Next phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections, third tier of the local government administration, will begin in May, an Election Commissioner said Wednesday, reports UNB. The Election Commission (EC) at a meeting Wednesday with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr...
Reacting to the share scam inquiry report, main opposition BNP has demanded resignation of the ministers and chairmen of parliamentary standing committees of the ruling party who were found involved in the share market scam, reports UNB. It also demanded...
Nazmul AhsanBangladesh Bank (BB) has proposed to increase either the existing lending rate or subsidy by two per cent on low interest-bearing farm loans for cultivation of maize and non-cereal produces, official sources said. The proposal, if implemented, would boost...
The Expatriates' Welfare Bank will be launched on Apr 20, aiming to lend money to those seeking jobs abroad. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the long-awaited bank, having an initial paid-up capital of Tk 1.0 billion. The...
SINGAPORE, Apr 13: A report says a Bangladeshi port worker survived nine days trapped without food or water in a cargo container shipped to Singapore. Another man trapped with him died. The New Paper of Singapore reported Wednesday that Din...
A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...
A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...
A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
Munima SultanaThe government is yet to make any progress in constructing two new 2-lane bridges on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway with a view to making those commensurate with the ongoing road widening work that will also transform the busy highway into a...
Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique Wednesday asked the students to build themselves as competent citizens by acquiring proper education to face challenges of future, reports BSS. He was addressing the freshers' reception function of Department...
Segunbagicha Society, an association of the residents of Segunbagicha area in the city, has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Pahela Boishakh (the Bangla New Year) today (Thursday) like previous years, said a press statement. The programmes include a colourful...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Wednesday arrested five people including a government doctor from a house at Mohammadpur Bijli Mohalla for their suspected attempt to traffic children and rescued eight victims from their possession. A team of RAB-2 led by...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Wednesday permitted the investigation agency to interrogate Jama'at-e-Islami leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid in a specified 'safe house' at Dhanmondi in the city, reports BSS. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice...
A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member has fallen prey to 'agyan party', a gang that dopes people to take away their valuables, at Gabtoli in the city, reports bdnews24.com. Sub-inspector (SI) Abul Hashem of RAB-7 was admitted to Dhaka Medical...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, April 13: A woman arrested in a child abduction case has committed suicide in police custody at Patenga police station in the city today. The police said Nigar Sultana Mina (25) hanged herself in the toilet of the...
The qulkhwani of late Architect Hazi Md Mohsin will be held at his residence (511, Pallabi) in the city after Asr prayers tomorrow (Friday), said a press release. Md Mohsin died at United Hospital in the city Saturday at 10...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions and the region of Comilla in...
SINGAPORE, Apr 13: A report says a Bangladeshi port worker survived nine days trapped without food or water in a cargo container shipped to Singapore. Another man trapped with him died. The New Paper of Singapore reported Wednesday that Din...
A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...
A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...
A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
Pahela Baishakh stands as the time tested traditional festival of the Bangalis making us all get united irrespective of our caste, creed, religion, opinions and ideals which actually we cannot maintain all the year round in other national forums and...
The national budget of Bangladesh the fiscal 2011-2012 will be announced within the next couple of months. In the budget session of the Jatiya Sangad (JS) members of parliament (MPs) are expected to approve it for the fiscal beginning in...
Segunbagicha Society, an association of the residents of Segunbagicha area in the city, has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Pahela Boishakh (the Bangla New Year) today (Thursday) like previous years, said a press statement. The programmes include a colourful...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Wednesday arrested five people including a government doctor from a house at Mohammadpur Bijli Mohalla for their suspected attempt to traffic children and rescued eight victims from their possession. A team of RAB-2 led by...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Wednesday permitted the investigation agency to interrogate Jama'at-e-Islami leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid in a specified 'safe house' at Dhanmondi in the city, reports BSS. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice...
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