BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will have a meeting with US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena today evening. The parley will be held at Khaleda's Gulshan office at 8:00pm, BNP chairperson's media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan said. — UNB
The High Court on Monday issued a rule upon the government to explain in two weeks as to why it should not be directed to refrain from setting up a coal-fired power plant in Maheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar. The HC...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night decided to form the new committee of the Dhaka city BNP unit through holding its council. The Dhaka city unit council will be followed by the councils of all the ward and thana...
Asia's markets edged up Tuesday, with investors sitting on the sidelines as they await the first testimony of the Federal Reserve's new head to find out what her plans are for its stimulus programme. Janet Yellen, who took over as...
The euro on Tuesday ticked up to $1.3667 and 139.55 yen compared with $1.3642 and 139.46 yen in New York. The dollar was at 102.10 yen against 102.18 yen. Oil prices fell. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate for...
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will appear in the first semi-final of the 118th IFA Shield tournament against Kolkata giants East Bengal at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata today. The match gets underway at 3:15pm (BST) and will be telecast...
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) personnel rescued 181 people, including women, at Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar when they were being trafficked to Malayasia. The Coast Guard personnel also detained 11 employees of two cargo vessels carrying the victims. Coast...
A man was killed as a bus crashed into the motorbike he was riding on the Mayor Hanif Flyover in the city on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamim Reza, an employee of 'Electromac Company'. Assistant Sub-inspector Monir...
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The prices of most of the stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading Tuesday amid minor see-saw. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down by...
After Rajshahi and Jagannath universities, Dhaka University has became restive over fee hike. The Progressive Students’ Alliance comprising left-leaning student bodies has been enforcing a daylong strike at Dhaka University (DU) from Tuesday morning to protest ‘exorbitant’ tuition fees at...
Armed masked robbers tried but failed to rob a chain shop at the ‘Keari Family Plaza’ at Dhaka’s Adabor on Monday. “A gang of five to six robbers entered the shop in the evening,” said Adabor Police SI Mizanur Rahman...
At least eight Bangladeshi women and a child have returned home from India after serving one and a half years’ jail term for illegal stay in that country after intrusion. The Indian authorities handed over them to the Bangladesh authorities...
A housewife has been killed allegedly by her husband by the hit of axe at Parihara village in Kahalu upazila in Bogra. The victim was identified as Ismat Ara Begum, 35, wife of Abu Bakar of the village. Kahalu Police...
A lawyer has issued a legal notice to the government asking it why agitating students of Rajshahi University (RU) were fired upon. Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua sent the notice on Tuesday on behalf of rights activists and teachers including Khushi Kabir,...
The government should take steps to protect the Hinga Bibi Mosque, a 300-year old monument built in the Mughal era, which recently suffered damages, according to an archeologist. Three domes of the mosque were dismantled last week after the mosque...
A court in Chuadanga has convicted two people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a housewife. The convicts are Milon, 35, son of Chhotoburo, and Ahad Ali, 43, son of Raisuddin Ahmed of Nafarkandi village of Sadar...
An intellectually challenged man was crushed to death by a train at Jonaidanga in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram Monday night. The deceased was identified as Rahim Badsha, 45, mentally retarded man and son of Nurul Islam of Naura village of...
Leftist student organisations are observing a daylong strike at Dhaka University on Tuesday by locking up the main gates of Arts and Social Sciences faculties. They called for the strike on Sunday to protest ‘exorbitant hike’ in tuition fees at...
A fire has broken out in a slum at Mirpur in Dhaka city. Mirpur Police Station’s sub-inspector Afzal Hossain said that firefighters rushed to the spot after being informed of it around 12.30pm on Tuesday. Seven fire-service units were fighting...
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed by suspected carjackers (hijackers) in Chittagong on Tuesday. The dead is Mohiuddin, 28, son of Zakir Hossain of Abdullahpur village of Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong district. Locals said a gang of suspected carjackers, equipped with...
Despite a dredging work done for long 6 months on the 13-km-long Mawa-Kewrakandi river route by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) to keep ferry plying smooth, about 11-km stretch of the route from Louhajong turning point in Munshiganj district...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed the hope that Biman, the national flag carrier, will be a profit making organisation in the near future. The PM voiced the hope while launching the induction of a 777-300ER aircraft named ‘Akash Prodeep’...
Abdus Sobhan Sikder has been made the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary. He was in-charge of the public administration ministry as a Senior Secretary. Sikder will be replacing Shaikh Md Wahid-uz-Zaman, who is going on leave prior to his retirement from...
Saleha Munir, mother of journalist Sagor Sarwar who was killed along with his wife Meherun Runi two years ago, has demanded justice for all murdered journalists. “My only request to you all, don’t stop your movement. Carry on your movement...
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Stocks closed lower for the third running session on Tuesday with turnover dipped below Tk 5.0 billion-mark after five weeks as investors followed ‘wait-and-see’ strategy amid captious trading. The market opened with a negative trend and the downtrend continued till...
The government on Tuesday provided CIP (commercially important person) cards to 54 industrial entrepreneurs in recognition of their contributions to employment generation and economic development. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu handed over the CIP cards to the recipients at a...
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club thrashed Kolkata East Bengal football club 3-0 this afternoon to reach the final of the 118th IFA Shield tournament in Kolkata.The Bangladesh outfit reigned supreme over the whole 90-minute game and eight minutes of extra time...
A confidential cable from the US embassy in Dhaka to the State Department on Nov 3, 2008 recommended a ban on entry into USA of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique "The Embassy believes Tarique is guilty of egregious political corruption that...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved six development projects involving Tk 9.61 billion including one to bring country’s 4.5 million people, aged 15-45 years, under basic literacy programme. The approval came from a meeting...
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