative. He will oversee more than 100 AP journalists in text,...
Although there has been some progress in implementation of the national strategy to deal with the issues of Rohingya refugees in the country, the repatriation process will take some more time to begin, observed officials. The government is also planning...
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday strongly deplored the Prime Minister’s remarks over his meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, saying Sheikh Hasina exposed her bad taste by calling a former president ‘Badu Kaka’. “It’s...
Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani, scheduled to reach Dhaka on Saturday evening on a four-day official visit, now arrives early Sunday. As per his fresh flight schedule, the OIC Secretary General arrives at...
Just over a month after the daring heist in Kishoreganj, another group of miscreants have decamped with over Tk 3.2 million from a branch of Sonali Bank at Bogra’s Adamdighi Upazila by digging a tunnel. Alamdighi Police Station OC Nazrul...
Ukraine's envoy to Moscow met Russia's deputy foreign minister on Saturday for talks held in an "open atmosphere", the Russian foreign ministry said, as pro-Russian gunmen tightened their grip on Crimea. "On the 8th of March, a meeting took place...
Congress is contemplating to nominate former Indian cricket team captain and current Lok Sabha MP Mohammed Azharuddin from a constituency in West Bengal to match the glamour quotient after ruling Trinamool Congress came out with a list of star-studded candidates...
Iyad Amin Madani, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), will arrive in capital Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh. It will be the first visit to Bangladesh by Madani after his election...
A man was killed and four other people were injured when a locally-assembled human hauler veered into a roadside ditch in Maksudpur Upazila inat Gopalganj district on Friday. Police said the mishap had occurred at around 8am on the Tekerhat-Gopalganj...
Miscreants hurled bombs at a picnic bus leaving an inmate slightly injured and the bus damaged in Meherpur Sadar upazila on Thursday night. Driver and passengers of the bus and local people said the incident that took place in Ahmed...
The Local Government Division (LGD) has reportedly not responded to the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC)’s request for fund to beautify the port city ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament. Fifteen T20 matches will be held at Zahur Ahmed...
A devastating fire gutted shops and a godown in Natai Para area in Bogra town on Thursday night. Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop in a supermarket at Bou Bazar in...
A man was killed and 15 others were injured in a clash between two groups of people over establishing supremacy at Basra village in Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Makbul Hossain, 32, son...
Asian markets mostly rose on Friday and the dollar held on to its New York gains after better-than-expected US jobs data raised hopes for a strong payrolls report later in the day. While the crisis in Ukraine is still to...
Hong Kong shares slipped 0.19 per cent on Friday, giving up earlier gains, ahead of a key US jobs report later in the day while traders remain nervous about the Ukraine crisis. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 42.48 points...
A Malaysian couple was sentenced to hang for starving their Indonesian maid to death, a defence lawyer said Friday, in the latest shocking case to spotlight abuse of domestic helpers in the region. Isti Komariyah weighed just 26 kilograms on...
Russia's parliament will abide by the "historic choice" to be made by Crimea when the Ukrainian region's people vote in a referendum on joining Russia later this month, the speaker of the Russian lower house said. "We will respect the...
Judges hearing treason charges against former Pakistan ruler Pervez Musharraf on Friday rejected his challenges against the special tribunal. Lawyers for the former general had challenged the constitution of the court and appointment of judges, accusing them of bias against...
Rampaging Shahid Afridi and prolific Kumar Sangakkara have set the stage for a rousing contest when Pakistan face Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup one-day final in Dhaka on Saturday. Angelo Mathews' Sri Lanka have been the dominant team in...
Sensitive information should not be sent over public wi-fi hotspots, to avoid hackers stealing it, Europe's top cybercrime police officer has warned. Troels Oerting, head of Europol's cybercrime centre, told that people should send personal data only across networks they...
A Malaysian court has sentenced opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail after overturning his acquittal on sodomy charges. Mr Anwar led the opposition to its strongest ever performance in the May 2013 general elections. While homosexual acts...
Effusive about Bangladesh’s potentials, US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has said Bangladesh stands to develop tremendous commercial ties with the rest of Asia through its very strategic location and wealth of natural resources....
A suspected robber was shot and wounded in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Chhoyghoria in Sadar upazila on Friday noon. The injured was identified as Mobasser Hossain Madhu, son of Abdul Aziz of Mathurapur village in the upazila. Officer-in-charge of...
Venezuela has expelled Panama's ambassador and three other diplomats amid growing tensions over opposition protests. The officials were given 48 hours to leave the country. It comes a day after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke diplomatic relations and froze economic...
The International Criminal Court on Friday convicted Congolese ex-militia boss Germain Katanga of being an accessory to war crimes and crimes against humanity for a 2003 village massacre. "The chamber by majority finds Germain Katanga guilty... of complicity in the...
An Afghan provincial official says a motorcycle bomb was remotely detonated in a crowded market in the country's south, killing five people and wounding eight. Omar Zawaq, the spokesman for the governor of southern Helmand province, says the motorcycle exploded...
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