The Indian debate on Afghanistan, particularly on issues post-2014, has centred on security concerns regarding influx of militants from Afghanistan into Kashmir, the Pakistani agenda in Kabul, opening of an alternate trade route with Afghanistan through the Iranian port of…
The district unit office of BNP was torched allegedly by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Thursday evening following a crude bomb attack on their procession.
The pollution caused by dust in the capital is forcing the households of modest expenditure to spend about Tk 4,000-10,000 a month on cleaning theirs clothes, said environment and citizen rights activists on Thursday.
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has greeted the European Commission’s announcement of a climate and energy package, which the 28-nation European Union (EU) heads of state would consider at their meeting on March 20-21. But the Institute points out that…
Veteran journalist Zakeria Shirazi passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday night. He was 73.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said his ministry would work in a coordinated way with the relevant ministries to help resolve the problems facing by the country’s business community.
Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in protests that have gripped Kiev for two months.
Law Minister Anisul Haque on Thursday said Khaleda Zia’s remarks expressing suspicion over the participation of “Indian troops” in Satkhira operation would not harm relations between India and Bangladesh.
Elections to 117 Upazilas in 52 districts will be held in the second phase on Feb 27.
Police in India’s West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.
Families of two men recently killed in a gunfight with the police in Chittagong have demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
A Dhaka court has remanded 37 foreigners, arrested for running illegal VoIP business, in four days’ police custody for further interrogation.
Scientists in Brazil have discovered the first new river dolphin species since the end of World War One.
More than 30 Rohingya Muslims were killed in attacks by Buddhists last week in Burma’s Rakhine state, the BBC has been told.
Some 30 teachers of Khulna University (KU) have resigned en masse from 33 administrative posts, including head of department and hall provost, protesting the insult of one of their fellows.
Pathogenic fungi, normally associated with killing plant life, could play a key role in driving biodiversity in tropical rainforests, a study suggests.
A former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in the city’s Moghbazar area on Thursday evening.
Theatres say there is little they can do to stop the practice of tickets being sold at vastly inflated rates on the secondary market.
STAFF REPORTER Independent lawmakers in the 10th Parliament on Thursday demanded allocation of three women reserved seats and chairmanship in the parliamentary standing committees on the basis of their proportionate representation.
Reaffirming that those attacked Hindu families after the January 5 polls will be brought to justice, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government will be tough enough to ensure the security of all faiths, including Hindus.
CARACAS, Venezuela— President Nicolas Maduro has a new villain as he campaigns to bring down Venezuela’s spiraling crime: TV soap operas.
BNP has formed four teams with professionals to investigate the incidents of repression on minorities, violence, human rights violation and killing and extrajudicial killing that occurred before, during and after the 10th parliamentary polls.
Shane Warne has signed on as a specialist spin coach to help Australia’s slow bowlers in the lead-up to this year’s World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.
The High Court has granted bail to Bar Council Vice Chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain in a case of instigating violence.
Sri Lanka have recalled spinner Ajantha Mendis to their squad for their two-Test series against Bangladesh.
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed on Thursday said the paramilitary force would rebuild 65 houses of the minority families, damaged in recent attacks in two upazilas of Jessore after the January 5 parliamentary elections.
A total of 9,11,403 babies aged between 9 months and 15 years will be administered Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccines in seven upazilas of the district from January 25 to February 13.
Former judge Motahar Hossain, who recently acquitted BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Tarique Rahman in a money-laundering case, has fled abroad as graft allegations against him have kept on evolving.
Police in separate anti-crime drives arrested 8 persons including alleged criminals on various charges from different places of five upazilas of the district during the last 24 hours till this morning.
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Joypurhat region has distributed over Taka 42.63 crore as agricultural loans among 5,978 farmers of the district during the first six months of the current fiscal through its 15 branches.