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BPO takes some proactive steps to regain lost glory Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) has taken a set of proactive measures with a view to regaining its lost glory as well as for its survival, a high official said. To this effect, the BPO has in the meantime launched a number of new services like Electronic ... Read more

Migratory routes and spawning or breeding grounds of hilsa at the Bay of Bengal are being shifted due to pollution, siltation, and climate change, says a recent report of the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), reports UNB. It says hilsa have changed their migratory routes and spawning or breeding grounds in response

Four people, including two of a family, were killed and nine others injured as a jeep rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Barapara on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi upazila on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Yasmin, 30, wife of one Ismail Hossain of the Barapara, their five-year old daughter Janaat, Abdul Matin, 32 ... Read more

Muggers slaughtered a microbus driver and snatched his vehicle at Dop-Majhgram village in Santhia upazila on Tuesday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Amirul Islam, son of Zabed Ali of the village. Police said Amirul went out of his house around 8 pm on Tuesday with his vehicle to refuel gas. But he ... Read more

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday announced the Dhaka March programme for December 29 and called upon people from all walks of life to assemble in front of the BNP central office at Naya Paltan “to compel the government to accept her party’s demand for holding a free, fair and credible election”. “This march is to ... Read more

Ruling Awami League has described BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Tuesday statements as ‘unrealistic, absurd and full of falsehood’. “There is no truth in Khaleda’s speech. All of her words in the statement are baseless and unrealistic,” said Amir Hossain Amu, a senior leader of Awami League. He made the remarks at a press conference at Party ... Read more

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a telephone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and requested her to send one battalion of Bangladeshi soldiers for its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. “Yes, the UN Secretary-General called the prime minister over telephone in the evening (Bangladesh time) and asked her to provide one battalion

37 foreigners placed on 2-day remand The 37 foreigners, who were arrested on charges of illegally operating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business at Uttara area in the city, were earlier involved in an illegal VoIP business in Sri Lanka and were jailed, sources in the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said. A team of ... Read more

The finance ministry on Tuesday injected Tk 2,205 crore to state-owned Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank to shore up the struggling commercial banks from capital crunch and keep them afloat. Another Tk 1,895 crore would be given to Agrani and Janata banks tomorrow, a senior finance ministry official told New Age. Earlier, the ministry had decided to ... Read more

A traffic policeman was burned to death and two others sustained injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a requisitioned bus at Bangla Motor in the capital Tuesday night. The policeman, Ferdous Khalil, 40, was son of Abdul Hamid Mandal of Nagervita under Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibanda. Constable Faizul Islam, 40, and the bus driver ... Read more

Nine eminent citizens decry ‘move’ Amid media reports on unusual surge in the wealth of political leaders, technical problems have been created disrupting access to the personal information of candidates of the 10th parliamentary elections on the Election Commission website, reports UNB. The EC website, www.ecs.gov.bd, on Tuesday stopped showing the personal information of the ... Read more

The home ministry has said that Ganajagaran Mancha’s agitation in the diplomatic zone violated the Vienna Convention and other international norms. In a letter to law enforcement agencies, the ministry blamed such activities for undermining the country’s image. “That’s why it has become essential to

Members of the Christian community in the country celebrates the holy Christmas on Wednesday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour, reports BSS. Christians would offer special prayers, illuminate churches, decorate Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and missions. Bangladesh

The recent agitation by Ganajagaran Mancha near the Pakistan High Commission has created a security flutter among ambassadors and high commissioners based in Dhaka. Diplomats from influential countries expressed concern over the security of their missions and personnel during a briefing by foreign minister

The nationwide 83-hour road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, ended on Tuesday afternoon amid stray incidents of violence, leaving a person dead in Satkhira, reports UNB. The fifth spell of the protest programme that started at 6am on Saturday ended at 5pm today. The opposition combine enforced the blockade programme

After failing to attract attention of election observers from EU, Commonwealth, the United States, and other western countries, the Election Commission (EC) now plans to invite ‘foreign observers’ from SAARC countries. To arrange the trips of election observers from SAARC countries, the EC has already sent a letter to the finance ministry to allocate Tk 1 ... Read more

With Pakistan’s participation in the next year’s World Twenty20 Cup still in doldrums, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given no indication of shifting the mega tournament from Bangladesh, according to reports. According to The Express Tribune, a well-placed official said that the ICC is not considering switching the venue and continues with its preparations

Seven cows were roasted alive and 10 furniture shops were gutted as a burning cattle-laden truck rammed into a furniture market at Faujdarhat of Sitakunda in Chittagong following a petrol bomb attack on early Tuesday. Fire broke out on the truck as the petrol bomb was hurled on the running truck at about 4:15am and the ... Read more

Two men were shot dead allegedly by the police on Dhaka-Sirajganj-Rajshahi highway in Sirajganj early Tuesday. The victims were Al Mamun, 25, son of Sujabot Ali, and Monsur Ahmed, 23, son of Aher Ali, of village Baniagati, and they were cousins. The police said the victims were shot dead by the

Mystery shrouds the involvement of 37 arrested foreigners, including seven females, in unauthorised VoIP business and the illegal stay of 13 of them in the country. The 37 foreigners along with 6 Bangladeshis were arrested in possession of huge VoIP equipment during a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) drive at