Two suspected criminals were killed in separate ‘crossfire’ with the members of Rapid Action Battalion and police in Faridpur and Kushtia early Sunday. Of them, Tofazzal Hossain alias Tapu Khan, a local Juba League leader, was killed in a gunfight with the
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Yunus denies any political links
Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank Managing Director Prof Muhammad Yunus totally denied his involvement with any political party in Bangladesh. “I am not involved with any political party,” Prof Yunus told UNB over
Tributes pour in for Saifur
Burial today Leaders, workers and supporters of BNP and other political parties, colleagues and well-wishers yesterday paid homage to veteran political leader Saifur Rahman, who died in a road crash
Khaleda to appear in court today
Zia Orphanage Trust case Leader of the opposition in parliament and BNP chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia will appear before the metropolitan session judges court today (Monday) at 1.00pm for hearing of charge, in the
Dipu Moni leaves for Delhi today
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni leaves for New Delhi today to discuss with her Indian counterpart S M Krishna all of the bilateral issues between the two neighboring countries, such as trade and investment,
Manmohan shocked at Saifur’s death
I have lost an old friend, he says Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed his profound shock at the sad demise of former Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman. In a condolence message sent Saturday to his son Naser Rahman, the Indian Prime Minister said
Police start probe into road accident
Ashuganj police started investigation into the deadly road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria that killed former finance minister and BNP standing committee member
VGF rice to be sold at Tk 3 per KG
The distribution of Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) rice for Tk 3 per KG across the country is being contemplated by the government. VGF rice was so long distributed free of cost among the extreme poor
Aila damage blamed for dam breaches after rains
Twenty-four hours of incessant rain, caused by a low in the Bay of Bengal, has left hundreds of thousands marooned as some 65 villages in Khulna and Barguna districts inundated, WDB officials said on
Two BFDC enterprises running poorly in Ctg
Two enterprises of the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC), Fish Harbour Complex and Fish Landing Centre, situated in Chittagong are now running very
Solar water pumps can help save fuel, power: experts
The use of solar water pump for agricultural irrigation can boost country’s food production three times and cut the increasing demand of fuel and electricity significantly experts of Renewable
Nursing wounds, they recall the day
More than 25 left-wing leaders and student activists, who sustained serious injuries in Wednesday’s police attack on anti-gas export protesters in the capital, are still nursing
Four killed in road mishap
At least four persons were killed and 10-12 others were injured when a passenger bus skidded off the road fell into a ditch filled with water at Tangibari under Munshiganj district
RMG worker loses eyes in acid attack
A garment worker suffered severe damage to both her eyes after her divorced husband threw acid leaving the whole face burnt at Pahartali in the port city
100,000 stranded after Khulna flash floods
Flash floods submerged some 20 villages, affecting over 100,000 people, as a flood embankment was breached in several places at Dakope upazila, Khulna, officials
Longest-serving finance minister
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member M Saifur Rahman, who died on Saturday, had been the longest serving finance minister in Bangladesh’s history. He formulated 12 national budgets, starting with the one in the 1980–81 financial year. He placed his last
President, JS speaker, others mourn death
President Zillur Rahman, speaker and deputy speakers of Jatiya Sangsad and different socio-political organisations, politicians and foreign diplomats have expressed deep shock at the death of former finance minister
AL expresses deep shock
The ruling Awami League Saturday expressed profound shock at the death of veteran politician and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman in a road accident. In a condolence message, the AL’s acting president, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and acting general secretary, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif
Khaleda calls Saifur’s death ‘irreparable loss’
The BNP chairperson and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, expressed her deep shock Saturday at the death of M Saifur Rahman, veteran BNP leader and former finance minister, calling it ‘an irreparable loss’ for
PM tells of threats 2 years back
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to extend their wholehearted support to her government in building a modern digital Bangladesh by 2021 through salvaging the country