Bikalpadhara Bangladesh has been planning to create a third alliance comprising like-minded political parties to gear up the movement for restoration of non-party caretaker government to oversee the next general elections, according to party leaders.
CNG filling stations will go on an indefinite strike across the country on Friday protesting the harassment and extortion by a mobile court in a filling station in Sylhet.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the Grameen Bank Commission will submit its final report to the government on July 20 about the future structure and course of the bank.
Six people, including a cop, were killed in separate road accidents in Savar of Dhaka, and Lalmonirhat districts on Thursday.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will probe the alleged embezzlement of about Tk 10 crore from different development projects of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), according to a senior official of the commission.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) on Thursday resumes its waterbus service on the Dhaka circular waterway to avert the nagging traffic congestion of the capital.
Bangladesh’s cargo ship MV Hope sank off the coast of Thailand early on Thursday, Thai media reported.
Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has approved 11 new insurance companies as the government is running its term.
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday asked members of newly formed Special Security and Protection Battalion (SPBn) not to do excess in the name of providing security to the VVIPs.
The ‘attempt to murder case’ filed in connection with the killing of Arif Rayhan Dwip, a former student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), will be considered as a ‘murder case’.
Apparently irked, Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 Justice ATM Fazle Kabir on Thursday came up with an observation about the state of mind of war crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury as he usually utters the words ‘hang…
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday directed the authorised dealers of foreign exchange to make sure that the importers acquire the pre-shipment inspection certification of the coal they want to import before opening an LCs.
The price of oil stayed above $101 a barrel Thursday after being jerked higher by unrest in Egypt and a fall in U.S. energy stockpiles that suggests a recovery in demand.
The contact-lens-and-spectacles combination magnifies scene details by 2.8 times.
The recently discovered fourth and fifth moons of Pluto now have official names: Kerberos and Styx.
The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, has died aged 88.
The authorities expelled two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from Government Akbar Ali College in sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday on charge of assaulting a teacher.
At least 40 people were injured during a clash between two groups of the ruling party’s student wing, Bangladesh Chhatra League, in Sylhet on Tuesday.
On Wednesday noon police arrested four outlaws with arms from Tetultala bazaar in Jhenidah sadar upazila.
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband at Kamarjogdoil village under Nezampur union of Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj district early this morning.
Arif Raihan Deep, the student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), who was stabbed about three months ago and succumbed to his injuries early Tuesday, laid to eternal rest in family graveyard in Pirojpur district early Wednesday.
Some miscreants murdered a tea garden laborer of a tea garden in the district on late Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Gupal Banika, 35, in Sagornal tea garden of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district.
Two persons were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Sarkar Bazar area under Khalilpur Union of the district on Tuesday evening. The deceased were identified as Matiur Rahman 30 and Pavel 20. They hailed from Habiganj…
The World Sports Journalists Day was observed through a colourful procession, discussion followed by honouring of six elderly Sportsman of the district at the Bogra Press Club on Tuesday at noon. The six sportsmen are the forerunner of Bogra Cricket…
Some 137 SSC passouts of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila who obtained GPA-5 in the last SSC examination (2013) and their guardians were given a warm reception by SANAC (Sachetan Nagaric Committee), Bagerhat with the assistance of TIB (Transparency International Bangladesh) at…
Nazimuddin Kalu, 22, son of Kamaluddin Mia of Janata Road under ward-4 in Charfession upazila town and a final year student of diploma in civil engineering at Bhola polytechnic, died of electrocution at his residence Wednesday afternoon.
An India-Bangladesh round table has suggested the creation of a single joint rivers commission headed by a prominent Indian or Bangladeshi leader on an alternative basis for sustainable management of their shared water resources.
Bangladesh has got the membership of prestigious Egmont Group, formed with financial intelligence units of various countries which will help get global support in fighting against money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman…
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower.
Today’s milestone marks a new phase in the Egyptian revolution, one which many had awaited since Mubarak stepped down in February 2011. The statement, read out by military chief-of-staff Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, describes a roadmap that includes the ousting of President…