Some of the largest beasts in the ancient seas had black skin or scales, new research finds. Ancient leatherback turtles, toothy predators called mosasaurs and dolphinlike reptiles called ichthyosaurs all had black pigmentation, researchers report today (Jan. 8) in the…
Share price index at the country’s twin bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – ended the week with marginal gain on Thursday and also the DSE index crossing 4400 mark. This positive end of the…
The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), 2014 begins here on Saturday. The fair, an annual showcase arranged by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the Commerce Ministry, will be inaugurated at city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on the grounds to the…
Banks and financial institutions of the country have distributed some 22,000 blankets among the cold-stricken poor people. Responding to a call by Bangladesh Bank (BB), several banks and financial institutions have already provided about 7,000 blanks to BB officials for…
Sirajganj – Eight people were burnt to death as two vehicles caught fire following a road accident at Konabari in Kamarkhand upazila on Thursday night. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
The Election Commission will deploy army members in eight constituencies of six districts during re-voting in 392 polling centres there on January 16. The commission at its meeting on Wednesday took the decision over the army deployment before and after…
A female worker of a shoe factory was killed and 14 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between police and workers at Korean EPZ under Karnaphuli Police Station on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Pervin Akhter,…
The historic Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed tomorrow (Friday). On this day in 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after over nine and half months’ captivity in a Pakistan jail.
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Thursday postponed its ongoing nonstop countrywide blockade for Friday and Saturday considering public sufferings.
The new cabinet is set to take oath of office on Sunday, after the much-talked-about election to the 10th parliament of the country. “We’ve taken all the preparations for the oath taking of the new ministers at 3:30 pm,” sources…
Dhaka – Reiterating the United States’ position on January 5 elections, US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Thursday said Bangladesh is responsible for ensuring its own democracy, and ‘outsiders, no matter how well intentioned, cannot do it’.
Dhaka – The international community, with one notable exception, has roundly criticised last Sunday’s election and continued calling for political dialogue shunning violence to have a truly participatory election in the future.
The High Court has stayed Bangladesh Bar Council Vice Chairman and BNP leader Khandker Mahbub Hossain seven-day remand in a bomb attack case. The bench of Justice Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah issued the order on Thursday. It also…
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced the Weekly Blitz editor, Salauddin Shoyeb Choudhury to seven years rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case filed on charges of sedition in 2004. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jahurul Haque pronounced the verdict at…
The newly-elected Members of Parliament were sworn in on Thursday, three days after the January 5 general elections. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath to 284 lawmakers of 10th Parliament in the Oath Room of Jatiya Sangsad in…
Dhaka – BNP on Thursday said taking oath by the newly elected MPs before January 24 when the tenure of the ninth parliament will expire is a clear violation of the Constitution. “According to the Constitution, so-called persons elected in…
The BNP might someday decide on parting ways with the Jamaat-e-Islami, its Chairperson Khaleda Zia tells The New York Times. The influential American newspaper’s online version in a report published on Monday quoted her as making the suggestion. It said…
The European Union has urged all parties in Bangladesh to refrain from violence and engage in a “genuine dialogue” putting Bangladesh’s interest above everything else. Through dialogue it urged them to agree on “a mutually acceptable way forward to strengthen…
Speaker of the outgoing parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday declined to comment on ‘two parliaments’ now virtually exist in the country after the oath taking of new MPs, saying ‘it’s a legal matter’. The Speaker made the comment…
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid on Thursday invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form the next government as her party won absolute majority in the 10th parliamentary elections.
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petitions of six top BNP leaders in three cases and also refused remand pleas of police and asked police to interrogate the opposition leaders at the jail gate within seven days. The…
At least five people have been killed and 12 injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in central Japan.
Tributes have been pouring for a Pakistani teenager who was killed on Monday when he tackled a suicide bomber targeting his school in the Hangu area.
Getting a bit drowsy at work? You’re in luck. Previously taboo, sleeping in the workplace is becoming much more acceptable.
You’ve seen the pictures. Dust exploding as thousands of wildebeest thunder across the plains.
Some of the largest beasts in the ancient seas had black skin or scales, new research finds.
A new four-year study of tiger sharks off the coast of Australia has revealed patterns in the animals’ mysterious migratory wanderings, including curious differences based on the gender and age of the sharks.
The unbearable truth about the polar vortex spinning over the Midwest is that it has brought record-breaking low temperatures so frigid even a polar bear cannot bear to be outside.
Great white sharks can live almost as long as humans — 70 years or more — much longer than scientists previously thought.
Madrid – Lionel Messi came off the bench and scored twice on his return from injury and Cesc Fabregas also netted a double as Barcelona strolled to a 4-0 win at home to Getafe in their King’s Cup last 16,…