Pak protest leaders cool over Sharif’s talks offer
Reuters, Islamabad :Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan and a firebrand cleric left an offer of talks from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dangling on Monday, as...
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Lib War Affairs Secy Masud made OSD
bdnews24.com :The Secretary of Liberation War Affairs Ministry, KH Masud Siddiqui, has been made an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at public administration ministry.The move...
Man to die for killing lover in city
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka Court yesterday (Monday) sentenced a garment worker’s former lover to death for killing her in Malibagh Chowdhury Para of the city.Judge...
Assange ‘to leave’ Ecuador embassy
BBC Online :Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has suggested he will be leaving London’s Ecuadorean embassy soon after two years’ refuge.He gave no more details but...
Ceasefire nears end / No sign of Gaza talks breakthrough
Reuters, Gaza :Talks in Cairo on ending the Gaza war showed no signs of a breakthrough on Monday, with Israel and the Palestinians entrenched in...
BNP faces troubles to form city’s thana, ward committees
The new convening committee of the Dhaka city unit BNP has not taken any effective move to form the Thana and Ward committees till now,...
Mozena for control centre to minimise quake aftermath
UNB, Dhaka :US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Monday stressed establishing a centralised command and control centre in Bangladesh with a view to...
NBR fails to achieve tax collection target
UNB, Dhaka :The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has failed to achieve its revised revenue collection target for fiscal 2013-14 although its chairman had expressed...
Former BNP MP Mosharraf passes away
Mosharraf Hossain, a former BNP MP and an adviser of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, died on Monday at the age of 75. He died at...
BASIC Bank scam remains a mystery
Mahabub Alam :Mystery shrouds over the inquiry of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into a complaint that Tk 3,500 crore was allegedly embezzled from the state-owned BASIC...