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banglanews24.com KHULNA: A fisherman was in a attack of tiger at Marki Lake of Sundarbans in West Division Arua Shibsar area of the district on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Oliur Rahman, 18, son of Abdur Rashid, hailed…

PSA Climate Change The concept of green economy is increasingly find its way from the ivory tower of environmental economics to minstream policy discourse mainly due to widespread disillusion with the present economic paradigm which delivers material wealth at the…

bdnews24.com Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Monday said the people who were against the trials of the war criminals and criminals who committed crimes against humanity were making desperate attempts to delay them. During a meeting with former State Minister…

bdnews24.com BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday called for trying what she said the war crimes suspects in the family of the Prime Minister and her party for a transparent war crimes trial. She made the call at a programme…

bdnews24.com The Election Commission has targeted senior advocates at the Supreme Court for constituting its panel of lawyers as it deems those who applied for the position as ‘less qualified’. Election Commissioner Md Shahnewaz said the commission, in a recent…

bdnews24.com The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange opened the week’s trade 30.23 points lower with a relatively lower Tk 1.97 billion turnover. The DSE General Index slid 0.72 percent to close at 4144.54 points on Sunday amid fluctuations.…

bdnews24.com A letter written by Rabindranath Tagore has been found surprisingly inside a book, an Indian businessman has claimed, according to a media report. The hand-written letter by the Nobel laureate addresses no one and now hangs within a booklovers’…

banglanews24.com Detained BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP Monday filed a contempt of court petition with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 against Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed. Lawyers of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, detained for his alleged involvement in wartime crimes…

banglanews24.com LAXMIPUR: At least 20 people, including five cops received bullet injuries during a gunfight between two groups centering the vote of a merchant association in Duttapara Bazar of the district on Monday night. Locals and witnesses said a group…

banglanews24.com GOALONDA, RAJBARI: Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route have been suspended as thick fog blanketed the waterway on Sunday night. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Daulatdia Office Assistant Manager Md Abu Abdullah said, “As the waterways were blanketed beyond…

banglanews24.com DHAKA: Eleven children have been killed in China when the van taking them to school crashed, Chinese state media have reported. The children, aged between four and six years old, died when the van apparently plunged into a roadside…

banglanews24.com An Afghan policewoman has shot and killed a US security adviser in the Kabul police headquarters, NATO and local officials say. A senior police official told Al Jazeera that the shooting occurred at 10:15am local time (05:45 GMT) on…

banglanews24.com Police in Africa’s last absolute monarchy Swaziland have banned women from wearing miniskirts and midriff-revealing tops saying they provoke rape, local media reported on Monday. Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal…

Banglanews24.com/cricinfo.com Jamaica: West Indies will host an ODI tri-series against India and Sri Lanka in Jamaica and Trinidad from June 28 to July 11, 2013. It will substitute for Sri Lanka`s limited-overs leg of their full tour of the Caribbean,…

banglanews24.com Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODI cricket on Sunday morning. The announcement comes as the selectors meet to select the team to play against Pakistan. Sachin played 463 ODI matches, scored 18,426 runs along with 49 centuries and…

bdnews24.com A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced five people to death in Ajit Karati murder case of Keraniganj. Judge A B M Sajedur Rahman of the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 also sentenced two others to 10-year rigorous imprisonment and fined…

bdnews24.com Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce nationalisation of around 26 thousands non-government primary schools on Jan 9. Primary and Mass Education Ministry Deputy Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told bdnews24.com that the Prime Minister would make the announcement at a…

bdnews24.com The Bangladesh Bank has asked other banks to distribute warm clothes and blankets to destitute people in remote villages immediately as part of their corporate social responsibility. A Bangladesh Bank Circular sent to the chief executives of all the…

bdnews24.com Irshad Hossain has been named as the President of the Gulshan Club for a year, according to a media release on Sunday. The announcement came at the club’s Annual General Meeting on Dec 22 when an election was held…

bdnews24.com A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the bail pleas of BNP’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in two separate shutdown violence cases. On completion of hearing on the bail petitions, vacation bench judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan…

bdnews24.com Bangladesh is going to introduce pneumococcal vaccine in its routine vaccination programme to prevent acute respiratory infections like pneumonia, which is one of the main reasons behind the death of babies in the country. Health minister A F M…

bdnews24.com India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has allegedly beaten up two Bangladeshi youths near Shivganj border in Chapainawabganj. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 9 Battalion Deputy Commander Major Mizanur Rahmam told reporters a patrol team of 20 BSF Battalion reportedly beat…

banglanews24.com Russia and India have signed new defence deals worth $2.9bn during President Vladimir Putin’s day-long trip to India. Under the accords, India will buy 42 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and 71 Mil Mi-17 helicopters. Putin held talks with Indian…