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পিটিবিনিউজ২৪.কম ; রাষ্ট্রের সর্বোচ্চ আইন কর্মকর্তা অ্যাটর্নি জেনারেল মাহবুবে আলমের ছেলে সাংবাদিক সুমন মাহবুবকে হত্যার হুমকি দিয়ে প্রতীকি কাফনের কাপড় পাঠিয়েছে দুর্বৃত্তরা। ডাকযোগে পাঠানো হুমকি সংবলিত চিঠি ও এক টুকরো কাফনের কাপড় আজ রোববার দুপুরে সুমনের হস্তগত হয়েছে। এ ঘটনায় প্রশাসনের কাছে জীবনের নিরাপত্তা চেয়ে ও ঘটনার বর্ণনা দিয়ে রাজধানীর উত্তরা (পশ্চিম) থানায় একটি সাধারণ […]
Read MoreBy James Reynolds and Zeynep Erdim BBC News, Istanbul. The front page of the Helal Sex Shop website is designed not to give fright. It features separate, generic silhouettes of a man and a woman in a headscarf. Browsers are directed to different pages for men and women. They are offered a range of condoms, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 26 (nsnewswire) — The Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its latest monthly economic update reveals that the country’s terms of trade have been deteriorating unabated, reflecting a major structural weakness of the economy. The terms of trade, the value of exports relative to that of imports, reached at 70.1 percent in […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Though onion prices have shot through the roof in India, it is selling at much cheaper price in the neighbouring Bangladesh. As per a national news daily, onions are selling at Rs 45 in Bangladesh, while onion prices continue to reign at as much as Rs 100 a kg in major cities in […]
Read MoreBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press, DHAKA, Bangladesh—The future of Bangladesh depends on two men who don’t live there, both heirs apparent to the South Asian nation’s most powerful political dynasties. One is a technology consultant who lives in the U.S. with his American wife and young daughter. The other is reportedly studying for a law […]
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DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian and her arch rival Khaleda Zia held phone talks on Saturday, the first direct conversation between the two leaders of the South Asian country’s politics since January, 2009 when her cabinet took oath of office. They held talks to pave the way for dialogue between […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 26 (nsnewswire) — Grameenphone Ltd. (GP) reported BDT 25.0 billion revenues for the 3rd quarter of 2013, 9.4% increase from the same period of 2012. GP managed this growth amid competition, sluggish economic activity, apprehension of political unrest and respite from strong tailwind of EID festivity. The growth is attributed to increase in […]
Read MorePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina called Opposition leader Khaldea Zia this afternoon to invite her to a dialogue over polls-time government “but failed to reach”, PM’s press secretary said. “The prime minister called the opposition leader at her red phone at 1:15pm but could not talk with her as no-one picked up the phone for […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Oct. 25 (nsnewswire) — When Minu’s limp body was piled onto the mass of corpses after Rana Plaza collapsed, she prayed that someone would notice that she was still alive. Too weak to call out, she had been smothered under dead bodies in the rubble without food or water for three days. As they […]
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