UNB: As many as 708 people died and 2,426 were injured in 683 road accidents across the country in the...
Staff Reporter : Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader attributed the low voter turnout in the recent Upazila Parishad elections to the concerted propaganda efforts of the BNP and its allied political factions, as well as the influence of prominent intellectuals within the country. Despite acknowledging that the election process was not “good,” Quader described it as “satisfactory.” Quader made these comments during a press conference at the Dhanmondi political office of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. According...
Staff Reporter : The trade gap between Bangladesh and India surpassed $9 billion from April 2023 to March 2024, with Bangladesh’s exports to India declining sharply by 8.47 percent to $1.84 billion from $2.02 billion in the same period of the previous year. Similarly, Bangladesh’s imports from India also fell by 9.45 percent to $11.06 billion from $12.21 billion over the same period. As a result, the bilateral trade volume between the two countries decreased by 9.35 percent to $12.90...
Business Report : The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has allowed Social Islami Bank to issue 5% stock dividends...
Bagerhat Correspondent : White fish worth Tk.50 thousand was stolen from a pond belonging to one Babul Chakrabarty of Mulghar area under Fakirhat Upazila in Bagrhat district at Tuesday night (May 15) by a gang of miscreants after pouring the liquid poison in the pond, according to a delayed news received here. It was confirmed by Shawn Chakrabarty, son of Babul Chakrabarty and told, after using the poison in the pond the miscreants caught the fish with fishing nets. The...
Staff Reporter : Awami League (AL) general secretary and road transport and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader, addressed concerns regarding the...
AFP : Four people died in Texas on Thursday as heavy storms with winds up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour lashed the southwestern US state, local authorities said. Streets in downtown Houston were covered in glass from blown-out windows, video and photos posted to social media showed, as the National Weather Service warned of “severe” thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Downed trees and power lines littered residential areas, and around a million customers in the state had lost power...
Al Jazeera : North Korea has test-fired short-range “ballistic missiles” towards the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military said a day after it conducted joint drills with the United States using stealth fighter jets to simulate air combat. In a brief statement on Friday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were made from North Korea’s eastern coast region of Wonsan and that the country had bolstered its surveillance posture and was maintaining readiness. The statement did...
Abdullah Al Mamun, lives in New York, USA. He wants to work for the development of Bangladesh. He seeks prayers...
Staff Reporter : The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau, Donald Lu, arrived...