Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) on Saturday urged the government to fulfill their charter of demands including reopening a third carrier for smooth flying of Hajj pilgrims apart from Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines. "If the third...
After a long three-year negotiation, Bangladesh Embassy in Brussels has got a place in a public park close to Bangladesh Embassy for building a memorial for the language movement martyrs. The Mayor of Ixelles of Brussels confirmed the place on...
The country is embracing another local government election even as the two tiers of the local government body — Zilla parishad and upazila parishad — remain completely dysfunctional. The upazila parishad has become dysfunctional owing to a power conflict between...
The last passenger DC-10 aircraft will return to Dhaka instead of flying into Boeing museum just yet. The 30-year old aircraft, part of the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airline, was to find its final resting place at the museum of...
BNP alleged that the officials of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) are trying to influence the upazila election to Pirganj of Rangpur. “The election to Pirganj upazila will be held Monday. Some officials of the Prime Minister’s Office are staying...
BNP alleged that the officials of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) are trying to influence the upazila election to Pirganj of Rangpur. “The election to Pirganj upazila will be held Monday. Some officials of the Prime Minister’s Office are staying...
At least 12 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Awami League (AL) activists during a meeting to choose party candidate for the upcoming upazila polls in the headquarters of Nalitabari on Saturday noon. Police and party...
A total of 1,01,000 people will perform hajj from Bangladesh this year. Of them, 10,000 pilgrims will perform hajj under government management while the rest under private management, Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) president Md Ibrahim Bahar informed this...
Protesters seized the Kiev office of President Viktor Yanukovich Saturday and his whereabouts were a mystery, as the pro-Russian leader's grip on power rapidly eroded following bloodshed in the Ukrainian capital. At the president's headquarters, Ostap Kryvdyk, who described himself...
A Awami Juba League activist has been killed in Khulna’s Koira, three days after the Upazila polls. Local Awami League leaders blamed Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir for the killing on Saturday. The deceased was identified as...
Visiting foreign journalists and travel writers of nine countries on Saturday emphasised worldwide marketing of Bangladesh tourism to explore its immense potentials. Bangladesh has immense potentials in the tourism sector but it needs massive worldwide marketing to achieve it, they...
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated in the country and detention camps would be done away with once his party comes to power. “As soon as we come to power at...
JOYPURHAT: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive Saturday arrested three people along with counterfeit currency of US$ 26,110 from Aatpara border area in Panchbibi upazila. The arrested were identified as Shafiqul Islam of Bara Haripur village and...
A maiden century by opener Kusal Perera enabled Sri Lanka to whitewash Bangladesh 3-0 in the three-match ODI series beating Tigers by six wickets in the day-night basis 3rd and last ODI at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Saturday....
Two students were injured as a crude bomb exploded in the classroom of a primary school in Sonatala upazila on Saturday. The victims were identified as Rahat, 8, and Pranta, 8, students of Class-III of Bamunia Govt Primary School. Witnesses...
Five live bombs were recovered from inside the Jessore Central Jail on Saturday. Sub-inspector Rabiul of Jessore Kotwali Police Station said police recovered the bombs wrapped in black scotch tape inside a polythene bag from the eastern part of Sugandha...
Ukrainian MPs have voted to oust President Yanukovych and hold early presidential elections on 25 May. The vote came barely an hour after Mr Yanukovych said in a televised address that he would not resign. Protesters have walked unchallenged into...
The Ukrainian opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been freed from jail. It follows a vote by parliament to release her as the president fled the capital Kiev. Before the release, her daughter said her mother was...
The Sonali Bank has incurred a loss of Tk 20 million last year after hackers breached its vulnerable “password and risk management system”. "The bank lost $250,000 due to the hacking of one of its accounts' password last year," said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it is not a big deal who has won the upazila polls, but the important thing is that people exercised their franchise without any hindrance. “When there’s an election, one will win and other will...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with pro-BNP engineers on Saturday night as part of her regular meetings with professionals to discuss the country’s latest political situation. The meeting began at the BNP chief’s Gulshan political office around 9pm with Khaleda...
Brazil has announced a security boost of around 70,000 officers to police this year’s football World Cup. In total, 170,000 people are expected to be deployed to guarantee security across the 12 host cities. But at a security workshop on...
Senate members of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Thursday elected a three-member Vice Chancellor panel for the appointment of a VC to the university. Of the elected panel members, loyal to former VC Prof Dr Shariff Enamul Kabir, JU Teachers’ Association...
The High Court (HC) has directed that the Humayun Azad murder case be disposed of within six months. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah has issued the order while hearing the bail petition of Mizanur...
Chinese shares were down in morning trade on Friday on concerns over the health of the economy after the release of weak manufacturing data, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.67 percent, or 14.30 points, to 2,124.48. The...
At least six people received bullets as the activists of local Awami League and BNP engaged in a fierce clash over paying tributes to the language martyrs in Debidar town in Comilla district on Friday morning. Debidar upazila unit Awami...
One thousand origami cranes, Chinese paper cutting and calligraphy are just some of the interactive activities and displays planned for International Mother Language Day on February 21. English Language Partners manager Jessica Yap said groups from various cultures will participate...
At least four people were killed and 13 others injured as a bus crashed into a human-hauler at Syed Char Rasta (intersection) in Natore Sadar upazila on Friday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Akter Hossain Masud, a...
Three motorcyclists were killed as a truck hit their bike on Panchagarh-Dhaka highway in Jagadal area under Panchagarh Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Moslem, alias Sanaul, 45, and Salimul, 50, of Thutapakuri village in the upazila,...
The first phase of the fourth Upazila Parishad polls recorded 62 per cent voter turnout, up by more than 20 per cent from the national elections a month and a half ago, which had witnessed 40 per cent voting. The...
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