Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 353 rd Branch as College Gate Branch at College Gate, Tongi, Gazipur on 12 December 2019, Thursday. Md. Mahbub ul Alam,Managing Director & CEO of the Bank inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Muhammad Qaisar Ali, Additional Managing Director of the Bank presided over the program. Md.Aminur Rahman, Executive Vice President & Head of ... Read More »
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. Read More »
The scheduled visit of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen to New Delhi has been cancelled due to his ‘busy schedule’ at home ahead of Martyred Intellectuals Day and Victory Day, said a senior official on Thursday. Read More »
Entertainment Desk The prestigious National Film Award for the years 2017 and 2018 were distributed on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the awards to the winners at a colorful ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital. The awards were distributed in 27 categories for the year 2017 while 28 categories for the year 2018.’Dhaka Attack’, ... Read More »
Rajshahi Royals captain Andre Russell won the toss and opted to bowl first in their first encounter of Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Read More »
Fifty-six new aids patients were detected in the division between November year and October 2019. Read More »
By Stella Paul Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) – Sandhya Mandal has never felt so vindicated. For the past four years, the 36-year-old community health worker from Meherpur – a rural district bordering India – has been traveling 50 km every day along dusty roads on an old motorbike, searching for leprosy patients who needed urgent treatment. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 12 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Thursday. Read More »
The death toll from Keraniganj plastic factory fire climbed to nine after another victim succumbed to his injures at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. Read More »
Thursday 12th December evening at 5:20 pm Shirin returning to Dhaka flying Qatar airways. Shirin left for Atlanta to attend Miss Universe 2019 Main event. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 11 – Noting that running of evening courses tarnishes the features and reputation of public universities, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has ordered the closure of such courses at all the public universities. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 11- A Chinese national’s body was recovered from a garden in Banani in the capital Wednesday. The man’s body was found buried in the garden of his apartment complex by the building’s gardener. Read More »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged everyone to eschew negative attitudes and stop isolating leprosy patients and instead take initiative for their proper treatment. Read More »
Around 2,700 metres of Padma Bridge became visible after the installation of the 18th span at Majher Char in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur on Wednesday. Read More »
Thirty-six new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 11 – Jatiya Oikya Front Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said those who deprive people of their rights are ‘criminals and dacoits’. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 10 – The High Court Tuesday opined that “Joy Bangla” slogan must be used at the beginning and the end of all the state programmes from the upcoming ‘Victory Day’ on December 16. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 10 – The High Court (HC) Tuesday directed the jail authorities to produce Awlad Hossain, a program officer of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, before it on January 15 next year, who is now detained in Sherpur district jail after moving four courts following the alleged fake arrest warrant issued against him. Read More »
Dhaka – Gourab Singha reached the 2nd round of the men’s singles beating Hossain Jayan of Maldives by 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 points in the 19-nation Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton that began at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell inaugurated the six-day meet as chief guest this morning. Famed ... Read More »
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday pressed charges against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore. Read More »
Home Minister Ashaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a role model in eradicating militancy from the country as it has achieved remarkable success in its fight against militancy. Read More »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the country’s health care sector. Read More »
The hearing on genocide by Myanmar against Rohingyas is all set to begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday in The Hague, Netherlands as the Gambia asked the top UN court to urgently order measures “to stop Myanmar’s genocidal conduct.” Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 10 – A mobile court on Monday evicted five brickfields and fined the owners Tk 20 lakh at Baluchor union of Sirajdikhan Upazila on charges of polluting the environment. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 10 – Khulna’s Mongla and Cox’s Bazar’s Inani beach are going to have wind power plants each having 50 MW capacity, as a Chinese company was technically responsive as lone bidder in the tender floated by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). Read More »
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The Workability International Asia will have its next annual general meeting on in Dhaka in November 2020, it was decided at a board meeting of the organisation held on 25-26 November at the Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Samity (BPKS) complex in the Dakhskin Khan area, on the Northeastern fringe of the metropolitan city of Dhaka. The programme was ... Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 9 – BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy Monday suggested the party lawmakers resign from 11th parliament and join what he said oust government movement. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 9 – The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in three months why it should not be directed to demolish and remove all the structures set up illegally on the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 9 – The Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police pressed charges against 14 activists of the banned militant outfit “Neo JMB” in a case filed in connection to the hotel blast in the capital’s Panthapath area on Aug 15, 2017. Read More »
The hearing on genocide by Myanmar against Rohingyas is all set to begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday in The Hague, Netherlands as the Gambia asked the top UN court to urgently order measures “to stop Myanmar’s genocidal conduct.” Bosnia and Herzegovina had asked for provisional measures when filing its Genocide Convention case against the Federal ... Read More »
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