Dhaka – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said it will not approve Banglalink’s base transceiver station (BTS), popularly known as mobile tower, which have been set up near the border areas, until these BTSs get clearance from the border security…
Stocks maintained upward trend on Wednesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities. Among the rising major sectors were cement, textile and financial institutions. Bank…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested 11 people from different areas of the city for their alleged involvement in ATM card forgery. The arrestees are Md Jalal Hossain Sumon, 27, Md Shah Aziz Sohel, 36, Md Nur-e-Alam, 45,…
Bangladesh bowlers showed good form in their landmark 100th Test as they restricted Sri Lanka to 238/7 in their first innings at stumps on day 1 in their 2nd and last Test of the Joy Bangla Cup series at P…
Police on Wednesday foiled the march of three leftist parties- Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Ganatantrik Bam Morcha and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD)- towards the secretariat protesting the recent gas price hike and demanding scrapping of the government decision. Police…
Dhaka – Police unearthed two ‘militant dens’ in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements of two suspected militants — Hasan, 30, and Jasim, 32, arrested from Chandina upazila in Comilla while hurling bombs at police —…
The Turnbull government has refused to back an international investigation into atrocities against Rohingya Muslims despite a motion passed in the Senate urging Australia to call for a United Nations commission of inquiry. Australia’s statement at the UN Human Rights…
Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that would add to U.S. concerns about Moscow’s deepening role in…
Dhaka – The Gregs Club maintained their winning run in the Uni Med and Uni Health Premier Division Basketball League beating Rangers Club by 79-77 points in a keenly contested match at Dhanmondi Wooden Floor Gymnasium here on Wednesday.The winners…
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port will observe a ‘protest day’ across the country on March 18 against a signed by the government with Posco Daewoo Corporation to award the deep sea…
Dhaka – A court here sent a youth, who beat a female schoolteacher in the classroom in Patiya upazila following refusal of his love proposal, to jail on Wednesday.Patiya Senior Judicial Magistrate Mahitul Islam passed the order after sub-inspector of…
Dhaka – Beanibazar municipality is going to the maiden polls on April 25 after nearly 16 years of its formation.The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the election schedule for the municipality after legal complexities regarding its election was over.UNB agency
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested 11 people from different areas of the city for their alleged involvement in ATM card forgery.The arrestees are Md Jalal Hossain Sumon, 27, Md Shah Aziz Sohel, 36, Md Nur-e-Alam,…
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing freedom fighter Khabir Uddin in Daulatpur upazila in 2012.The condemned convicts are Abdus Salam, 31, Jamil Mondal, 41 and Abdul Hamid Malitha, 41.According…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced two teams — Green and Red — for four practices matches ahead of the one-day-format ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.Bangladesh national side limited-over captain Masrafe Bin Mortaza will lead the Team…
Dhaka – Despite a century by Fahad Ahmed Ayon, Dhaka Cricket Academy conceded a three-wicket defeat against Matuail Cricket Academy in the Metropolis 2nd Division Cricket League at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Narayanganj on Wednesday.Batting first, Dhaka Cricket Academy scored…
Dhaka, Mar 15 – Bangladesh bowlers showed good form in their landmark 100th Test as they restricted Sri Lanka to 238/7 in their first innings at stumps on day 1 in their 2nd and last Test of the Joy Bangla…
A passenger’s face was left blackened and her hand blistered after her battery-powered headphones caught fire while she was traveling on an international flight between Beijing and Melbourne, reports CNN.
Dhaka, Mar 15 – Sri Lanka faced early jolts as Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman and spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz picked up three early wickets in the first hour of Day-1 of the 2nd match of Joy Bangla Cup series at…
Dhaka, Mar 15 – President Abdul Hamid has asked the authorities concerned to consider climate change issue seriously in taking and implementing infrastructure development projects in haor region.
Germany ranks 1st for international students, among 30 European countries United Kingdom ranks 2nd overall; most expensive country in sample; best for Life & Career Netherlands, France and Sweden follow in the top 5 Hamburg, Germany, 15 March – In…
The Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) helped 1,000 people change employers permanently and 1,336 people temporarily last year, Director of the Human Rights Department Brigadier Abdullah Saqr al Mohannadi said.
Hong Kong, China – Media OutReach – 15 March – Manulife today announces that it has been granted an Investment Company Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) license. The new company, known as Manulife Investment (Shanghai) Limited Company, is the first financial…
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows, BBC reported. Two pages of the tax return were revealed by US TV network MSNBC but they…
Robert J. Burrowes A recent report from Equality Now titled ‘The World’s Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic’ offered a series of recommendations for strengthened laws to deter and punish sexual violence against women and girls. However, there is substantial evidence…
Dhaka – Detectives arrested a couple along with two kilograms hemp of from Derua village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Bulbul Ahmmed, 40, and his wife China, 25, a resident of the same village.UNB agency
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a sexagenarian man from a cremation ground at Morapura Tuk in Jaintiapur upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday afternoon.UNB agency
Dhaka – A woman and her younger daughter were injured in an attack allegedly by a stalker and his accomplices at Kandarpara village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.Nurunnhar Begum, mother of the two girls, said she filed a complaint…
Dhaka – A minor boy drowned in a pond at Ghiba village in Manirampur upazila on in Jessore Tuesday morning.Quoting locals, police said Rohan, 2, son of Habibur Rahman of Ghiba village, slipped into the pond adjacent to his house…
Rajshahi – The High Court division of Bangladesh Supreme Court has summoned Rajshahi University (RU) VC, Pro-VC, Registrar, and Treasurer concerning direction of investigation over the corruption in the university authority on Thursday.