Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country was restored this afternoon, nearly 18 hours after several wagons of an oil-carrying train derailed near Montola Railway Station in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj. Md Abu Hanif Pasha, assistant executive engineer of Akhaura Railway Junction, confirmed the development to this correspondent. He said the derailed wagons were removed from the ...

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir held a meeting with Kazuiki Kataoka, country representative of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), at his office at the Secretariat on Thursday. During the meeting, the two sides discussed in detail various aspects of expanding bilateral trade and investment as well as strengthening mutual economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Japan, said a press release. The ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to singer Abu Jahid, also known as Jahid Antu, in a case filed over the alleged molestation of his former girlfriend, an Eden College student. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam granted bail to the accused until 19 April upon a bond of Tk500. During the hearing, Advocate Nazrul Islam, General Secretary of the ...

Panicked consumers are now excessively buying fuel oil supplies from refueling stations within two hours the same amount they used to purchase in one-and-a-half days before the start of the Iran war, said Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood. The long queues at refueling stations is the result of unfounded consumer worries, and not shortages in supplies, ...

Australia will tour Zimbabwe for three One-Day Internationals in September, the first time they have played in the African ‌nation since 2014. Zimbabwe are to co-host the 2027 50-over World Cup with South Africa and Namibia, and this year’s tour provides the Australians with a chance to ⁠familiarise themselves with conditions. All three ODI fixtures will be played at the ...

Leaders of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and the Mahanagar Sarbojanin Puja Committee met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at his office at the Secretariat on Thursday morning. The meeting was confirmed by the Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman Ruman, who said the leaders discussed various issues affecting the Hindu community with the prime minister. Among those present at ...

The government on Thursday raised the price of a 12-kilogram LPG cylinder by Tk387 to Tk1,728. The nearly 28.9% price hike would come into effect from the evening, announced the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC). The price of auto gas has also been hiked by Tk36 to Tk79.77 per litre, BERC said. Last month, the price was kept unchanged at ...

Myanmar lawmakers will elect a new president on Friday, the parliamentary speaker said, with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing one of three candidates for the post. The former commander in chief has led Myanmar since 2021, when he ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered a civil war. He was one of three vice presidents elected ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has described the recent measles outbreak as sudden and unforeseen, likening it to a lightning strike. Speaking after inaugurating a training programme on Thursday (2 April) at Dhaka Shishu Hospital on the use of Bubble CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) for treating pneumonia-induced respiratory distress, the health minister said, “The measles ...

Bangladesh Shop Business Owners’ Association has directed all shops, commercial establishments, and shopping malls nationwide, including in Dhaka, to close by 8:00pm to support government efforts amid the global energy crisis. The decision came on Thursday after a joint meeting of the standing committees of the Bangladesh Shop Business Owners’ Association and the Dhaka Metropolitan Shop Business Owners Association. The ...