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Tension mounted on Naikhangchhari border of the district as Myanmar restarted erecting barbed wire fence along its border with Bangladesh from Friday and deployed additional army personnel on their side

Awami League leader Abul Jalil, though retracted his London statement, has disclosed the truth about a deal to bring Awami League to power. This has been observed by the leaders of the opposition BNP, Jamaat and

The communication ministry has dropped the plan for imposing additional levy on phone users to raise about $200 million to fund the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge because of the finance

A schoolgirl was raped at Ramanandapur village in Pabna Sadar upazila on Friday. The victim, a student of class three of a local primary school, was rushed to Pabna General Hospital in a critical condition

Even after 17 days of the second meeting of recession taskforce, the Ministry of Finance is yet to form a committee to determine how much money the apparel sector needed to overcome the crisis those are

Despite hints in the charge sheet that administration under the BNP-Jamaat alliance might have aided and abetted the August 21 grenade blasts, no investigation has been done along that line. The 41-page charge

Electricity to become costlier, PDB to lose more money The government’s costly venture to add 530MW electricity by August 2010 will not benefit farmers and consumers as both irrigation and summer seasons will be over before the rental power plants become

Ruling Awami League is likely to prepare plan of actions today to rein in the ongoing extortion and tender manipulations by its party men across the country and to ensure proper coordination in the activities of

None of the sugar hoarders are yet to be arrested despite directives from the commerce ministry given to the National Security Intelligence 7 days back. These dishonest businessmen dented consumers’ pocket by

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed deep shock and distress at the loss of lives and properties caused by the devastating earthquake in the island of Sumatra. In a message to President of

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has appealed for extension of time for submission of charge sheets of the biggest arms haul cases of the country. The CID was earlier scheduled to submit the charge

Problems of urbanisation, including influx of rural people towards cities and major towns, continue to aggravate the quality of life and environment as the authorities failed to implement policies suggested

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL), one of the major fertiliser producing plants of the country, resumed production today after  five months as gas supply was restored on a limited scale.  During the long

A CBA leader, who belongs to ruling Awami League felled and looted over 60 trees from Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (BSBMC) campus during Eid vacation. Police yesterday detained Shahjahan, a day labourer,

Geologists have found a cluster of fossilised dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old, in a village in Tamil Nadu, according to media reports. “We found layer upon layer of spherical eggs and body

The first meeting of the newly formed Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will be held today. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to chair the meeting at her political

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games following a vote by the International Olympic Committee here today. Rio beat off competition from Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid. Chosen to host the 2016

The archaeology department authorities are sitting idle while Jamia Hossainiya Ashraful Ulum Madrasa is putting up toilets and urinals by demolishing a portion of Bara Katra, one of the oldest heritage sites

Ruling alliance component Workers Party of Bangladesh on Friday rejected Petrobangla’s explanation on the proposed production sharing contract for offshore blocks and said it was ‘devoid of truth.’ The party

The prices of most of the essential items in the city’s kitchen markets remained high yesterday defying all measures earlier taken by the government. Price of different varieties of rice have shot up to Tk 2 to