Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday stressed the importance of special efforts by all to alleviate poverty from the country. "In Bangladesh, we all are trying our best to further eradicate poverty and move towards a happier and more peaceful...
Claiming that the government has a covert entente with their ally Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday urged the Prime Minister to cut ties with the Islamist party. “Jamaat is hidden there in the government. So,...
The 10th parliament is set to begin its journey with its opening session Wednesday following the much-talked-about January 5 national election boycotted by the BNP-led alliance. President Abdul Hamid will address the House on the first day of the first...
Bangladesh has sought fresh Danish investment in prospective areas, particularly the wind power generation and technology transfer. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam conveyed Bangladesh’s interest to have more investment to Danish Ambassador in Dhaka Hanne Fugl Eskjær when...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) to ensure foolproof security of the visitors on the fair premises. The DITF which began at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the city on January 11. BGB...
LONDON: European stock indices wavered Monday on expectations of further stimulus withdrawal by the Federal Reserve, analysts said, but avoided another sell-off on emerging market strains. However London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 1.38 per cent to 6,571.75 points in...
Valuables, including evidence, were gutted by a fire at the Chittagong Court Building in the city on Monday evening. Deputy assistant director of Chittagong Divisional Fire Service Jasim Uddin said the fire originated from an electrical short circuit at the...
At least 49 people have been killed in clashes in Egypt as the country marks the anniversary of the 2011 uprising which overthrew President Hosni Mubarak, the health ministry says, reports BBC. Rival demonstrations of supporters and opponents of the...
Protesters in Thailand have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say, reports BBC. One of their leaders has been shot dead during a clash with government supporters in eastern Bangkok. Advance voting has...
Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk says protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer to appoint him as prime minister of the country, reports BBC. Mr Yatsenyuk said the opposition was generally ready to accept leadership, but several...
The Philippines has agreed the final section of a peace deal with Muslim rebels fighting a long-running insurgency in the south of the country, reports BBC. It is the fourth part of a roadmap for peace with the Moro Islamic...
A Chinese court has sentenced prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison, reports BBC. Xu, who campaigned for children's rights and against corruption, was convicted of "gathering crowds to disrupt public order". Several other activists from...
The nomination of 112 aspirants out of 1,732 were cancelled during the scrutiny in the first phase elections to 98 upazila parishads slated for February 19. Of the 112, nomination papers of 41 chairman aspirants were rejected while of 48...
India celebrates Republic Day NEW DELHI, Jan 26: Millions of Indians watched a display of the country's military power and cultural diversity amid tight security during national day celebrations. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a special guest at Sunday's...
RBS says it will need to set aside another £3.1 billion to settle claims relating to mortgage products, PPI claims and interest rate hedging. The bank's chief executive, Ross McEwan said: "The scale of the bad decisions during that period...
RANGPUR, Jan 26 (BSS): Nursery business has become effective in cutting poverty to bring fortune to hundreds of rural people side by side improving environment and ecology in the northern region in recent years. Hundreds of rural people including women...
Local people have rescued 35 persons from the capsized launch in Patuakhali. Many are still trapped in the sunken vessel, said one of the rescuers. The authorities, however, claimed that almost all the passengers who were on board the ill-fated...
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RAJSHAHI, Jan 26: In protest against the 'impetuous' decision of Bangladesh Cricket Board aiming at destroying the future of Test Cricket of Bangladesh, activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Rajshahi city unit, formed a human chain in front of Shahid Kamruzzaman...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 26 (BSS): Agri experts in a function here on Monday urged farmers to farm boro seedlings in dry seedbed with covered polythene sheets to get more yield adapting to changed climatic condition. "Due to cold wave boro seedlings...
FARIDPUR, Jan 26 (BSS): Five people were killed and thirty five others received injuries yesterday afternoon in two separate road crashes in the district. According to police sources, four people including two bus drivers were killed at Senkhali under Madhukhali...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 26 (BSS): International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD), Begum Rokeya Day and Human Rights Day were observed through different programmes here on Saturday. Committee of the Concerned Citizen (CCC), Chapainawabganj of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) arranged rally, discussion meeting, prize...
JESSORE, Jan 26 (BSS): A weeklong "Madhu Mela" in celebration of the 190th birth anniversary of poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt was inaugurated on the bank of Kapataksha river at Sagordari in Keshabpur upazila of the district on Saturday. Different cultural...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 26 (BSS): Speakers at a press conference today said creating mass-awareness about sign and symptoms of leprosy and availability of its free treatment are very important to build a leprosy-free society. To this end, synergic effort is needed...
JAMALPUR, Jan 26 (BSS): Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI), Jamalpur sub-station has brought 22 plots under sugarcane cultivation in the district this year. According to the BSRI office, under the annual research programme the plots have been taken up through...
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CHUADANGA, Jan 26: A 65-year old woman took her own life by taking poison over a family feud at Dumuriya village under Jibannagar Upazila of the district Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Halima Begum (65), wife of Mofiz...
KUSHTIA, Jan 26 (UNB): Police recovered the hanging body of a schoolgirl at Padmavila village in Khoksa upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Runa Akter, 11, a class-V student of Padmavila Primary School and daughter of Raju Mondol...
SYLHET, Jan 26 (UNB): At least two workers went missing as a boat capsized in the Jadukata River in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday morning. The missing workers were identified as Abu Sayeed, 18, and Ayna Mia, 18,...
JOYPURHAT, Jan 26 (UNB): A man was hacked to death by some miscreants at Polikadoa village in sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Hasan, a hardware trader and son of Abdul Hafiz of the village. Police...
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