3 crew of MV Hope rescued
Three of the 11 missing crew of Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Hope that tilted in the Andaman Sea near Thailand coast on Thursday were rescued alive yesterday. Merchant Vessel (MV) Baux Lagoon and Thai...
View ArticleBanking services thru’ post office
From today, the 60,000 postal cash card holders would be able to use the ATM booths of 26 banks to transfer money. Apart from getting to use over 3,000 ATM booths across the country, the card holders...
View ArticleMorsi backers protest ouster
A defiant supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday vowed his movement would stay on Egypt’s streets in their millions until Mohamed Morsi is restored as president, after his ouster by the...
View ArticleCampaign, informally
Mosques and garment factories became the unofficial campaign centres of mayoral candidates of Gazipur City Corporation elections yesterday even though electioneering for today’s polls officially ended...
View Article11,000-strong law enforcers to maintain peace in polls
More than 11,000 law enforcers including members of Border Guard Bangladesh and Rab have been deployed to ensure safe and peaceful conduct of voting in the first Gazipur City Corporation election...
View ArticleAL, BNP leaders in war of words
As the main opposition BNP keeps accusing the government of plotting to rig tomorrow’s Gazipur city polls, the ruling Awami League insists the party will do nothing to mar the successes of elections...
View ArticleAjmat, or Mannan?
A win for Ajmat Ullah Khan in today’s balloting would consolidate further his record on polls performance. A mayoral hopeful in Gazipur City Corporation polls, he had contested three consecutive...
View ArticleAll eyes on Gazipur
In a crucial battle of pride for the Awami League and the BNP, Gazipur city goes to polls to pick its mayor and councillors today, just a few months ahead of the general election. Although non-partisan...
View ArticleCounting underway
Mayoral and councillor candidates wait eagerly as counting continues after peaceful voting in the maiden elections to the Gazipur City Corporation Saturday. According to unofficial results, BNP-led...
View ArticleKorea start talks on joint industrial zone
North and South Korean officials met on Saturday to find a way to reopen a jointly run industrial zone, a rare source of steady cash for the impoverished North, a month after their last attempt at...
View Article24 die as Islamist protests hit cities across Egypt
At least 24 people died across Egypt on Friday as Islamists opposed to the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi took to the streets to vent their fury at what they say was a military coup. Fierce...
View ArticleSue Washington Times, Hasina advises Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the BNP to sue The Washington Times as the main opposition is claiming that the US daily published an article forging the signature of Khaleda Zia, chairperson of...
View ArticleNicaragua, Venezuela offer asylum to Snowden
The presidents of Nicaragua and Venezuela offered Friday to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, one day after leftist South American leaders gathered to denounce the rerouting of Bolivian...
View ArticleMannan alleges vote rigging
BNP-backed mayoral candidate MA Mannan has blamed the election officials and ruling party favourite Ajmat Ullah Khan for rigging votes in the Gazipur City Corporation polls. Alleging that a large...
View ArticlePro-AL polling agent sacked for campaigning
A polling agent has been sacked for campaigning in favour of Ajmat Ullah Khan, Awami League-back mayoral candidate in Gazipur City Corporation polls, during the voting hours on Saturday. Polling agent...
View ArticleVoting peaceful, says Ajmat
Ajmat Ullah Khan, the ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate, has expressed satisfaction over the voting atmosphere and termed it peaceful. Since the people of Tongi love him and elected him...
View Article58pc vote cast till 3pm
Fifty-eight percent votes were cast till 3:00pm in the maiden election of Gazipur City Corporation Saturday. Returning officer Motiar Rahman reported this to Election Commission secretariat, according...
View ArticleStrong earthquake hits western Indonesia
The US Geological Survey says a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off Mentawai islands in western Indonesia. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from...
View ArticleElephant kills woman in Sherpur
A tribal woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jhenigati upazila of Sherpur early Saturday. Deceased Mandira Sangma, 28, was the wife of Hadiram Nath Marak of Boro Gazni village in the...
View ArticleBus hits Khaleda’s car in capital
A bus hit the car of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bijoy Sarani intersection in the capital Saturday afternoon. Khaleda was not inside the vehicle during the accident. Back light of the jeep, provided...
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