India said Friday it swapped more than 150 small pockets of land with its small neighbour Bangladesh, settling a decades-old border dispute and an uncertain future for tens of thousands of stateless people living in squalid conditions. Television images showed…
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Cyclone-induced tidal water inundates Bagerhat coastal village
Tidal water inundated Dumuria village in Chitalmari upazila as an embankment on the Chitalmari River developed breach on Friday, rendering 200 families homeless. Nizam Uddin Sheikh, chairman of Chitalmari union parishad, said about 40-foot portion of the embankment on the…
Expats can change jobs after serving double the contract term
An expatriate will be allowed to transfer his/her sponsorship after spending a period that is twice the employment duration mentioned in the contract with the current employer, or after a 10-year period in case of open contracts with the approval…
New monetary policy to stabilise inflation, says Governor
Keeping in continuity of earlier policy Bangladesh Bank (BB) declared the new monetary policy for the first half of FY16 that helpful for investment. New monitory policy stance for the first half of FY 16, will stabilise inflation at moderate…
Yunus expands social business to Uganda
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has just concluded his four day visit to Uganda where he was received by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda at the Presidential Palace, met Vice President Ssekandi, attended high level meetings with government representatives and…
Bt brinjal cultivation in B’desh a success or propaganda
The BBC’s claim of 90% success for Bt brinjal in Bangladesh has been challenged by a journalist. Claire Robinson reports BBC Panorama’s programme, “GM Food: Cultivating Fear”, has come under attack from a Bangladeshi journalist for falsely portraying Bt brinjal…
‘Election Commission info on female voters unauthentic’
Claiming that the statistic of Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) over the declining share of female voters is authentic, the non-government organisation on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission published untrue and half true information in this regard. “We want to…
Handwritten passports phase out Nov 24
All passport users, both at home and abroad, have been requested to swap their handwritten passports with the new machine readable ones by November 24. The deadline was fixed at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the Civil Aviation and Tourism…
Bnp asks for extra 45 days to submit audit report
As a registered political party, BNP yesterday sought additional one and half months time from Election Commission to submit its statement of account. A two-member BNP delegation led by assistant office secretary Asadul Karim Shahin went to the EC at…
Schoolgirl killed after rape in Natore
A schoolgirl was killed after rape allegedly by her cousin and his friend at Yarpur village in Naldanga upazila on Monday. The victim was a resident of the village and a class V student of Yarpur Primary School. Police sources…
Landslide kills another five in Cox’s Bazaar, rain trigger floods
Incessant rainfall for the law few days, caused by monsoon depression in the Bay of Bengal, triggered flood and landslides in different southeast districts of the country, including Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Khagrachhari, Laxmipur and Noakhali, leaving five people dead. Met…
APJ Abdul Kalam, ex-President of India dies at 83
Former Indian President A.P.J. Kalam, who was known as the father of the country’s military missile program, died Monday after collapsing while delivering a lecture, a top state official said. He was 83. The president from 2002 until 2007, he…
SQC’s wife given time for hearing on verdict leaking
The Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka on Monday once again deferred the hearing on framing charge against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s wife, son and four others in a case filed for allegedly leaking a draft verdict of International Crimes Tribunal-1…
ACC gives Charge-sheet against Bnp leader Anee
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday submitted the charge sheet of a graft case against BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee to a Dhaka court lodged for concealing information about his wealth. ACC Deputy Director Mahbubul Alam and also…
PCJSS leader among two shot dead in Rangamati
Two tribal people, including a leader of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), were shot dead in an attack by miscreants at Lemuchari in Sadar upazila early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Supriya Chakma, a leader of the PCJSS…
Fakhrul leaves for Singapore Sunday for better treatment
The ailing BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday for better treatment. He will leave Shahjalal International Airport tonight on a Singapore Airlines flight, according to sources. The BNP leader is likely…
Outlawed party leader killed, Jamaat activist injured in ‘gunfight’
A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bhanga Bottoil in Mirpur upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Palash Malitha, 28, regional leader of (ML-Lal Pataka),…
19 more killed in road mishaps in 8 districts
At least 19 more people were killed and 51 others injured in a series of road accidents in eight districts, including the capital, on Friday as roads across the country turned vulnerable amid monsoon rains. The districts are Gazipur, Madaripur,…
Law and order on downslide like pre-75 period: Bnp
BNP yesterday alleged that the law and order situation of the country has been on downslide as the incidents of robbery, killing, and sexual assaults on women have marked an alarming rise as during the pre-1975 period. Party spokesman Dr…
Four killed in Gazipur crash
At least four people were killed in Gazipur in a collision between a human hauler and a covered van early Friday morning, police said. The mishap near Naojorh on Friday morning left six others injured, said Sub-Inspector Bahar Alam of…
Jamaat pledges Govt support to resolve common rivers issue
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday expressed deep concern over India’s reported move to connect Teesta-Ganga-Manas-Sankosh covering three states, saying the country will turn into a desert if the neighbouring country implements it. In a statement, Jamaat acting ameer Maqbul Ahmad also…
Fakhrul to fly to Singapore Sunday for medical treatment
The ailing BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday for better treatment, according to his closed aides. “He (Fakhrul) has undergone extensive medical check ups and tests in Dhaka including some tests…
17 Sirajganj bus collision deaths: Driver was sleepy, bus lacked fitness
A committee that investigated the Sirajganj accident causing death to 17 persons a day after the Eid-ul-Fitr has suggested that sleepy driver and lack of fitness of a bus were to blame for the tragedy. Early on July 19, two…
Charge-sheet against 58 of Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance
The Police yesterday (Wednesday) submitted two charge sheets to a Dhaka court against 58 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance including MK Anwar, Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Adviser Khandaker Mahbub Hossain…
‘Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
By Sean Coughlan What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.…
Review to reject N’ganj 7-murder charge-sheet sought
A review petition has been filed against a court order that rejected the naraji (no-confidence) petition against the chargeshhet in a case filed in connection with the sensational seven murders. Selina Islam Beauty, widow of Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor…
Man kills two children injures wife in Cox’s Bazaar
A man allegedly hacked his two children to death and injured his wife at Gainaghata in Chakaria upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jamal Uddin, 6, and Tanjina,4, son and daughter of Abul Kashem, 45, a Rohingya and…
5 killed as bus crashes autorickshaw in Keshabpur
Five people, including two of a family, were killed and another was injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a bus at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge approach road in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
Ruhul Amin accused in hiding Rajon’s body remanded
A local court has placed Ruhul Amin on a seven-day remand in the case filed in connection with the brutal killing of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon in Kumargaon area of the city on July 8. Judge Anwarul Haque of the…
Alleged JMB man shot dead in Gaibandha
An alleged member of banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was shot to death by unidentified miscreants at Mamudpur village in Saghata upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Fazle Rabbi, son of Sadikas Ali, a resident…