The rigid control over the local government bodies by MPs and the government officials’ unwillingness to ensure people’s participation in power domains has made the Zila Parishads virtually dysfunctional, says TIB. “Although the Zila Parishad is an important local government…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed keen interest to set up deep seaport in Sonadia and a container terminal in Doublemooring, Chittagong through their DP World, a leader in international marine terminal operations and development, logistics and related services.…
Guinness World Records authorities have officially certified Bangladesh’s record for singing national anthem simultaneously by the largest number of 254,537 people on March 26. The record has also been officially posted on the Guinness World Records website (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-4000/most-people-singing-a-nationalregional-anthem-simultaneously/ The number…
Bangladesh’s GDP growth in the current fiscal year will stand at around 5.4 percent due to political turmoil it suffered, the World Bank forecast on Wednesday saying it is not bad if achieved finally. The political turmoil in the last…
Parliament on Wednwsday made an obituary reference unanimously to sitting MP Shawkat Hossain Hiron from Barisal-5 who passed away early yesterday, and adjourned its session by postponing the day’s business. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury placed the obituary reference in…
Criticising BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for his remark against Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Law Minister Anisul Haque on Wednesday said Tarique needs a brain check-up. The Law Minister came up with the remark while talking…
Ukraine’s interior minister has warned pro-Russian activists who have taken over state buildings in eastern cities to enter talks to find a political solution or face “force”.
Toyota is recalling 6.4 million vehicles globally, including 35,124 in the UK, over five separate issues.
Striptease performers in the Russian city of Rostov are donating their day’s wages to a children’s holiday resort in Crimea, it appears.
A court in Argentina has sentenced 10 people to up to 22 years in jail for the kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a young woman, Marita Veron.
Jack Nicklaus still believes Tiger Woods will beat his record of 18 majors despite the latest injury setback that has caused the world number one to miss the Masters.
England captain Charlotte Edwards has become only the second woman to be named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year.
A hidden camera has captured an image of a wolf crossing a wooded clearing in the Czech Republic, a hundred years after the predator disappeared from the area, it’s been reported.
Celebrated British composer Michael Nyman has composed a Hillsborough memorial symphony to open 2014’s Liverpool Biennial on 5 July.
A man was chopped to death allegedly by his neighbours over a land-related dispute at Bhatapara Krishnapur village in Puthia upazila on Tuesday night.
A man died from electrocution near Jhawail bridge on the west side of the connecting road of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila on Tuesday evening.
Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested six drug paddlers including a woman from different places in the town and Sadar upazila on Monday night and Tuesday.
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 1,990 Yaba tablets at Swarupdah-Mathpara area under Sharsha upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Distribution of Taka 6.26 crore as special incentives among the farmers of 11 northern districts continues in full swing for enhancing Aus cultivation during this season, official sources said today.
The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, has expelled six students, including three leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for their suspected involvement in the killing of a student. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the university…
In just two weeks of making the startling claim that Ziaur Rahman was Bangladesh’s first president, Tarique Rahman has now said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was an ‘illegal’ Prime Minister. He made the assertion at a function, organised by the…
Three people, including a police official, were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Sabujbagh and Banani areas of the city early Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Bikash Kumar Ghosh, 40, sub-inspector of…
Experts has stressed the need for mainstreaming the disaster management in policymaking to address the emerging natural and manmade calamities with a view to ensuring the country’s sustainable economic growth. “If we fail to mainstream the disaster management, we won’t…
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the communal agenda of the opponents of the UPA was a great threat to the unity and integrity of the country. Addressing a packed crowd at a meeting at the Thekkinkadu maidan here…
Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have reacquired signals that could be consistent with “black box” flight recorders. An Australian vessel heard the signals again on Tuesday afternoon and evening, the search chief said. Signals heard earlier had…
Awami League MP from Barisal-5 constituency Shawkat Hossain Hiron died at Apollo Hospitals in the capital on Wednesday morning. He was 57. Shawkat Hossain Hiron, who had been undergoing treatment at the hospital, was declared dead at about 7:00am, said…
We find digital banners, very costly, here and there describing many development activities done by the government. The advertisements bear the pictures of government leaders. Banners, describing development works of the incumbent government, can be found even in each government…
The government is going to sign a deal with another Chinese company to set up a 1320MW coal-fired power plant at Maheshlkali Island in Cox’s Bazar district. According to official sources, the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) will sign the…
President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Michael Sommer on Tuesday called for more rights for trade unions as a necessary precondition for establishing true social partnership among employers, workers, and the government. Sommer, also the Chairman of Confederation…
In broad daylight, muggers shot two people including an employee of a ‘bKash’ company and made off with Tk 10 lakh at Rokeya Sarani in Mirpur on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Abul Kalam, 35, a marketing executive of…