NAOGAON, Dec 18 (UNB): Two men were slaughtered in Naogaon and Habiganj Saturday as the nation is seriously concerned at the spate of secret killings at different places of the country. Naogaon police recovered at 2 pm body of young...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 18 (BSS): Speakers at a post-rally discussion here Sunday emphasized the need for creating mass-awareness towards prevention of repression and violence against women for restoring their legitimate rights. They said freeing the womenfolk from all sorts of oppression...
RANGPUR, Dec 18 (BSS): A sexagenarian person allegedly committed suicide by taking poison here on Saturday night, police sources said. Victim Mosir Uddin, 60, son of late Dinar Uddin of village Ekbarpur under Mithapukur upazila had been suffering from chronic...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Dec 18: A man was killed and other 20 were injured in a clash between two rival groups over establishing supremacy in the locality at village Mirzapur under Narail Sadar Upazila Saturday. Police arrested seven persons in...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 18 (BSS): Leaders of Bangabandhu Diploma Krishibid Parishad, district chapter, accorded reception to newly appointed administrator of Zilla Parishad Advocate Syed Shamsul Alam Hiru at his house at Paschimpara of the town here Saturday. The leaders also thanked...
BOGRA, Dec 18 (UNB): A businessman was strangled by unidentified assailants who also stole his bike after killing him at Chakla in Gabtoli upazila town early Saurday. The dead is Saju Paikar, 45, a cloth merchant and son of Afzal...
BAGHDAD, Dec 18, (agencies): The last convoy of US troops to leave Iraq has entered Kuwait, nearly nine years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The final column of about 100 armoured vehicles carrying 500 soldiers crossed the southern...
WATULIMO, (Indonesia), Dec 18, (AFP): More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat packed mostly with Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday. Australia's government called the sinking "a...
An oil drilling rig has capsized in freezing seas in the Russian far east, with the loss of two lives and more than 50 people missing, officials say, reports BBC. Some 67 people were reported to be on board the...
ASTANA, Dec 18, (agencies): Violence in Kazakhstan's oil-rich Mangistau region began to spread when rioters blocked a passenger train and vandalised a village before police opened fire, killing one person, prosecutors said Sunday. The official toll from riots in the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO, (Philippines), Dec 18: The death toll from mammoth floods unleashed in the Philippines by tropical storm Washi has climbed to 521, the Red Cross said Sunday. The devastated port cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan accounted...
Taufeeq Umar closed in on a second successive half-century to steady Pakistan on the second day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh Sunday, reports AFP. The left-handed opener, who scored 61 in the opening Test in Chittagong, was...
League leader Khulna Division scored 296 for 8 in 75 overs in the first innings against Sylhet Division on the first day of the four-day 2nd phase match of the Walton 13th National Cricket League at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) was given the official right to use the Sylhet BKSP as a full- fledged football academy for the next five years, reports BSS. The scouting of the students in the academy will begin in January while...
Title contender Abahani Ltd sent early warning as they made sure of topping the table with an emphatic 3-1 goal win over BKSP in the UCB Victory Day Hockey Tournament at the completion of the first round of the league...
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec 18 (AFP): Lionel Messi grabbed a brace as a rampant Barcelona out-classed the Brazilians Santos 4-0 to lift the Club World Cup on Sunday and confirm their status as the best team on the planet. The clash...
Mr Shafiul Islam, one of the sponsorsdirectors of Aftab Automobiles, has expressed his willingness to transfer 8,50,000 shares out of his total holdings of 1,17,95,486 shares of the company to his wife Khaleda Islam (4,00,000 shares), his sons namely Mr...
`MUMBAI, Dec 18 (IANS): With Indian equities markets in a firm bearish grip because of slowing domestic growth and bleak global economic conditions, foreign funds pulled out over $260 million during the week ended December 16. The effect of the...
MUMBAI, Dec 18 (PTI): Weak stock markets pulled down the combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of the country's nine most-valued firms by Rs 614.85 billion last week, with State Bank of India (SBI) taking the biggest hit. Besides, Wipro made it...
Managing Director of MM Group of Companies MM Israfil was re-elected Secretary General of Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KBCCI) for the year 2012-13 recently. Mr Israfil is also President of Bangladesh Textiles Machinery Association, Senoir Vice-president of Bangladesh...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 18: Myanmar has added six Bangladeshi items to its import list. The decision came from a meeting of the joint working group of Bangladesh and Myanmar Sunday. The six items are: cement, medicine, biscuit, iron, tin and...
Nazmul Ahsan The cabinet is set to approve a tough new anti-money laundering law today (Monday) to combat terror financing and recover money siphoned off unlawfully by militants, corrupt officials, rogue tycoons and any other citizen of the country. Official...
FE Report Economists, academicians and government policy makers Sunday said the fate of the country's ultra poor cannot be changed only through micro credit without addressing other causes of poverty as a whole. Micro credit and asset transfer for the...
FE Report One person was killed and several others were injured in violent clashes between policemen and hundreds of opposition party activists who gathered to honour the country's freedom fighters in the city Sunday. A number of handmade bombs were...
FE Report An official gazette notification on the revised rights share issue rules, enforced recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure more transparency, was published Sunday, officials said. The SEC brought some major changes in its rights...
Siddique Islam The country's overall import payments grew by nearly 23 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY), mainly due to an increase in import bills for intermediate goods and fuel oil, officials have...
Syful Islam The secretaries to the government have been asked to step up efforts for coordination with the development partners for expeditious release of foreign aid fund, officials said Sunday. Besides, they have been told to take prompt decisions on...
SYLHET, Dec 18 (UNB): A man died and 11 others were wounded as a bus came under arson attack by criminals near Bodikona Mosque Market in Dakkhin Surma Upazila Sunday. Local sources said that a group of unidentified people halted...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Sunday warned of stern action against any fraudulent activities relating to manpower export and said the government would not only cancel the recruiting licence of offenders, but would also take other punitive measures against those...
Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia Sunday urged the freedom-fighters (FFs) to use their training in saving the nation, now passing through a great crisis and danger, reports UNB. The call from the BNP chief, seen as quite significant, came while she...
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