The first day of the countrywide nonstop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance as its last-ditch effort to resist the January 5 ‘one-sided’ parliamentary polls, passed off peacefully barring some stray incidents of violence that left a Jubo Dal…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon the people to resist those who would try to thwart January 5 general elections, and give them an appropriate lesson.
Indian daily ‘The Hindu’ in a New Year editorial has suggested that post-election Bangladesh appears headed for “more volatility” and New Delhi’s relations with the new government “will only get more complicated”.
The US ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena has met BNP Vice Chairman Shamser Mobin Chowdhury on Wednesday. Mozena entered Chowdhury’s Banani home at 11.30 am and left after an hour and half.
The Election Commission has been granted Tk 2.10 billion to meet the cost of conducting the Jan 5 polls and maintaining law and order. The expenditure has come down by more than half the projected amount as candidates in 153…
A local Jubo Dal man was killed and several blockaders were injured in firing by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.
A Dhaka court has refused to admit a complaint lodged against Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia, accusing her of issuing threats during her altercation with police on Sunday (Dec 29).
The living cost in the capital witnessed a 11 percent rise in 2013 hitting hard the poorer section of the city’s over 1 crore population, according to an annual report released by the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).
Millions of people in ‘the developed world’ visit therapists for all sorts of emotional and psychological problems they find difficulty in coping with by themselves.
As the new year begins, the BBC’s science and environment journalists look ahead to what we can expect to see in the headlines in 2014.
2014 is upon us. For a person who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1961, a year in which the class ring showed the same date right side up or upside down, the 21st century was a science fiction concept associated…
The US state of Colorado is making history by becoming the first to allow stores to sell cannabis.
The year gone by saw both China and Pakistan become militarily more assertive on India’s borders than ever before in the last decade.
Speakers at a view-sharing meeting in Rajshahi Tuesday said family and social harmony is very important for ensuring well-being of the elderly people.
A two-day training for the election officials of 10th Parliamentary Polls has begun at Gaibandha Govt. Girls’ High School of the town here on Tuesday.
Some 295 adolescents and young women, who experienced traumatized lives after becoming victims of child marriage, dowry, sexual abuse, violence, repression and trafficking, have been rehabilitated in Rangpur division.
A total of 5,000 hectares of land has been brought under wheat cultivation in five upazilas of the district during the current Rabi crop cultivation season with a production target of 15,000 tonnes.
Two persons were arrested along with 434 grams of gold and 636 cartoons of contraband cigarette from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here this morning.
A Palestinian diplomat has been killed by an explosion at his home in the Czech capital Prague, apparently while opening a case, police say.
Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route resumed after 3.30 hours of disruption due to heavy fog over the River Padma at 9.30 am this morning.
The government distributed blankets to 100 inmates of Gaibandha Government Shishu Paribar (Girls) on Tuesday.
Police in separate drives arrested five activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in Sadar, Akkelpur and Kalai upazilas early Wednesday.
At least seven shops of Sadar upazila unit BNP vice-president Sayedur Rahman Bhutu were gutted as miscreants set those on fire at Shakchar Kacharibari in Sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday.
New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson has struck the fastest ever international century.
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray suffered a setback on his return from injury as he lost in three sets to Germany’s Florian Mayer at the Qatar Open.
Pop star Britney Spears has received rave reviews for the opening night of her Las Vegas residency on Friday.
A man has rammed his car into the rear gate of the Elysee Palace, the Paris residence of French President Francois Hollande.
For all the weird and wonderful diversity of the animal kingdom, at the genetic level many species have a surprising level of similarity.
A Russian hacker took control of a BBC computer server and attempted to sell access to it to other cybercriminals, according to reports.
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday termed the January 5 election very important for the continuation of democracy in the country. “The January 5 election is very important…this election is very much important for the country…