Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday expressed deep concern over the draft Sarkari Chakori Ain 2018 approved at a Cabinet meeting with a provision for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take prior permission of the authorities concerned for arresting any public servant. Read More »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today received two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage. Read More »
Asian stocks are mostly higher Monday as investors welcomed signs of progress in resolving the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. The Wall Street Journal reported the countries hope to have a resolution by November. Read More »
Muslim pilgrims have gathered in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj. Read More »
The main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises at 8:00 am on the Eid day. Read More »
China attaches great importance to further developing bilateral relations and cooperation with Bangladesh, said newly appointed Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo on Monday. Read More »
Rejecting her bail petition, a court here on Monday sent actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed to jail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Read More »
BNP on Monday alleged that homebound eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings due to the ‘poor condition’ of highways and ‘mismanagement’. Read More »
Eid holidaymakers availing of train as mode of transport endured immense sufferings due to unscheduled delays by most of the trains departed from Kamalapur Railway Station to different destinations on Monday. Read More »
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft Sarkari Chakori Ain 2018 with a provision for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take prior permission of the authorities concerned for arresting any public servant. Read More »
কথা ছিল সে আসবে শুক্রবার। তার আগেই এক দফা ঝগড়া হয়ে গেছে দুজনের। তাই মান ভাঙ্গাতে হবে বান্ধবীর। কিন্তু কী করা যায়? এসব ভাবতে ভাবতে হঠাৎ তার মাথায় খেলে গেল এক ‘ক্রিয়েটিভ আইডিয়া’। বন্ধুকে সঙ্গে নিয়ে সেই আইডিয়ার বাস্তবায়নে সে কাজেও নেমে পড়লো। আর শুক্রবার সকালে তার ফলাফল দেখতে পেলেন মহারাষ্ট্রের পুনে লাগোয়া এলাকা পিম্পরির বাসিন্দারা। Read More »
Mesale Tolu is now free to leave Turkey, but the trial against her will continue. Her husband must remain in the country to face similar charges. A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on German journalist Mesale Tolu, who was arrested last year on terrorism-related charges, German news agency DPA reported on Monday, citing a support group. Read More »
বাংলাদেশে সাম্প্রতিক বছরগুলোতে অর্গানিক পদ্ধতিতে পালন করা গরু কোরবানি দেয়া জনপ্রিয় হয়ে উঠছে। বিশেষ পদ্ধতিতে পালন করা এসব গরু মূলত শহুরে ক্রেতাদের কাছে জনপ্রিয় হলেও, সেগুলো নিয়ে আসা হয় বিভিন্ন জেলার প্রত্যন্ত বাজার থেকে। পালনকারী ও বিক্রেতারা বলছেন, বাজারে প্রচলিত ধরণের গরুর চেয়ে এ ধরণের গরুর দাম একটু বেশি। Read More »
Greece has successfully completed a three-year eurozone emergency loan programme worth €61.9bn (£55bn; $70.8bn) to tackle its debt crisis. It was part of the biggest bailout in global financial history, totalling some €289bn, which will take the country decades to repay. Deeply unpopular cuts to public spending, a condition of the bailout, are set to continue. Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 20 – Jukto Front chairman and former president Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday announced their decision to forge an alliance of greater ‘unity’ in the ‘interest of the nation’. Read More »
Sembalun, Aug 20 (AP/UNB) — Multiple strong earthquakes cut power across the Indonesian island of Lombok, toppled buildings and killed at least three people as the tourist hotspot was trying to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people. Read More »
Feni (Bangladesh), Aug 20 – At least six people, including three women and two minors, were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a microbus on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Muhuriganj in Chhagalnaiya Upazila early Monday. Read More »
A recent study is providing new evidence that low concentrations of antibiotics in the environment could be contributing to antibiotic resistance. Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 20 – A 4.5 months training course on “Major Construction Works Management” intended for the Rooppur Nuclear Nuclear Power Plant staff began at Rosatom Technical Academy in the Russian city Obninsk last week. By the end of the current year Rusatom Service, the ‘Electrical Power’ division of The Rosatom State Corporation will train three more groups and the ... Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 19 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its Agent Banking Outlet in Sahebabad of Brahmanpara, Cumilla (Comilla) on 16 August 2018 Thursday. Read More »
Dhaka, 19 Aug – Amid widespread call for their unconditional release, a total of 42 students involved in the recent student protests for safe roads and quota reforms have been given bail. Read More »
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