Pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya (Blue Panel) swept the Dhaka Bar Association election for the session 2014-2015 bagging 15 –all but one executive posts plus six posts of members – out of 25 posts including President, Vice Presidents and General Secretary,…
British spy agency GCHQ intercepted webcam images from millions of Yahoo users around the world, according to a report in the Guardian.
A fine 103-run knock by Kumar Sangakkara guided Sri Lanka to earn the 2nd successive victory in the five-nation Asia Cup Cricket beating World Champions India by two wickets at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Friday. Replying…
An “unreserved apology” had been issued by the government to the family of a woman who was sent a letter encouraging her to find work even though she has been in a coma for two months.
Washington — Man-made global warming is worsening and will disrupt both the natural world and human society, warns a joint report of two of the world’s leading scientific organizations.
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Friday urged the members of Bangladesh Ain Samity (BAS) to play a more effective role to help implement the existing time-befitting laws so that people can be benefited through legal coverage. “Country’s development will…
A woman on a whale-watching excursion off the coast of Mexico learned the power of a whale’s tail firsthand when it slapped her in the face.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the repressive acts against opposition leaders and activists by ‘Awami cadres’ during the staggered upazila elections came as part of the government’s deep-rooted conspiracy to annihilate its opponents. “The…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday afternoon inaugurated the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium ahead of the T20 World Cup fulfilling the long-cherished dream of the people of this area rich in natural beauty and natural resources. Hasina formally inaugurated the…
Three Bangladeshi workers died of smoke inhalation on Friday after a fire broke out in their room in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Two more Bangladeshis suffered injuries in the fire incident that took place around 3:30am in a residential…
London – Tottenham Hotspur restored some pride to English soccer by succeeding where Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City all failed over the last two weeks by winning a match in Europe.
Dhaka – The curtain on the Ekushey Book Fair 2014 on Bangla Academy premises and at the adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan fell on on Friday with bookworms thronging area for the last minute purchase of new titles The publishers also heaved…
True to his word, USA national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann called in a roster composed mostly of players who play in Europe for a March 5 friendly against Ukraine.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup on the Jakiganj-Sylhet Road in Jakiganj upazila on Thursday.
Two alleged robbers were killed in separate lynch-mob attacks in Bhaluka and Gafargaon upazilas of the district early Friday.
A minor boy died from electrocution at Roynagar in the city on Thursday.
Three people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus carrying pilgrims to a shrine plunged into a roadside ditch at Sonakanda in Muradnagar upazila early Friday.
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal, volunteer wing of BNP, from the district town on Thursday afternoon over attack on police and vandalism.
A young man was found dead at Nandishree village in Jakiganj upazila on Thursday afternoon.
A young couple in love committed suicide by hanging themselves at Kadla village in Kachua upazila on Thursday morning.
Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych has made his first public appearance since being ousted last week, telling a news conference in Russia he would fight for his country.
Bagerhat–Frequent attacks by pirates and forest robbers have put both lives and livelihood of the members of the fishermen community in grave peril in the Bay of Bengal and the Sundarbans. About two lakh fishermen have to remain always in…
Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been ruled out of the Asia Cup with a side strain. He will be replaced by Shafiul Islam. The injury is a blow to Bangladesh’s campaign because they are already without Tamim Iqbal, who…
New Delhi — A top Indian businessman surrendered to police Friday after failing to show up in court on charges that his company failed to return billions of dollars to investors. The Indian Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for…
From: Jan Steffen Despite international agreements on climate protection and political declarations of intent, global greenhouse gas emissions have not decreased. On the contrary, they continue to increase. With a growing world population and significant industrialization in emerging markets such…
From: Robin Blackstone, ENN Water scarcity affects 2.7 billion people worldwide for at least a month each year and in the same way that each of us has a carbon footprint, Professor Arjen Hoekstra of the University of Twente in…
By Elham Asaad Buaras International NGOs have formally classed the killings and exodus of Muslims in the majority Christian Central African Republic (CAR) as ethnic cleansing “of historic proportions”. The humanitarian situation in the CAR has deteriorated since a coup…
Despite extending all out cooperation to the newly-appointed ICT-1 chairman in the exercise of his judicial functions only a day before, no member from the prosecution panel appeared before the tribunal on Thursday. Thursday was fixed for submitting a reply…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said now there is no possibility of any stock market collapse and plundering money from the capital market. “The stock market collapsed in 2010. After various measures taken by the government, the capital market…
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday asked the country’s universities — both the public and private ones — to play a supportive role like social welfare organisations apart from providing quality education keeping the country’s interest above everything. “Education must not…