In separate drives, Malaysian police on Wednesday rescued 11 Bangladeshi nationals and four Myanmar citizens, who were held captive for weeks by a local illegal trafficking syndicate for ransom. The Bangladeshis were rescued in police raids on two adjacent 15th...
Nepal has decided to deploy a team of security officials at Everest base camp, in a bid to avert brawls between climbers, officials say. Last April a fight erupted between European mountaineers and a group of Sherpas at 7,470m (24,508ft)....
A 5-storey building tilted towards the adjacent building in the city’s Rupnagar on Friday, with panic gripping the residents in the area as the incident came to light in the morning. When contacted, Senior Station Officer of Mirpur Fire Brigade...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has announced early presidential elections and promised to form a coalition government in a bid to defuse a deep crisis in which scores have been killed and hundreds injured. There was no immediate comment from opposition...
Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Shaheed Minar on the compound of Mahendrapur High School in Kurmarkhali upazila early Friday, a day after damaging another Shaheed Minar in the same upazila. Police and locals said a gang of miscreants attacked the Shaheed...
The skill test for Bangladeshi job seekers in South Korea started at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre here on Friday with some 571 Bangladeshi job seekers taking part in it. Employment Permit System (EPS) Centre in Bangladesh is conducting the...
Every year Banglees from Bangladesh and India meet, but it was different this year. Security concerns ahead of anticipated political unrest in Bangladesh and the Lok Sabha polls in India, border passages between two countries remained closed Friday, preventing them...
LONDON: Oil prices fell Friday as signs of weakness in Chinese economy offset upbeat US energy demand that lifted crude futures to four-month highs earlier in the week. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in April slid 33 cents to...
NEW DELHI: India's embassy in Rome has received hate mail and even a live bullet, an official said Friday, underlining fury in Italy over the prosecution of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen. India has consulted Italy...
Google has unveiled a prototype smartphone with "customised hardware and software" that enables it to create 3D maps of a user's surroundings. The device's sensors allow it make over 250,000 3D measurements every second and update its position in real-time....
JHENIDAH: At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over lifting sand in Shailkupa upazila Thursday. Twelve of the injured were admitted to Sadar Hospital and Shailkupa Upazila Heath Complex. Officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police...
KIEV: Ukraine's leader and opposition said Friday they had agreed a deal to end the splintered country's worst crisis since independence after three days of carnage left nearly 100 protesters dead and the heart of Kiev resembling a war zone....
AYUTTHAYA: Thousands of angry Thai rice farmers called off a threat to descend on Bangkok's main airport Friday in a rare reprieve for the embattled government after months of opposition street protests. A convoy of tractor-riding farmers had planned to...
The Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York has observed the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. Bangladesh representative to the UN mission Dr AK Abdul Momen paid homage to the Language Movement...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged all to join hands in promoting linguistic diversity and multilingualism to build a better world and a life of dignity for all. “Let’s all join forces to promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism as...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has banned Shakib Al Hasan for making improper gesture during the second match against Sri Lanka. The board in a media release Friday said an inquiry found him guilty of making an inappropriate gesture on live...
A Libyan military plane carrying doctors and patients has crashed in Tunisia, killing all 11 people on board, officials say. The Antonov plane came down in a field near Grombalia, about 40km (25 miles) south of the capital, Tunis. It...
MOGADISHU: Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels launched a major suicide attack Friday against the heavily-fortified presidential palace, home to the country's internationally-backed government, killing officials and guards before dying in a fierce gunbattle. A huge car bomb exploded at the perimeter...
Yash Raj Films has apologised for any disrespect or offence caused by ‘Gunday’ movie’s portrayal of Bangladesh’s Independence War. “Several of our Bangladeshi brethren have reached out to us with their concerns on the way the story has been portrayed,”...
The third US-Bangladesh defence dialogue will be held on April 22 in Dhaka, days after the security talks, the foreign ministry has said. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque met Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all Bengalis living abroad to mobilise global opinion to make Bangla an official language of the United Nations. She made appeal while inaugurating a four-day seminar at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka...
LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets rose Friday as traders digested mixed retail sales data out of Britain and looked ahead to a meeting of the world’s 20 major economies. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.26 per cent to stand...
Miscreants have hurled a Molotov cocktail at a police vehicle, at least 150 yards from the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Bogra marking the International Mother Language Day. Police detained eight people suspecting their involvement in the bombing from the...
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Nissan Motor Co. to supply electric cars for its taxis and government fleet, hoping to reduce reliance on imported oil. Under the agreement announced Friday, Nissan will supply its Leaf electric car and...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama welcomed Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the White House Friday, defying China, which said the meeting would “seriously impair” ties between the two countries. The encounter took place in the Map Room...
One of the world's leading credit rating agencies has downgraded Ukraine in light of political uncertainty and violent clashes in the capital Kiev. Standard & Poor's said the downgrade reflected "our view that the political situation has deteriorated substantially". It...
Expelled Jatiya Party leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed has urged chairman HM Ershad, also Special Envoy of the Prime Minister, to retire from politics conceding his ‘failure’. “He is now near about 90. I would tell him ‘Mr Ershad, it’s enough....
BAGERHAT: A female Bengal tiger, recovered with wounds in its right leg from the Sundarbans on February 7, died at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur Wednesday night despite a ‘successful’ surgery. Keeping it secrete for the last two days, the...
KIEV, Feb 20 (AFP): Armed protesters stormed police barricades in Kiev Thursday in renewed violence that killed at least 26 people and shattered an hours-old truce as EU envoys held crisis talks with Ukraine's embattled president. Bodies of anti-government demonstrators...
VIENNA, Feb 20 (AFP): Iran and world powers have agreed a timetable and framework for working out a lasting nuclear accord, and will meet again on March 17, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Thursday. "We had three very...
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