Customs officials at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong arrested two people along with a total of 26 gold bars weighing about three kilograms on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Selim Uddin, hailing from Fatikchhari of Chittagong, and...
Bangladesh’s telecom regulator BTRC says it is yet to receive any application from private mobile operator Airtel which is reportedly planning to sell off its tower network in the country to boost its cash reserves. The ‘Times of India’ in...
The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after hajj, entered its 2nd day on Saturday with Islamic scholars from different countries delivering sermons on various aspects of Islam. Several lakh Muslim devotees are converging...
Three more Muslim devotees died as the first phase of Biswa Ijtema stepped into second day on Saturday. Of the deceased, two died of cardiac arrest early today while the body of another devotee from Bhola district was found around...
The ‘biggest’ nationwide immunisation campaign in Bangladesh’s history began on Saturday. The target of the campaign is to immunise at least 52 million children aged between nine months and 15 years against two deadly diseases – measles and rubella. Dr...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested 57 people from the Naf River in Teknaf upazila on Friday night while a gang was trafficking them out to Malaysia by a boat. Of the arrested, 17 were from Narsingdi, 13 from Narayanganj,...
US stocks plunged around two percent in weekend trading, sinking for a second straight day on concerns over emerging economies and disappointments in US corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 318.24 points (1.96 percent) to 15,879.11. The drop...
An unidentified young man was killed as a speeding vehicle knocked down him at Kakoli intersection under Banani police station in the city on Saturday morning. Contacted, Sub-inspector Ashraf-uz-zaman of the police station said on information, he recovered the body...
India has sent back 27 Bangladeshis after they served three years in prison for illegally entering the country. They were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by India’s Border Security Force on Friday night at the Benapole Land...
A youth has been shot dead in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. The murder took place at the wireless crossing at around 8:30pm. Dulal Sardar used to supply Korail slum with power through generators. DMCH Police Outpost inspector Mozammel Hq said Dulal had...
Most physicists foolhardy enough to write a paper claiming that “there are no black holes” – at least not in the sense we usually imagine – would probably be dismissed as cranks. But when the call to redefine these cosmic...
Hundreds of couples will marry without dowry on the second day of Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregation of Muslims anywhere in the world. It has been a tradition to hold dowry-free marriages at the Ijtema, which is held...
Joint force arrested two local leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Kulia under Debhata upazila in Satkhira district on Saturday and the day before in connection with Awami League (AL) leader Abu Raihan killing case. The arrested are Abul Kalam,...
A businessman was killed in an attack by unknown miscreants in Colony area in Bogra town on Friday night. The dead is Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, 36, son of Golam Rahman of Ulipur Upazila of Kurigram district. Quoting locals, officer-in-charge of...
India and the United States are holding preliminary discussions to resolve their differing interpretations of diplomatic immunity as they look to mend ties damaged by the row over American treatment of an Indian diplomat who was arrested and strip-searched in...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a large quantity of wine in Masimpur Uttarpara village under Bishwambharpur upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday. Acting on secret information, a BGB team conducted a drive in the area and seized at...
The EU and about a dozen members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced new talks to liberalise trade in the increasingly strategic green goods sector, the European Commission has said in a statement in Davos, Switzerland. The decision, made...
India’s nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to form the next government in looming elections while the ruling Congress is headed for its worst-ever defeat, polls published in India on Saturday suggested. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is poised...
A UPDF man was shot dead by unknown assailants in hill district of Rangamati on Friday night. The dead is Santos Chakma, 25, a member of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), an outfit that opposes Chittagong Hill Tracts peace treaty....
Most of the Indian cosmetics which are available in Bangladesh market may cause serious harm to beauty seekers as those contain heavy metals, according to experts. “Bangladesh market is flooded with Indian beauty products. So, the presence of heavy metals...
A Yemeni citizen, attending the Biswa Ijtema, has died of heart failure. Doctors and devotees identified the deceased as Ahmed Abu Abduh Jorun, 70, from Yemen, a Middle Eastern country located in the east of Saudi Arabia. Gazipur’s Civil Surgeon...
Describing the pre- and post-election violence in the country as militant acts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the perpetrators will not be spared. “We won’t let our country to become a den of militants…we won’t allow any space...
Bangladesh’s telecom regulator BTRC says it is yet to receive any application from private mobile operator Airtel which is reportedly planning to sell off its tower network in the country to boost its cash reserves. The ‘Times of India’ in...
Branding the government as a quarrel-monger, BNP on Saturday deplored that the ministers’ provocative and unguarded remarks which are blocking the path of political understanding. “The ministers of the new regime are making such disparaging and provoking remarks which, we...
A schoolboy was killed as the wall of an abandoned school building collapsed on him at Charsripur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Minal Mia, 12, a student of class V of Charsripur government primary...
The BNP says no government, including its own, has survived unless they came to power through polls under an 'impartial government'. BNP chairperson's adviser and former Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, while speaking at a bdnews24.com-organised roundtable, said the...
Bangladesh wants to focus more on its close neighbour Myanmar to have improved ties with it in the spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation paving a ground for boosting trade and commerce. Bangladesh first wants to deal with the ‘non-conventional’...
Speedy trial courts will be set up in the country’s all divisional headquarters to bring to justice those committing terrorism amid judgment on war crimes and over January 5 parliamentary polls followed by attacks on minority communities. Talking to UNB,...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has asked the BNP for its assistance to maintain political stability in the country. BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury responded by demanding a ‘right’ election when Tofail expressed the hope at a roundtable titled 'Bangladesh-After...
Bangladeshis, holding Green Cards in the US, will now have to pay tax on money they have in their accounts in Bangladesh under a new US law designed to crack down on offshore tax dodging. Approved in 2010 after a...
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