Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the trial proceedings of two arson cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia with Darus Salam Police Station in the city for six months.
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Bangladesh asks for interim teesta deal
Bangladesh on Saturday requested New Delhi for inking an “interim agreement” on Teesta waters as agreed upon by both the governments in January 2011, said a joint agreement issued after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s talks with counterpart Narendra Modi in…
Teesta issue will find an early solution: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today acknowledged the Teesta issue to have drawn “greatest attention” in regard to bilateral relations and expressed his “firm belief” that it would find an early solution. “I firmly believe that it is only my…
Dhaka Delhi for zero tolerance on terrorism
Bangladesh and India today reinforced their pledge “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism and extremism alongside reiterating their strong commitment to make borders peaceful and free from criminal activities as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her counterpart Nardendra Modi…
Dhaka Delhi sign 22 deals on diverse areas of cooperation
Dhaka and New Delhi have signed 22 instruments covering diverse areas of bilateral cooperations including economic, defense cooperation, power, peaceful use of nuclear energy, outer space, information technology and mass media. The deals were signed following the official bilateral talks…
Brazilian firm back to nature to meet fluctuating water demand
Timm Kroeger and Claudio Klemz Balneário Camboriú is both a famous Brazilian beach destination and a water supply management puzzle. The resident population of the city is just 170,000, but swells to over 800,000 during the tourist season. Like many…
Modi says he and Hasina would take relations to new heights
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are determined to take the relationship between the two nations to a new level. “(Bangladesh) PM Sheikh Hasina and I are determined to take the relationship…
Modi breaks protocol to receive Hasina
Breaking the protocol, Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Friday noon received his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina when she arrived here on a four-day official visit that will see her signing a host of bilateral deals between Bangladesh and India.…
PM off to Delhi on four-day visit: 33 deals signing likely
Dhaka, Apr 7 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New Delhi on Friday morning on a four-day official visit when a host of bilateral deals are expected to be signed between Bangladesh and India. There are possibilities to…
Twitter sues US over anti-Trump account
Dave Lee North America technology reporter Twitter is suing the US government after it demanded it reveal the identity of an anti-Trump account. The @ALT_USCIS profile was an anonymous profile account criticising President Trump’s immigration policy. The account claimed it…
US missile strikes in response to Syria chemical ‘attack’
The US has carried out a missile attack against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.
Defence coop to be key outcome of Hasina’s tour: Indian FS
Defence cooperation between Bangladesh and India will certainly be ‘one of the outcomes’ of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit while Bangladesh will need to wait a bit with ‘some patience’ on the much-desired Teesta water sharing deal that remains pending…
Indian Industry keen to facilitate Dhaka-Delhi bilateral trade
From AKM Moinudddin, UNB Staff Writer New Delhi, Apr 6 – The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) eyes a greater trade and investment cooperation between Bangladesh and India that will benefit both sides. “We feel very close to Bangladesh. We’ll…
IPU to fight terror, uphold democracy, address inequalities
Dhaka – The five-day long 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly concluded in the Bangladesh capital Wednesday with the vigorous commitment to fight terrorism, uphold democracy and address social, economic and political inequalities.
No deal with anyone ignoring country’s interests: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the ruling Awami League will never compromise with the country’s interests while signing any deal with any country. “We’ll do everything maintaining the friendly relations…there’ll be no harm to our country,” she said.…
No scope to be upset over visit outcome, India on Hasina’s visit
Describing the much-talked-about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit ‘not an ordinary’ one, India on Wednesday said the visit will bring the two countries even closer with a better friendship lending ‘new dimensions’ to the growing ties. “This is not an…
Khaleda asks BNP followers to get ready for next election
Dhaka, Apr 4 – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night asked her party leaders and activists to get ready for the next general election. She said her party’s mayoral candidate in Comilla polls had to win facing many obstacles…
As deluges threaten crops, Bangladesh’s hill farmers shift tactics
For a long time, slash and burn agriculture was a way of life for Funghkal Bawn. Like other farmers from the ethnic Bawn community, in the Chittagong Hill Tract area of Bangladesh, he used to clear a new strip of…
HC stays RCC, Habiganj Poura mayors’ suspension
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the government orders suspending Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and Habiganj municipality Mayor GK Gaus. Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the orders. The court…
No secret defence deal with India: FM
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said everything will be made public if the government signs any defence deal with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to the neighbouring country. “If a defence deal is signed between…
4 missing as yet another trawler sinks in Northeast BD
Sunamganj, Apr 4 – Four people went missing as a trawler, carrying around 50 people, capsized in Tanguar Haor under Tahirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
10 killed in explosion on St. Petersburg subway
At least 10 people were killed Monday in an explosion on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported. President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting the city on an unrelated trip Monday, said investigators were looking into whether the…
Issue of interference on smaller sovereign states raised at IPU
Dhaka – Members of smaller countries of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) yesterday raised their voices to bring some amendments of the IPU resolution adopted in Geneva on the issue of outside interference on the sovereign states. They said the developed…
Rajshahi, Sylhet, Habiganj mayors suspended again
Dhaka, Apr 2 – Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury have been suspended again hours after taking charge on Sunday.
Dredging fails to restore Ganges distributary in BD
M Mamun Sagor & Rafiqul Islam Dhaka, Apr 2 – The Gorai River Restoration Project (Phase-II), initiated in 2009 in Bangladesh part of the Ganges under Kushtia district, has failed to restore the natural flow of the distributary river and…
193 dead after rivers overflow, toppling homes in Colombia
Bogota, Apr 2 (AP/UNB) — An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers tore through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes, sweeping away cars and killing at least 193 unsuspecting residents. The incident triggered by a…
Anti-militant raids at Moulvibazar, Comilla end: 3 bodies found
M Jahangir Alam & Khairul Ahsan Manik, UNB Correspondents Dhaka Apr 1 – The prolonged raids conducted by law enforcers at Comilla’s Bagmara and Moulvibazar’s Borohat ‘militant dens’ on east and northeast of Bangladesh capital Dhaka ended on Saturday with…
136th IPU meet opens in Dhaka: Tackle terrorism together: PM
Dhaka, Apr 1 – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the global community to stand against terrorism and militancy as these have been a new alarming sign for the world destroying the peace of human being. “We’ll have…
Dhaka-Delhi power deals likely during Hasina’s India tour
Dhaka, Apr 01 – Cooperation in the energy and power sector is likely to be among deals to be signed with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit on April 7-10.
Tigers take on Sri Lanka Saturday eying series win
Eying to win the series, Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka in the 3rd and last ODI of the three-match series at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SCC) Ground in Colombo on Saturday. The match, 41st ODI tussle between the two nations,…