Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) at a protest rally on Wednesday voiced their concern over the government’s failure to arrest the main culprits of seven murders of Narayanganj although 17 days have…
Several Dhaka-based foreign diplomats have urged the government to keep open the option of holding dialogue with opposition BNP on the modalities of future general election. The diplomats’ call came at a briefing arranged by the Foreign Ministry at the…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold its public meeting at Jatrabari in the city on Saturday protesting growing killing, enforced disappearance and abduction across the country including Narayanganj. BNP chairperson and former premier Khaleda Zia will address the meeting as…
The government has told diplomats that the Narayanganj murderers will be brought to justice “regardless of their party ranks and affiliation”. Prime Minister’s adviser for political affairs HT Imam told a group of diplomats about the government’s resolve at the…
The delay in carrying out the High Court order for arrest of three disgraced RAB officers over the Narayanganj multiple murders will not be a contempt of court, the attorney general has said. Mahbubey Alam remarked the government was giving…
The prime minister has asked the members of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) to remain alert to all sorts of threats to protect democracy. Sheikh Hasina was addressing a ‘Darbar’ of the officials and staff of the military’s…
Department of Women Affairs (DWA) distributed Tk 6.93 lakh asmaternity allowance to 330 poor mothers of Sundarganj upazila in the district for the first six-month of 2013-2014 fiscal.
From: Jeremy Hance, MONGABAY.COM ,Breathing in urban India is hard: of the world’s top twenty cities with the worst air, 13 of them are found in India, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite the…
The sudden arrival of huge blooms of box jellyfish can now be predicted, a study suggests.
Rome — Roger Federer appeared to lose focus in his first match back after the birth of his second set of twins, losing to 47th-ranked Jeremy Chardy of France 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the second round of the Italian…
Barcelona – Outgoing Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has paid tribute to Louis Van Gaal and all other coaches he worked under at the club in an emotional farewell message to fans.
Early reviews of Grace of Monaco, the Grace Kelly biopic chosen to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, have slammed the film, with one describing it as “a timeless camp classic”.
Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman hacked Kate Middleton’s phone 155 times, a court has heard.
Residents of three villages in northern Nigeria have repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters, an eyewitness has told the BBC. About 200 of the militants were killed during the fighting in the Kala-Balge district of Borno state,…
Ten Sri Lankan Tamils, including two women and five children, from Sri Lanka who landed Aricha Munai off the Dhanushkodi coast (Tamil Nadu) on May 5 2014, have been arrested by police for entering the country without passports.
Russia is to deny the US use of the International Space Station beyond 2020 and will also bar its rocket engines from launching US military satellites as it hits back at American sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis.
Police rescued two teenage girls from Kolaroa border point of the district while they were being trafficked to India on Tuesday.
A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land dispute at Charporagachha village in Ramgati upazila on Tuesday night.
A man was beaten to death allegedly by his second wife and his step sons at Ramchandrapur village in Parbotipur upazila on Tuesday night.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man along with 20 gold bars weighting 2.5 kilograms on Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive seized 800-kg jatka and awarded two people one- year imprisonment each in Jhumur cinema hall area here last night.
A mother and her daughter were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Bangaon village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Tuesday.
The upazila administration last night demolished a Jatra pandal in Bala Ata area under Sadar upazila in the district for holding obscene dance and gambling.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Google Inc’s self-driving car technology likely will not be available for several more years. But the Internet company is already beginning the job of making the public comfortable with the futuristic vehicles.
Samsung says it will compensate chip factory workers who developed cancer while working for the firm.
Owners of local steel industries on Wednesday demanded increase of tax on the import of billet and withdrawal of tax from the import of chemicals in the upcoming national budget for fiscal 2014-15 to protect the local industries. They also…
The Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka has said it will take a while to know whether Indian foreign policy changes if BJP forms the government under the leadership of Narendra Modi. “The results of the election will be published on…
Vice chairman of the standing committee of China National Peoples Congress Yan Junqi on Wednesday said Bangladesh is a unique example in the world for marching towards development. Junqi, leading a delegation of China National People’s Congress, made the remark…
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong The World Bank Board has approved USD60m in interest-free credit to modernize the administration of Bangladesh’s value-added tax regime and to boost the tax take. The VAT Improvement Program Project will introduce automation, including…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday termed Rapid Action Battalion as “serial killer” and “visible panic” and said they have snatched the sleep of the people. Addressing a press conference at party headquarters at Naya Paltan, he alleged…