Terming US-Bangladesh bilateral relations as excellent US ambassador Dan W Mozena on Tuesday said his country is keen to extend all possible cooperation to Bangladesh. “We are keen to extend all possible cooperation and support for further development of Bangladesh.…
World Bank (WB) country director Johannes Zutt on Tuesday said parliament has to play the pivotal role in ensuring transparency and accountability of government activities. The World Bank also expects that the capacity of financial oversight committees of parliament be…
The ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police at Adhargona village of Moheskhali upazila early Tuesday.
The Parliamentary standing committee on Commerce Ministry recommended banning rally and procession in country’s commercial areas.
Election Commissioner M Shah Newaz on Tuesday categorically said the schedule of bifurcated Dhaka city corporations (DCC) polls would be declared after Ramadan. The election commissioner came up with the observation while talking to journalists at election commission secretariat in…
Deep convection is taking place over North Bay and adjoining area of Bangladesh.
War crimes suspect Syed Mohammad Qaiser, former state minister for Agriculture during the regime of military ruler General HM Ershad, was sent to jail following an order passed by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday.
A parliamentary watchdog on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to identify the officials responsible for the government revenue loss of Tk 19,93,13,519 through irregularities in transporting petroleum products.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against four people, including three officials of Jamuna Bank, on charge of misappropriating about Tk 8.01 crore.
Malaysian High Commissioner in Dhaka Norlin Othman said on Tuesday that lots of positive things are happening between Bangladesh and Malaysia and the ‘Showcase Malaysia’ is an opportunity for Dhaka to show what it has to offer for its counterpart.
Share prices at country’s both bourses– Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – ended negative at closing on Tuesday.
Bangladeshi climber Mohammed Khaled Hossain has died while descending from the Mount Everest, Nepalese media reported Tuesday.
Kolkata: The Northeast Dialogue Forum, a conclave of human rights and indigenous people’s organisations based in India’s north-east, has sought intervention of India, China and Bangladesh to prevent adverse impact of development projects on the region’s water sources.
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India’s union law minister, Kapil Sibal, is keen on the central government drawing up legislation that allows “exemplary punishment” to be handed out to those involved in spot or match-fixing in the country. Sibal has consulted with Jitendra Singh, the…
Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor has confessed that his heart beats for dancing sensation Madhuri Dixit, with whom he did a special song for his upcoming film Yeh Jaawani Hain Deewani. The 30-year-old actor, who is often linked with his co-stars,…
Sylhet city suffered from water logging and lack of power and water supply for more than 12 hours on Sunday due to hit of havy rainfull. The storm started hitting the city areas from early morning and continued till 9:00…
A trial court in Barisal on Sunday framed charges against 17 accused including former BNP lawmaker Zahiruddin Swapan after 8 years in connection of attack on Hasina’s motorcade in 2004.
A huge quantity of banned current net was seized from Gopalpur ghat area located on the bank of Padma River under Char Bhadrasan upazilla in the district here yesterday.
A day-long workshop on sensitization of village courts under ‘Activating village courts in Bangladesh’ project was held on Sunday at Madhukhali upazilla headquarter.
A former leader of Rajshahi University (RU) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and also a senior assistant of the university engineering office raised allegation of extortion amounting at Tk 5 lakh against present President of the party. A general diary…
The campus of Sylhet MC College has turned into battlefield as two groups of Chhatra League locked into a fierce clash on Sunday. Two TV reporters were assaulted during the clash while the numbers of injured couldn’t be known immediately.…
A court here has sent a housewife to jail custody as she surrendered before the court yesterday after warrant was issued against her in connection with a case for seriously injuring her minor female domestic aid in April.
The litchi growers are happy now following a bumper production with lucrative prices of the delicious, juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit that has already appeared everywhere in the northern region.
Police recovered hanging body of a polytechnic student from Choila village in Manikganj Sadar upazila on Sunday.
A housewife was strangled allegedly by her husband and his family members at Damdama village in Tanore upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Rani Begum, 19, wife of Abdus Salam of the village.
The campus of Sylhet MC College has turned into battlefield as two groups of Chhatra League locked into a fierce clash on Sunday.
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 29 leaders of BNP-led 18-party alliance, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for explosion of bombs at the secretariat on April…
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Sohel Rana,owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, on a fresh remand for five days’ in the case filed under the Building Construction Act.
A four-storey highly vulnerable building with some 1,000 people of 140 families in the city’s Pallabi area was being evacuated on Monday.