DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said no opportunity will be given to invest the black money in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015. The minister came up with the remarks while addressing the 35th meeting of the advisory committee of National Board

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh detained 33 people from Putkhali border of Benapole as they were crossing the border illegally amid the red alert. Government issued a red alert at the border and all immigration cheek posts in a bid to nab the listed criminals and the accused

BAGERHAT: Three members of a forest robbing gang, including the ringleader, surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday morning. The robbers are Farid, gang leader of ‘Farid Bahini’, and his cohorts Jwel and Asad. They surrendered to the RAB-8 at a place near Mrigamari

DHAKA: Sticking to what he said in his earlier meetings despite strong criticism, India’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday reiterated that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh would have to go back and claimed that Mamata Banerjee had said back in 2005 what he was

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Here comes the birthday of great poet Rabindranath Tagore who single handedly gave a stronghold of Bengali language in the world literature. The Bangalees are

DHAKA:A pedestrian was crushed the wheels of a train in city’s Karwan Bazar Rail crossing area on Thursday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place around 8:00am, said Railway Police sources. However, police recovered the body from

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court placed nine people on 2-day fresh remand each in the sensational seven murder case in Narayanganj. Senior judicial magistrate of the district court Ishtiaq Ahamed handed down the orders on Wednesday after police produced them before the court with a

DHAKA: Family of an expatriate Bangladeshi requested the British government to assist for rescuing the Bangladeshi who disappeared from his home district of Sunamganj. The family asked the UK government for “diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh” so that Dhaka takes highest measures to

NATORE: At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Natore highway in Hazratpur area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning. The identity of the deceased and the injured could not be known immediately. Natore highway police

RANGAMATI: Miscreants gunned down two siblings at their residence house in Pakujjechari Rubber Garden area under Baghaichhari upazila of the district on Thursday morning. The victims were identified as Shushanta Chakma Shushil, 35, and Pridev Chakma, 40, sons of Kamini Kishore Karbari of

JESSORE: A training program titled ‘Poverty Alleviation through Urban Participation’, a novice training program in the jute industry.      Private development organization Care, UPPR and Ahad Jute Mills jointly organized the event on Tuesday.    Around 200 women workers took

DHAKA: The High Court has issued show-cause notice to a super for not sending its orders to the authorities concerned about conducting investigation into RAB-11 members’ involvement in the sensational seven-murder of Narayanganj district. AN HC bench comprising Justice Rezaul Haque and

DHAKA: Fatema Sumar, the visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (Regional Affairs), paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at Ruposhi Bangla hotel on Wednesday.    In the parley, Fatema said, “We would like to see how South

DHAKA: The awarded low cost carrier of UAE, Air Arabia has started operation in Dhaka – Ras Al Khaimah route from May 6. The carrier will operate weekly 3 flights from Dhaka.  The airline landed in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 157 passengers and departed with 162

DHAKA: Three workers died on Tuesday after breathing in toxic fumes, a Sharjah Police official told Gulf News. Two of them are Bangladeshis and the other was from Egypt. Their bodies were taken to the police forensic laboratory. An official said emergency services were alerted about the

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Headquarters expressed concern over publishing “baseless and imaginary” news items in connection the organization with sensational seven-murder, including panel mayor Nazrul Islam, in Narayanganj in some media. Meanwhile three officers  RAB-11,

KISHOREGANJ: At least two farmers were killed as lightning struck them at Bhoirab upazila in the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Nazir Uddin, 38, son of one Abul Hossain and Abdul Awal, 17, son of one Akkas Mia from the area. Local sources said lightning

DHAKA: The Thomson Foundation, MRDI Bangladesh and the Sri Lankan College of Journalism announced the final regional winners of the South Asian Inquirer award 2013-14.  After intense competition from over 250 entries from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives the final regional winners

DHAKA: A case was filed with Marine court over the launch MV Shathil-1 capsize on Wednesday.     The Marine court issued arrest warrant against MV Shathil-1 owner, master and manager.     The court also ordered the authorities concerned to seize the launch.      Three

NETROKONA: Three minors drowned in Dholoy River in Boro Ilaspur area under Purbodhola upazila of the district on Wednesday noon. The deceased were identified as Mazharul Islam, 6, son of Azizul Islam, Kona, 5, daughter of Abdur Rahman and Sumona Akhter, 5, daughter of Shamsuddin of the