Although Bangladesh has already met targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still areas that need greater attention including hunger-poverty reduction, employment generation and ensuring quality education at all levels. ‘Millennium Development Goals: Bangladesh Progress Report-2015’ published on…
The body of Aman Momtaz Moudud, the only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, arrived here from Singapore on Wednesday evening.
Branding Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik an extremely wrongheaded person, BNP on Wednesday said the incident of sending a letter by a justice to the President seeking Chief Justice’s impeachment is unprecedented and bad example in the judiciary.
Special Correspondent Customs official at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport recovered foreign currency worth around Tk 1.65 crore from inside vegetables laden cartons , which were scheduled to export to Singapore on Wednesday.
Court Correspondent A Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Idrisur Rahman yesterday filed an appeal with the apex court as a public interest litigation challenging the HC verdict.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed Shafiur Rahman Farabi, accused in the case filed for killing blogger Avijit Roy, on a two-day fresh remand.
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia reached London yesterday on a two-week personal tour for her eye treatment and health check up. She will also celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha there with BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and other family members.…
A young man was killed in a road accident in Paduar Bazar bypass area on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as, Rafiqul Islam, 38, a meter reader of Comilla Palli Bidyut Samity-2,…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 265 pieces of Yaba tablet from Darbarchar village in Nakla upazila on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Shamsuzzaman alias Devid Sarkar,40, son of Golam Sarkar, Nahid Hasan,…
Police arrested three alleged terrorists along with a foreign-made pistol and three hand bombs from Shangkorpasha village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Shanto Roy,28, son of Narayan Chandra Roy, Simanto Mallik,23, son…
Fish worth Tk one lakh were poisoned to death in a pond at Thekra Rahimpur village in Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday night.Kazi Abdullah, owner of the fish farm, said he found dead fishes floating in the pond at night.
Thakurgaon district unit of Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Association (BCDA) went on a strike on Tuesday evening demanding release of the owner of a drugstore in the town.Sources said officials of Department of Narcotics Control on Wednesday morning arrested Tulen…
A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who fell unconscious after taking tea, suspected to be mixed with sedative, at a tea stall on the Nabharan-Satkhira road in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Monday night, died at Jessore Medical College Hospital (JMCH)…
Police arrested two alleged arms traders in possession of one foreign-made pistol, one magazine and one round of bullet from Alipur area in the district town on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Pervez Pramanik,30, and Imrul Hasan Rajib, both residents…
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) distributed relief materials among 1,000 flood affected people of three char unions of the district on Tuesday to mitigate their sufferings.Each of the relief packages contained 10-kg of rice, a litre of soybean oil, one…
A leader of Kalyan Party, member of BNP-led coalition, has sent a legal notice to the Election Commission seeking cancellation of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s parliament membership. Supreme Court lawyer Md Mubinul Haque, legal secretary of the party, in…
Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez praised his defenders as well as his forwards after Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League victory at home to Shakhtar Donetsk meant the club have not conceded in their opening four games for the first time. Real…
Award-winning singer, actor and heartthrob Justin Timberlake will star in “Trolls”, a DreamWorks animated musical about the spiky-haired Danish dolls, the studio said on Tuesday. Timberlake will play Branch, a “hilariously hardcore survivalist”, joining Anna Kendrick as Princess Poppy in…
Austria introduced stricter border controls on Wednesday, following Germany’s lead while at the same time trying to clear a backlog of tens of thousands of migrants still on its soil because of similar measures introduced by Berlin. The countries acted in…
Bangladesh Bank has asked all banks in Bangladesh to keep sufficient money at their ATM booths during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. In a circular on Tuesday, it asked the banks to ensure security for uninterrupted financial transactions at the booths. The…
Rising temperatures at the top of the world may be bad news for Arctic denizens like polar bears, but good news for the local mosquitoes, pesky bloodsuckers that prosper with warmer weather. Researchers said on Tuesday that increasing temperatures were…
A Sylhet court has granted the police’s Criminal Investigation Department seven-day custody of five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team for questioning over the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das. Metropolitan Magistrate Shahedul Karim gave the order on Wednesday.…
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a bid to clarify the intent of Moscow’s military build-up in Syria. Mr Kerry warned that continued support for President Bashar al-Assad “risks exacerbating and extending…
Dave Lee Facebook is to add a “dislike” button to its social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. In a Q+A session held at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, the 31-year-old said the button would be a way for…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the proposed Chinese Economic & Industrial Zone to be set up on 774.25 acres of land at Anwara, Chittagong involving Tk 420.37 crore exclusively for Chinese investors. The approval was…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left here for London on Tuesday night for her eye treatment and celebrating Eid-ul-Azha there with her family members – the first reunion with her family since 2008. She flew to London by an Emirates Airlines…
Dhaka University authorities have suspended assistant professor of the Department of Law Azharul Islam for allegedly tampering with mark sheets. The decision came at a syndicate meeting held on Tuesday evening. The action was taken against Azharul after the allegation…
The body of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who died on Monday at a Singapore hospital, has reached Dhaka.
Four Bangladeshi workers have been killed and four others injured in a road accident in Yiti of Oman.