DHAKA – Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Sushasaner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) on Saturday demanded preparing a code of conducts for lawmakers and considering it in Parliament as a private bill keeping the provisions of punishment for violation of rules. The…
President Barack Obama says the US should take military action against Syria and he will seek congressional authorisation for intervention.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus.
Emphasising a participatory election, Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden on Saturday said the upcoming national election represents a critical moment in Bangladesh’s history which will bring an opportunity for its people to choose who will govern their country.
Miscreants hacked to death a leader of the Juba League at Dhaka’s Mirpur in broad daylight on Saturday.
Dr. M. S. Haq
Washington – As the world approaches its 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals outlined in 2000, development aid by the 26 members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development declined in…
CHICAGO – The planet’s entire supply of freshwater that can be used by humans and ecosystems amounts to approximately 200,000 cubed kilometers (http://www.unwater.org/statistics_res.html), or less than one percent of all freshwater resources. And, unfortunately, humans are using these limited resources…
DHAKA – Policymakers and telecom experts at a dialogue on Saturday said that the country is still lagging behind in developing core telecom infrastructure that requires for providing quality internet service at affordable cost to maximise benefit from information and…
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
In its latest misguided policy, the British Government is planning to send Muslim soldiers into schools to challenge Muslim children about their patriotism rather than address the abuse, attacks and victimisation suffered following the Woolwich murder.
Amid US’ claim of chemical weapon use by the Syrian government, Bangladesh on Saturday said it strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by any party under any circumstances, and sought an amicable solution to all international conflicts through diplomatic…
Scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed four high yielding varieties of paddy, another remarkable feat in the country’s food security attainment.
Commerce Minister GM Quader on Sunday said the foreign investment in the country will not be affected for any unwelcoming political environment as all political parties are sincere to protect it for the sake of the economy.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on manpower recruitment from Bangladesh by Iraq was signed here on Saturday.
Police recovered 10,000 pieces Yaba tablets on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Shahbajpur in Sarail upazila of the district on Friday night.
Speakers at a meeting on “Overall Road Communication Network” here on Friday underlining the need for ensuring proper monitoring to oversee the progress of works of different development projects undertaken by the Roads and Highways Department.
Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed on Friday morning after a seven-hour halt due to navigation crisis in the mighty Padma River.
Police recovered the bodies of a couple from a residential hotel near Olankar intersection in Pahartali thana of the port city on Saturday morning.
Prompted by a police crackdown on the pirates, angry villagers have started to go after the outlaws with a vengeance in Noakhali’s Hatia. Police arrested four alleged pirates along with firearms while taking preparation to commit robbery in Wapda Sluice…
A man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Masimpur in Sadar upazila on Friday.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in a drive arrested a former union parishad chairman along with firearms from Rauthat village in Kosba upazila of the district on Saturday.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two young men along with huge illegal equipment of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) from the city’s Ujir Dighir Par on Friday night.
Police recovered the body of a young man from a water body at Bagdi village in Kaliganj upazila early Saturday.
Two minor siblings drowned in a pond at Bablatala in Chachra upazila on Friday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with 32,055 Indian rupees from Bagli border in Tahirpur upazila on Friday.
A man was killed and 10 others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a trifling matter at Goshgati village in Mollahat upazila on Friday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized a haul of smuggled Indian cloths worth Tk12.62 lakh in Chalandia area in sadar upazila of the district on Friday.
A drug addict young man allegedly committed suicide in Roushnabag area in sadar upazila on Friday.
Sajal Haoladar, 20, helper of a truck succumbed to his injuries Friday noon after his vehicle fell into a ditch on early Friday.