India on Tuesday apparently increased the release of the Teesta water into Bangladesh. The flow of the Teesta water into the Bangladesh territory reached 3,000 cusec as of Tuesday afternoon, said executive engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board Mahbubur Rahman.…
Terming the present government illegal and subservient one, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said this government would not be able to realize due sharing of water of Teesta river. “India has built 14 dams in…
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of a house at Dudhbakshi village in Bianibazar upazila on Monday.
Two people, including a policeman, were injured in a gunfight between police and Jamaat-Shibir men at Jhumjhumpur Moylakhana area in sadar upazila early Tuesday.
Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested three people along with arms and ammunition in Rajbari and Faridpur districts on Monday.
Two schoolboys were killed and another 10 people injured in a clash between two rival political groups at Chandraganj Bazar in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
Two cases were filed against 300 interns of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in connection with Sunday’s attack on journalists.
Newly elected chairmen, vice-chairmen and women vice-chairmen of 25 Upazila parishads of different districts under Rajshahi division took oath here today.
More than 3,000 distressed women in five upazilas of the district have become self-reliant economically by receiving training on various income-generating programmes and loans from Women Affairs Department (WAD).
More than 200 families of some remote villages in the district are engaged in weaving hogla mat and they are now better off with their own efforts.
More than 270 dropout students from the distressed and underprivileged communities in
The extremely poor people living in char areas have achieved tremendous success in animal husbandry and poultry sectors ushering in a new hope through improving their socioeconomic condition in recent years.
A man who has accused X-Men director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager has sued three more Hollywood figures, claiming they also molested him.
Sherpa guides in Nepal have demanded more compensation for the families of 13 of their colleagues killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest on Friday.
A leading British naturalist has accused the Maltese authorities of failing to prevent large-scale illegal shooting of migratory birds by hunters.
Lance Armstrong’s former cycling team manager, Johan Bruyneel, has been banned for 10 years for his involvement in doping.
Manchester United manager David Moyes has been sacked, only 10 months after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson.
That the Communist Party of India-Maoist (Maoist) does not believe in democratic principles and electoral processes is too well known.
The death of Gabriel García Márquez, on April 17, 2014, of pneumonia, probably the consequence of his long struggle with lymphatic cancer, brought a period of Latin American and, perhaps, world literature to an end.
The cabinet has asked the concerned ministries to expedite the process of restoration of the necessary laws promulgated by the military regimes but later declared null and void by the Supreme Court. The directive was given in the regular meeting…
Two people, including a policeman, were injured in a gunfight between police and Jamaat-Shibir men at Jhumjhumpur Moylakhana area in sadar upazila early Tuesday. The injured were identified as constable Bulbul, 28, and Mushahid, 30, an activist of Fatehpur union…
Two cases were filed against 300 interns of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in connection with Sunday’s attack on journalists. Officer-in-charge of Rajpara Police Station Khan Mohammad Erfan said President of Bangladesh Photo Journalists Association Rajshahi unit Asaduzzaman Asad filed…
BNP on Tuesday started its two-day long march towards Teesta Barrage from Azampur in the city’s Uttara area on Tuesday, demanding due share of the river water. Though the long march was scheduled to begin from Airport intersection, it finally…
The need for accepting Islam as code of life to restore peace and discipline in the society was emphasised at the opening of a two-day Quran Tafsir (translation) mohfil organised by the Bangladesh Islami Andolan at Suhrawardi Uddyan in Dhaka…
The confirmed death toll from the South Korean ferry that capsized last week has passed 100, as divers recovered more bodies from the sunken hull. A total of 104 people are now known to have died, but another 198 are…
US Vice-President Joe Biden is to meet Ukraine’s newleaders in a show of support for the pro-Western government. Mr Biden is due to discuss the upcoming elections with the country’s interim prime minister and president during his visit to Kiev.…
The universal appeal of great poet Allama Mohammad Iqbal was eulogised at a seminar organised on Monday to mark the 76th anniversary of his death at the National Press Club, Dhaka. Eminent intellectuals and poets who addressed the function said…
A conference on nanotechnology was held On Monday at the BRAC University, Dhaka. The Conference was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The title of talk was ‘Recent Developments of Nanotechnology’ for the next generation manufacturing. The…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandker on Monday said terrorism and militancy have been brought under control thanks to the law enforcing agencies acting effectively to curb such activity. The IGP made the remark while addressing the opening…
A Juba League leader has been injured when an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami opened fire on him in Chittagong’s Satkania. The incident took place on Monday afternoon, said Satkania Police Station Officer-in Charge Khaled Hossain. Injured Abul Kalam, 35, was admitted to…