BNP Standing Committe member Tariqul Islam on Monday has alleged that the government was behind the killing of the BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder. The senior BNP leader was speaking to journalists at headquarter premises in Naya Paltan before the…
The US embassy in Dhaka launched a new initiative on Sunday exempting ‘certain qualified’ returning foreign visitors from another interview with a consular officer. According to a media release, the programme was designed to reduce waiting time for ‘qualified’ foreign…
Parliament will convene its winter session on Jan 27. It will be 16th sitting of the ninth Parliament. President Mohammad Zillur Rahman on Monday summoned Parliament into the session in line with the constitutional obligation of holding a sitting within…
Senior Assistant Judge Javed Imam on Monday secured six-month’s ad-interim bail from the High Court after being held for allegedly possessing contraband Phensydyl syrup. The bench of justices Quamrul Islam Siddiqui and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain also asked the Deputy…
The cabinet Monday approved ‘National River Protection Commission Act-2013’ as a part of steps to save all rivers in the country. The approval came from a regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Emerging from the…
The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange shed more than 36 points to stand over 4,126 points at close on Monday amid a low turnover. Shares and mutual funds worth over Tk 1.21 billion changed hands with 42 issues…
BNP Standing Committee Member Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday described claims of government successes “as nothing but false information.” “What the government gifted in the last four years is corruption and embezzlements, including the one took place in Padma bridge…
A detained Rohingya member on Sunday confessed that a gang of his country-men killed some 11 fishermen at Sonachar sea channel in Barguna district on January 2, police said. The gang also snatched a trawler from the procession of the…
Jan7: A devastating fire broke out at Lichutala Slum at Mohakhali in the city on Monday night. A fire service official told banglanews that the blaze began around 8:00pm at the slum adjacent to Metropolitan Hospital in the area.
Expressing strong protest, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni categorically said that border killing is not forgivable. The minister made the protest in a press conference at her office Monday. Dipu Moni, “Border killings are not pardonable and we express protest…
Teachers working at educational institutions not enrolled to MPO system will besiege the Shikkha Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday to press the government to enlist them. The announcement came following a day-long sit-in protest staged by Non-MPO Shikkha Prothisthan…
The government on approved country’s 11th city corporation at Gazipur comprising about 330sq km area from Tongi and Gazipur municipalities. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms (NICAR), chaired by Prime Minister…
The foreign exchange reserve crossed the $ 13 billion-mark for the first time on Monday, thanks to a robust growth of inward remittance as well as decreasing import payment. The reserve rose to $13.04 billion on the day — the…
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed on Monday said the business community would request leaders of the two main political parties to start a dialogue to end the prevailing political impasse.…
The agitating employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Monday called for a non-stop strike from Tuesday as their demands had not been met, according to Moshiqur Rahman, president of the Biman Sramik League. The announcement comes following a day-long sit-in…
Allison Winter, ENN With a small and declining population due to forest clearing and overhunting in New Guinea, the western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii) is listed as “Critically Endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of…
Jason Bardi If the sinful excess of holiday eating sends your system into butter-slathered, brandy-soaked overload, you are not alone: People who are jet-lagged, people who work graveyard shifts and plain-old late-night snackers know just how you feel.