Dhaka, Jan 11– Defending its chairperson’s comment that Padma Bridge is being constructed with patchworks, BNP now demanded an international probe into the bridge project bringing the allegation of huge corruption in it.
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Three suspected militants die in RAB raid in Dhaka
Dhaka, 12 Jan – Three suspected militants died and two RAB officials injured in a raid on a six-storey building in Dhaka’s Nakhalpara, on Friday night, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said.
Bangabandhu Square to be established in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, 11 Jan – Under a project worth Taka 59 Crore 28 lakh a ‘Bangabandhu Square’ is going to be established at the Talaimari intersection of Rajshahi by the Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA) in soon.
SC withdraws bar on bank recruitment: Test Friday
Dhaka, 11 Jan – The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Syed Mahmud Hossain on Thursday stayed the order of the High Court that postponed recruitment tests of state-owned Sonali, Rupali and Janata banks and now…
2018 online newspapers seek registration
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told Parliament that 2,018 online newspapers from across the country have so far applied seeking registration with the Press Information Department. The minister came up with the statistics while replying to an unstarred question from…
US pumping weapons into Asia-Pacific , Russia tells Japan
By rt.com Washington is militarizing the Asia-Pacific, “pumping” weapons and kit into Japan and South Korea in an “absolutely disproportionate” response to the North Korean threat, the Russian Foreign Minister said. Tokyo won’t be calling the shots, he warned.
3 suspected forest robbers killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’
Bagerhat, Jan 11 – Three suspected forest robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Sukhpara Char area under Swarankhola range of the Sundarbans on Thursday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be…
California mudslides death toll 17 – 13 still missing
Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides that have killed 17 people.
Sweden warns against cutting US aid to Palestinians
‘It’s vindictive of US to deprive UN of money to feed, educate Palestinian children in order to blackmail PA’ Sweden, a big donor country that has recognized Palestine as a state, warned Tuesday that any US decision to withdraw funds…
Dhaka for new beginning with Yangon thru’ Rohingya deal
Dhaka, Jan 10 – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said the issue of Rohingya influx with Myanmar remained as an irritant in bilateral relations between the two countries and hoped there will be a new beginning with Myanmar…
World Bank forecasts 7.6 percent growth this year
The World Bank (WB) in a report today upgraded its forecast for the Bangladesh economy, attributing the progress to the supportive fiscal policy, stable political situation and effective development initiatives. The WB in its Global Economic Prospects, released in Washington,…
California storm mudslides kill 13 – devastation huge
A storm that slammed a California coastal community is over. The search for its victims is not. Authorities in Santa Barbara County were still trying to reach new areas and dig into the destruction to find dead, injured or trapped…
Catherine Deneuve defends men’s ‘right to hit on’ women
French actress Catherine Deneuve has said that men should be “free to hit on” women. She is one of 100 French women who wrote an open letter, warning about a new “puritanism” sparked by recent sexual harassment scandals. It deplores…
Magnitude 7.6 quake hits the Carribean North of Honduras
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake has struck in the Caribbean Sea north of Honduras.There are no early reports of damage on land, but the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center warns of tsunami dangers in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, other islands and the…
To resist robots invest in people
The rise of robots is inevitable, but the associated grim predictions around job losses aren’t. Asian Development Bank vice president Stephen Groff explains how countries can prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By Stephen Groff A knitting factory in Bangladesh…
New Judges to Appellate Division of SC soon: Law Minister
Dhaka, Jan 9 – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said said on Tuesday new judges will be appointed to both the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court soon.
Socialist Student Front female activist forced out of BAU hall
Mymensingh, 09 Jan – Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student organization of ruling party Awami League activists forced an activist of Socialist Students’ Front (SSF) allegedly at midnight out of residential hall at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).
Dhaka Metro Police Sr official removed for forcibly marrying woman
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner, Mizanur Rahman, was withdrawn from the DMP headquarters and attached to Police headquarters on Tuesday over allegation of his forcefully marrying a woman and torturing her. Assistant Inspector General (media) of police Soheli Ferdaus…
Gays marry in midnight wedding ceremonies across Australia
Canberra, Jan 9 (AP/UNB) — Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia on Tuesday after the country’s last legal impediment to gay marriage expired.
Mobile court to operate until appeals’ settlement: SC
Dhaka, Jan 9 – The operation of mobile court by the executive magistrate will continue until settlement of three appeals filed by the government against the HC verdict over the mobile court act.
Samsung’s profit jumps 64 percent to record high on chips
Seoul, Jan 9 (AP/UNB) — Samsung Electronics said its October-December operating profit jumped 64 percent to a record high, capping off 2017 with the biggest annual operating income and sales in its history thanks to the blockbuster semiconductor business.
14 cases against Khaleda shifted to makeshift court
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Prothom Alo File PhotoA total of 14 cases against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia were shifted to the makeshift court set up at Dhaka Alia Madrasha field. An official order in this regard was…
Khaleda’s cases transferred for the sake of her security: Anisul
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said the government has no political agenda behind transferring cases against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to Bakshibazar temporary court, instead it was done for the sake of her security. “Government…
Man fined for son’s marriage with Rohingya girl
The High Court on Monday fined a man Tk 1 lakh over his son’s marriage with a Rohingya girl, who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, defying a government ban. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chawdhury and Justice…
4 days of cold claims 12 lives in Bangladesh
Dhaka, 08 Jan – At least twelve people, including six children, died of cold-related ailments in Rajshahi, Kurigram and Thakurgaon districts in last four days as the northern districts bore the brunt of a cold wave crossing over Bangladesh.
Law Minister says – Separate judiciary secretariat unrealistic
Dhaka, Jan 7– Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said the demand for establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary in the light of the Masdar Hossain case is unrealistic.
SC Bar Assoc President and Secy get bail
Dhaka, 07 Jan – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday granted anticipatory bail to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Advocate Zainul Abedin and Secretary Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon in a vandalism case.
Mustafa Jabbar says assigned to salvage sinking telecom secgtor
Mentioning that the Prime Minister has assigned him to salvage the ‘sinking telecom sector’, newly appointed Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday expressed the hope that he will succeed in the job using his vast experience.
10 BD workers killed in Saudi road crash
Ten Bangladeshi workers were killed in a fatal road accident in Western Jizan province of Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The accident took place around 7 pm when a vehicle hit a truck carrying 20 Bangladeshi workers to their workplace, leaving…
36 missing as ships collide near Shanghai
Thirty-two people are missing after an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off China’s east coast. The Sanchi tanker, carrying 136,000 tonnes of Iranian oil worth $60m (£44m), caught fire after the crash. China’s ministry of transport said the…