Cellular phone operators of the country are going to get access to the Election Commission's database by March next to verify the subscribers' information before activating new connections, said officials. They said the telecom regulator has almost finalised different issues...
Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined 42 dyeing and washing factories in Dhaka district Tk 12.6 million (1.26 crore) for polluting the water of the Buriganga river. After a hearing at DoE's Dhaka headquarters, its director fined the factories...
Rights activists have urged the civil society members of the South Asian countries to get united to make the governments of Saarc nations to focus more on climate change issues. They said if the civil society members of the Saarc...
Law enforces in separate drives arrested four alleged drug smugglers in Manikganj and Faridpur districts on Monday evening. They also recovered about 1,000 Yaba tablets from them. In Manikganj police held a drug smuggler Abul Kalam Azad at Koitara village...
A mobile court seized a large quantity of expired medicines from the possession of three pharmacies in Sherpur town and fined them Tk 25,000 for storing those. Witnesses said the mobile court, led by executive magistrate Shamsuddin Munna, raided three...
A special court in Jhalakati has sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment for possessing illegal firearms. The convict was identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 32, son of Mojibur Rahman Majnu of Asatyakathi village under Nesarabad upazila in Pirojpur district. Judge...
Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as traders awaited the result of a Bank of Japan policy meeting, following disappointing Japanese quarterly growth figures the day before. After a day of gains, Asia’s markets had no cues from Wall Street...
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The prices of most of the stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading Tuesday, the third trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE...
Law enforcers arrested a man with a large quantity of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) equipment in the city on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Lincoln, 23. A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted a drive at...
A mobile court in Khagrachhari has sentenced two opposition activists to 17 days’ imprisonment each for distributing some leaflets with offensive remarks against a vice-chairman candidate in Manikchhari upazila election. The convicts were identified as Shahidul Islam of Hatimura area...
Armed robbers stormed into a flat at Islambagh in the old part of Dhaka city and looted cash and valuables worth several hundred thousand taka exploding bomb, injuring four inmates of the house on Tuesday morning. Quoting inmates of the...
A local Awami League leader has been shot and stabbed indiscriminately in Gazipur. Hafiz Uddin Hafiz, 45, religious affairs secretary of party’s Gazipur municipality unit, is now under treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said Mahbub Naim, Sub-inspector (SI)...
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday accepted charges against Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani and seven students of North South University (NSU) in blogger Rajib murder case. Metropolitan Magistrate Sabrina Ali took the charges into cognisance after scrutinising...
Thai police are confronting protesters at a site in central Bangkok, with several people injured and one police officer reported killed. Police are trying to retake official buildings and sites that have been blocked by demonstrators. Earlier on Tuesday, they...
A college student was killed and three other people were injured as a covered van hit them on the Atish Dipankar Road under Sabujbagh police station in the city on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Atiqur Rahman, 26,...
India's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentences of three men convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Chief Justice P Sathasivam spared the men, citing delays in deciding their mercy plea. Murugan, Santhan and...
The High Court has summoned the Investigating Officer (IO) probing the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah gave the order on Tuesday after three suspects in the case...
Japan led Asian stock markets higher today after the country’s central bank announced new measures to support growth. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was up 3.1 percent at 14,843.24 after the Bank of Japan said it was doubling the size...
RAB claims they have arrested a young man who received and circulated the audio-video message of al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri calling for an 'intifada' (uprising) in Bangladesh. RAB personnel nabbed 21-year old Md Rasel Bin Sattar Khan from Tangail’s Majhipara...
The Appellate Division has withdrawn a stay on a defamation case against former army chief Gen Moeen U Ahmed. A full bench headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain issued the order on Tuesday after hearing an appeal to scrap...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday interrogated Soumendra Lal Chandra Shailel, former assistant personal secretary (APS) of ex-State Minister for Religious Affairs Advocate M Shahjahan Miah, on graft charges. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali grilled Shailel for two hours...
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The market extended losing streak for the fourth running session Tuesday as investors continued to sell stocks amid cautious trading. The market opened with a positive note, and the main index of the premier bourse gained 29 points within first...
Thisara Perera's brilliant counter-attack inspired Sri Lanka to a 13-run win over Bangladesh in the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match at Mirpur in Dhaka on Monday, giving the tourists an 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Perera smashed an...
Police has found a body of a youth with bricks tied to his feet in Buriganga River in Soarighat in old part of Dhaka city. The deceased, aged approximately 20 years of age, was wearing jeans and a red T-shirt....
The government has declared the newspaper sector as an industry separating it from the service sector in an effort to ensure a stronger and vibrant media industry in the country. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu made the declaration on Tuesday...
BNP chairperson and 19-party alliance leader Khaleda Zia will meet senior journalists of the country on Tuesday night. The meeting, which is scheduled to begin at the BNP chief’s residence at Gulshan in the city around 8:00pm, may discuss the...
Bangladesh sought Japanese investment in gas exploration and technological support in boosting the efficiency of fertilizer factories Tuesday. “Japan can invest in gas exploration apart from providing technological support in boosting the efficiency of Bangladesh’s fertilizer factories,” said Industries Minister...
A daylong Workshop on ‘AML & CFT issues for BAMLCOs’ held at Al-Arafah Islami Bank Training & Research Academy Tuesday. Managing Director of the bank Md. Habibur Rahman inaugurated the workshop as chief guest, according to a press release. Principal...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the Election Commission is not working neutrally, and playing ‘a silent role’ in the lead-up to the Upazila elections. The BNP leader made the remarks while talking to reporters at...
Airing doubt about credible upazila (UZ) elections beginning on Wednesday, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) has failed to ensure a congenial atmosphere for free and fair upazila elections as...
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