Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the construction works on the much-hyped first-ever metro rail service in the capital and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) from Shahjalal International Airport to Gazipur. Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the construction works on…
Bangladesh Bank and all other scheduled banks will remain closed on July 4 but those will remain open on July 16. Bangladesh Bank on Sunday took the decision, said its deputy spokesman Anwarul Islam. Earlier, the central bank took decision…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday filed a leave-to-appeal petition with the Supreme Court against a High Court order that rejected an appeal filed by the former prime minister to scrap the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case proceedings. Barrister Mahbub Uddin…
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn fires Hilary Benn, shadow foreign secretary, for leading a coup, as another member resigns. Corbyn, who backed Remain, facing pressure after Britain voted to leave EU Shadow Foreign Minister Hilary Benn sacked for ‘leading ‘coup’ Shadow…
Dhaka – Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter who was taken into police custody for interrogation was released on Saurday evening. Earlier Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter was taken into police custody for interrogation…
Islamic thinker and editor of largely circulated monthly Madina died at the LabAid Hospital in Dhaka City on late Saturday afternoon. The ailing Khan who was also the chairman of Islamic Oikya Jote, a component of the Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance…
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held June 25, 2016 Saturday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower. Engr. MustafaAnwar, Chairman of the Bank presided over the meeting. Directors along with Mohammad…
London’s financial firms risk losing unrestricted access to the European Union, according to eurozone leaders. The head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said banks could move jobs outside the UK if it leaves the single market. It…
Dhaka – Four hand grenades and 117 rounds of bullet, presumably dating back to the country’s Liberation War, were recovered during soil digging work by labourers in Keutchura area of Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon, Unb news agency reported.
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi national sustained bullet injuries as members of the Border Security Force of India opened fire on him at Koijhuri in India near Boikari border of Sadar upazila of Satkhira district on Sunday morning, Unb news agency…
Dhaka – A man was hacked to death by his rival over a land-related dispute at Paschim Rastri village in Sadar upazila of Madaripur on Saturday night, Unb news agency reported. The deceased was identified as Saddam Bepari, son of…
East Rutherford, (AP/UNB) – Another year, another final for Lionel Messi and Argentina on Sunday. They made it to the championship match at the 2014 World Cup – and lost 1-0 in extra time to Germany. They made it to…
Security Council calls for member states to ‘redouble’ implementation efforts John Power The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned North Korea’s latest back-to-back ballistic missile launcheson Thursday, vowing to ramp up the enforcement of existing sanctions designed to thwart its nuclear…
Russian investigators have arrested a regional governor, saying they caught him red-handed taking a €400,000 (£325,000; $444,500) bribe. Kirov region governor Nikita Belykh was held in a Moscow restaurant.
A rare blue parrot which was believed to be extinct in the wild has been spotted in Brazil for the first time in 15 years. A solitary Spix’s Macaw was caught on video flying through trees in the state of…
The Chinese people will ‘watch the consequence of Britain’s embracing of a “democratic” referendum’, says Communist party-run Global Times The vote to leave the European Union meant Britons were “showing a losing mindset” and becoming “citizens of a nation that…
Six founding member states demand earliest start to Brexit process, but they cannot compel UK to invoke article 50 EU governments have piled pressure on the UK to leave the union as soon as possible, saying talks on the exit…
Rajshahi – A day long workshop on ‘Public Interest Litigation’ was held at Rajshahi University campus on Friday, says a press release. Rajshahi Law Clinic, of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust organished the workshop at the Deans’ complex auditorium…
Two boys was killed as a truck rammed their bicycles at Chinir Battola on Bagha-Lalpur road in Lalpur upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Dhaka-It was barely 30 years ago when heavy water vessels like cargo, streamer and launch, used to ply the Putimari River in the district. Gone are the days! The once-mighty Putimari is almost a dead river now. It is going…
Dhaka-BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is again hatching a new plot to suppress their party after a recent week-long combing operation.
Dhaka-Observing that the country is now under an “awful misrule”, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday alleged that militants have appeared as a demonic force in the country as democracy has been “obliterated”.
Dhaka-Opposition activists say airstrikes on an eastern Syrian village held by the Islamic State group have killed at least 30 people and wounded many others.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hosted an iftar party in honour of the leaders of different political parties at her official residence Ganobhaban on Saturday.
The forest department withdrew the ban on the people’s access to forest resources in Chandpai and Swarankhola ranges in Sundarbans on Saturday, nearly two months after its issuance in face of frequent fire incidents in the forest areas.
The country made a record by producing 8942 MW of electricity on Saturday evening.
Dhaka– Debutants Wales and Northern Ireland face each other in the second game of the 16-team knock-out stage of EURO 2016 and will play each other on Saturday night at Parc des Princes, Paris to qualify for the last eight.The…
Dhaka – The round of 16 of the EURO 2016 will begin with Poland taking on Switzerland at Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France on Saturday. The match will start at 7:00 pm Bangladesh time.Both, Poland and Switzerland reached the knockout…
Dhaka– A street beggar was hacked to death by a mugger in the city on Saturday.Locals said the incident took place at a foot over bridge at Tongi Station Road around 12:30pm when a mugger, Billal, attempted to snatch money…
Dhaka – BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman and his wife were injured in a road accident in Dinajpur on Saturday.Mahbub, also a former army chief, was taken to Dinajpur Heart Foundation and kept at its ICU,…