State-owned Petrobangla has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Santos-Kris Energy, an Australia-Singapore joint venture, for hydrocarbon exploration in the shallow sea Block-11 in the Bay of Bengal. Petrobangla’s subsidiary, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX), will…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday said that the government has decided to start selling five essential commodities in open market to check price hike 15 days before Ramadan begins. “Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has taken preparation so that…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday reconstituted its probe team to investigate alleged embezzlement of about Tk 3,500 crore from the state-run BASIC Bank Limited, said an ACC official. He said with this the commission reconstituted the team for the…
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BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged the government to immediately hold an inclusive national election to restore democracy. “Whatever has happened, happened… let’s take the country forward by holding a free, fair and credible election under a…
In an apparent reaction to Khaleda Zia’s recent remarks over Gopalganj, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said those who have failed to forget their old lords are against the country’s independence and they do not like Gopalganj. “Those who…
Expected yield eludes farmers Different types of inferior quality zinc sulphate fertiliser are being sold openly at the fertiliser and pesticide shops in the markets of nine upazilas of Khulna district, including the city, much to the detriment of agriculture…
Police picked up BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday night. A team of Gulshan Police Station picked up the BNP leader from his Gulshan residence around 10:25pm, his son Barrister Maruf Mosharraf told UNB over phone. He…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 388 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Jamalpur village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a drug peddler along with 300 bottles of Phensidyl in Ramchandrapur area of the district town on Tuesday afternoon.
Police in separate drives arrested 136 accused in different cases from different areas of the city and four districts of Sylhet division early Tuesday.
BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka has resigned from the post of convener of the party’s Dhaka metropolitan unit. “I don’t want to handle this responsibility anymore. I have asked the leader (Khaleda Zia) to reorganise the Metropolitan city unit. She…
A court here on Tuesday sent nine local activists of BNP and its student body Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) to jail rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed for bomb explosion.
Light pollution could affect the regeneration of tropical rainforests because it disrupts the behaviour of seed dispersing bats, a study suggests.
The High Court has ignored contempt of court charges against Samakal, Naya Diganta and seven journalists. Justices Naima Haider and Zafar Ahmed cleared them of the charges after they apologised unconditionally during hearing on the contempt rule on Wednesday. Lawyer…
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Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that her government has given priority to implement six important projects including Padma multipurpose bridge and Rampal coal-based power plant projects with a view to speeding up…
The opening matches of the Indian Premier League will be held in the United Arab Emirates to avoid a clash with the country’s general election.
Leaders of the G7 group of nations have called on Russia to stop all efforts to “annex” Ukraine’s Crimea region.
The last communication received from a Malaysia Airlines plane suggests everything was normal on board minutes before it went missing over the South China Sea, Malaysian authorities say.
A newly recruited hangman in Sri Lanka has resigned in shock after being shown the gallows for the first time.
Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location.
Pele says Lionel Messi is not as good for Argentina as he is for Barcelona as a result of a lack of understanding with his international teammates.
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Razar Char in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
A footwear factory at Adamjee EPZ caught fire on Tuesday night, burning down huge materials.
Organizers at a function here on Tuesday said bio-gas produced from domestic wastes is being supplied to 30 households in Segunbagicha area of Gaibandha Municipality for cooking purpose to have pollution free environment.
A mobile court in a drive seized 10-maund of jatka (hilsa fry) from Burirghat area under Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Plantation of boro seedlings is near about completion in the district aimed to produce over seven lakh tonnes of rice in the current Robi season in the district.
Russia’s leaders are refusing all negotiations with their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said. Mr Turchynov told the AFP agency that Ukraine would not intervene militarily in Crimea, even though a secession referendum there was a “sham”.
-By Raquib Siddiqi In the first eight months of the year 2013, international tourist arrivals grew by 5 per cent to reach a record 747 million worldwide, some 38 million more than in the same period of 2012. UK based Dr.…