10th JS was not totally functional: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday said that the 10th Parliament was not totally functional, as the opinions of people were not being…

HC stays trial proceedings

The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed the trial proceedings of two arson cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. In response to separate writ petitions, a bench of the HC comprising Justice Miftah Uddin Chowdhury and Justice ANM Bashir Ullah came up with the orders. The HC bench also issued…

New Indian credit to be in line with earlier LoC

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between India and Bangladesh for the third line of credit (LoC) has retained all the terms and conditions as they were in the earlier LoC, according to diplomatic sources. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi had announced a new concessional credit line of…

Huge support for London teenager

A east London teenager who has lived in the UK for 13 years has told of his fear and anxiety as he faces being deported to his birthplace of Bangladesh,…

TV anchor reads out news of her husband’s death

Her job is to read news on TV and Supreet Kaur did just that by reading the breaking news of her husband’s death in a road accident, leaving her shell-shocked colleagues speechless by her exemplary commitment, according to www.hindustantimes.com. A news reader at Chhattisgarh’s private IBC-24…

Turkish cabin crew help woman give birth at 42,000ft

Cabin crew on a Turkish Airlines flight celebrated the arrival of an extra passenger at 42,000ft (12,800 metres) when a woman gave birth to a baby girl, reports BBC. Passengers also assisted at the birth, which took place soon after take-off on a flight from Guinea's capital Conakry to Istanbul…

Hasina offers ziarat at Ajmer Sharif

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered ziarat at the shrine of Sufi Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (known as the Ajmer Sharif Dargah) in India's Rajasthan state yesterday, the third day of her state visit to the country, reports UNB. Earlier, Hasina flew to the shrine of Sufi Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in…

Pranab praises Hasina for cementing Indo-Bangla ties

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has highly praised the constant efforts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for taking forward Bangladesh and solidifying its relations with India, reports UNB. Pranab made the remarks when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met him at Rashtrapati Bhaban yesterday afternoon.…

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