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Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six people along with 120 gold bars weighing 14kg from a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Panchdona in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Sunday....
After a long-drawn legal battle, the battery-run three-wheeler rickshaws and auto-bikes have started plying on the Chattogram city roads today. Bangladesh Battery-run Auto-Rickshaw, Auto Bike Service and Bangladesh Awami Battery-run...
A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a landmark case seen...
At least three people were killed and five others injured as a pick-up van hit a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Boliarpur of Savar upazila early Monday. The deceased have...
A huge fire has broken out at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Firefighters are tackling the blaze at the...
Nine years have elapsed, but the Lebukhali Bridge is yet to take shape due to a faulty design and rising project cost. The project has made only 30 per cent...
Only 11 companies got the regulatory consent to offload shares in the capital market under book-building method since the introduction of such a price discovery method in 2010. Some 80...
A platform of Rohingya has placed several demands, including "direct, meaningful and sustained consultation" with the refugees in the repatriation process. In a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC),...
The government has decided to review the existing import duties on raw and refined sugar following a decline in the prices of the item in the international market. The government...
The central bank of Bangladesh has taken initiatives to expedite the flow of inward remittances from Japan and South Korea, officials said. Under the latest moves, the Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
Bangladesh's overall balance of payments (BoP) posted US$ 885 million deficit during the last fiscal year (FY 2018), compared with a surplus of $ 3.2 billion in FY 2017. This...
Rama Chowdhury, a writer and one of the 0.2 million (200,000) Biranganas of the Liberation War, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Monday. She was 82. Rama Chowdhrury who...
The market capitalisation of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) declined by about Tk 266 billion in last eight months as investors were on selling binge. The total market cap was Tk...
Oil analysts cut their price forecasts for 2018 for the first time in almost a year in August, given growing concern over the impact on crude demand from escalating trade...
Lat bhais on the Dhaka roads are not viceroys. But the Latin prefix vice meaning in place of and French word roy meaning king are integrally related to lat. The...
The country's power sector is witnessing a sort of mixed trend. Since the year 2010, its power generation capacity has gone up remarkably, leading to a notable reduction in load-shedding....
With 93 per cent of the country's child workers still active in the informal sector comprising hazard-filled factories and services, children seem to be destined to pass through unremittingly difficult...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday claimed that all the development works will stop if the Awami League (AL) does not return to power in the upcoming national polls. The...
NATORE, Sep 02: Commercial hog plum cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of peasants in the district this season. Sources said hog plum farming is gaining popularity...
Indian subcontinent inherited the British legal system since the colonial days. As a result, Bangladesh had a very structured legal system since its inception. The country has about 45 Acts/Laws...
SYLHET, Sept 02: Minister for Post, Tele communication and ICT Mostafa Jabbar said in order to achieving the vision 2021 through the use of ICT in all strata of life...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday war was unlikely but called on Iran's armed forces to boost their defence capacities, according to his official website, as the...
The death toll from a collision between a bus and a minibus in Rangpur have gone up to seven. The authorities have launched an investigation into the road crash that...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suggested that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) should not be imposed hurriedly as it is a matter of practice. "I was always and still I'm...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Panel Mayor Jamal Mostafa on Sunday said roads near the Tejgaon truck stand will remain free from illegal parking from Monday. He came up with...
There was a time when the slightest leakage of information related to the national budget compelled the country's finance minister to resign. At that time, the preparation of the budget...
Russian oil output stood at 11.21 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, virtually unchanged from July and steady near a post-Soviet high as production curbs were eased, Energy Ministry...
A tortoise probably moves faster than the speed with which Myanmar is handling the question of resolving the Rohingya issue with Bangladesh. What is absent is Myanmar's political will and...
A total of 18,693 pilgrims have returned home in 51 return flights during the last seven days after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia. Among the 51 flights, 29 were operated...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no doubt that the next general election will be held in a free and fair manner. "There's no doubt the election will...
A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a government office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing a nearby school to collapse, said police. The car bomb in Howlwadag district killed three...
Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a quarter-final meeting with Roger Federer after beating France's Richard Gasquet on Saturday night (US time) in straight sets to move into the US...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has reminded the Hindu community of the communal violence they faced after the BNP’s electoral victory in 2001 and warned that it may...
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the government would not allow anyone to create anarchy in the country in the name of religion....
The University of Development Alternative (UODA) observed the 42nd death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The university observed the anniversary through various programmes at its campus on Saturday,...
Water levels in 46 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 40 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, seven...
Though Myanmar apparently delaying Rohingya repatriation process, it is now seeking donation through its missions abroad to give what it says a helping hand in resolving the Rakhine State issue....
A Sub-Inspector (SI) of Rupnagar Police Station was killed as a bus hit his motorcycle from rear side at Rainkhula on Mirpur Zoo Road in the city on Sunday afternoon....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the propaganda using false pictures by Myanmar military against Rohingyas as ‘disgusting’. “What Myanmar is doing is disgusting,” she said. “They are ruining their...
A domestic aircraft of a private air service provider skidded off the runway of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, injuring five passengers on board, reports NDTV. "The Aircraft bearing...
Three people were killed and 38 others injured in separate road accidents in Bogura today (Sunday). The deceased were identified as Sajjad Ali, 20, son of Ranju Mia under Gobindaganj...
The regular classes and examinations in Jahangirnagar University (JU) will be resumed tomorrow after 13 days vacation of Eid-Ul-Azha. ‘Though official activities of the university already started from August 29,...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged BNP to follow democratic path to get people’s mandate in the next general election. The road transport and bridges minister made the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has started briefing journalists at her official residence Ganabhaban about the outcomes of her just-concluded visit to Nepal for attending the 4th BIMSTEC summit. The press...
President Abdul Hamid has underscored the need for waging a social movement against any attempt of creating anarchy in the society in the name of religion. The President also urged...
Police in separate drives on Saturday night detained five people in Gopalganj on charge of blackmailing traders and extorting money from them. The arrestees are Kamrul Islam Molla, 50, Sohag...
The body of a man who went missing after jumping from a trawler into the Shitalakkhya River two days ago has been found dead near in the port city of...
An Afghan official says a foreign pilot and two Afghan soldiers were killed when a helicopter contracted by NATO crashed inside an army base. Major Hanif Rezaie, an army spokesman,...
BNP on Sunday warned that the government must quit as people will not allow Awami League to hold the national election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Speaking at a press...
Police detained 48 people including 20 suspected drug peddlers from different parts of Rajshahi city from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. The law enforcers also recovered drugs from their possession,...
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