Accusing the government of creating a volatile situation in the country by letting loose anti-Islam bloggers, the BNP led-18-party alliance on Tuesday extended its full moral support to Alem and Ulema’s all justified demands to stop the profane campaign against…
by Clelia Daniel cdaniel@csr-asia.com
A group of students from University of Karachi has explored health benefits of papaya and discovered some facts about the delicious tropical fruit, including its usage in lowering chances of heart attack and controlling diabetes.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has identified three major players behind the all-pervasive corruption in the country.
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Monday said the government will not obstruct Hefajat-e-Islam’s April 6 long march toDhakaif it is held peacefully.
The government is going to undertake the first phase for setting up Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant with a view to accomplish the indispensable preparatory construction works at Rooppur in Ishurdi upazila of Pabna district.
Passengers will lose 80 percent of the total ticket fare each from now on if they miss any flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBA).
TheMaldiveshas expressed interest to hire doctors and import medicines fromBangladesh.
Sea robbers have reportedly killed at least 16 fishermen in the deep Bay near Ali Akbar Balir Ghat area of the district.
US Ambassador Dan Mozena on Monday said nobody outside has any magic to solve the current political crisis here and Bangladeshis will find a way forward to hold a free, fair and credible election.
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Islami Chhatra Shibir president Delwar Hossain and two others on 14 days’ remand in two cases filed over February 28 city violence.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday held government-backed criminals responsible for the vehicle torching and bomb blasts near his party’s central office after a protest rally.
Hollywood actress-singer Jennifer Lopez reportedly got herself axed from an Indian Premier League (IPL) gig to perform for 60 million viewers when she gave the organisers a long list of unessential demands.
Lionel Messi scored his 19th consecutive league goal on Saturday setting another La Liga record as Barcelona drew 2-2 at relegation-threatened Celta Vigo.
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Greenwatch Report
A new technique that can identify catastrophic landslides based on their seismic signals could one day lead to a global system for identifying regions at particular risk from this hazard.
A marauding Kusal Perera set the platform for Sri Lanka’s 198 for 5, which proved 17 runs too many for the valiant Bangladesh batsmen, in the one-off Twenty20 in Pallekele.
The government has promoted about 1,500 doctors in government hospitals, health administration and medical colleges.
Mahbub Alam and Alhaj M Nurun Nawaz have been elected president and senior vice president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce Industry (CCCI) for the 2013-2014 tenure.
Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan left here forIndiaon Sunday on a five-day official visit to the country.
Amid political uncertainty and more hartals ahead, the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begin on Monday across the country.
Four newly-appointed judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court took oath of office on Sunday morning amid protest by BNP-Jamaat-backed lawyers as the appointments ‘superseded’ other companion judges.
Some 34 of the 54 Ministries and Divisions witnessed lower actual or physical progress compared to the actual national average implementation rate of 91 percent in the Revised Annual Development Program (RADP) of the last fiscal year (2011-12).
Heroin is the most frequently abused drug in Bangladesh followed by codeine contained in cough syrups, while the third most abused one is cannabis, says a UN report released in March.
Members of several parliamentary standing committees on Sunday observed that the vote bank of the ruling Awami League can swing if the Padma Bridge construction is not made visible to people before the national election.
Amid political uncertainty and more hartals likely ahead, the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begin on Monday across the country.
Top leaders of the BNP-led 18-party alliance sat tonight (Sunday night) to work out the next course of action programmes to force the government to release its leaders and activists and pile pressure on it either to restore the caretaker…
In a vitriolic attack on her arch rival Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday wanted to know from the opposition leader why she is carrying out suicidal and subversive activities to destroy the country.
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Sunday said BNP chief Khaleda Zia will be brought to justice for pushing the country towards an anarchic situation through hatching various conspiracies.