After 21 years, Thakurgaon silk factory set to resume production on August 3
UNB, Thakurgaon : After being closed for a staggering 21 years, Thakurgaon Silk Factory is all set to resume operation formally on August 3. Activities...
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17 killed as crane collapses at road construction site in India’s Maharashtra
AL Jazeera : At least 17 workers have been crushed to death in western India when a giant crane collapsed at a highway construction site,...
At least 20 dead and 27 missing in floods surrounding China’s capital Beijing, thousands evacuated
AP, BEIJING : Days of unusually heavy rains around China’s capital, Beijing, have flooded houses, torn apart roads and left at least 20 people dead...
ACC decides it has enough to prosecute senior Customs officer
UNB, Dhaka : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against the current commissioner of the Commissionerate of Customs Valuation and Internal Audit...
AL bamboozled by BNP movement’s googly: Fakhrul
UNB, Dhaka : Claiming that the ruling Awami League was clean bowled by their movement’s ‘googly’, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday...
CEC with EC delegation pays courtesy call on Chief Justice
UNB, Dhaka : A delegation of the Election Commission (EC), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal, paid a courtesy call on Chief...
Opposition movement is welcome, but won’t tolerate arson violence: PM Hasina
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government has no objection to any movement by the opposition parties, but no arson...
Clashes continue between factions in Palestinian camp in Lebanon as death toll climbs to 6
AP, Lebanon : Clashes continued for a third day in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon on Monday between members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah...
Death toll in Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 54 as families hold funerals, police say
AP, Pakistan : The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric rose to 54 Monday, as...
Heatwave sweeps Dhaka, other districts; Rains likely in parts of country
UNB, Dhaka : A mild heat wave is sweeping parts of the country including Dhaka. “ It is sweeping Rajshahi , Sylhet divisions, Dhaka, Tangail,...
Rampal power plant shut down again due to coal shortage; load shedding increases
UNB, Dhaka : The first unit of Rampal coal-fired power plant was shut down again due to the coal shortage early Sunday that triggered load...
A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 40 people and wounds more than 150
AP, KHAR : A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district...