In her first leg of electioneering for the January-5 national election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina embarks on a two-day tour of three districts, including her home district Gopalganj, on Thursday. The two other districts are Faridpur and Munshiganj. Sheikh Hasina,…
Dhaka – Amid the political deadlock over the country’s general election, BNP chairperson and opposition leader Khaleda Zia is going to hold a press conference on Tuesday to unveil the opposition’s next course of action and her proposal for holding the polls…
BNP senior leader Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday claimed that the international community has snubbed the January-5 national election with their decision not to send observers to monitor the ‘unilateral’ polls. “The EU, the Commonwealth and the US have…
Amid the opposition’s threat to foil the January-5 elections, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday briefed the diplomats of South and South East Asian countries and reaffirmed the government’s strong resolve to ‘thwart any terror attempts’ against ‘peaceful conduct’ of the…
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has claimed the government is being “forced” to conduct the next general elections without the Opposition due to latter’s ‘adamant’ approach.
Four warships, including the US-donated ‘Somoudra Joy’ were commissioned by Bangladesh Navy on Monday, adding more teeth to the force’s prowess. Commissioning the new ships at Chittagong Naval Berth, President Abdul Hamid said the government has taken “short and long”…
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) has finally postponed its planned grand rally at Shapla Square in the city scheduled for Tuesday as it failed to obtain permission from the authorities concern.
Ekram Ahmed, a member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, has been appointed its chairman. The Ministry of Public Administration issued an order in this regard on Monday. The appointment will come into effect after his resignation as the Commission…
Dhaka – The first board meeting of the India-Bangladesh Foundation was held here on Saturday.
Maybe the empire thought that we would not honor our word when, during days of uncertainty in the past century, we affirmed that even if the USSR were to disappear Cuba would continue struggling.
There is something for the new pensioners to cheer about. The government on Monday enhanced the rate of surrendered pension money up to 15 percent with effect from December 1.
The third day of the 83-hour nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance, passed off amid stray incidents of violence, including crude bomb blasts, vandalism and arsons, in different places across the country on Monday.
Dhaka – As the international observers have refused to monitor the January-5 polls, the Election Commission now depends on local observers and the media.
The government has decided to appoint Md Monirul Islam as Bangladesh’s new ambassador to Morocco. He is currently serving as Bangladesh’s Consul General in New York.
Police is yet to make any arrests two days after six people were murdered in Dhaka’s Gopibagh.
The South Centre, an intergovernmental organization of developing countries, has good news about developing economies.
The inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died aged 94, Russian TV reports.
Lawyers for former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf have failed to delay a special court due to try him for treason.
Rolf Harris is facing three further prosecutions for sexual assault including one against a girl “aged seven or eight”, prosecutors have said.
Both jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, whose incarceration sparked a global outcry, have been released under an amnesty law.
Researchers say they have discovered a large reservoir of melt water that sits under the Greenland ice sheet all year round.
Heavy rain and strong winds are disrupting road, rail and sea travel ahead of the Christmas break in parts of the UK. About 3,000 homes and businesses in Cornwall are without power, while 9,000 are without power in Berkshire.
Former England spinner Graeme Swann says he was not referring to anyone in the current squad when he said certain players are “up their own backsides”.
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over four Bangladeshi women, who languished in a jail for one year for intruding into India, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Bhomra border in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-12) in a drive arrested a man and recovered a revolver and 12 round bullets from Vogendrapur village under Sadar upazila of the district last night.
Harvest of Aman paddy is nearing completion in 10 districts of Khulna division during the current season.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-11) in a drive arrested a drug peddler and recovered 400 pieces of yaba tablets from Goalimanda Bada Polly under Lohajang upazila of the district last night.
A record wheat production is likely in the northern region during this Rabi season as the tender plants are growing excellent now after the enthusiastic farmers already exceeded its fixed farming target, official sources said.
US technology giant Apple has signed a deal to bring its iPhone to China Mobile – the world’s largest carrier.
By Laura Poppick Ants may not seem particularly germaphobic, since they live in bacteria-rich dirt and often eat decaying plants and animals. But some ants have evolved to be quite fastidious sanitizers, regularly bathing themselves in antimicrobial secretions emitted from…