Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today (January 25) urged the local civil and police administration to take action against any hoarding of rice.  He said there would be no scope for illegal storage of rice with ulterior motives of making a profit. Law violators must be

Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are set to sign an agreement on mutual cooperation between the judiciaries of the two countries and the content of the accord has already been sent to the Gulf nation. Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Essa Bin Youssef Al Duhailan

A man and his wife were killed after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Nagarbari-Bogura highway in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday (January 25). The deceased were identified as Ansarul Islam, and his wife Anjuman Rozi of Bilkolmi village of the upazila. Md Khairul Bashar,

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (January 24) predicted that light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions.   According to the Met office latest bulletin, weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky

The Supreme Court (SC) today (January 25) upheld its chamber judge's order that stayed the High Court bail for suspended UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the prime accused in Jamalpur's journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case. A five-member bench of SC headed by Chief Justice

Around 142,500 people applied in total - including 123,400 for the first time - and around a third of all requests for protection were accepted, the French Office for the Protection of Refugee and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) said in provisional figures. Just 131,000 people applied in

Thailand Immigration Police has arrested 19 Bangladeshis after receiving a tip-off from the public that a person resembling a foreigner was seen at Taba Market in Che He sub-district of Tak Bai district. When the officers approached the man, he said that his passport was in a

Almost three years after its inauguration, India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge -Maitri Setu over River Feni in Sabroom of South Tripura, the access point of Northeastern states to Chittagong seaport is set to be operational in February. Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) Chairman

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (January 25) arrested 40 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

The government has extended the deadline by eight days for the registration of Hajj pilgrims as per the request of Hajj agencies and Hajj pilgrims. The Religious Affairs Ministry on Wednesday (24 January) issued a notification extending the registration time for Hajj from January 25 to

A Dhaka court today (January 24) sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Mirpur of the capital in 2013.   The court also fined convict Manik Mia Bepari Taka 5,000.   Judge M Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-2 handed down the verdict on Wednesday

Judge of Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal in Natore has convicted a man and sentenced him to suffer life-term imprisonment on charge of raping a woman in the district around 14 years back. The convict identified as Shree Dulal, 44, a resident of Chimnapur village under

Two activists of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were reportedly shot to death and another injured in a gunfight between two groups of the party at Mohalchari uapzila in Khagrachhari district today (January 4).  The incident took place at around 7.30am in Durchhari

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke today (January 24) said that the UK would work with Bangladesh to further strengthen Dhaka-London ties on trade and security partnership fronts.   She said: "We discussed working together, strengthening UK Bangladesh ties,

European Council (EC) President Charles Michel has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her reelection as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. In a greeting message sent to Sheikh Hasina, he wrote, "Let me congratulate you on your recent re-appointment as Prime Minister of Bangladesh."

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (January 24) predicted that light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions.  According to the Met office latest bulletin, weather may remain mainly dry with partly

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Wednesday (Jan 24) arrested 45 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

The historic 'Mass Upsurge Day', commemorating the 1969's movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, will be observed tomorrow in a befitting manner. On January 24, 1969, Matiur Rahman

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (January 23) appointed Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury, member of parliament from Madaripur-1 constituency as the Chief Whip of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS). In line with the Bangladesh (Whip) Order, 1972, the President gave the appointments. Parliament

Election Commissioner Mohammad Alamgir has said the upazila elections will begin in the country in phases in the last week of April and continue until the last week of May. He disclosed this information at the Election Commission office at Agargaon in the capital on Tuesday (January