2 UPDF, PCJSS men shot dead in Khagrachhari
Unidentified assailants gunned down a member of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and an activist of a faction of Santu Larma-led Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) in...
View ArticleIndefinite strike at gas stations
Owners of CNG filling stations go on an indefinite strike across the country from today in protest at the harassment of a fellow owner by a magistrate of the energy ministry. The filling stations would...
View ArticleStrong, silent husband
For the last 10 years Australian artist Jodi Rose has travelled the world recording the vibrations in bridge cables with contact microphones and using them to create experimental music. You could say...
View ArticleHope for HIV patients
Two men who became free of HIV infection after bone marrow transplants have stopped taking Aids drugs without any sign of the virus returning, according to scientists. Talk of a cure is premature, the...
View ArticleSchoolboy found killed at home
A 15-year-old boy was allegedly strangled by unknown criminals at his Kalachandpur residence in the capital’s Gulshan yesterday. The body of Tilok Augustine Palma was found on a bed around 12:00 noon,...
View ArticleBlast kills 4 girls at Afghan wedding
A bomb attack killed four girls attending an Afghan wedding, officials said yesterday, blaming the attack on Taliban rebels intending to target government employees at the event. The children, aged...
View Article11 crew missing
Eleven crew of a Bangladeshi cargo ship remain missing after the vessel tilted in the Andaman Sea yesterday, some 30 nautical miles off the Phuket Island in southern Thailand. The MV Hope fell into...
View ArticlePakistan PM talks business on China visit
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif started his first foreign visit since his May election in China yesterday looking to secure infrastructure projects to tackle a chronic energy crisis and economic...
View ArticleTripura ready to help find war heroes’ graves
A Bangladeshi delegation was assured today that efforts would be made to find the graves of the “freedom fighters” who died during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. “If Bangladesh gives us a...
View ArticleFuture Belgian king ‘well aware’ of duties
Prince Philippe of Belgium said yesterday he is “well aware” of the responsibilities of his new role, looking tense during his first public appearance since the announcement of the abdication of his...
View ArticleRivals argue over army deployment
Only a day away from the Gazipur City Corporation polls, the ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP are still at loggerheads over troop deployment in the election. Both AL and BNP approached the...
View ArticleDhaka South eyes more revenue
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) yesterday announced its budget for the fiscal year 2013-14, keeping intact the Tk 375 crore allocation for construction of the Polashi-Gabtali elevated...
View ArticleBrave cop dies trying to stop unruly bus
A policeman gave his life trying to stop a bus that was fleeing after hitting a rickshaw puller on the Dhaka-Aricha highway yesterday. The victim, constable Sohrab Hossain, 40, of the Highway Police...
View ArticleDefence evidence goes against him
The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday showed a book, submitted by the defence of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in which he and his father were listed as war...
View ArticleUK talks with buyers for safety roadmap
Primark, Tesco and Marks & Spencer were among 20 retailers summoned to a UK government summit as ministers sought steps to prevent a repeat of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that...
View ArticleWhat Dhaka can expect from Moscow
Bangladesh has asked Russia to install a nuclear power plant at Rooppur having the safety and efficiency features of third generation nuclear reactor model VVER-1200 that Moscow stamps as the world’s...
View ArticleStocks to get Tk 300cr fund next week
The central bank will release a Tk 300 crore fund for the capital market and it asked the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh to receive the fund next week. It will be the first instalment of a Tk 900...
View ArticleEgypt swears in interim president
Egypt’s chief justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as interim president yesterday after the army ousted and detained Mohamed Morsi in an abrupt end to the Islamist’s first year in office. The security...
View ArticleCampaign over
Campaigning for the Gazipur City Corporation polls ended at zero hours last night amid allegations of distribution of money to woo voters by both the Awami League and BNP-backed candidates. In their...
View ArticleSame old Ershad
In a surprise move, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday extended his party’s support to the ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate to fight the BNP favourite in the battle of ballots in...
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