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...
In separate incidents, customs officials seized around 33.06 kg gold worth Tk 150.50 million at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Dhaka and Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong on Thursday night and Friday. In Dhaka, 22.56 kgs...
A collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a covered van left two people dead and three others injured in Comilla Sadar South upazila on Friday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Fakhrul Islam, a teacher of Harishchar School...
Tokyo stocks jumped 2.88 percent Friday, clawing back losses from the previous day as Wall Street rallied and shares of Japanese exporters got a boost from the weaker yen. The Nikkei-225 index, which fell 2.15 percent Thursday, added 416.49 points...
The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to resolve within two weeks the code-of-conducts violation charges against two ruling Awami League’s MP candidates from Jessore. The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar has...
A university student was hacked to death by miscreants in Tongi town in Gazipur district on Friday. The dead is Mahiruddin, 24, a student of a private university and son of Jahirul Islam. Mahiruddin along with his friend was returning...
A middle-aged man was strangulated to death allegedly by his second wife and stepchildren in Sabujbagh area in the city on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Nuru Miah, alias Nurikkha, 48. He used to live at a house...
The US Appalachian acoustic string trio, “Laura, Cortese and the Dance Cards,” will visit Bangladesh from February 24 to March 1 as part of the American Music Abroad cultural exchange program. The US Embassy in Dhaka has made the announcement...
The USA on Thursday assured its full support for implementing the first ever national strategy over the issue of Rohingya refugees and undocumented Myanmar citizens in Bangladesh. The assurance came at a meeting between Anne C Richard, US assistant secretary...
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The launching ceremony of a book, titled ?????????? ????????: ???? ? ????? (Bangladesher Arthaneeti: Vetor O Bahir). authored by Dr Fahmida Khatun, Research Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 3.30 pm at...
The dollar rallied against the yen in Asia Friday on the back of mixed US data, while weak eurozone manufacturing pressured the euro.In afternoon Tokyo trade, the greenback rose to 102.60 yen from 102.32 yen in New York Thursday, in...
In separate incidents, muggers looted two motorcycles after killing an engineer in Pabna and a private university student in Gazipur early Friday. In Pabna, snatchers took away the motorcycle of an engineer after killing him in Madhpur Tepagari area of...
Three militants have been killed in Afghanistan after a suicide attack and gun battle with police, officials say. One of the men detonated explosives inside a van as he drove up to local government offices in Sarobi, 50km (30 miles)...
US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday, US officials say. China has urged the US to cancel the meeting, saying it will "seriously impair China-US relations". China describes the Dalai Lama as a...
Tokyo stocks led a rebound on Asian markets Friday, reversing losses in the previous session as regional bourses took their cue from Wall Street, which shrugged off disappointing economic data. Asian markets were mostly heading for a strong finish to...
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