BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar party for professionals and eminent personalities in the capital yesterday, the sixth day of Ramadan, reports UNB. The iftar party was held at International Convention Centre, Bashundhara in the city. Before iftar, Khaleda exchanged greetings with the invited…

The government has raised the limit of financial assistance for ministers, state ministers, and deputy ministers to help the people of their respective areas. Now, a minister can provide of Tk. 50,000 instead of Tk. 25,000 to a person or an organisation, while a state minister can provide Tk. 35,000…

For the first time in the country, the government will hand out Civil Service Awards to keep bureaucrats in good humour. The event will be held on June 23. Either Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam will present the awards to a few bureaucrats who are believed…

A shadowy nexus of Jamaat-e-Islami and its like-minded homegrown terrorist outfits have been carrying out target killings across the country on or before the judgment or execution of verdicts of notorious war criminals, officials told BSS. Some 27 incidents of such killings occurred across the country…

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said foreign assistance still can play a vital role in Bangladesh’s socioeconomic development, reports UNB. He said this while responding to a tabled starred question from Gazi MM Amzad Hossain Milon (Sirajganj-3) in Parliament. Muhith said the country needs…

Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid yesterday voiced deep resentment over the absence of Finance Minister MA Muhith and State Minister MA Mannan in Parliament when discussions on the proposed budget were going on, reports UNB. “What’s the use of just telling you (Speaker), as the Finance…

Awami League Presidium Member and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday called upon the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and workers to make resistance against the communalism, reports BSS. “BNP-Jamaat clique has chosen the path of secret killings after they failed…

Bangladesh Navy Ship (BNS) Bangabandhu returned to Chittagong yesterday from Sri Lanka after distributing emergency relief among the Raonu affected people, said a press release sent by Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), Chittagong. The most sophisticated BNS Bangabandhu left Chittagong on May 31…

The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington has attended the memorial service of global boxing icon Muhammad Ali at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Kentucky. On behalf of the Bangladesh Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission Mahbub Hasan Saleh, the Deputy Chief of Mission, placed a floral wreath at the designated…

Police arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Muktagacha upazila of the district early yesterday. The arrestee is identified as Muklesur Rahman, 45, of Rampur village in the upazila. Being tipped-off, a team of police raided Rampur village…

Pabna: Police arrested a local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir for his suspected involvement in the killing of an worker of a Hindu Ashram from Sadar upazila on Saturday night, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of police arrested Ariful Islam, 23, secretary of literature and cultural affairs of district…

Police in California found weapons, ammunition and bomb-making material in a car belonging to a man who told them he was planning to attend Gay Pride festivities yesterday, according to the Los Angeles Times, reports AFP. The discovery came hours after the deadliest mass shooting in US history, which…

Poland and Croatia beat North Ireland and Turkey respectively in their Euro 2016 matches yesterday, reports AFP from France. Ajax striker Arkadiusz Milik broke Northern Ireland hearts after rifling home the only goal in their Euro 2016 Group C opener in Nice. Poland had never won a game before at the…

Officer-in-Charge of Gendaria Police station sustained bullet injuries in an encounter with robbers during a raid at Namapara slum area of Gendaria early Sunday. Police arrested seven robbers, including four with bullet injuries, from the spot and recovered a pistol, three bullets and three knives and…

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order allowing Notre Dame College, Holy Cross College and St Joseph College in the capital to enroll students in Class-XI through admission tests, reports UNB. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order rejecting…

Myanmar separatists kidnapped a Bangladeshi timber trader from Naikkhonchhari upazila of Bandarban yesterday evening, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Ula Mong, hailing from Ali Kadam upazila of Bandarban. Police said the Myanmar separatists picked up Mong from Duchari area around 6pm. A general…