US wants investment in BD under IPS
UNB, Dhaka :US Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells has said her country wants to make big investments in Bangladesh...
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Pension for all planned
UNB, Dhaka :Highlighting the government’s efforts for supporting senior citizens, Planning Minister MA Mannan on Wednesday said the government is keen to bring everyone under...
How many died of dengue?
UNB, Dhaka :The High Court on Wednesday gave the government until November 11 to inform it the actual number of dengue-related deaths.The order came from...
15 killed in suspected rebel attacks in Thailand
AFP, Bangkok :At least fifteen people were killed and another four injured in attacks by suspected Muslim rebels in Thailand’s violence-wracked south, an army spokesman...
BNP to observe ‘Solidarity Day’ today
UNB, Dhaka :BNP will observe what it says the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ on Thursday, marking the ‘civil-military uprising’ on November 7, 1975.Amid political...
We won’t leave behind farmers: PM
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told farmers that they will not be left behind as the government takes Bangladesh towards development and...
Pro-Beijing politician wounded in HK knife attack
AFP :A firebrand pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong was stabbed by a man pretending to be a supporter on Wednesday, the latest tit-for-tat political violence...
Man falls to death from Bashundhara Mall
News Desk :A man has died after falling from the Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in Dhaka’s Panthapath area, say police.The incident was reported around 5:30am...
Income tax official detained with bribe money
UNB, Chattogram :Anti-Corruption Commission apprehended an Income Tax Inspector Md Rezaul Karim in the act of receiving a Tk 20,000 bribe here on Tuesday.He was...
Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ brewing at Bay
Staff Reporter :The deep depression that currently lies centred over east central and adjacent southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic...
Japan wants early, safe repatriation of Rohingyas
UNB, Dhaka :Japan has reaffirmed its support for the early repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Myanmar in a “safe, voluntary and...
3 killed as trawler capsized in Bay
News Desk :Three people have been killed and 12 others went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal under Teknaf upazila...