Parliament in Ukraine has named its speaker as interim president. Oleksandr Turchynov takes charge following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday. Mr Turchynov told MPs they had until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Parliament also voted…
The device’s sensors allow it make over 250,000 3D measurements every second and update its position in real-time.
Serious security failings in home routers are getting more attention from both attackers and researchers.
Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from the Buriganga river in Dhaka on Saturday. Keraniganj model thana officer-in-charge Md Shahjaman said local people found the floating body of the woman, aged about 35, near Potkajor Gudaraghat area around…
A policeman died trying to stop attackers who snatched away three top radicals of the banned Jam’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) at Mymensingh’s Trishal Upazila. The dead policeman was identified as Constable Atiqul Islam, said Trishal Police OC Firoz Talukder. Two…
Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out of the Bangladesh’s Asia Cup squad. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming competition on Saturday side-lining the opener due to an injury. Experienced left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak, allrounder…
Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has urged opposition supporters in Kiev’s Independence Square to continue their protests. Tymoshenko, who has a back injury, addressed crowds from a wheelchair after being freed from detention. “Until you finish this job… nobody…
At least 15 students of a school were injured as a picnic bus plunged into a ditch at Kashempur in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district on Saturday. Witnesses said the bus carrying 37 students of Bagharpara Pilot High School of…
One Ashraf alias Ranga has been killed in an ‘encounter’ with police at Satkhira’s Shyamnagar Upazila. Police says, he was the leader of local bandit group ‘Ashraf Bahini’ Three policemen were injured during pre-dawn shootout on Sunday at Pakhimara, on…
The Sonali Bank lost Tk 20 million last year as hackers breached its vulnerable “password and risk management system”. “The bank lost $250, 000 due to the hacking of one of its accounts’ password last year,” said M Aslam Alam,…
State-owned Petrobangla has signed a deal with Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the hydrocarbon exploration and extraction of oil and gas in shallow-water Blocks 4 and 9 of the Bay of Bengal. ONGC is the first…
The last passenger DC-10 aircraft will return to Dhaka instead of flying into Boeing museum just yet. The 30-year old aircraft, part of the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airline, was to find its final resting place at the museum of…
A resolution has been introduced in the US Congress to promote International Mother Language Day in the country. US Representative Grace Meng of New York’s 6th Congressional district made the move on Saturday to encourage the House of Representatives to…
State minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said stern action will be taken against those who are involved in vandalising Shaheed Minars in various places across the country before and after the Language Martyrs Day.
A total of 1,01,000 people will perform hajj from Bangladesh this year. Of them, 10,000 pilgrims will perform hajj under government management while the rest under private management, Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) president Md Ibrahim Bahar informed this…
Two students were injured as a crude bomb exploded in the classroom of a primary school in Sonatala upazila on Saturday. The victims were identified as Rahat, 8, and Pranta, 8, students of Class-III of Bamunia Govt Primary School. Witnesses…
Jessore – Five live bombs were recovered from inside the Jessore Central Jail on Saturday. Sub-inspector Rabiul of Jessore Kotwali Police Station said police recovered the bombs wrapped in black scotch tape inside a polythene bag from the eastern part…
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) will stage demonstrations across the country on March 2 in protest against the government’s move to raise power tariff. In a joint statement, CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim, its general…
Wildlife experts on Saturday called for raising awareness among the people living in the Sundarbans to save tigers in the world’s largest mangrove forest. “Tigers frequently enter the locality in the Indian part of the Sundarbans, but there is no…
The victory of the 19-Party alliance-backed candidates in the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections has shown that people are losing faith in the government, a senior BNP leader has claimed. At a discussion held at the press club on…
Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the government cannot resist the opposition leaders and activists from carrying on their ‘justified’ movement by resorting to repressive acts. In a statement, he said, “The government…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is not a big deal who has won the upazila polls, but the important thing is that people exercised their franchise without any hindrance. “When there’s an election, one will…
Experts at a dissemination workshop on Saturday presumed that inadequate human sludge management system in Bangladesh would undermine the success of open defecation reduction, which was possible due to significant investment for improving sanitation during past two decades. They said…
Militancy in Bangladesh is a reality which needs to be eliminated with collective efforts and a wider understanding of terror and religious extremism, said speakers at a discussion in Dhaka. They mostly blamed ‘compromising’ politicians for letting down the country’s…
“Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day” was observed in the city and it’s adjacent areas on Friday in befitting manner paying rich tribute to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement of 1952.
The government is planning to hold elections to the both Dhaka City Corporations (DCC north and DCC south) after the ongoing upazila parishad polls which will end on March 31. The Election Commission, however, said that they cannot hold the…
Country’s eminent energy expert Dr M Tamim on Saturday suggested the government to focus on one particular site to set up import-based coal-fired power plants considering different economic and geo-environmental aspects. “I would suggest the government to go for one…
Madagascar’s lemurs – the world’s most threatened primate – could be saved from extinction by eco-tourism, conservationists say.
Dhaka – BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated in the country and detention camps would be done away with once his party comes to power. “As soon as we come…
Fresco, Calif. — Federal officials plan to announce Friday how much water they can release this year through a vast system of rivers, canals and reservoirs, but Central Valley farmers on the front lines of California’s historic drought expect to…