WTO clinches ‘historic’ deal to smooth trade
The World Trade Organisation’s 159 member countries yesterday agreed to a global trade deal for the first time in the group’s 18-year history, a move that would bring duty-free access for the country’s...
View ArticleHartal added to blockade
With a 72-hour nationwide blockade well in force, the BNP and its associate organisations have called hartal in 11 districts, including Dhaka, for today and in 22 districts for tomorrow. Justifying the...
View ArticleAnother bus helper burnt in sleep
Another bus helper suffered burns as blockaders set fire to the vehicle with him sleeping inside in the early hours yesterday at Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj. By the time local people doused the...
View ArticleTrucks stuck on highways
As thousands of goods-laden vehicles got stranded for several hours on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway due to a fresh blockade yesterday, police were deployed to escort them through the violence-prone...
View ArticleUN asks if polls can be deferred
Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, yesterday sought to know from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if there was any scope for deferring the polls date, to which...
View ArticleBus torched, cocktails blasted in Jatrabari
Blockaders set fire to a bus and blasted crude bombs in Jatrabari of the capital this morning. No injury was reported from the scene. The arson and explosion were reported on the second day of BNP-led...
View ArticleJP urges UN steps in rescheduling JS polls
Jatiya Party today urged the United Nations to take initiatives for announcement of fresh schedule for the next general election so that all political parties participate in the polls. Ruhul Amin...
View ArticleS Africa ‘day of prayer’ for Mandela
Thousands of South Africans are expected to take part in a day of “prayer and reflection” for late President Nelson Mandela. President Jacob Zuma will attend a service in a Methodist church in...
View Article2 hurt in blockade, hartal violence
Two persons were hurt in Khulna and Chittagong this morning as opposition-sponsored agitation programmes are progressing in the country over several demands. Driver of a battery-run three-wheeler was...
View ArticleObama defends interim Iran deal, seeks to assure Israel
President Barack Obama on Saturday defended an interim deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program and, seeking to reassure Israel, pledged to step up sanctions or prepare for a potential military...
View ArticleWI U-19 refuse to play amid security concern
The West Indies Under-19 cricket team refused to take field against Bangladesh today in the second one day international of a seven-match series over security concern. The decision not to play the...
View ArticleFrench troops reach tense CAR town
French troops have reached the town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic, which has been paralysed by communal fighting. France is deploying 1,600 troops to help end the fighting in the...
View ArticleAL activist killed in Satkhira
Miscreants stabbed an activist of Awami League to death in Sadar upazila of Satkhira early today over land dispute. Deceased is Azahar Ali Morol, 55, of Amtali village in the upazila, said Enamul...
View ArticleSouth Korea announces expanded air defence zone
South Korea has announced it is expanding its air defence zone, which will now partially overlap with a similar zone announced by China. The two zones will now both include a rock claimed by both...
View ArticleJP to post resignation letters to PM ‘today’
The Jatiya Party today said all its six ministers and an adviser to the prime minister have offered to resign and that their letters of resignation would be sent to the premier by post today. “We tried...
View ArticleHamid to attend Mandela funeral
President Abdul Hamid is going to attend the funeral of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela slated for December 15. The president will fly for South Africa tomorrow, foreign ministry...
View ArticleICT set to issue death warrant for Mollah
Copy of the full text of Supreme Court verdict awarding death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for war crimes reached the International Crimes Tribunal today. Arunav Chakraborty,...
View ArticlePM meets President in evening
Amid a deepening political crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to meet President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban this evening. Sources at Bangabhaban, the president’s office-cum-residence, said the...
View ArticleNo pay scale for BB, SOBs now: Muhith
Announcement of separate pay scale for the employees of Bangladesh Bank and four state-run banks is not possible under the polls-time government, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said today. “It will...
View ArticleICT issues death warrant for Mollah
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 issued death warrant for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah awarded the capital punishment for his wartime offences.
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