BNP congratulates AL on anniv; urges it to ‘restore democracy’
Congratulating Bangladesh Awami League on its 65th founding anniversary, BNP on Monday urged the ruling party to return to the path of democracy through holding a fresh election…
Archive for June 23rd, 2014
Two BD siblings killed in Libya missile attack
Two Bangladeshi siblings were killed while two other Bangladesh nationals injured in a missile attack on their residential camp at Benghazi city in Libya on Saturday night…
Bangladesh launches ‘National Web Portal’
Bangladesh on Monday formally launched the ‘National Web Portal’ opening up a new horizon and a unique window for ensuring transparency and accountability in government activities, and building a developed, prosperous country free from…
DNA Bill 2014 placed in JS
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid (DNA) Bill, 2014 was placed in Parliament on Monday, aiming to bring the existing DNA test procedure under a legal framework and to establish a national DNA database…
Investigation Agency to interrogate Abdul Latif on June 25
The Investigation Agency of International Crimes Tribunal has set June 25 to interrogate detained war crimes accused Abdul Latif Talukder at its safe home at Dhanmondi in the capital…
DSE index up 45.63 points
The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rose 45.63 points, or 1.05 per cent to 4367.89 points on Monday, the second trading day of the…
Kerry confronts threat of new war in Iraq
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to meet with Iraq’s leaders and personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country and sweeps away hopes for…
Cabinet approves bill to educate dropped out children
The cabinet on Monday approved a draft of Non-formal Education Bill, 2014 to ensure education for all, especially the dropped out children…
Verdict on Indo-Bangla sea dispute on July 2
An international court on maritime dispute settlement is scheduled to deliver its judgement on July 2 in the case of Bangladesh’s sea boundary row with neighbouring India in the Bay of Bengal.
8 to die for bomb attack at Ramna
A Dhaka court Monday awarded death sentences to eight people including Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, in a bomb attack case at the Bangla New Year celebration ground Ramna Batamul in 2001…
Nizami verdict tomorrow
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is set to deliver its verdict against Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami tomorrow in the cases of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war of independence.
Hasina’s tributes to Sheikh Mujib on AL’s founding anniv
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday morning paid rich tributes to country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city on the occasion of the 65th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Awami League
Algeria beat South Korea 4-2 to close in on last 16
Algeria opened the goal scoring floodgates swamping south Korea 4-2 in a thrilling World Cup Group H clash Sunday that kept hopes of securing a spot in the last 16 alive and triggered celebrations across the Arab nation.
Portugal grab last-gasp equaliser to stay alive
Portuguese substitute Silvestre Varela scored deep into stoppage-time to secure a dramatic 2-2 draw with the United States in World Cup Group G Sunday and keep his team’s hopes alive.
BB fails to check capital flight
The Bangladesh Bank has seemingly failed to check capital flight from the country although it has a full-fledged unit to monitor and detect such illegal transactions widely known as ‘hundi’.
The BB governor, Atiur Rahman, in a statement to the parliamentary standing committee on ministry of finance recently expressed his helplessness about the matter saying that in most of the cases the smuggled-out money remained untraced…
Hold talks or face hartal, blockade after Eid: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday warned the government that her party would go for action programmes like shutdown and even a ‘non-cooperation movement’ after Eid-ul-Fitr if the government did not reach consensus on fresh elections under a neutral government…
People suffer as rain reigns all over
Incessant countrywide rains for the third consecutive day on Sunday disrupted rail, road and waterway communications causing untold public sufferings.
The residents in the port city of Chittagong became the worst sufferers with most areas submerged by rainwater…
EC fears clashes in N’ganj by-election
The Election Commission feared that henchmen of Jatiya Party candidate in Narayanganj 5 by-election, Selim Osman, might threaten Narayanganj people not to go against Selim and that would result in a ‘clash’. ..
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