Feni – Rail communications of Chittagong with Dhaka remained suspended as an engine of a freight train derailed after colliding with a truck at Fatehpur level crossing on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway here early Thursday.
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France condemns Gulshan attack
France has condemned in the strongest terms the attack that took place at a Spanish restaurant in Dhaka on Friday night.”France expresses its condolences to the families of the victims and its solidarity with Bangladesh,” France Foreign Ministry said in…
IG Prisons receives death threat
Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin received a death threat on Saturday.The threat was given through SMS over his mobile phone in the afternoon.The SMS sender identifying him as a journalist mentioned in the message that the…
BD, US to discuss 3 broad areas with security on top
Amid growing attacks on innocent people on both sides, Bangladesh and the United States will have a very broad discussion in the upcoming Partnership Dialogue to be held in Washington with security cooperation having on top of the agenda.“As security…
CNG stations to remain closed for 7 hrs during Ramadan
CNG refilling stations across the country will remain closed for seven hours from 3pm to 10 pm every day during Ramadan until July 1. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Power Division with State Minister for Power…
Khaleda files leave-to-appeal against revision rejection
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday filed two separate leave-to-appeal petitions with the Supreme Court against a High Court order that rejected her two revision petitions seeking cancellation of the lower court order rejecting her two petitions in the Zia…
UP Polls Phase V: Strong showing by independents, violence unabated
Awami League bagged 388 chairman posts, while its arch rival BNP only got 66 in the 5th phase of Union Parishad elections held on Saturday. Besides, 170 independent candidates won chairman posts, in what was the best showing by them…
Sunday’s HSC, Dakhil exams now on May 27, 24
Sunday’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Dakhil examinations have been shifted to May 27 and May 24 respectively following cyclone Roanu that hit the country’s coastal districts on Saturday. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
Injustice to Khaleda won’t be tolerated: BNP
BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah on Friday warned that their party followers will not sit idle if the government does any injustice to their chairperson Khaleda Zia using the ‘false’ cases filed against her. “You’re harassing our leader by filing…
Decision to drop 22 FFs’ names from gazette why not illegal: HC
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision to drop the names of 22 freedom fighters of Gaibandha from the list of 479 listed freedom fighters should not be declared illegal.…
DIG’s wife ‘falls off’ city building, dies
The wife of a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police was reportedly killed after falling from the rooftop of a building in the city’s Bashundhara Residential Area on Sunday. The deceased is Jesmin Ahmed Mallick, 45, wife of DIG (Highway)…
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday. Jail sources said six members of Nizami’s family-his wife Samsunnahar Nizami, two sons– Barrister Najib Momen and Khadiza Mohsina, daughter-in-laws…
Increased BD apparel exports can create more jobs: WB reports
Increased appeal exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvement in productivity and product quality by enforcing a better safety condition and other compliance policies, said a World Bank report. The report, released on…
SSC, equivalent exams results on May 11
The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 11. “Yes, the results of SSC and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 11,” Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain told UNB…
Create more scope for education of poor students: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday stressed taking more initiatives so that the country’s poor and meritorious students have a greater access to education. “More initiatives should be there so that the poor and meritorious students get greater scope of…
Verdicts on Mojaheed, Salauddin read out
The full verdicts of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petitions of Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were read out to the two war crimes convicts at Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday night.
Happy New Year 2015
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Kamaruzzaman shifted to Dhaka central jail
Condemned war crimes convict M Kamaruzzaman was taken to Dhaka central jail from Kashimpur jail on Tuesday. Kamaruzzaman, who was kept at Part-2 condemned cell of Kashimpur jail, was taken to Dhaka in a prison van around 11:45 am amid…
Australia beat England in first Twenty20 international
By Jamie Lillywhite Australia beat England by 13 runs in Hobart in the first of the three-match Twenty20 international series. Openers Cameron White (75) and Aaron Finch (52) shared 106 inside 11 overs, with 11 fours and seven sixes as…
Don’t confuse people on Khaleda’s Satkhira remarks: BNP
The BNP on Wednesday said that Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam spread falsehood over BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s remarks on joint forces operation in Satkhira and brushed aside the claim to call the same treasonable. “There’s nothing seditious…
President stresses early resolution of pending issues with India
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday stressed the need for early settlement of all the pending issues, including the Land Boundary Agreement of 1974 and its protocol of 2011, and Teesta water sharing, between Bangladesh and India soon.