Miscreants tortured to death a woman and dumped her body on the bank of a river in Sunamganj Sadar upazila some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Informed by local people, police recovered the body, bearing injury marks, from...
A man was killed in a ‘shootout’ with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mejbah Uddin, 40, son of Ramjan Ali of Magura village...
The 4th phase of the Upazila elections will be held in 92 Upazilas on March 23 along with by-election to the Tangail 8 constituency. Schedule for the 4th phase of elections has been announced by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi...
A Chittagong court has convicted a man and sentenced him to three years imprisonment for torturing his wife over dowry. The convict was identified as Abdur Rahman, alias Milton Sarkar, 35, son of Harishchandra Sarkar of Singhra village in Anwara...
Police have identified the body of a man found on the seashore of Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong district. The deceased was identified as Anjan Chowdhury, 45, a rice mill worker in Bibirhat under Fatikchhari Upazila of the district, Sitakunda police...
Landless farmers will soon get free plots from the government with the Land Minister working on such a move. Shamsur Rahman Sharif, who holds the land portfolio, has directed his ministry officials and divisional commissioners to recover state-owned agricultural land...
Asian stock markets saw broad gains on Friday, making a strong finish to the week as they took their lead from Wall Street, which shrugged off lacklustre economic data. Global markets have rallied this week, after a tumultuous period caused...
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) intruded into Bangladesh and picked up a youth from Haripur border in Thakurgaon district on Friday. The victim was identified as Kabirul Islam, 18, son of Motaleb Hossain of Deldangi village in Haripur...
The supervisor of Gazipur Juvenile Correction Center was suspended following some adolescents’ protest by self-gashing against its mismanagement. Additional deputy commissioner Shahnewaz Dilruba Khan said the Social Services Department suspended Anwarul Karim. acting supervisor (supervisor-in-charge) of the correction center, on...
Police recovered the body of a young girl, packed in a luggage, from Saidabad bus terminal area in the city on Friday. Police said local people saw the black colour luggage on the road in an abandoned condition at south...
A college student succumbed to his injuries at a clinic in Sylhet city four days after he was chopped by his rivals in Jagannathpur upazila in Sunamganj district. The dead is Kaisar Nur, 22, a student of Jagannathpur Degree College...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered contraband items, including drugs, worth about Tk 650.53 million in the country in January. Sources at the BGB headquarters said they arrested 113 people on charge of smuggling during the period. Meanwhile, 136...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the size of the country’s national budget for the next fiscal year is likely to be Tk 2.5 trillion. “The budget for the next fiscal year may be two and a half lakh...
A process is underway to generate power from North Bengal Sugar Mills in Natore on cogeneration method alongside producing refined sugar through setting up a sugar refinery, aiming to give a boost to the earnings of the mills and meet...
The chocolate industry is worth an estimated $110 billion a year, and yet its key commodity is grown by some of the poorest people on the planet, in plantations that can hide the worst forms of child labour. Accurate figures...
A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia has shrouded a large swathe of the country's most heavily populated island in ash, triggering the evacuation of about 200,000 people and closing three international airports. Indonesia's disaster agency said two people died on...
A senior BNP leader has claimed his party’s participation along with its allies in the Upazila polls has made the government go crazy. Ruling party MPs and ministers were ‘publicly’ violating the electoral code of conduct, alleged Gayshwar Chandra Roy...
A fire broke out at a tannery washing plant in the capital’s Hazaribagh on Friday. Fire Service sources said the fire originated in Karim Leather & Washing Plant around 2:35 pm. On information, seven fire fighting units from the city...
Winged guests seem to have shown little interest about Hakaluki Haor, one of the country’s biggest haors and a protected Ramsar site, as fewer of them have visited it this year compared to previous years due to local disturbances, loss...
Winged guests seem to have shown little interest about Hakaluki Haor, one of the country’s biggest haors and a protected Ramsar site, as fewer of them have visited it this year compared to previous years due to local disturbances, loss...
Young couples and book lovers flocked to the Ekushey Book Fair in the capital on Friday looking for the books of their choice to present their loved ones on the occasion of the Valentines’ Day. Long queues of young people...
India's mobile phone firms have bid almost $10 billion (£6 billion) in a key auction for the country's second-generation (2G) telecoms licences. The amount far exceeded the government's target of $1.8 billion, and will be used to shrink its budget...
While the government is pursuing a policy to cut public expenditure on education and research in public universities, the insufficient allocations are also wasted in unplanned recruitment and promotion of teachers and staff, observed former student leaders. They voiced a...
The eurozone's economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the final three months of 2013, up from 0.1 per cent growth in the previous quarter. It was the third quarter of growth since the end of an 18-month recession, the...
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has submitted his resignation after his Democratic Party backed a call for a new administration. Party leader Matteo Renzi, 39, had argued that a change of government was needed to end "uncertainty". Mr Renzi, who...
Aam Aadmi Party government has tabled the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi Assembly amidst stiff protests from BJP and Congress members, triggering anuproar and forcing adjournment of the House, according to Indian media reports. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tabled...
Shell is to sell its interests in three of its assets in the North Sea but says it is still committed to its operations in UK waters. The company informed staff of the move earlier this week. It is selling...
A one-day strike is being held in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh to protest against the introduction of a bill in the Indian parliament to create the new state of Telangana. The regional YSR Congress party, which has called...
Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Siddiqur Rahman Miah has been elected the new chairman of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the first since its demutualisation. The premier bourse in a media release said on Friday he had been elected at a...
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