M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh and India will sign the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a free trade agreement, to boost economic ties between the two countries. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the announcement at a press conference after a meeting with visiting Indian delegation led by his counterpart Suresh Prabhu in Dhaka, reports The Daily…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Another rape suspect was found dead in Jhalakathi with a note around his neck yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. He was identified as Rakib Hasan, one of the men accused of gang-raping a madrasa student in a case filed with police in Bhandaria. Rakib is the second person accused in the case to…
BSS: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the nation finally boycotted the people, who do not believe in the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in the last parliamentary elections. “The country’s people boycotted those who don’t follow the ideology of Bangabandhu in the 11th general elections. The nation…
Hossen Sohel: Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc, reports Reuters. Though Florence’s shrieking winds diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, forecasters…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stressed that Israelis should not come to Malaysia as the country does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, reports The Daily Star. Dr Mahathir said Malaysia had the right to keep its border closed to certain people, especially from countries the nation feels are doing a lot…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reappointed her five advisers in the new government, reports The Daily Star. The advisers are: HT Imam, Dr Mushiur Rahman, Dr Gowher Rizvi, Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique. The cabinet division today published a gazette over the appointment of the five advisers with portfolio…
DOT Desk Afroza Abbas, a BNP candidate of Dhaka-9 constituency, and her supporters came under attack today while campaigning in Dakshin Goran in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area, reports Daily Star. Around 15-20 AL men attacked Afroza Abbas and her party men after they crossed Khilgaon Railgate area around 11:15 am, BNP sources said. Later, more ruling…
Desk Report: Bangladesh can now manage multi-billion dollar development projects at ease, thanks to high GDP growth and local engineers, many of whom are from BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology), the country’s top citadel of learning. These remarks were made by Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury in Toronto, Canada, while addressing a group…
UNB: Police have arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader here on Saturday for allegedly provoking the student protests.Fatema Badshah, acting president of the city unit of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, the female wing of BNP, was picked up from her residence at Supariwalapara in the city on Friday night.
UNB, Dhaka As reports of the killing of Syrian Christians by Islamic State militants in the Syrian town of al-Qaryatain are emerging, the head of the Syrian Orthodox Church has claimed that some 21 Christians were murdered when almost 300 Christians remained in the city after IS captured it last August. They included three women,…