The review petition for Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was filed by his lawyer Shishir Monir filed the petition with the Supreme Court on Thursday. Following a plea by the state to hear the matter, chamber judge Justice Hasan…
BSS, Rangpur Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu launched carpeting works of five roads in different areas of the city on Wednesday afternoon.
BSS, Rangpur Police arrested 11 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations and Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh from different places here in the district last night for their alleged involvement with various subversive activities.
BSS, Rajshahi Instead of the long-lasting conventional method the potato farmers have started using mechanized harvester as it saves cost and reduces labor requirement during the ongoing peak harvesting season for the last couple of years in the region.
UNB, Gaibandha A man was crushed to death under the wheels of a truck on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in front of the ‘Hanif Paribahan’ bus counter in Gobindaganj upazila on Thursday morning.
UNB, Lalmonirhat A truck driver received burn injuries as miscreants set fire to his vehicle by hurling a petrol bomb at Jummarpar on the Lalmanirhat-Burimari Highway in Patgram upazila early Thursday.
UNB Patuakhali Police arrested a local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir from Police Line area in the district town on Wednesday night.
A sedition case has been filed against BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna. The case was filed this evening with Gulshan Police Station, police sources said. Manna was arrested following the leakage of…
UNB, Sylhet Police arrested a city unit leader of BNP from Khadimpara in Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening on sabotage charges.
UNB, Khulna Most of the sluice gates in the district are on the way of becoming useless in the absence of proper management of the rivers and canals, creating worry for permanent water logging.
UNB, Benapole Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in a joint drive on Thursday arrested 10 people from Agrobhulat border area in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district in connection with the Wednesday’s clash over taking control of a…
UNB, Sylhet A newlywed housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at Khojarkhala village in Dakhshin Surma upazila on Wednesday night.
UNB, Brahmanbaria Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet were disrupted on Thursday morning following the derailment of six bogies of an express train at Puniaut rail crossing of the district town. Railway sources said six bogies of the…
UNB, Sylhet Robbers looted valuables, including cash and gold, from a stone trader’s house in Jalalabad area of the city on early Thursday. Police said a gang of robbers stormed the house of stone trader Abdul Motin in the area…
UNB, Gaibandha A man was killed and three others injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Dakir Para village in Palashbari upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Azizar Rahman, a resident…
A militant Korean nationalist has slashed the face of the US ambassador to South Korea at a breakfast meeting in Seoul, but the envoy was not seriously hurt.
The number of people affected by river flooding worldwide could nearly triple in the next 15 years, analysis shows.
Pharrell Williams has denied copying Marvin Gaye’s Got to Give It Up for the hit single Blurred Lines.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has planned making the country’s banking sector paperless, which will be a big step forward towards green transformation of the financial sector.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman has said the persons involved with extra-judicial killings must be brought to justice, following a meeting with Chief Justice SK Sinha at the latter’s office on Thursday. “Drawing the attention of…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday fixed April 30 as the date for submission of progress report in the execution of arrest warrants against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul…
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance may call another spell of hartal from Sunday prolonging the uncertainties on roads and highways and sufferings of ordinary people. “The ongoing blockade programme will continue. Tough action including hartal will be enforced further from…
By Jonathan Meaney, staff writer at The Worldfolio The central bank governor of Bangladesh Dr. Atiur Rahman has been lauded for his contribution towards promoting socially and environmentally responsible financing in Bangladesh without compromising macroeconomic stability. The perception of bankers…
By Stella Paul Mahabubnagar, India, Mar (IPS) – Jawadi Vimalamma, 36, looks admiringly at her cell phone. It’s a simple device that can only be used to send or receive a call or a text message. Yet to the farmer…
By Naresh Newar Bajura, Nepal, Mar (IPS) – If not for a group of her school friends coming to her rescue, Shradha Nepali would have become a bride at the tender age of 14. Hailing from the remote village of…
Sudhirendar Sharma Had he been born a century later, he would undoubtedly have found his career in the film world. For different reasons, the lives of the Indian Kings and Princes have been intriguing both for the historians as well…
World Cup Pool A, Nelson, New Zealand: Scotland 318-8 (50 overs): Coetzer 156, Taskin 3-43 Bangladesh 322-4 (48.1 overs): Tamim 95, Mahmudullah 62, Mushfiqur 60 Bangladesh won by six wickets Kyle Coetzer scored Scotland’s first World Cup century but their…
Suspect in the Blogger Avijit murder case Shafiur Rahman Farabi has been quoted by police investigors to have told interrogators of the Detective Branch (DB) of police that the extremist members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir, killed Bangladeshi born US…
Blasting Begum Khaleda Zia for not appearing before the court, Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today said the BNP chairperson prefers jail as the safest place to protect herself from the public wrath. . “As Khaleda…