Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said some ministries will have separate allocations in the upcoming budget for persons with disabilities. Responding to a demand of a delegation of Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Persons with Disabilities, he said it might be…
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, the chairman of his faction of Jatiya Party, has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of United Hospital after his condition worsened, a spokesman said on Monday. Kazi Zafar’s personal secretary Golam Mostafa said the JP…
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the elections to Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) scheduled to be held on May 31. An HC bench comprising Justice Dr Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altaf…
The council of Awami League district units the tenures of which have already expired will be held by October 30 this year. The decision was taken at a meeting of Awami League joint secretaries and organising secretaries at Awami League…
Narendra Modi has been sworn in as India’s new prime minister in a ceremony in the forecourt of the presidential palace in Delhi. Mr Modi took the oath before thousands of guests, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.…
Dhaka Metropolitan CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Malik Samity Oikya Parishad will go on a 72-hour strike in the city on Tuesday demanding the extension of economic lifespan of the vehicle by four years more. Nearly 13,000 CNG-run three-wheelers are now plying the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in a joint statement issued on Monday affirmed deepening bilateral and multilateral cooperation in peacekeeping and peace-building efforts across the globe. The 21-point joint statement came after a summit-level talk…
The central bank has prohibited three BASIC Bank branches in the capital from disbursing loans on charges of irregularities and corruption. The branches are Dilkusha, Shantinagar and Gulshan branches, a Bangladesh Bank spokesperson said on Monday.
Prof Emeritus of Dhaka University (DU) Serajul Islam Choudhury on Monday observed that the economic disparity is intensifying in the country despite a long struggle and many changes. In his deliberation of the ‘Nazmul Karim Study Centre Lecture 2014’ at…
Jahid Chowdhury alias Jahed, one of the masterminds of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram killing, on Monday told a local court that ruling party leader Jahangir Kabir Adel alias Jahangir Adel had ordered physical assault on Ekram and vandalising…
The bodies of two schoolboys were recovered from separate places in Dinajpur and Natore districts on Monday morning after they had gone missing.
man allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Rangagachhra village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday morning.
A local leader of the Awami League’s youth wing Jubo League sustained injuries in a gun attack by miscreants at Rajarhat in the district town on Sunday night.
A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir sustained bullet wounds in a police firing during a clash in Chauddopai area near Rajshahi University in the city on Sunday night.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 10 live crude bombs, one pistol and 26 bottles of Indian liquor from Pachbhulot border area here early Monday.
Eleven Bangladeshi construction workers have returned home from India upon completion of their two and a half years’ imprisonment in that country.
A woman was allegedly killed by some miscreants at Panchasar village under Sadar upazila of the district last night.
The border security force of India on Monday morning nabbed a Bangladeshi cattle trader from the Baghadanga frontier under Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah. The arrestee was identified as Tufan Hossain, 22, son of Enamul Haque of village Baghadanga under Moheshpur…
The government has constructed 55 secondary schools buildings last year in Mymensingh district for providing better education facilities to students.
A large number of lethal weapons such as Dhal, Shorki, Bollom, Vela, Ram-da, Kaste and many other indigenous lethal weapons were voluntarily surrendered to police by the local people of Anipur village under Shoilkupa upazila on sunday after noon. The…
Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus addressed on May 23 the plenary of the 7th Astana Economic forum and 2nd World Anti-Crisis Conference on 23 May in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. The Astana Economic Forum brings together world leaders, academic experts and…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday submitted charge sheet to a Dhaka court in a case against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed for occupying government land abusing power. ACC Deputy Director Harun-ur-Rashid submitted charge…
Leaders of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) yesterday vowed to continue their movement for demanding the trial of killers of journalist couple Sagor Sarwar and Meherun Runi. They expressed their vow while addressing 19th founding anniversary function of the organization.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday alleged that an emergency like situation is prevailing in the country. BNP joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed made the allegation while briefing reporters at party head office at Naya Paltan in the city. “The misrule…
The deal, formed as two joint ventures with Shanghai Oriental Pearl, gives Sony access to an estimated 500 million gamers in China.
Apple had been seeking damages of $2.2bn after accusing Samsung of copying five patents including the “slide to unlock function”.
Eurosceptic and far-right parties have seized ground in elections to the European parliament, in what France’s PM called a “political earthquake”. The French National Front and UK Independence Party both performed strongly, while the three big centrist blocs in parliament…
Thailand’s military leader has received royal endorsement at a ceremony in the capital, Bangkok, after taking power in a coup last week. Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha was formally appointed to run the nation at the army headquarters. The 86-year-old…
The Dhaka University has fired a teacher for falsifying research and expelled 102 students from different departments and affiliate colleges for cheating in examinations. The syndicate took the decisions at a meeting on Sunday night, Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique…
The Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Jatiya Nodi Rakkha Andolon on Sunday urged Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to request India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi for not to implement the Indian inter-river linking project. The two environmental organizations said in…