Three journalists, including Independent TV Staff Correspondent Muhammad Rishad Huda, have been awarded the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Media Award-2014 for their investigative reports on corruption. The two other journalists are—New Age Staff Reporter Sadiqur Rahman and ABC Radio Senior Reporter…
Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, chairman of Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), has been re-elected as chairman of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) for the current year. Besides, EXIM Bank chairman Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder…
Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque on Thursday said the government is giving special priority to the development of the railway sector despite resource constraints. “The government is giving additional attention to the rail sector. We want to develop the rail as…
Jhenidah – Jhenidah Rapid Action Battllion (RAB-6) recovered 2,825 bottles phensidyl from Kaliganj on Thursday noon. This time RAB arrested two drug peddlers and seized a truck.
Sonali Bank Limited on Thursday lodged three more cases against Hall-Mark Group Managing Director (MD) Tanvir Mahmud and the Group’s Chairman Jesmin Islam on the charge of default in the payment of loan amounting to Tk 21.71 crore. These three…
The curtain falls on Tangail-8 by-election campaign on Thursday midnight, 32 hours before the voting opens. Five candidates — Anupam Shahjahan of the ruling Awami League, Sadek Siddiqui of JP (Manju) and independent Abdul Malek (AL rebel) and Principal Abu…
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday rejected the bail petitions of BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and three other leaders. Other two leaders are Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and Dhaka City BNP member…
The Election Commission will give its decision on Sunday on the suspension of the January election results in two Jessore constituencies won by Awami League candidates Sheikh Afil Uddin and Monirul Islam. The results in Jessore-1 and Jessore-2 seats were…
All the 11 countries of World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region, including Bangladesh, have been certified polio-free by an independent commission under the WHO certification process. WHO South-East Asia Region based in New Delhi made this announcement through a…
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Thursday said the cultural exchange activities between Bangladesh and Russia would begin soon. He was addressing a press briefing at the meeting room of the Cultural Affairs Ministry. The minister said there is no…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says all the local government elections should be held along political line so that the popularity of various parties at the grassroots can be properly judged. Hasina, who heads the ruling Awami League, made this remark…
Police on Thursday arrested three newly elected Upazila Parishad chairmen and two vice-chairmen from Rangpur city for alleged involvement in violence during the January 5 parliament polls. They were also accused of ‘causing obstruction’ to police in discharge of duty. Detective…
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has lent support to her son’s claims that her husband Ziaur Rahman was the ‘first president’ of Bangladesh. She made the assertion at a discussion by ‘Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal’ to honour freedom fighters of the 1971…
India’s Supreme Court intends to bar Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from this year’s Indian Premier League, which starts on 16 April.
Police in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fired warning shots in an attempt to disperse crowds gathered outside offices of international aid workers.
Hugh Jackman hasn’t suffered for flashing his claws from time to time.
Two people in England have developed tuberculosis after contact with a domestic cat, Public Health England has announced.
Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has resigned as Egypt’s military chief in order to stand for the presidency.
(RFE/RL) — Russian-language media have launched a blistering attack against Crimean Tatar businessman Lenur Islyamov, owner of the independent ATR television channel in the Crimean capital, Simferopol.
Qatar is preparing a radical overhaul of its controversialkafala or labour sponsorship system in response to mounting criticism that threatens reputation capital it hopes to gain from hosting the 2022 World Cup.
The 43rd anniversary of Rangpur Cantonment Gherao day will be observed through various programmes here tomorrow (Friday) at Nishbetganj Baddhyabhumi Smritisoudha ‘Rakta Gaurab’ in the outskirts of the city.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 32 tortoises of rare species from Putkhali border area in Benapole town on Wednesday.
Police recovered the body of a man from near the Jamuna River at Ghorjan village in Chauhali upazila on Thursday morning.
A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Baro Maharajpur village in Shahjadpur upazila on Wednesday morning.
Farmers in Satkhira are getting interested in cultivating sunflower gradually finding it to be a profitable venture for their economic uplift.
A garments rag trader was hacked to death and his wife sustained stab injures in an attack by miscreants at Boro Dewra in Tongi of the city early Thursday.
A quack was shot to death by unknown miscreants at Mirzapur village in Keshabpur upazila on Wednesday night.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a revolver, a short-gun and two rounds of bullet from Shingnagar border area in Shibganj upazila early Wednesday.
A teenager and a minor boy were killed and 14 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Sarail upazila on Wednesday night.
A Chittagong court has issued an arrest warrant for Mufti Izaharul Islam, the prime suspect in a blast at a Chittagong madrasa. SM Abdur Rashid of the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court gave the order on Thursday. On Oct…