The Election Commission on Saturday said the elections in 81 upazila of 41 districts were largely free and peaceful. “The polls were held in a free and fair manner barring some stray incidents… we’re happy,” said Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul…
The Awami League has countered the BNP’s charges of rigging votes claiming that it was the ruling party-backed candidates who had come under ‘political and administrative attack’ during the third phase of the Upazila elections. The administration had played a…
Thousands of people are attending a rally in the Russian capital Moscow to oppose its intervention in Ukraine a day before the region of Crimea votes to secede in favour of joining Russia.
Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khayma, state media reports.
A US grand jury has re-indicted an Indian diplomat whose arrest strained US-India relations.
Berlin is about to become the first city in the world with its own internet domain name, it appears.
Police in Japan have arrested a man suspected of vandalising copies of Anne Frank’s diaries and related material.
Dubai – Saudi Arabia demanded that Qatar shut down Al-Jazeera and two think tanks during a recent meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a source close to someone who attended the talks told AFP Friday.
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Bayern Munich defender David Alaba says he is fascinated by the free kick abilities of Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham after watching hours of footage on YouTube.
The impact of climate change will alter the nature of how rain and snow falls and by the end of 21st century the number of days without rain could go up by 30 days a year in some parts of…
The booming mango flowering at this stage predicts an excellent production of the most popular fruit in the region this season, if the climatic conditions remained favourable, experts and scientists said.
Commercial cultivation of the most delicious, juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit litchi has become popular in the region as the farming in the recent years changed the fortune of hundreds of farmers through economic self- reliance.
A total of 20 couples got married without dowry at Kuwait Islami Yatim complex in Gazir Darga area under Jhikargachha upazila here on Friday.
A couple was found dead in their house at Seedstore Bazar area in Bhaluka upazila on Saturday morning.
Rail communications on the Dhaka-Chittagong route, which remained suspended following derailment of a container train in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district,resumed after four hours on Saturday morning.
Three suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Kalibazar in Trishal upazila on Friday night.
Police arrested a man along with firearms and ammunition on the Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway at Belpukuria in Puthia upazila early Friday.
The communications systems of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were deliberately disabled, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak has said. According to satellite and radar evidence, he said, the plane then changed course and could have continued flying for a further…
Bringing the allegation of vote fraud in the third phase of upazila polls, BNP on Saturday alleged that the ruling party men with the help of law enforcers captured most of the voting centers in 41 districts. “We had expressed…
The third phase of the ongoing upazila elections has already been marked out by the level of violence and allegations of election irregularities raised on the day, even before voting hours closed. BNP called a daylong hartal in Bagerhat sadar,…
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The interior ministry of Saudi Arabia has banned 50 names including ‘foreign’ names, related to royalty that it considers blasphemous, according to local media. Quoting Saudi news sites, Gulf News reported that Saudis will no longer be able to give…
Authorities have taken strong security measures to smoothly hold the ICC T20 World Cup beginning on Sunday. Banaj Kumar Majumder, additional commissioner (crime and drive) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), said the city has already come under a security blanket…
Nearly six months after his arrest, former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku was freed from jail on bail on Friday. Tuku was released from the Kashimpur Central Jail around 6:45pm after his release order reached the jail authorities.
Prices of vegetables, including those of onion, garlic and potato, have risen in retail markets in capital Dhaka. Vendors said a drop in their supply had led to the price rise at the end of the winter season. Onions in…
Miscreants have killed a sand trader in broad daylight at Keraniganj Upazila in Dhaka. Police identified the victim as Md Selim Ahmed, 42. He lived with his family at Amirbagh in the Upazila. Keraniganj Model Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Md…
President Abdul Hamid on Friday called upon people from all walks of life to actively cooperate with the government in a bid to ensure country’s overall development. “Development is an ongoing process. The government’s responsibility is to ensure a development-friendly…