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Ousted President Mohammed Morsi was reportedly being held at an undisclosed location Wednesday night, hours after the military toppled him and suspended the constitution.
A writ petition was filed against Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Jatiya Party Cchairman HM Ershad for campaigning in Gazipur City Corporation elections using party banners.
The government has failed to achieve the revenue collection target in the just-ended fiscal year as it fell short by almost Tk 3,000 crore due to ‘political instability, lower economic activities and fall in consumer goods import’.
The government on Wednesday agreed with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on time-bound actions to improve the performance of the Bank’s portfolio in the country and achieve the 2013 development targets.
The countrywide daylong hartal enforced by Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student body associated with Jamaat-e-Islami, was marked by stray incidents of vandalism and bomb blasts across the country on Wednesday.
Mushfiqur Rahim has been retained as Bangladesh’s captain, after he accepted the job following a discussion with BCB president Nazmul Hassan.
Maj Gen Chowdhury Hasan Sorwardi, GOC 9th Division, on Wednesday refuted the news published in the British tabloid Sunday Mirror over the rescue of apparel worker Reshma by the army after 17 days of the Rana Plaza building collapse, terming…
A Bangladesh Army helicopter crashed during an emergency landing injuring two military officials in Dhamrai area on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka north city corporation (DCC North) on Wednesday announced its second budget after division of DCC in 2011 with Tk 1984.53 crore for the fiscal year 2013-14. Thre buget was Tk 1017.61 crore in the last fiscal.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said the country has been able to achieve tremendous successes in different fields over the last four and a half years as the present government is ‘highly ambitious’.
With thousands of miles separating New Jersey and Bangladesh, it is easy for Bangladeshi immigrants to lose touch with their culture. Mohammed-Zahirul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Association of South Jersey, doesn’t want that to happen.
At least 10 persons including seven BGB members were injured in a clash among BGB members and smugglers at Anantapur border under Phulbari upazila in Kurigram district at 9.30 pm on Tuesday.
At least five men were injured in a factional clash over probing the corruption and irregularities against the Headmaster of Taluch High School under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district recently.
The Election Commission has finalised delimitation of constituencies ahead of the tenth parliamentary elections.Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad told journalists that gazette notification formalising the delimitation will be out “within today.”
Awami League’s candidate and the President’s son Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq has won the by-election at Kishoreganj-4 on Thursday.
In the wake of claims by both the ruling party and opposition-backed mayoral runners in Gazipur City Corporation polls of enjoying the support of HM Ershad, the party on Wednesday categorically said it did not extend support to anyone.
The production of Hilsa, known as king of fish species, has increased 22 percent in last three years in Barisal district.
Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo will open its first two stores in the capital on Friday to attract the nation’s growing middle class, providing them with locally-produced high quality comfortable clothing at affordable prices.
Speakers in a function here on Wednesday stressed the need for boosting production of fishes including indigenous ones to meet the nutrition demand for the people of the country.
At least 10 local activists of Shibir were injured as police charged them with batons in the district town during Wednesday’s hartal enforced by Islami Chhatra Shibir.
Power outages have become a regular phenomenon in Rajibpur upazila adding to sufferings of the people during the current summer. People’s woes have mounted because of hot temperature as two power stations of the region have remained shut.
A daylong free eye camp organized by Prime bank, Boalmari branch with the assistance of Dhaka Eye hospital was held at Boalmari upazila headquarter on Tuesday.
A pharmaceutical company official was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants at Khandar in the town on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Imran, an official of Essential Drugs Company Limited.
Local community police detected high presence of formalin in the seasonal fruits put for sale at different shops in the city on Tuesday.
Local people caught six alleged robbers and handed over them to police on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Kutumbapur area of Chandina upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Revenue income at Benapole land port has largely declined in the fiscal year 2012-13 due to various reasons, including alleged harassment at the customs house and rise in smuggling.
The trial of the Biswajit Das murder case will begin on July 8. Judge-in-Charge of Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka Dewan Muhammad Shafiullah fixed the date on Tuesday.
Eminent banker Nurul Islam Khalifa has been promoted to Deputy Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. He is now working as the head of Information Communication and Technology Wing of the Bank.
Expressing concerns at Bangladeshi cricketers’ involvement in match-fixing, a parliamentary watchdog Tuesday recommended formulating a law against the vice, stipulating tough punishment for the offenders.