DITF witnesses holiday rush
Staff Reporter :The 19th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) yesterday witnessed a huge crowd with the rush of visitors because it was the second weekend...
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Deadly blasts in Cairo 5 killed, 90 injured
BBC Online :Five people have been killed and about 90 wounded after three blasts in the Egyptian capital that appeared to target the police force....
Akbar Ali for fresh polls
Staff Reporter :Former adviser to caretaker government Dr. Akbar Ali Khan describing the just concluded 10th national elections ‘legal’ on constitutional basis, demanded fresh polls...
WB gang-rape / Indian SC orders probe
BBC Online :India’s Supreme Court has ordered a judge to investigate the gang rape of a tribal woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who...
Yingluck faces legal pressure to put off election plan
Reuters, Bangkok :Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday opened the way to put off a general election the government has set for February 2, piling pressure...
6 drug peddlers held by DB in city
Staff Reporter :Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested six people along with six kilograms of cocaine from the city’s Nikunju area on Thursday.The arrested persons...
Pvt banks also raise volume of Agro loan
Staff Reporter :Farm credit disbursement by all banks has increased by 16.04 per cent during first six months of the current fiscal as against the...
Price of vegetables, onion drops
Staff Reporter :The price of onion has fallen further, selling at Tk 30 a kg in the city’s kitchen markets on Friday. Last week, the...
Civil society’s acceptability on the wane
UNB, Dhaka :Amid the controversy over the role of civil society, the country’s eminent citizens attribute the growing problem to both the lack of tolerance...
BNP joining UZ polls; takes it as morale booster
UNB, Dhaka :Though the party boycotted the January 5 national election, BNP is going to participate in the upazila polls in a bid to invigorate...