Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the victims of hate attacks in Jessore’s Malopara not to leave Bangladesh out of fear. "Don’t ever think that this is not your country. Never consider leaving your homes. Strengthen yourselves and live here...
News reports and officials say a passenger bus in Turkey has veered off a snow-covered highway and tipped on its side, killing 21 people and injuring some 20 others. Gov Orhan Duzgun said bus travelling from Istanbul to the eastern...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has formed four probe committees to look into the allegations of post-poll attacks on Hindus, extrajudicial killings and violation of human rights and police atrocities against Opposition activists. “Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, directed...
Awami League presidium member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday ruled out the possibility of any dialogue between the government and BNP in five years. “The national election has taken place as per the constitution, and it’s for five...
Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after hajj, will begin on Friday on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital. The first phase of the Ijtema, being organised by Tablig...
Thailand's capital has seen its coldest temperatures in three decades, as the normally balmy Southeast Asian country is experiencing one of its longest winter cold snaps in years. Oparg Karankawinpong, deputy director of the Department of Disease Control, said Thursday...
British authorities have fined a South Africa-based bank 7.6 million pounds ($12.6 million) for failing to carry out adequate safeguards to combat money laundering. The Financial Conduct Authority fined Standard Bank, the UK subsidiary of Standard Bank Group, for shortcomings...
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) is moving ahead with a big plan to build an attractive satellite town close to the world’s longest beach Cox’s Bazar on approximately 1,000 bighas of land. The plan, according to...
Elections to 117 Upazilas in 52 districts will be held in the second phase on February 27. Army will maintain law and order in the polling areas like in the first phase, the Election Commission (EC) has announced. The submission...
Former judge Motahar Hossain, who recently acquitted BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Tarique Rahman in a money-laundering case, has fled abroad as graft allegations against him have kept on evolving. “Motahar Hossain left the country for Malaysia on January 8,” Anti...
Law Minister Anisul Haque on Thursday said Khaleda Zia’s remarks expressing suspicion over the participation of “Indian troops” in Satkhira operation would not harm relations between India and Bangladesh. “There’ll be no misunderstanding between the two countries as Khaleda’s remarks...
A former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in the city’s Moghbazar area on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Mahbubur Rahman Rana, 32, former senior vice-president of Ramna thana unit of the...
Germany says it will hold next year's Group of Eight (G8) summit at a secluded spa hotel in the Bavarian Alps. Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday the meeting of leaders from the world's top eight economic powers will be held...
The Sri Lanka Cricket team, led by Anjelo Mathews, will arrive in Dhaka Friday to play two Tests, three ODI and two Twenty20 matches against Bengal Tigers. The Island-nation Sri Lanka team comprises 15 players and 10 officials. The Lankan...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday instructed all the scheduled banks in 102 upazilas of the country to remain open on Saturday. In a circular, the central bank directed that all the schedules banks in 102 upazilas of 40 districts will...
The recovery among eurozone private sector firms gathered pace in January, a survey has indicated, with growth at its fastest pace since June 2011. The latest Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the eurozone economy rose to 53.2 from 52.1...
Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has said there is "no immediate need to increase interest rates". He told BBC Newsnight the case for a rate rise would be examined in next month's inflation report, but that it was...
More than 30 Rohingya Muslims were killed in attacks by Buddhists last week in Burma’s Rakhine state, the BBC has been told. Two international aid officials who were granted access to the area in the far west of the country...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep shock at the death of Bangladeshi peacekeeper Lt Col M Tawhid-Ul-Mulk in Ivory Coast. In a condolence message handed over to Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Dr AK Abdul Momen,...
Some 30 teachers of Khulna University (KU) have resigned en masse from 33 administrative posts, including head of department and hall provost, protesting the insult of one of their fellows. The teachers submitted their resignation letters to the office of...
Liton Chandro Sarkar | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
At present out of all the businesses running in the country, the readymade garment (RMG) sector has taken the lead in posting the maximum foreign currency earnings and employing a large number of people in the sector. The RMG sector...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
Since its birth in 1947 Pakistan has sown many martyrs on its soil, and has yet to reap its saints. In the first nine days of this year two more of its sons sacrificed their lives to protect their fellow...
A state-linked news website in Saudi Arabia says the kingdom has donated $100 million to the United Nations International Centre for Counterterrorism. There was no immediate response from the UN centre about whether the funds had been received. However, the...
That the political mayhem over the past several months has seriously dented some of the vital sectors of the economy -- notably exports -- is unquestionable. However, there are a host of other sectors and sub-sectors which, too, had to...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
The low level of participation of women in the labour market and their segregation to homework may be due to discrimination in the labour market. Labour market discrimination occurs when two workers with similar characteristics are paid differently for the...
F R Chowdhury from London | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
This scribe has been living in the United Kingdom (UK) since 1991. But keeping in touch with every development in Bangladesh is not difficult. The UK is a constitutional monarchy which means that the unwritten constitution of the country has...
The Malaysian government has started a massive crackdown on illegal migrant workers staying there without proper documentation and visa. Malaysia has already detained many illegal migrants and soon they will be deported to their respective countries. There are many Bangladeshis,...
A few days ago, I went to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Segun Bagicha to get a routine tax certificate but I was totally dumbfounded and helpless to see that everyone, from peon to officer, was asking shamelessly for...
There are many media reports on tortured housemaids. Most often the victims are minors and unable to protect themselves from their tyrant employees or the cruel housewives. Sometimes, the domestic helps are not given enough food, enough salaries and some...
Mohammad Simon Rahman | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
In most cases, despite having the knowledge of a potential disaster, we fail to realise the importance of adopting the necessary risk reduction measures and do the needful to ensure a coordinated preparedness mechanism. Some construction workers under Sylhet City...
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