Hundreds of BUET students hit the streets in protest after one of them was injured in a road accident at Dhaka’s Palashi intersection on Sunday. Police said Anita Tasnim, 22, a third year student of Architecture, was hit by a...
The deadline for the submission of nomination papers for the upcoming polls in 117 upazilas of the country’s 52 districts expires today (Sunday). Aspirants must submit their nomination papers to returning officers or assistant returning officers concerned by 5pm to...
Noting that the South-South cooperation has advanced a great deal in the planning process, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the development partners can contribute richly in overcoming the real problem of coordination among the concerned countries to have a...
Former minister of state Syed Mohammad Kaiser has been indicted on 16 war crimes charges. Justice Obaidul Hassan-led second international crimes tribunal (ICT-2) of Bangladesh fixed March 4 for starting the trial. Charges pressed against the former Junior Minister include...
Police have recovered the body of a local Awami League leader's son at Dalal Bazar under Sadar upazila in Lakshmipur district. The dead is Rakibul Islam, an employee of Charmohona land office in Raipur upazila and son of Humayun Kabir,...
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Swechhasebak Dal was hacked to death in South Khulshi area in Chittagong early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Selim, 33, a member of Pahartali ward-13 unit of Swechhasebak Dal and son of late Abdur...
Over 60 Rajshahi University (RU) students were injured, including 30 with bullets, as police swung into action while they were agitating on the campus in protest against fee hike and continuation of evening master’s programmes. The injured were admitted to...
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Stocks ended higher for the third consecutive sessions amid modest volatility Sunday with declining turnover as investors remained on buying spree.The market opened with a positive note and the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 46 points...
The High Court (HC) on Sunday granted bail for three months to three top BNP leaders -- Barrister Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah -- in a criminal case filed with Motijheel Police Station. After hearing the...
The deadline for the submission of nomination papers for the upcoming polls in 117 upazilas of the country’s 52 districts expires Sunday. Aspirants must submit their nomination papers to returning officers or assistant returning officers concerned by 5pm today to...
Mamun-Ur-Rashid, Deputy Managing Director of Standard Bank Limited, has recently been elected Secretary General of Global Economist Forum-Bangladesh (GEF-B) for the 2014-15 period. He is an inspired banker with 30 years of experience in the banking sector. Mamun started his...
Apple is in the news yet again, and not for the right reasons this time. A 13-year-old girl in Maine, US suffered first- and second-degree burns as her iPhone spontaneously caught fire while in her pocket. According to a report...
A court here on Sunday rejected the bail petition of two BNP leaders Barrister Moudud Ahmed and BNP chairperson’s adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain in separate criminal cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sessions Judge Mohamamad Zahurul Haque passed the order after hearing...
Grameenphone has donated 40 vehicle tracking devices to Anjuman-e-Mufidul Islam for monitoring its ambulance fleet. Anjuman will also get free monthly service for one year for the vehicle trackers, says a press release. An agreement to this effect has been...
A small garment factory was gutted by a fire at Bagbari in Gabtali upazila of Bogra district early Sunday. Locals said the fire originated at the Bagbari Garments from an electrical short circuit in the early hours. The fire burned...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday said the government is working on a plan to set up one or two more special economic zones (SEZs) in the country. Talking to the representatives of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
Amid the growing environmental concerns, Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Sunday said the government will use the best possible technologies in the Rampal 1320MW coal-fired power plant. “Now ultra super critical technologies are being applied in the...
A court here on Sunday ordered police to return the items seized from the office of the Daily Inquilab in a raid on January 16. Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order after hearing a petition filed by a senior...
A 116-meter (380-foot) tower block has been brought down with explosives in Germany’s financial capital, Frankfurt, in one of the biggest such operations in Europe. Frankfurt’s university tower, built in 1972, was demolished Sunday morning using some 950 kilograms (2,095...
The Election Commission is likely to announce the polls schedule for the 50 women reserved seats in the 10th Parliament next week. “The election schedule for the reserved Parliamentary seats will be announced after February 9,” Election Commissioner Md Shah...
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Sunday alleged that the government has turned the entire country into a jail by resorting to repressive policy. “The 56000-square-mile Bangladesh has been turned into a jail. Sheikh Hasina (PM) is its...
BSTI filed cases against 25 brickfields and six food producing industries with the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court of Comilla on Sunday for violating the BSTI Ordinance. The cases have been filed following a drive in Comilla Sadar (South), Laksam, Nangolkot...
Protests have disrupted Thailand’s general election, halting voting in parts of Bangkok and the south, but officials say that 89pc of polling stations operated normally. Some six million registered voters were affected by the closures, the Election Commission said. PM...
Seven government doctors were suspended on Sunday for skipping duty, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. The doctors are medical officer of Shibpur upazila health complex of Narsingdi district M Razib Mahmud, Dr Ashfaq Nabi, assistant surgeon, Dr Mohammad...
SYLHET: Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Ghulam Hussain Sunday said there are about 0.14 million good looking houses in the country that do not pay the tax. Addressing the inauguration of the Tax Information and Service...
Voicing concern over the recent inauguration of projects by the Anti Corruption Commission chairman, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the ACC leadership to avoid such matters of conflict of interest. In a statement Sunday, TIB executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman...
Voicing concern over the recent inauguration of projects by the Anti Corruption Commission chairman, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the ACC leadership to avoid such matters of conflict of interest. In a statement on Sunday, TIB executive director Dr...
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CARE Bangladesh. The agreement was signed with the objective to jointly design, develop and implement sustainable enterprise development initiatives based on inclusive business models- targeting...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Iranian entrepreneurs to invest in joint ventures in Bangladesh, identifying such areas as oil and gas exploration, petro-chemicals and infrastructure development. She made the request Sunday, when outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Hossein Aminian...
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