Dhaka – Readymade garment (RMG) factories of Ashulia industrial area reopened on Monday after remaining closed for over two weeks following a labour unrest.
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17 grenades, 2 suicide vests, 2 pistols, teen’s body recovered
Dhaka – Police Sunday recovered 17 grenades, two live suicide vests, two pistols and the dead body of teenager lying beside unexploded suicide vests from the nest of neo JMB at Ashkona, according to police sources. Senior police officials suspect…
Free judiciary from case backlog: Chief Justice Sinha
Dhaka – Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha Sunday slammed district judges for not conducting their judicial function properly and expected that the district judges would attend their courts in time and remain engaged in the judicial function for their…
Snatching democracy tantamount to militancy: BNP
Dhaka – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said snatching people’s voting rights and democracy is tantamount to indulging in militancy and extremism.
Debris from missing Russian plane found at sea
Moscow (AP/UNB) — A Russian passenger plane with 92 people aboard, including a famed military band on the way to Syria, crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense ministry…
Pope Francis: Christmas ‘hostage to materialism’
Pope Francis has said that the true meaning of Christmas is being drowned out by materialism. During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children.
Palestine’s Hamas lauds, Israel rejects UN vote against settlements
Palestine’s Hamas movement has welcomed the Security Council vote demanding a halt to Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. Israel rejected the measure, which was approved after the US refrained from vetoing it. Hamas, which governs Gaza, said Saturday the…
NCC fair polls outcome of BNP’s movement, says Fakhrul
BNP on Saturday said it considers Thursday’s Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election as a partial victory of the party’s movement for ensuring fair polls in the country.”I assess Narayanganj polls from a different angel. Through this election, we’ve achieved a…
2 ‘militants’ killed in blasts, 2 women surrender in Dhaka city
Dhaka – Two militants blew themselves up while two women and two children surrendered during a raid in a house in the capital’s Ashkona area on Saturday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque…
Iran, 6 powers make public restricted nuke deal documents
Vienna (AP/UNB) — In an unusual move, Iran and six world powers on Friday released previously restricted documents about their nuclear deal to enforce their view that Tehran is not circumventing limits on its limit of enriched uranium, which could…
UN Security Council calls for an end to Israeli settlements
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it. The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene but it was proposed…
NCC polls set example for future elections: Monitors
Dhaka – Elections monitors and experts Friday termed Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls could appear as a model for future elections appreciating efforts of all stakeholders in ensuring its fairness and credibility. They said expected the NCC polls to have…
All elections under AL were fair, says Hasina
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said all the elections held under the Awami League government were free and fair, but BNP has no right to seek votes from people for indulging in corruption, looting and killings. The…
Obama shuts down Muslim registry
The Obama administration has moved to shut down the Department of Homeland Security’s Muslim national registry program, a vestige of post-9/11 policy that’s been sitting on the books since 2002 but unused in the past five years. It’s the same…
All need to maintain dignity of respective religions: PM
Urging the Christian community to become part of Bangladesh’s development efforts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the people of all faiths to maintain the dignity of their own religions so that no one could ever raise finger…
BNP worries over ‘last-moment engineering’ in NCC polls
Dhaka – Terming the voting in the Narayanganj City Corporation election apparently fair, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday voiced concern over ‘possible engineering’ in the election results.
Ivy sweeps NCC polls
Dhaka – Awami League mayoral candidate Dr Salina Hayat Ivy was unofficially reelected mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as she defeated BNP contestant Sakhawat Hossain Khan by a big margin of 77,902 votes in the election held on Thursday.…
Voting starts in high voltage N’ganj City Corpn election
Dhaka – Voting in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election is going on peacefully since early morning Thursday amid much enthusiasm with ‘high’ turnout of female voters.
7 Biman officials remanded over glitch in PM’s flight
Dhaka –A court here on Thursday placed seven officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over the technical glitch in a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Rani…
Christian missionary school Guard killed in northern BD
Dinajpur – A security guard of a Christian missionary school was reportedly stabbed to death by some miscreants at Auliapur in Sadar upazila early Thursday.
Talks with Myanmar on Rohingya soon: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said Bangladesh government will sit for talks with the Maynmar government over the Rohingya issue very soon.”Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is keeping a close eye on the Rohingya issue . . . Bangladesh government…
PM urges UK to lift ban on direct cargo flights to London
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the British government to lift the ban on all direct cargo flights from Dhaka to London.The Prime Minister made the call when UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Bangladesh Rushanara Ali, MP met…
NCC goes to high-voltage election Thursday morning
All eyes are now on Naryanganj City Corporation (NCC) that goes to polls on Thursday as the election is considered vital ahead of the reconstitution of the next Election Commission that will conduct the next parliamentary polls.People across the country…
Russia, Turkey call assassination attempt to spoil their ties
The assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey before press photographers Monday prompted fears the killing could be a flashpoint that unleashes even greater chaos in a volatile region. But Russia and Turkey have sought to swiftly tamp down tensions over…
For a comprehensive national policy on migration
GreenWatch NewsDesk The Malaysian Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition has recently prepared a set of recommendations for the preparation of a comprehensive national poolicy on labour migration in their country. The recommemndations are based on consultations with stakeholders organised…
Corruption driving land grabbing crisis everywhere
Communities around the world are being robbed of the land on which they depend. According to Global Witness data, in 2015, an average of more than three people each week were killed defending their land against theft and the ruinous…
Campaign ends as Narayanganj City polls Thursday
Dispelling the Awami League’s doubt that the BNP will again withdraw its candidate from Narayanganj City Corporation polls at the last minute, its candidate Sakhawat Hossain Khan says he will not pull out of the race. He says the then…
Deaths along the border are matter of grave concern: PM
“The death incidents of innocent Bangladeshis along the border areas are the matter of grave concern to us,” she said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the remark while addressing a parade marking the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day 2016 at…
Berlin attack: Police say lorry crash ‘probably terror attack’
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48.The driver, a Pakistani asylum seeker who entered Germany last year, is…
New drug policy, steps for quality medicine production nodded
Dhaka – The Cabinet today approved a proposal to constitute the National Human Resources Development Fund (NHRDF) and the National Skill Development Authority (NSDA) aimed at channeling additional fund for the programmes and activities taken for skill development.