Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Monday observed that the continuation of the current political unrest will leave an unfavourable footprint on economic performance over the 2013-14 fiscal. The observation came in a CPD report on macroeconomic performances in the…
Thakurgaon Zila Babosayee Sangathan Oikya Parishad held a rally at Thakurgaon blocked Bangabandhu Road in the town recently .
An abandoned godown of the food department at Foilahat under Rampal Upazila in the district has been being used as a cow shed by a local influential person for long without any permission of the authority concerned, it is alleged.
A six years old kid drowned falling from the bamboo-made bridge over the Bangshi river at Taylkup village under Kaligonj upazila in Jhenidah on Sunday.
Three activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in an attack allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Kamolganj Degree College in Kamolganaj upazila on Saturday.
Thirty, two-thirds of 45 candidates contesting in 10 seats reserved for female councilors in 30 wards under Barisal City Corporation, introduced themselves as housewifes in profession criteria.
Participants of a three-day long training workshop and seminar of religious teachers inaugurated on Saturday afternoon stressed on improving teaching standard for quality education.
A man was killed and 60 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Chhatak upazila on Monday.
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested three alleged motorcycle lifters and recovered five motorcycles from their possession in Shyamnagar upazila on Monday morning.
A woman was killed allegedly by her son at Narendrapur village in Kachua upazila on Sunday.
Police arrested four local activists of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh while pasting posters in Morelganj upazila on Sunday evening.
A group of miscreants in an attack seriously injured a local Awami League leader by stabbing him in Khadim Bypass area on the Sylhet-Tamabil road on Sunday.
The government has started procuring 5,30,646 tonnes of Boro rice and 51,375 tonnes of paddy from the country’s northern region during this Boro season.
Three activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in an attack allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Kamolganj Degree College in Kamolganaj upazila on Saturday. Witnesses said JCD leader Jobair Ahmed Iran was staying in a…
Thakurgaon Zila Babosayee Sangathan Oikya Parishad held a rally at Thakurgaon blocked Bangabandhu Road in the town recently . They were demanding immediate arrest of the robbers who looted around 300 to as of gold ornaments from Khawaja Guinea House,…
A record-breaking day from Martin Guptill earned New Zealand another one-day trophy on English soil with an 86-run victory at the Ageas Bowl.
Low furniture really opens up your home and makes it look spacious.
A six-day ‘National Environment Olympiad 2013’ has been started at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban in Dhaka University (DU) from May 31 with the theme “Think. Eat. Save (Reduce Your Food print).”
The Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS) of the University of Dhaka organised a national seminar on Food Security, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Sustainability at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on the occasion of World Environment…
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While numerous stories have been doing the rounds regarding the match-fixing scandal, one of the most important yet unresolved questions is what Mohammad Ashraful actually confessed to the ACSU (Anti-corruption and Security Unit) officials who recently visited the country to…
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates took to his blog to express his desire to meet Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan.
Special security measures have been taken in the city to ensure peaceful holding of free, fair and transparent election to the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC).
Although the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) team could not collect substantial documents related to the Padma Bridge graft case during its recent Canada visit, ACC chairman Ghulam Rahman on Sunday said the visit has been satisfactory.
A Dhaka court framed charges against 21 Chhatra League leaders and activists in connection with tailor Biswajit Das killing.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Sunday recommended that a special law be formulated to ban parliament boycott by MPs on partisan grounds.
Opposition BNP on Sunday alleged that the ruling Awami League repeatedly patronised evil forces to assume state power and obliterate democracy.
The High Court on Sunday asked Home and Law Secretaries to explain in writing within June 18 as to why sanction has not been granted as posted by the designated court although four months have elapsed in a case filed…
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed the owners of four garment factories housed in the collapsed Rana Plaza on a four-day fresh remand in a murder case.
Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday observed that the participation of all the political parties is necessary to make the next national election free, fair and acceptable.