Saudi Arabia has been the largest source of remittance as non-residents Bangladeshis (NRBs) living there sent $2.694 billion from the kingdom in 11 months (until May) of the 2015-16 fiscal year, UNB reports. According to available statistics at Bangladesh Bank, Saudi Arabia is followed by the United…

The Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) will conduct a survey for identification and economic assessment of precious minerals in river sands of the country. Talking to The Independent, Md Nehal Uddin, director general (DG) of the GSB, said: “The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river systems…

Urging the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to first clearly decide whether or not it would cut off ties with the Jamaat-e-Islami, road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said it was only then that it should talk about curbing militancy in the country. “The BNP will have…

A deep convection has developed in the Bay of Bengal, causing the sea to turn choppy with squally winds blowing. This has prompted the Meteorological Department to ask all four maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra to raise the local cautionary warning signal number three…

Customs officials seized foreign currencies worth Tk 1 crore from a man at Benapole check post in Jessore yesterday, reports UNB. Tipped off that Bangla­deshi national Farid Hasan was entering the country along with foreign currencies, customs officials searched his bag, said Joint Commissioner…

The ringleader of a suspected brigand gang was found dead in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday, UNB reports. Police recovered the bullet-hit body of M Yunus alias Inu, 45, the kingpin of notorious ‘Inu Bahini’ and son of late Mohammad Hossain of Paglirbil village in Chakoria upazila…

A total of 186 people were killed and 746 others injured in accidents across the country while travelling during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Disclosing these figures in a report, the Secretary General of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (Bangladesh Passe­ngers’ Wel­fare Association) Mojammel…

Jatiya Party Presidium Member  Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu has been appointed a special assistant to party Chairman HM Ershad. Sunil Shuvo Roy, press secretary of the JP Chairman, confirmed The Independent about  the new appointment of Bablu. The post of ‘special assistant to JP chief’…

An Indian man who bought one of the world's most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been allegedly battered to death, BBC reports quoting…

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in separate messages, yesterday condemned the truck attack into crowds watching Bastille Day fireworks in the southern French city of Nice that has killed at least 84 people. In a statement, the president extended deep condolences to the government…

Three members of a family were killed and two people injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sabgram in Bogra yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Ziaur Rahman, 22, his wife Reshma Khatun, 20, and their son Atiqur Rahman, 8, of Madla village in…