Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday asked police to arrest a Jubo League central leader for not appearing before it despite frequent summons. The court ordered officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station to arrest Jubo League leader Shoeb Chowdhury, also…
A senior Awami League leader has said the BNP should wait for five years after its Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called for immediate talks to pave the way for a fresh parliamentary election. “Wait for five years. The election…
The Supreme Court Bar Association has demanded the removal of the minister who on Monday had phoned one of the High Court judges during the hearing of a bank loan suit. The association also demanded initiation of contempt of court…
Inmates are leading a normal life in 68 jails in Bangladesh, although the number of prisoners is double the capacity, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan has said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said not all of those who the media pictured brandishing firearms at Rajshahi University were members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The photos had shown several leaders of her party’s student front attacking with firearms…
Awami League on Wednesday rejected BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s claim that 300 people were killed in the joint forces’ operation saying that no one was killed or faced forced disappearance. “Our media is on guard. It cannot be that several…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to enforce a countrywide daylong hartal on Thursday. However, Chapainababganj district will remain out of the purview of the shutdown programme.
Salon.com published a truly disgusting article on the supposed myths of communism.
Even though many buildings constructed of natural materials,particularly earth, have stood the test of time, the construction of buildings out of these materials almost completely disappeared during the 20th Century.
The UN has demanded that the Vatican “immediately remove” all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers, in a report released on Wednesday.
North and South Korea have agreed to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War, following calls from Pyongyang to improve ties.
Pakistani politician Imran Khan will not be part of a team representing the Taliban in peace talks with the government, his party has made clear.
Carson, Calif. – Landon Donovan gave a classy performance in the US national team’s 2-0 win Saturday over South Korea serving as the linkman for the Yanks’ attack.
Gerard Pique has revealed that Lionel Messi initially struggled to adapt to his new surroundings after joining Barcelona as a youngster.
If you want an unbiased, impartial review of Kate Middleton’s style, you’ve come to the wrong place. We’re more than aware that we’re prone to praising Kate’s sartorial successes to an excessive degree.
Young people across Tunisia are tapping into an online trend, posting videos of themselves dancing to the Pharrell Williams song Happy as a defiant reaction against the tense conditions in the country.
A deaf composer who has been dubbed “Japan’s Beethoven” has admitted hiring someone else to write his music for nearly two decades.
Until three decades ago, the area around the River Chambal in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh was inhabited by gun-brandishing,
Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already killed one woman in China.
A man was beaten to death allegedly by village heads at Nagdah village in Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Shaheed Hossain, 46, son of late Aftab Mandol of the village.Quoting locals, police said Sad Hossain…
Police arrested three people, including two women, from Dakurdanga village in Jaldhaka upazila on Tuesday evening for their alleged involvement in vandalising idols of Hindu deity Saraswati.
Four people were killed as a bus crashed into a motorcycle on the Netrakona-Barhatta Road in Kalibari area of Netrakona sadar upazila on Wednesday.
A local Jubo League leader was found dead at Churamankathi in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday morning.
A man was killed in a road accident on the Bhola-Daulatkhan Road at Chaltatali in Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening.
A daylong community fair was organised to create social awareness for development and entertain the socially backward people living in remote char areas on the Teesta riverbed under Gangachara upazila here on Tuesday.
Police recovered a college student’s body from a Hotel in Barobazaar area in the city on Tuesday.
The Saraswati Puja was celebrated here with pomp and gaiety and due religious fervor on Tuesday.
A total of 100 sewing machines distributed free of cost among 100 freedom fighter families in six upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Bangladesh is a land of rivers, but changing climate has caused a third of the country’s more than 300 large rivers to disappear. The rivers are drying out as a result of barriers built upstream to divert water and protect…
Bangladesh’s grim malnutrition situation can be overturned by dedicated nutrition workers, a project evaluation report suggests. With 41 percent under-five children too small in height for their age, and 36 percent underweight, according to BDHS, Bangladesh is one of the…