Dipu Moni returns empty-handed
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday returned home empty-handed after a three-day visit to New Delhi, according to the Indian media and diplomatic circle in Bangladesh. India had made no commitment...
View ArticleGreens decry
Development of the proposed Purbachal housing scheme of the Rajuk will destroy around 1,300 acres of forestland and wetlands in Kaliganj of Gazipur. Environmentalists made the observation at a press...
View ArticleDhaka’s doom in DAP failure
Tragedies like the Rana Plaza collapse loom large over the capital, as the government is yet to implement vital recommendations in the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), say experts. “Structural and industrial...
View ArticleLandslide kills mother, daughter in Ctg
A rain-induced mudslide at Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong city left a woman and her daughter dead early Sunday. Soon after the incident, local administration has made an announcement asking all the...
View ArticleUS tells Egypt to pull ‘back from the brink’
The United States urged Arab ally Egypt to pull “back from the brink” after security forces killed dozens of supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and opened a dangerous new phase in...
View ArticleOver 1,000 inmates escape Libyan prison
More than a 1,000 inmates escaped a prison Saturday in Libya as protesters stormed political party offices across the country, signs of the simmering unrest gripping a nation overrun by militias and...
View ArticleStocks nosedive
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse plunged on Sunday, the first trading day of the week. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed 51 points to reach at...
View Article94 killed in Darfur tribal clashes
Up to 94 people have been killed in new clashes between two rival tribes in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, tribal leaders said on Saturday. Conflict has raged through the vast region since 2003...
View ArticleDownpour drenches Dhaka
Incessant downpour has submerged many parts of the capital in ankle-deep water, wreaking havoc on the city life on Sunday. A total of 122 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours till...
View ArticleNon-submission of DNA report irks HC
The High Court Sunday expressed discontent as the authorities have yet to submit reports of DNA test on the relatives of missing victims of the fire incident at Tazreen Fashions Ltd that killed 112...
View ArticleHC orders action against Hefajat men
The High Court Sunday ordered police to take legal action against the torturer of a female journalist of Ekushey Television during a May 5 rally of Hefajat-e Islam in the capital. The court also...
View ArticlePM defends son’s remark on AL win
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday defended her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s comment that Awami League will come to power again winning the next parliamentary elections. “Joy said one thing; he said that on...
View ArticleHC asks govt to stop extortion in transport sector
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to take steps to immediately stop extortion in the transport sector across the country. The court in a suo moto rule asked the inspector general of...
View ArticleObama to meet Baltic leaders
US President Barack Obama will meet with Baltic leaders on August 30 for talks ahead of the G20 summit in Russia, the White House said yesterday. The joint meeting with the leaders of formerly Soviet...
View ArticleGERM-ICELLI
Prepared in unhealthy conditions, bottom, and without BSTI approval, 500 kilograms of vermicelli (lachchha semai) are being dumped in the Buriganga river. A BSTI mobile court yesterday raided Sagar...
View ArticleCambodian opposition rejects election results
Cambodia’s opposition yesterday rejected the results of closely fought weekend elections and called for an investigation into “serious irregularities”, saying it was robbed of a victory over strongman...
View ArticleMyanmar’s gas starts flowing to China
Gas has started flowing to energy-hungry China through a pipeline from Myanmar, a Chinese state oil company said yesterday, in a controversial project that highlights the countries’ economic links even...
View ArticleTest-tube burger
The world’s first test-tube burger will be served in London next week. It is made from meat grown in a laboratory, rather than cattle raised in pastures. And its developers hope it will show how the...
View ArticleNo move yet to rescue 27
The government is yet to take any measures to rescue the 27 Bangladeshi workers languishing in an Iraqi labour camp even after their families appealed to the authorities concerned a week ago. The...
View ArticleHajj pilgrims free to pick airline
The High Court yesterday ruled that hajj pilgrims could choose any airline when going to Saudi Arabia to perform a hajj. On April 24, the civil aviation ministry had decided that only Biman Bangladesh...
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