Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) central committee has expelled three local leaders of Sunamganj for contesting the upazila election defying the party decision. The expelled leaders are Sunamganj district BNP vice-president Wakifur Rahman Gilman, Mollapara union BNP president Nurul Haque and…
Khulna –Three people, including a female university admission seeker, were killed and another was injured when a truck and a private car collided head-on at Akmal More in Arong Ghat area of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased were…
At least 42 people, including security personnel, were injured when voterts clashed with army and BGB personnel in polling stations during Upazila elections at Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi. Three Border Guard Bangladesh personnel injured in the clashes were admitted to Thakurgaon Sadar…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the Upazila polls have been reduced to a ‘festival’ of taking over poll centres’ by supporters of the ruling party. “Our apprehensions over the last few days have come true. It has…
Dhaka – Seven BNP-backed candidates boycotted their election in Sadar upazila of Barisal, Char Fasson and Burhanuddin upazila of Bhola, and Faridganj upazila of Chandpur districts on Thursday on various allegations. In Barisal Sadar upazila, three candidates – BNP-supported chairman,…
Face masks have appeared on statues around Beijing’s Peking University in an apparent bid to protect them from the smog engulfing the city. With no end in sight for China’s pollution crisis, one student with a sense of humour used…
Ukraine’s security forces have been put on alert after government buildings in the Russian-majority Crimea region were seized by armed men. The Russian flag had been raised over both buildings in the capital, Simferopol. The local government has said it…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the country’s electricity consumers to adopt austerity measures in using electricity to reduce their bills so that power tariff hike would not create problem for them. “Adopt austerity measures to reduce electricity bills…use…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said in Parliament on Wednesday that no one of the capital market was greatly affected due to the massive mayhem ahead of the January-5 parliamentary elections, “If it is so affected, the government would take appropriate…
The Ambassador of Chile to Bangladesh, based in New Delhi, Cristian Barros, on Wednesday invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to start business in Chile under an initiative ‘Startup Chile’. The envoy informed that the Chilean government has taken an initiative, titled ‘Startup…
Chelsea welcome back defender David Luiz and midfielder John Obi Mikel for Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at Galatasaray.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed her optimism that the GDP growth in the current fiscal year would hit 6.5 percent and even more although the World Bank apprehended that it might come down to 5.7 percent due to…
Making it mandatory for corporates to spend 2 per cent of profits on CSR will not benefit the society if they continue to adopt corrupt practices that are damaging to the environment, Planning Commission member Arun Maira said today.
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday submitted its annual report-2013 to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. The report was handed over to the President when a 14-member delegation of PSC, led by its chairman Ekram Ahmed, called on him…
A court of Dhaka on Wednesday awarded 15-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to two members of outlawed militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka’s Third Speedy Trial…
By James Morgan Archaeologists have made a virtual reconstruction of a Roman gladiator school discovered on the banks of the River Danube in Austria.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court order that declared illegal the posts of eight Pubali Bank directors elected through its 30th annual general meeting. Chamber Judge Hasan Fayez Siddique passed the order following a petition submitted by…
The government has signed a $265 million ‘additional’ financing agreement with the World Bank for an ongoing secondary education project. The global lender said financing the “Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project” would help 4.5 million poor rural children…
The Election Commission has asked the law enforcers to be on ‘maximum alert’ to hold the second phase of the Upazila Parishad election smoothly on Thursday. Polls will be held in 116 Upazilas and some 20 million voters are expected…
Pro-Kiev and pro-Moscow protesters have scuffled in Ukraine’s Crimea region, as tensions increase following last week’s ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Captain Virat Kolhli hit a solid ton, and put up a huge partnership with Ajinkya Rahane to help India to a six-wicket win in the second match of the Asia Cup at Fatullah, Bangladesh, on Wednesday. The 19th century (136…
Syrian government forces have ambushed and killed a large number of Islamist rebel fighters in the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, reports say. Syrian state media says 175 died.
Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66 World-renowned Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia has died aged 66 in Mexico, reportedly of a heart attack while playing with his children on a beach.
The BNP has warned of tough action if there was any rigging in the second phase of elections in 119 Upazilas on Thursday. “The entire country” will be shaken through movement if the Election Commission failed to deliver, said BNP…
Ukraine’s acting interior minister has said the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for Salauddin Salehin alias Sunny in the Humayun Azad murder case, a lawyer said. Sunny was one of the three convicts snatched from a prison van on Sunday. Assistant Public Prosecutor ABM…
Referring to its earlier stance, the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday set March 10 for hearing the summing-up arguments afresh in the case of detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami being tried on charges of crimes against humanity during…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expanded her cabinet by inducting a minister and a state minister turning it into a 49-member one. AH Mahmood Ali, an MP from Dinajpur-4 constituency, got back his old job – Foreign Minister –…
Speakers at a project introductory discussion have underscored the need for bringing all the grassroots poor, distressed and other needy litigants under legal aid so that they can get fair justice.
Police in an overnight drive arrested a total of 22 fugitives accused from different places of the city on Wednesday.