Shillong: Meghalaya is keen to set up 22 more border ‘haats’ (markets) along the India-Bangladesh border to create economic opportunities for the people living along it. The haats, once thriving centres of trade and commerce, were shut down after the…
Sammilita Nari Samaj, a women’s organization on Saturday staged a demonstration demanding halting of unilateral election at shahbagh National Museum building.
A man was found dead at Kashimnagar Ghora Batala in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna district early Saturday.
Local BNP unit on Saturday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Wednesday (December 11) demanding the release of some of its leaders and withdrawal of cases filed against them.
A schoolgirl was killed in a road accident on the Sylhet-Fenchuganj Road in Mohammadpur area in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Friday.
Leaders of the Islami Chhatra Samaj on Saturday urged the government to accept the demand of the opposition for election under a neutral government.
Sustainable promotion of raised-bed technology in the farming field has become an urgent need for boosting crop production to feed the gradually increasing population.
Government Railway Police (GRP) filed a case with Bonarpara Railway Thana (BRT) in Gaibandha against the miscreants for sabotage on the railway at Buringi area district on Wednesday.
Thirteen candidates are to contest in the upcoming 10th Parliamentary Elections-2014 scheduled to be held on January 5 next for six seats here as six nomination papers were cancelled after scrutiny, official sources said.
The government has set a target of procuring 64,876 tonnes of Aman rice from all 58 upazilas in eight districts under Rangpur division during this season, official sources said.
Aman rice procurement drive of 2013-2014 season began in the district on Friday amid much enthusiasm to the millers.
Farmers are expecting bumper production of winter vegetables cultivated in the district during this Rabi-1 season.
Nomination papers of 13 candidates contesting from six constituencies in the district in the upcoming 10th Parliamentary Elections-2014 scheduled to be held on January 5 have been found valid.
Miscreants set fire to two buses in Dhaka on Saturday amid the 18-Party alliance’s nationwide blockade. However, there were no casualties in the incidents, police said.
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) Bogra zone has recently distributed relief materials among flood affected people of Dhunat area.
Visiting UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco will sit in a parley with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Sunday morning.
The hearing on the case related to the Bay of Bengal maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India will begin at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands on Monday.
State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam on Saturday said it will not be possible to foil the ongoing trial of the 1971 war criminals by giving the evil eye. Addressing an international conference titled ‘Global Impact of War Crimes Justice…
The visiting UN emissary Oscar Fernandez-Taranco has sought to know from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina whether the polls date could be deferred.
Police have arrested two functionaries of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal for their alleged involvement in the recent Shahbagh arson attack. President of Chhatra Dal’s ward number 70 unit in Dhaka, Uzzal Hossain, 26, and another activist Sohel Chan, 28, were…
Dhaka – Visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco on Saturday had a marathon meeting with opposition leader Khaleda Zia and her party leaders apparently discussing the country’s latest political situation arising out of the January-5 national…
Two launches were set on fire at the Mawa ferry landing station on Saturday, the first day of the third Opposition backed 72-hr transport blockade. Meanwhile, a transport worker sleeping in a bus, was severely burnt when blockade campaigners torched…
The US has once again urged the major political parties of Bangladesh to start a dialogue to be able to hold the polls and end violence.
Opposition BNP on Saturday called upon the government officials and employees to perform their duties neutrally and disobey the orders of any party or individual to involve in the unilateral election.
Hussein Muhammad Ershad has brushed off all the rumours of him stepping down as the Jatiya Party Chairman.
Businesspersons organised a ‘human-chain’ in Dhaka calling for an end to the current political standoff.
Provoked by its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami, the BNP has fallen into the trap of ruling Awami League, CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim has claimed.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in several anti-smuggling drives, seized a huge quantity of smuggled Indian goods worth about Taka 34.76 crore from different areas of the district during the last 11 months of this year.
England will play Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in a tough Group D at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s under-19 players will get their first taste of competitive cricket when they take on Pakistan in the first match of a tri-nations series also involving England at the Shaikh Zayed Stadium here on Saturday (9.30am).