Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will continue its participation in the next phases of Upazila (UZ) Parishad polls in spite of bringing allegation of massive rigging of votes and capturing of polling centres during the third phase of election that was…
The 94th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be celebrated on Monday as the National Children’s Day. The day is a public holiday. On March 17 in 1920, the architect of the nation was born at Tungipara in…
Some 63.52 percent of voters cast their votes in the third phase elections in 81 upazilas of the country’s 41 districts held on Saturday. According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout in Saturday’s elections was 63.52 percent.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstration across the country today protesting sending of its three senior leaders including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail by rejection their bails. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced…
German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Albrecht Conze has expressed concern over the government’s recent decisions to construct a coal-fired power plant not far from the Sundarbarns and a nuclear power plant near Pabna. Questioning some of Bangladesh’s energy choices, especially…
Do you get the feeling that Flight 370 has literally fallen off the radar? Five days later except for the anguish and agony of the next of kin of the 239 on board and the ripple effect of that loss,…
Alternative driving days are being introduced in the French capital, Paris, in an attempt to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution.
Some 25 countries are now involved in a vast search operation for the missing airliner that disappeared over a week ago, Malaysian officials say.
The final day of the Future Music Festival in Malaysia has been cancelled following a death at the event.
Some of the US’s top country music acts including Dixie Chicks and Zac Brown Band have played for 15,000 fans at London’s Country to Country festival.
Spirited Bangladesh brighten their chance to reach the super-10 of the ICC World Twenty20 frustrating fast growing Afghanistan by a huge nine wickets In a short lived opening match of the 16-nation meet at the home of Bangladesh cricket —…
Indian Wells (US) – Four-time champion Roger Federer marched into the final of the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Saturday with a masterful 6-3, 6-1 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Crimea is voting on whether to rejoin Russia or stay with Ukraine but with more autonomy. The referendum has been condemned as “illegal” by Kiev and the West but is backed by Moscow. Since the fall of Ukraine’s pro-Moscow President…
In an interview to the ‘Telegraph’, Kolkata’s leading English daily, Khaleda has asked India to stop supporting the ‘illegal government’ of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “India, which has a long and proud history of democracy, should stand on the side…
A court here on Sunday sent BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its two other leaders to jail rejecting their bail petition in three cases, including a murder case, following arson attack on a bus. The two…
The Chairman of Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR), Ghulam Hussain, has indicated that the Government plans to reduce corporate income tax rates with effect from the next fiscal year, which starts on July 1, 2014. The highest corporate tax…
Jhenaidah – Ain O Shalish Kendra executive director, ex advisor to the caretaker government Advocate Sultana Kamal has said, “extrajudicial killings widely known as crossfire to the law enforcing ageniies are one of the most formidable barriers to the establishment…
Bangladesh take on Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. The first match of the fifth edition of the world event will commence at 3:30pm local time. Defeat against Afghanistan…
A pick-up van driver was killed as a speedy train hit him while passing a level crossing at Kosaibari of Dakshin Khan in the city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Abdul Karim, 40, son of late Md…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called for united efforts at making the country economically self-reliant in fulfilling the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She made the appeal while delivering her speech at a seminar titled ‘Speech of March…
Two frigates and two maritime patrol aircraft of Bangladesh Navy have been deployed in the Bay of Bengal and its adjoining areas as part of search operation for the missing Malaysian aircraft. The move came at the directive of the…
A police officer has allegedly beaten up an election officer at Barisal’s Bakerganj. The Election Commission received the complaint from the Returning Officer Dulal Talukder in this regard on Saturday noon in a faxed message. Talukder says the Bakerganj Police…
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday called for effective steps so poor students get access to private universities. “Education in private universities has become very expensive. So, the children of poor families can’t afford to study there,” the president said addressing…
A female student of Jagannath University allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in the city’s Sabujbagh area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Indra Rani, 20, a 2nd year student of History Department of Jagannath…
The 13th Social Business Design Lab was held at the Yunus Centre in the capital on Saturday with around 150 different organisations taking part. Innovators of six new social business plans presented their projects at the Design Lab. Chaired by…
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad on Saturday said that the Muslim world should have better knowledge in science and technology to protect themselves from the aggressors of the world. “Today the Muslims and their countries are…
Voting was suspended in six centres of Chandpur’s Haziganj and Kochua due to rigging and invasion of polling centres during the third phase of the Upazlia election on Saturday. The centres in Haziganj were – Purbo Rajargaon Government Primary School,…