Suspected pro-hartal elements on Thursday hurled bombs at a police van in Rajshahi city during a general strike enforced across the country by the Jamaat-e-Islami. The strike was called to protest death sentence awarded to Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami...
Imrul Kayes and Shamsur Rahman scored maiden Test centuries to further reduce Bangladesh’s first innings deficit against Sri Lanka on the third day of their second cricket Test match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Thursday afternoon. The...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
Stocks ended higher on Thursday after two sessions’ marginal correction with improved turnover value as investors went for buying spree again amid optimism. The market opened with a positive note and the upward trend continued till the closure of the...
Energy drinks are very popular among youngsters, because most of them believe that these drink helps them stay up studying or partying. While these drinks claim to provide you with instant energy that will keep you going, they do have...
A Chittagong tribunal on Thursday handed the death reference in the 10-truck arms cases to the High Court for scrutinizing the judgment pronounced last week by it. A total of 14 people, including former industries minister and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the movement unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat to foil the 10th parliamentary elections cannot be called a ‘mass movement’ since people had not responded to such militant and terrorist acts. “Despite various attempts...
Pilots of a Dreamliner which was forced to divert midflight to Kuala Lumpur had to land the plane manually after suffering computer problems, an Air India spokesman said Thursday. The Air India plane was en route from Melbourne to New...
The third phase elections to 83 upazilas will be held on March 15, announced Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Thursday. He came up with the schedule of the third phase upazila elections at the media centre of the Election...
Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday said there is no change in current visa procedures insofar as Bangladesh is concerned. This was made clear by the spokesperson of the Indian High Commission in a clarification in response to reports...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the government will soon operate more BRTC buses and taxicabs in the city to resolve its transport crisis. “More BRTC buses and taxicabs will be launched soon in the city and necessary steps...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Thursday said the country badly needs skilled human resources for the development of its industries and tapping high-paid job opportunities in the Middle Eastern countries. The private sector in the country still lacks the...
Bangladesh Bank and Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to expand cooperation between the two entities. The MoU was signed at the 3rd meeting of the Financial Sector Development Working Committee (FSDWC) of...
The nationwide daylong hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the capital punishment against its ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami in the 10-truck arms smuggling case, passed off without any major incident of violence Thursday. In the capital, activists of Jamaat brought out...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against former Health and Family Welfare Minister and BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on charge of siphoning off money. ACC director Nasim Anwar filed the case with Ramna Police...
A record 232-run 2nd wicket partnership between Shamsur Rahman and Imrul Kayes guided hosts Bangladesh to 409 for 8 in 115 overs in the first innings against Sri Lanka at stumps on the 3rd day of the 2nd Test at...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its benchmark interest rate at 0.25 per cent. The bank last cut rates to a record low in a surprise decision in November. Inflation in the eurozone region slowed to 0.7 per cent...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the coal extraction issue to future technology saying that her government’s first priority is to protect the land of farmers, says State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid. “The Prime Minister has given...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will permanently drop one of its oldest aircraft DC-10 from its fleet from February 20 while two new aircraft will join the fleet by March. The process of taking lease of two ‘Turbo Prop’ aircraft and hiring...
‘Light and Sound Show’ set up at Lalbagh Fort in the capital to project the history of the 17th century Mughal fort complex will be inaugurated on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the aesthetic show at 6 pm....
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the government’s repressive measures against the opposition leaders and activists have taken a horrific turn. The government has resorted to the path of repression using the law-enforcement agencies to...
The government will soon take steps to close down substandard diagnostic centres, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday. “Quality services are not provided at many diagnostic centres set up in the district towns and rural areas,...
In one of the biggest gold hauls in the country, custom officials seized 420 gold bars, weighing around 48 kgs, from a plane at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Thursday night. Mashiur Rahman Mondal, assistant commissioner of customs...
Late iconic author-playwright-film director Humayun Ahmed has won the National Film Award-2011 in the best director and best story writing categories for his last film ‘Ghetu Putro Kamola’ as the government has announced the names of the winners of the...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is holding meeting with party policymakers at her Gulshan office. Her meeting with the Standing Committee begun at 9pm Thursday, two days after she announced to ‘tidy up’ the party before announcing fresh agitations. BNP acting...
Two rival factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)’s Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall unit of Dhaka University (DU) have clashed over establishing supremacy in the dormitory compound. Witnesses said that the hour-long clash started around 11:30am on Thursday between the...
Senior treasury bench member Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday came down heavily on two leading national dailies for what he said publishing ‘motivated’ reports based on false information regarding his wealth statement (affidavit) submitted to the Election Commission (EC)....
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Feb 5: Five groups of fishermen have indiscriminately been catching fish for around two months at five points setting up bamboo fences across the Madhumati River under Lohagara upazila of Narail. Among the fences, two are closely situated at...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 5 (BSS): Two minor girls were killed on their way to school in a road accident at Gaonpara area on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway under Puthiya Upazila of the district this morning. The deceased were identified as Bithi Akter Trisha,...
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