Recently banned Islamic outfit ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ issued a death threat against seven dignitaries including former University Grand Commission (UGC) chairman Prof AK Azad, Prof Azad Chowdhury registered a General Diary (GD) with Dhanmondi Police station on Wednesday, said Sub-inspector…
The SAMS Kibria murder case was transferred to Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal from the Habiganj Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday for its quick disposal. Judge of Habiganj Chief Judicial Magistrate court Nishat Sultana passed the order to transfer the…
Terming the human trafficking as a heinous criminal activities, Dr. Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the Prime Minister, on Wednesday said Bangladesh has been working on it ‘sternly and rapidly’ to control it. Dr. Gowher Rizvi came up with…
Russian Federation and Tunisia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in peaceful use of the nuclear energy. The MoU lays the legal foundation for cooperation between the two countries in the areas like development of nuclear energy infrastructure,…
Parliament on Monday unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion expressing gratitude to Indian people and Narendra Modi’s government for the recent ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement by Indian Parliament due to farsighted diplomatic success of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chief…
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president ASM Abdur Rsb said on Monday that the people did fight the War of Liberation not to remain deprieved of the dmocratic rights of freedom of speech and expression Addressing a citizens’ rally organised by the…
Five people are dead and hundreds are missing after a ship carrying more than 450 people capsized on the Yangtze River in China’s Hubei province. The ship is submerged upside down in a wide stretch of the river – state…
Migration experts and sector specialists believe the urge of searching for jobs overseas through irregular channels is increasing day by day, as the scope for seeking jobs through legal channels has shrunk. This partly explains the humanitarian crisis that surfaced…
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on Monday afternoon submitted two separate charge sheets against 42 people, including owner Sohel Rana of Rana Plaza, in two cases filed after the factory collapse of the building and that left 1,136…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday imposed a ban on carrying and blasting of any kind of explosives, fireworks, crackers, and other harmful and injurious elements from Tuesday night.
Members of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) separate drives arrested three suspected human traffickers from Ashkona of Dakkhin Khan and Fakirerpol areas in the city on Sunday night. DB officials said they also rescued 17 victims during…
Four senior police officers, rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), have been given new postings on Monday. The Home Ministry has already issued a circular in this regard. According to the notification, DIG of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Md…
Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told Parliament that his ministry has nothing do with the case for banning Jamaat as the matter is now pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Replying to a…
BNP expects that the government will take steps to restore democracy and show its tolerance of dissident views to salvage near dead democratic system in the country. “The BNP still hopes that the government will back from its repressive policy…
Police in a drive arrested a man with a pistol, seven rounds of bullets, 2 magazines and 503 bottles of Phensidyl from Hothatpara area in Shibganj upazila on Sunday night.
A young man was handed over to police after he was allegedly caught red handed by local people while raping a female madrasah student in Keshabpur upazila on Sunday night.
A Barisal court on Monday sentenced an expelled student of Barisal University(BU) to death for killing another student of the university.The condemned convict is Russel Mian, a student of Management Department of the university.
Members of Coast Guard and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a joint drive on Sunday night arrested two suspected forest robbers with four firearms and 76 rounds of bullets from Karamjal area under the Sundarbans East Zone in Mongla upazila.
A teenage girl, abducted from Fatullah of Narayanganj on last May 27, was recovered by RAB-8 of Faridpur last night from Ramchndra village of Sadarpur upazilla of the district.According to Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-8 sources, they got a requisition fax message…
Two motorcycle riders were killed in a road accident at Aladipur village under Bagarpara upazila in the district today.The deceased were identified as Rafiq, 30, and Khair Biswas, 28.
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers- 2015 was observed here today through various programmes amid huge enthusiasm in a befitting manner in the divisional city of Rangpur.Rangpur Area Headquarters of Bangladesh Army, led by its Station Commander Brigadier General…
Boro paddy and rice procurement drive of Department of Food has started in Sadar upazila on Sunday amid much enthusiasm.Official sources said the government has set a target to purchase a total of 416 tonnes of paddy from the farmers…
WiMAX operators have been losing out since more people are using internet on their mobile phones Wireless broadband operators have lost more than one third of their customers in one year, says a report released by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory…
Dwayne Johnson’s “San Andreas” has delivered a dominating $53.2 million opening weekend at 3,777 US locations, soaring past recent forecasts of a $40 million launch for the Warner Bros-New Line 3D disaster pic.”San Andreas” took in more than five times…
A magical Lionel Messi goal, the first of a personal double, led treble-chasing Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the King’s Cup final on Saturday.The Argentine skipped superbly past four players in a mazy run after 20…
The legal authority for US spy agencies’ collection of Americans’ phone records and other data expired at midnight on Sunday after the US Senate failed to pass legislation extending the powers.After debate pitting Americans’ distrust of intrusive government against fears…
China’s military will hold land and air live fire drills along a part of the border with Myanmar where shells have fallen during fighting between the Myanmar government and ethnic Chinese rebels, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. China has…
The Cabinet on Monday approved the drafts of three agreements and two protocols to be signed with India during the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh on June 6-7 aimed at boosting trade, commerce and connectivity…
Miscreants vandalised several idols at a Hindu temple of Dakkhinpara Krisnachandrapur in Gabtali upazila early Monday. TempleCommittee president Tapan Kumar Sarker said the miscreants damaged the idols at ‘Madhurampara Kali Mandir’ in the area in the dead of night.
Mekong Migration Network launches a report on migrant women and health in the GMS in advance of the International Day of Action for Women’s Health May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health. Since 1987, this day…