The cost of recruiting an Indonesian housemaid has reached BD1,200 ($3200) compared to BD800 in January, while sponsors have to pay about BD1,000 to recruit a Filipino maid, a report said. Bahrain Recruiters’ Society chairman Fareed Al Mahmeed said countries…
Abdul Latif Biswas, former Chairman, Salimpur Union Parishad, Ishwardi, Pabna passed away today (May 12, 2014) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at 4:45pm. He was 71. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital since April 15 due to kidney…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday filed two write petitions with the High Court challenging the legality of charge-framing against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Khaleda’s counsel Mohammad Asaduzzaman filed the writ on…
China has signed four military agreements with Bangladesh to enhance Dhaka’s defence capabilities. They were signed on Monday in presence of visiting General Xu Qiliang, who is the vice-chairman of the central military commission of the Chinese Communist Party. The…
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said the three officials of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), sacked for their alleged involvement in Narayanganj seven murders, will be arrested any time in compliance with the High Court order. “The…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday summoned secretary of expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment Khondaker Showkat Hossain to quiz him over his alleged involvement in obtaining government plots by misusing the power. The commission asked him to appear before the commission’s…
Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India’s next prime minister, exit polls showed on Monday, with his opposition party and its allies forecast to sweep to a parliamentary majority in the world’s biggest ever election. Indian elections are…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought Chinese cooperation in Bangladesh’s bid to become a developed and prosperous nation by 2041. The premier’s request came when 15-member delegation of Chinese armed forces led by Air Chief Marshal Xu Qiliang called…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night threatened to wage a movement if Rab is not disbanded as the elite force has become matter of horror for the country’s people. “Disband Rab as people can’t sleep at night in peace…
Six people gave their depositions during a public hearing at the Circuit House here on Monday on the sensational seven murders. Of them, Jalal Uddin, son of Mujibul Haque of Masdair in the city’s Fatullah area, claimed himself to be…
The father-in-law of slain Narayanganj City councillor Nazrul Islam on Monday claimed the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) helped Nur Hossain, the prime suspect of the seven-murder case, to flee to India. It is the second time Shahidul Islam pointed the finger…
David Cameron has rejected calls for Take That singer Gary Barlow to hand back his OBE after it emerged he had put money into a scheme ruled to be set up for tax avoidance purposes.
Eco Marine Power (EMP) has announced that it has taken another major step forward towards bringing its pioneering wind and solar harnessing EnergySail to the market by forming a strategic alliance with Teramoto Iron Works Co. – a manufacturer of…
AC Milan players had bananas thrown at them during a 2-1 defeat at Atalanta.
One of the world’s most capable deep-sea research subs has been lost.
A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 130 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month.
Three people, including a girl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during a nor’wester that lashed different areas of Shibganj and Nachole upazilas on Sunday night.
Police rescued a businessman from the forest in Ranipur area of Sadar upazila on Sunday evening, after hours of his abduction.
Growers opt for Ghritakumari variety for high profit Farmers in the northern part of sadar upazila of the district are cultivating Bombay chilli in extended areas of land finding it to be a profitable venture.
A police constable was killed and two others were injured as a truck knocked down them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the city early Monday.
A court here on Sunday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for selling heroin in South Surma upazila in 2012.
A woman was killed in an attack allegedly by her son at Bhringaraj in Kaliakoir upazila on Monday morning.
The second phase 40-day employment programme of the government has begun for hardcore, seasonal unemployed and destitute people in five upazilas of the district.
Speakers in a function here On Sunday stressed the need for showing due respect to mother and motherhood, maternal bonds and roles of the mother in the society.
The Taka 28.83-crore second phase of the special Employment Generation Project for the Poorest (EGPP) continues successfully creating huge jobs for the poor in the district.
By Jonathan Amos UK satellite operator Inmarsat is to offer a free, basic tracking service to all the world’s passenger airliners.
Mozilla has said it will test a plan that puts ads and sponsored content on the boxes that appear when Firefox users launch a new tab on the browser.
Journalists’ leaders yesterday expressed their deep concern over the deterioration of law and order in the walk of growing killings, enforced disappearances and abduction. Addressing a protest rally organized by Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) in front of the National Press…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday demanded the government to quit power by taking the responsibility of seven murders in Narayanganj. “The responsibility of seven murders in Narayanganj not only goes to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) but…
Awami League publicity Secretary Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said that his party would give a befitting reply if the opposition BNP created indiscipline in the name of holding demonstration in districts to protest abductions, killings and enforced disappearances. Addressing a…