At least three pedestrians, including a female, were killed and seven others injured as a bus crashed into them near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport roundabout in the city on Wednesday morning. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
The origin and history of modern lions have been revealed by scientists. A genetic analysis of living lions and museum specimens confirms modern lions’ most recent common ancestor lived around 124,000 years ago. Modern lions evolved into two groups; one lives…
Nato foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia. Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region was the gravest threat to European security for a generation. There could be…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Election Commissioner Shahnewaz has on Tuesday blamed field level government officials for irregularities in Upazila elections. He has been quoted to have cited negligence of the officials to check irregularities for the dismal conduct of the elections,…
A 112-member contingent of Bangladesh Army left Dhaka on Tuesday to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali for the first time. The team of army personnel – headed by Col Mohammad Jahangir Harun – left Hazrat Shahjalal International…
The Bangladesh women have beaten Sri Lanka women by 3 runs to pick up their first T20 World Cup win in their last group match on Tuesday. Electing to bat first, the hosts posted 115 for 9 with Rumana Ahmed…
Bangladesh ended their World Twenty20 campaign with a seven-wicket loss to Australia in their last Super 10 match on Tuesday. Chasing 154 runs for victory, Aaron Finch and David Warner stitched a 98-run opening stand in 68 balls as the…
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Maulana Bhasani Hall of Jahangirnagar University beat a general student inside his dormitory room early Tuesday. Witnesses said the BCL activists, led by JU unit sub-secretary on mass education Didarul Islam entered the room…
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Tuesday said the first Ticfa meeting, to be held here on April 27-28, would be a high-level bilateral engagement between Dhaka and Washington which will help find ways for increasing trade and investment between…
West Indies swept into the semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 eliminating unpredictable Pakistan by 84 runs in a must-win last Group 2 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. The Caribbean team will play Group I…
A 14-member high-level Indian delegation, led by Indian Power Secretary PK Sinha, arrived here on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) and joint working committee meeting on power sector. Official sources said the JSC meeting…
Sonali Bank Limited authorities on Tuesday filed another fresh case against Hall-Mark Chairman Jasmin and Managing Director (MD) Tanvir Mahmud for loan default. Executive Officer of Ruposhi Bangla Branch of Sonali Bank Md Abdus Salam filed the latest case with…
Bangladesh has done the right thing by abstaining from voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Crimea issue as it has not deviated from its foreign policy, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam clarified on Tuesday.…
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the country’s mobile phone operators to deactivate all the unregistered SIM cards as soon as possible. It also directed the mobile operators to provide details of SIM card users who demand toll over phone.
The government has decided to form a committee to resolve the complaints of readymade garment owners and workers. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said this after a meting with US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan Mozena on Tuesday. “The workers often lodge…
For development and progress “serious attention” need to be given to women, US ambassador in Dhaka has said, calling women as “critical agents of change”. “I have learnt over these many years that if you are serious about development, then…
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal aka Lotus Kamal should show some etiquette, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. Muhith, initially reluctant to comment on Kamal’s criticisms and uncharitable remarks about him, advised his colleague on Tuesday to have better manners.…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the government has sought budget support from the World Bank citing its outstanding overall economic performances. The Finance Minister made the request when visiting World Bank Vice President for South Asia Philippe Le…
A local leader of Sramik Dal was shot to death by miscreants at his own furniture shop at Sabalia Suruj road in the district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Azam, 40, organising secretary of the district…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday projected that Bangladesh may achieve 5.6 percent GDP growth in the current fiscal against the government’s target of 7.2 percent. However, the Finance Minister during a half yearly statement on the economy revised…
Separate hartals in three upazilas of Satkhira, two upazilas of Narayanganj and Chuadanga each and Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria enforced by 19-party alliance and its components protesting various irregularities during the 5th phase of upazila elections, passed off peacefully on…
Experts at a farmers’ filed day have stressed for expanded adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) – based technologies for increasing wheat production at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate.
Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day is healthier than the five currently recommended and would prolong lives, researchers say.
Voter turnout in the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections went up from the fourth phase, but still fell behind the first three rounds. The polls, held on Monday at 73 Upazilas in 34 districts, saw a 60.89 percent…
A California man remains missing a day after he was swept out to sea during an ocean baptism.
The Election Commission (EC) has admitted to incidents such as seizure of voting centres and widespread stuffing of ballot boxes during the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections. The Commission has blamed grassroots officials for letting such incidents occur…
Nato is not seeing a Russian troop pullout from the border with Ukraine, the military alliance’s chief has said.
First Fukushima evacuees return to exclusion-zone homes The first group of Fukushima evacuees have returned to their homes, three years after the disaster at the nuclear power plant.
Germany has returned an 18th Century painting that was looted from Poland’s National Museum by the Nazis in 1939.
Khloe Kardashian is one slim sailor! The reality star posted a photo of her rocking a black one-piece bathing suit and a sailor hat to herInstagram account today.