Considering its growing importance, Bangladesh wants to focus more on its close neighbour Myanmar to have improved ties with it in the spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation paving a ground for boosting trade and commerce. Bangladesh first wants to…
The proprietor of a photo studio was killed in an attack by unknown miscreants in Colony area of the district town on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 36, son of Golam Rahman of Ulipur upazila of…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 40 bottles of Indian liquor worth Tk 60,000 from Masimpur Uttarpara village in Bishwambharpur upazila on Saturday.
One person was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Khilpara Biswa Road area in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
The country’s economic growth in the current fiscal may slow down to 5.8 or even to 5.6 percent from above 6 percent for the last four fiscals, predicted Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday.
Transplantation of Boro seedlings has begun in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Boro season amid much enthusiasm to the farmers.
Senior BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government is screaming louder as it has got devoid of essence and afraid of public wraths.
Satsanga Bangladesh distributed blankets among cold-hit distressed people here on Friday afternoon on the occasion of annual picnic launched by Purushottam Sree Sree Thakur Anukul Chandra.
Three-week Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign, as part of them countrywide plan was inaugurated this morning here at Harukandi Primary School with a target of vaccinating 95 percent children aged nine months to 15 years.
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka will celebrate the ‘Republic Day’ in the city on Sunday. The celebrations will be held at the New Chancery Complex in Baridhara, said a media release issued by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
A former caretaker adviser has underlined the need of consensus among political parties to spur economic growth.
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, on Saturday announced a two-day programme to press home their seven-point demand, including the release of its leaders and activists and withdrawal of ‘false’ cases against them.
Three people were detained for their alleged attempt to sell government-supplied medicines of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday.
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Saturday donated blankets to Dinajpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry for distributing those among the cold-hit people of the northern zone of the country.
Self-proclaimed chairman of Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Saturday announced that his party is going to join the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has asked the BNP for its assistance to maintain political stability and sees it coming.
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(ISNS) — Hundreds of millions of years ago, when the ancestors of land animals crawled out of the seas and flopped on a primordial beach they learned quickly that to survive they were going to have to develop new tools…
Dhaka – In another historic feat, renowned animal scientists from Bangladesh and China on Friday formally announced the water buffalo genome sequencing success. Lal Teer Livestock Limited, a Bangladeshi company and Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), one of the world’s premier…
Narayanganj – Four cops were injured in an attack allegedly by Awami League men following a clash with BNP activists at Fatehpur village in Sonargaon upazila on Friday night. Police and witnesses said Awami League leader Anwar Hossain and upazila…
Dhaka – A man was killed as he was hit a bullet in the city’s Mohakhali area on Friday night. Hospital sources said Dulal was hit by a bullet near Mohakhali Wireless Rail Gate around 8:40pm while returning home on foot…
Chandpur – Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Friday said no dialogue can be held with BNP on polls for now as there will be no general election in the country before 2019.
Dhaka – Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jun on Friday laid emphasis on more future collaboration between the two friendly countries — Bangladesh and China — for ensuring mutual gains. The Chinese diplomat thinks mutual cooperation brings gains while division brings…
Dhaka – Stressing that the business and politics should not be mixed up, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday urged all to come under the same platform rising above differences in the greater interest of the country’s economy. “We’re marching…
Detective Branch of police arrested six people along with six pounds of cocaine from the city’s Nikunju area on Thursday. The arrestees are drug peddlers-Md Kamrul Alam, 40, and Md Abu Taher Mandol alias Joba, 30, and their associates- pharmacy…
Dhaka – In a bid to boost agricultural production and increase income of the countries rural farmers, an initiative has been taken to impart training to around 10 lakh male and female farmers on integrated farm management to create employment…
Savar – Authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have suspended the studentship of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader for assaulting a teacher on the campus on Thursday evening. The suspended is Mamun Khan, publicity secretary of JU unit BCL and…
ASM Feroz has been appointed as the Chief Whip in the 10th Parliament.The Patuakhali MP was a Whip in the 9th Parliament. Along with him, Sherpur MP Md Atiur Rahman Atik, Dinajpur MP Iqbalur Rahim, Maulvibazar MP Md Shahab Uddin,…
Garment exporters are now breathing easy as foreign buyers are beginning to return, with Bangladesh getting down to business after a spell of political upheaval. Upset over deadly factory fires, collapsing buildings, raging workers’ unrest over wages, and relentless political…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday termed the party’s tie with Jamaat-e-Islami, country’s largest Islamist party, as nothing but an electoral alliance.“There is huge ideological gap between the BNP and the Jamaat. They (Jamaat) have their own ways of working.…