Deputy Finance Minister of Russia Sergey Storchak and Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Abul Kalam Azad have signed an agreement on the Extension of State Export Credit for Financing the Preparatory Stage Work of Nuclear Power Plant in Rooppur in…
Bombs explosions and clashes with police marred the half-day strike enforced by the Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday in eight districts of Rajshahi. The strike, that began at 6.00 am , was to protest against the arrest of the Jamaat’s’s Assistant Secretary…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) singed bilateral deal with 13 countries to stop money laundering, terrorists financing and to take back the laundered money. A source in BB said that BB inked the deals with the countries in different times in last…
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday made cautious Tajul Islam, one of the lawyers of detained Jamaat leaders.
The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing till January 22 on an appeal filed against a High Court verdict that acquitted six former army personnel in the jail killing case. An Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain…
Jamaat-e-Islami declared to besiege International Crimes tribunal (ICT) demanding release of detained Jamaat leaders. Jamaat leaders made the announcement in front of Supreme Court during 18-party’s human wall programme Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Jamaat-Shibir men staged showdown in the…
Five students have been arrested for taking a college lecturer hostage for ransom, an official of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said Tuesday. The five were arrested from the office of a courier company where they had gone to receive…
World Bank (WB) country director Allen Goldstein stated that WB would give final decision over funding Padma Bridge project by this January. She came up with the observation in reply to the query of journalists after attending a workshop at…
The move came as a populist cleric, who is believed to be backed by the military, demanded the resignation of the government in protests attended by thousands of followers in the heart of the capital Islamabad. The Supreme Court gave…
Judge Zahurul Haque of Metropolitan Sessions Court rejected the bail petition of the BNP Acting Secretary General in a case filed by the Motijheel police, in which Fakhrul is blamed for bomb explosions during the opposition road blockade. Earlier the…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday took the charges brought against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia into contingence and issued an arrest warrant against her former political secretary Harris Chowdhury. Judge of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court M Zahirul Haque passed the order…
The decision of purchasing laptop computers for the Members of Parliament before the next winter session has become uncertain as the laptop supplying organization is not finalized. Parliament Secretariat sources said a decision was taken to buy laptop computers for…
The resignation letter of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) Chairman Engineer M Nurul Huda was not accepted finally on Monday.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police seized some 150,000 secondary levels guidebooks in a drive at Old Dhaka of the capital on Monday afternoon. Additional Police Super (ASP) Abul Hasnat told banglanews that, acting on a tip off, they…
General Bikram Singh’s remarks come amid mounting public anger in India after Delhi accused Pakistani soldiers of slitting the throat of one of the soldiers and decapitating him.
South Africa completed a 2-0 series win over New Zealand on Monday after thumping the visitors by an innings and 193 runs on the fourth day of the second Test.
World number one golfer Rory McIlroy has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Nike as the US sportswear company moves on after dropping disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong last year.
From: Allison Winter, ENN The tallest trees in the world can grow up to 100 meters (think of a tree climbing the length of three football fields!) but if a tree has all the necessary sunlight, water, and space what…
Innergie, a consumer power solutions company with an office in Singapore, launched the world`s smallest 6,800mAh battery pack with PocketCell Duo.
The Iran hostage thriller ‘Argo’ was a surprise best-drama winner at Sunday’s Golden Globes, beating out the Civil War epic ‘Lincoln’, which had emerged as an awards-season favourite.
Staff Reporter Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Sunday said that it would disburse an amount of Tk 450 crore its under Financial Sector Project for the Development of SME (FSPDSME) among local level entrepreneurs of Bangladesh. The JICA announcement…
Canadian High Commissioner to Dhaka Heather Cruden visited Hili Land port on Monday morning. Authorities of Hakimpur upazila administration, Hili Customs and Hili Port gave him warm reception. Later they sat in a meeting at the conference hall of Panama-Hili…
At least eight people were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Ulokha in Kaliganj of the district early Monday. Witnesses said that a fertilizer-laden truck plunged into roadside ditch in the area when its driver lost…
Veteran journalist ABM Musa categorically on Monday said the degree of torture on journalists has been increased due to different political opinion among the journalists. The senior journalist of the country also opined many journalists are also politically motivated. He…
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader ordered to transfer two officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) for their involvement in graft and irregularities. The minister came up with the order in a whirlwind visit to Chittagong BRTC office on Monday morning.…
Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Aziz Ahmmed categorically said border killings can be accepted in no way. He came up with the observation in a view exchange meeting with journalists at BGB Headquarters on Monday…
The resignation letter of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) Chairman Engineer M Nurul Huda was not accepted finally on Monday. Confirming the matter to journalists, Nurul Huda said, “I submitted the resign letter as doctor told me to take full rest.”…
The first war crimes tribunal on Monday rejected six applications of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee saying that they had no merit.
The baby of Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate is expected in July, the prince’s office said on Monday. The pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge, 31, was revealed in December when she was admitted to hospital for three…
The comments, which came as public anger mounts over the decapitation of one of the slain soldiers, appear certain to further inflame tensions between the nuclear-armed enemies. Last week’s fighting was the worst outbreak of violence in Kashmir, the Himalayan…