BNP leader Nasiruddin Pintu dies
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu died of cardiac arrest at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital on Sunday
Poor don’t get benefits of govt subsidies
Experts say at CPD seminar
Nepal quake: 'No chance' to find more survivors, as death toll rises
Nepal's authorities have ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors of last Saturday's earthquake, as the death toll has risen to 6,621.
May Day observed
The International Labour Day, widely known as May Day, was observed in Bangladesh on Friday, as elsewhere around the world, with colourful processions and the voicing of the workers’ demand for the establishment of trade union rights at all factories.
Ban Ki-moon phones Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday expressed her hope that UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon would suggest the BNP to ‘return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities,’ reports United News of Bangladesh.
Khaleda informs Sharmen about ‘vote fraud’
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Friday informed US under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman about the ‘vote fraud’ in Tuesday’s elections to three major city corporations and provided her with documents in this regard, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Grieving Tamim hits record ton
Tamim Iqbal put his personal grief behind him to score a brilliant century to boost Bangladesh’s chance of achieving a draw in the first Test against Pakistan in Khulna on Friday.
Nepal earthquake: Frustration mounts over relief effort
Frustration is growing in parts of rural Nepal over the pace of relief efforts, with some badly-affected villages yet to receive any assistance.
4 killed in Kushtia road accident
At least four people were killed and 30 more injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Noy Mile of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia early Thursday, United News of Bangladesh reports.
BRTC leaves 32 inter dist routes to pvt operators
State run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has been facing obstructions from private bus operators in opening and continuing its bus service on inter-district routes, said officials. In last five years, BRTC was compelled to wind up its bus service from at least 32 inter-district routes to facilitate monopoly business of private bus companies, said the officials.
