The nation will recall on Tuesday the horrendous carnage at Pilkhana BDR headquarters in the capital where 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in 2009. Relatives of the martyrs, government high-ups, and Border Guard Bangladesh and army officials...
Students of Government Titumir College went on a rampage at BRAC University in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Monday, damaging at least two vehicles. BRAC University students took to the street protesting the attack, halting traffic on one of Dhaka's busiest streets...
Two illegal ship-breaking yards, causing considerable damage to coastal forests at Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong, are finally being cleared. Assistant Commissioner (Land) Abdullah Al Mamun said they had begun evicting SK Steel and SK Ship Breaker Monday in keeping with...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Monday said that stern action would be taken against the private universities if these fail to fulfill the conditions within the stipulated time set by the Education Ministry. “Stern action will be taken against the...
Gonoforum president and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain Monday said extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity. “I would like to state it clearly that extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity and a punishable offence,” he told a meeting...
The central bank has decided that shipping lines, airlines and multimodal transport operators licensed as freight forwarders by Customs authorities can open and maintain accounts in USD or other freely convertible currencies with Authorised Dealer banks in Bangladesh. In a...
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz Monday said the second phase upazila election slated for February 27 will be more flawless. “We’re working to make the second phase elections more flawless using the first phase’s experiences,” he told reporters at his...
Jagannath University Teachers’ Association (JnUTA) has announced to continue their agitation programme on the university campus until the recovery of its Tibet Hall occupied by an Awami League leader. JnUTA President Sarkar Akkas Ali and university Proctor Ashok Kumar Saha...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Monday ordered the contracting firms to start the construction work of Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar tannery industrial park within a week. “If there is any dilly-dally in implementing the order, the...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu Monday ordered the contracting firms to start the construction work of Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar tannery industrial park within a week. “If there is any dilly-dally in implementing the order, the responsible...
In a reshuffle in the judiciary, 10 District and Sessions’ Judges and equivalent officials and six Joint District Judges and equivalent officials have been transferred. The Law Ministry issued a notification on Monday in this regard. The notification said the...
The Education Minister wants Jagannath University (JnU) dormitories cleared of ‘illegal occupants’. Much of the buildings is currently held by MPs, police and influential Awami League leaders. In the backdrop of the movement of the university’s students for the recovery...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Monday doubted that the government might have staged a ‘mysterious drama’ over the militant issue ahead of the upazila elections. “The incident of militant snatching seems very mysterious just before the upazila elections....
Authorities on Monday evicted two illegal shipyards, built by destroying coastal forests, at Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong district. Talking to UNB, deputy commissioner (land) Abdullah Al Mamun said they removed the illegal establishments as per a Supreme Court order that...
The five-nation Asia Cup Cricket begins in Dhaka Tuesday with defending champions Pakistan taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah. The 50 over-a-side day-night will start at 2 pm. The other...
LONDON: European stock markets diverged Monday as investors reacted to a weekend meeting of the world's 20 major economies, eurozone data as well as the unrest in Ukraine. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.30 per cent to stand at...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government has launched a crackdown on opposition leaders and activists to manipulate the upazila polls. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said...
Security has been beefed up across the country on Monday a day after gunmen ambushed a police van freeing three convicted militants on way to a court in Mymensingh and leaving one policeman killed. One of the militants was killed...
JMB operative Rakib Hasan Russell alias Hafez Mahmud, recaptured five hours after snatching of three convicted radicals from a police van killing a cop on Sunday, was killed in a 'shootout' between the outlawed party activists and the law-enforcers at...
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Atul Keshap on Monday said Bangladesh needs to make the best use of the opportunity that has come in its political life and in the lives of its people in the spirit of...
A modern computer lab, funded by Indian High Commission in Dhaka, was set up at the media centre of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Monday. Deputy High Commissioner Sandeep Chakravorty formally inaugurated the computer lab comprising 25 computers, printer,...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 23 (BSS): By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple of years....
Islami Chhatra Shibir was the third most active non-state armed group in the world in 2013, says a US-based research body. According to the IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre, Thailand’s Barisan Revolusi Nasional is atop the list followed by...
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RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 23: With the publication of the final list of candidates for election to the Rajshahi University Teachers Association (RUTA) the election tempo has started gaining momentum. There will be a straight fight between two main panels, pro-administration...
The US dollar remained stable against the Bangladesh taka for last one year in the floating exchange rate regime. The US currency was traded at Tk 77.75 in the interbank money market Monday against Tk 77.93 late March last year,...
DINAJPUR, Feb 23 (UNB): Two people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch at Barsha in Birganj upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Shoma Rani Das,15 of the upazila and Manata...
HSBC has reported a 9-per cent rise in profit for last year, boosted by cost cuts as it restructured the business. Reported pre-tax profit was $22.6 billion (£13.6 billion), compared with $20.6 billion in 2012, the bank said. HSBC said...
JAMALPUR, Feb 23 (BSS): Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has fixed the target to procure 5,165 metric tonnes of Boro seeds from the district in the current season. According to BADC sources, the seeds will be collected through its two...
Netflix has agreed a deal with Comcast, the biggest internet service provider in the US, that will see its videos streamed faster and more smoothly. The multi-year deal will see Netflix servers connected directly to Comcast's network, removing third parties...
NARSINGDI, Feb 23 (BSS): About 20,000 under privileged women and girls in the six upazila of Narsingdi district have achieved economic self-reliance through various income generation activities during the last 10 years. Sources concerned said under initiatives of the government,Women...
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