Hong Kong, Jun 15 (AP/UNB) -Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said she will suspend a proposed extradition bill indefinitely. Lam told media Saturday she took the move in response to widespread public unhappiness over the measure, which would…
Dushanbe (Tajikstan), Jun 15 (UNB) – Stressing the importance of a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis, President Abdul Hamid on Saturday said the crisis can destabilise the entire region if it is left unresolved. “We seek a peaceful solution to…
Dhaka, June 15 (UNB)— The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been observing the ‘Citizen Information Collection Week’ from Saturday as part of its preventive measures to avert threats of militant attacks. It will continue until May 21. During this period,…
Cumilla, June 15 (UNB) – Irate passengers of an inter-city train vandalised the Nangalkot Railway Station on Saturday morning when the train ran late. Locals said Chattogram-bound Meghna Express from Chandpur was scheduled to reach the station at 7am. Passenger…
Los Angeles, Jun 15 (AP/UNB) — When it came to their kissing scenes in Netflix’s “Murder Mystery ,” Jennifer Aniston had one requirement of co-star Adam Sandler. “I did have him learn to oil the beard up a little bit,”…
Scientists have destroyed the UK’s laboratory stocks of a virus that once caused devastating cattle losses. These stocks accounted for most of the world’s lab samples of rinderpest, which were held at The Pirbright Institute in Surrey. Rinderpest and the…
It was once a shoreline buried by enough trash to render it invisible, warranting the unfortunate nickname “toilet bowl”. Now the Philippines’ Manila Bay beach is unrecognisably clean compared with a few months ago, a transformation so sudden and extreme…
Dhaka, June 14 (UNB)— Speakers at a roundtable suggested engaging Rohingyas in multi-year planning, providing formal education and more support as their repatriation continues to be delayed. They also urged involving Rohingyas with meaningful and productive activities. National Daily Samakal…
Dhaka, Jun 14 (UNB) – The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) criticised the proposed budget for keeping windows to whiten black money, calling it “unconstitutional”. “Buying flats, land procurement and investing in economic zones and high-tech parks with black money is…
Chattogram, Jun 14 (UNB) – The vessel movement at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong port resumed on Friday noon after three hours of suspension following a head-on collision between two vessels at the estuary of the Bay of Bengal…
Dhaka, Jun 14(UNB)- Huawei’s 5G intelligent and simplified core network solution won “Best 5G Core Network Technology” Award at the 5G World Summit-2019 held in London recently. 5G will bring many changes to industries and promote new industry applications and…
Dhaka, June 14 (UNB) – Taking a swipe at the critics of the newly unveiled national budget, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said there are some people who find fault in everything as this is a kind of mental sickness.…
Dhaka, June 14 (UNB) – Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (FICCI) on Friday said the GDP growth target of 8.2 percent is achievable provided that GDP-investment ratio increase to the expected level of 32 percent. In a post-budget…
Dhaka, Jun 14 (UNB) – Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, says that the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 lacks the measures which are necessary to address macroeconomic imbalances in the country. “Widespread imbalances in revenue, financial…
Narsingdi, June 14 (UNB) – A young girl suffered serious burn injuries as miscreants allegedly set her on fire at Birpur in the district town on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Phulon Barman, 17, daughter of Shital Barman…
Dhaka, June 13 (UNB) – Noted economists have said implementation of the new budget will be the main challenge for the government as ‘administrative inefficiency and legal complexity’ may appear to be a major obstacle to it. They said the…
Sao Paulo, June 14 (AP/UNB) — Brazilian soccer star Neymar spent about five hours at a police station Thursday to undergo questioning about rape allegations against him, one of the final steps in the investigation. Prosecutor Flavia Merlini told journalists…
Dubai, June 14 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. blamed Iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers Thursday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, denouncing what it called a campaign of “escalating tensions” in a region crucial to global energy supplies.…
Moulvibazar, June 14 (UNB) – Today marks the 22nd anniversary of possibly the first real man-made disaster affecting the environment to occur in Bangladesh, as a consequence of contracts signed between the government and the powerful set international oil companies,…
Dhaka, Jun 13 (UNB) – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said real-time information is available now on the sale, profit and encashment of national savings schemes from the ‘National Savings Scheme Online Management System’. The system was introduced…
Dhaka, Jun 13 (UNB) – The work on establishing an exclusive tourist zone for foreign tourists is underway at Sabrang in Cox’s Bazar. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal disclosed this while placing the national budget in parliament for fiscal 2019-20…
Dhaka, June 13 – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today placed a Taka 5,23,190 crore national budget for FY20 in parliament to ‘make a big stride’ to materialize the Vision 2021 and implement the agenda for 2030. “We are committed…
Dhaka, June 13 – Following are the highlights of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-20 • Tk 5.2tr budget with 8.2% growth target• Generate fresh employment for 3cr people by 2030• Increase taxpayers number to 1.0cr from 21-22 lakh•…
In addition to imported smartphones, prices of ice-cream, cigarette, edible oil and different food products are likely to go up as the government has proposed rise in taxes or duties on these. Imported gold, locally made bread, biscuit and agricultural…
Hong Kong, Jun 13 (AP/UNB) — By the entrance of his restaurant, Kelvin Chung hung a piece of paper announcing the restaurant’s intention to strike on Wednesday. “Hoping to find a breath of freedom,” the sign said, adding that the…
Anchorage, Jun 13 (AP/UNB) — At least 60 ice seals have been found dead along Alaska’s west coast and federal biologists on Wednesday were trying to determine the cause. Some carcasses had lost hair and NOAA Fisheries will try to…
Tehran, Jun 12 (AP/UNB) — With Japan’s prime minister on the way to Tehran for a historic visit, a hard-line Iranian paper published a front page image Wednesday of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear blast — a reference to…
Jashore, June 12 (UNB)- District police on Wednesday received the arrest warrant issued against former officer-in-charge of Feni’s Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain. He is hailing from Dalmil Raipara of the city’s Chanchra area. Now his two brothers and a…
Dhaka, June 12 (UNB) – A three-day long gold fair will be held at Dhaka’s Hotel InterContinental between June 23-25 following the government’s offer to legalize undeclared gold. Bangladesh Jewellers Samity or Bajus General Secretary Dilip Kumar Agarwala announced it…
Dhaka, June 12 (UNB) – Bangladesh is set to enter a new era as the new finance minister of the Awami League government, which is in its 3rd term in a row, will place the national budget in Parliament on…