Thursday, 25 April, 2019
Business leaders urged to explore market for BD jute products in US
Textiles and Jute Minister M Emaj Uddin Pramanik has urged the US business leaders having Bangladesh…
6th death anniv of Baul legend Shah Abdul Karim today
Today (Saturday) is the sixth death anniversary of late Baul Samrat Shah Abdul Karim. Karim was born…
Rain likely
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at…
100 workers fall sick at Gazipur RMG factory
At least 100 workers of a readymade garment factory fell sick for unknown reason at Jarun in Gazipur…
2 jailed, 1 fined for taking drugs in Chandpur
A mobile court here on Friday sentenced two young men to six months’ imprisonment and fined another…
3, including 2 siblings, commit suicide in Magura
Three people, including two siblings, allegedly committed suicide in Sadar upazila of Magura district…
Four suspected robbers held in Satkhira
Police arrested four suspected robbers at Khajra in Ashashuni upazila early Saturday. Of the arrestees,…
BD, US have wide talks at Washington security dialogue
Bangladesh and the United States have discussed a wide range of topics, including strategic priorities…
2 human traffickers held from Teknaf
Police in a drive arrested two human traffickers from Shah Parir Dwip in Teknaf upazila of Cox's…
Youth arrested with firearm, ammo in C’nawabganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man in possession of one foreign-made pistol,…
Two held with 600 bottles of Phensidyl in Magura
Police arrested two people along with 600 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a pick-up van at Krishnapur…
6 BNP men held from ‘secret meeting’ in Rajshahi
Police arrested six leaders and activists of BNP from Naohata Bazar area in Paba upazila on Friday night…
Pvt university owners urge students to return to classes
Assuring that no VAT has been imposed on the tuition fees of students, private university owners on…
AL for ending all controversies on Father of the Nation issue
Bangladesh Awami League today called for ending all controversies on the issue of Bangabandhu Sheikh…
Bangkok Blast: Dhaka to work closely with Thailand
Bangladesh will be working closely with Thailand in tracing all available information about the alleged…
Stop erosion of democracy, UN rights experts urge govts across world
UN rights experts, speaking ahead of the International Day of Democracy, have deplored the increasing…
MDGs: Bangladesh Progress Report to be published Sept 16
The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission will publish the 8th edition of the…
Students call 3-day strike
Terming the government's assurance a 'trick', the agitating students of private universities…
Census of undocumented Myanmar nationals starts soon
The government will soon start fieldworks on conducting the first-ever census of undocumented Myanmar…
Ansarullah chief among 3 put on 7-day remand
A Dhaka court on Friday placed Ansarullah Bangla Team incumbent chief Abul Bashar and two others each…
Tarana Halim threatened over phone
One influential person has threatened Tarana Halim, state minister for post and telecommunication, over…
Fifth convocation of Khulna University on November 25
The fifth convocation of Khulna University (KU) will be held on November 25 this year, reports BSS.…
Iranian FM likely to visit BD Sept 16 to discuss future cooperation
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is likely to arrive here on Wednesday in a ‘brief…
Rain likely at many places over country
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at…
Cattle influx from India resumes as Eid-ul-Azha gets close
The cattle influx from India has resumed along the border in the district ahead of Eid-ul-Azha after…
Trips awful on Faridpur highways for potholes
Numerous points of the Dhaka-Khulna and Dhaka-Barisal highways in Faridpur pose serious risk for movement…
Bangladesh fish chutney recipe to solve malnutrition and stunting
Chutney and flour made of small fish could be the simple solution to chronic malnutrition and stunting…
Dissatisfaction over new pay scale by univ teachers irks PM
Apparently referring to the ongoing movement by public university teachers over the new pay scale, Prime…
23 kidnapped fishermen released in Pirojpur on ransom
Twenty-three of the 26 fishermen, who were abducted by a pirate gang while catching hilsa in the bay…
They hacked Niloy, now threatened to rape me: Shammi Haque
Shammi Haque, a free thinker and blogger of Bangladesh, who wrote against fundamentalists and their…
Man to walk gallows for killing wife
A tribunal here on Thursday convicted a man of killing his wife in 2004 and sentenced him to death.…
BRAC University to refund VAT to students
BRAC university authority has announced that it will return the value added tax (VAT) which was earlier…
Questions raised over NBR clarification about pvt universities’s VAT
A former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday came up with a number of questions…
Govt to set up 156 fire stations in upazilas
The government has undertaken a project to set up 156 fire stations in different upazilas and important…
Ansarullah chief among 3 held in city
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held three operatives of the Islamist militant Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)…
Commonwealth Secy Gen Sharma due Friday
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma arrives here on Friday night on a three-day visit, said…
Public university teachers to go work abstention Sep 13, 17
Demanding a separate pay scale, teachers of 37 public universities across the country will observe full…
SC upholds Rizvi’s bail in 2 violence cases
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld the High Court order that had granted…
3 killed in Sirajganj road crash
At least three people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident on Bogra-Nararbari highway…