Lauding the control of acid attacks in the country by ensuring speedy trial of acid throwers, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president B Chowdhury on Friday recommended that the criminals involved in the murder of seven people in Narayanganj should be put…
US metal veterans Metallica have been announced as the Saturday night headliners on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.
A violent murder in a Brazilian beach town shows the danger of rumours on social media.
The BBC’s Alastair Leithead travels to South Sudan’s oil hub of Bentiu to investigate reports of rape and murder in one of the worst-affected areas of the nation’s brutal conflict.
Manchester United interim manager Ryan Giggs says Phil Jones and Wayne Rooney will both be fit to play for England at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.
BNP standing committee member MK Anwar yesterday claimed that it is Awami League (AL) which is involved in seven murders in Narayanganj not BNP. “Awami League, Juba League and Chhatra league people are involved in Narayanganj incident and no people…
Brendan Rodgers says he has agreed the “framework” to extend his contract as Liverpool manager.
Two women were electrocuted on Thursday at a house in Upashahar area of Dinajpur town.
Four live grenades were recovered from Ghagra Bazar area in Kaukhali upazila on Thursday.
A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Kamarjuri in the city early Friday.
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 10 lakh from an expatriate’s house at Rautkhai village under Osmaninagar thana in the city early Thursday.
By Chris Smith Climate change and the effects of global warming have been thoroughly and beautifully detailed on two sites. One is GlobalChange.gov, which features the White House’s National Climate Assessment report, and the other is WorldUnderWater.org, a website that…
By Dana Hudepohl You know her as the driven, intense superstar tennis player. Now meet the real Serena — a woman who loves to laugh, sings cheesy karaoke songs, and admits that Zumba is the one workout that’s too hard…
The fields in ten upazilas of Netrakona are now presenting stunning vistas of farmers cropping their Boro paddy with a look of overwhelming joy for a possible excellent yield.
Harvard University is going to introduce an “honour code” in which students will promise not to cheat. It will be the first time the prestigious US university has asked students to make a public commitment not to plagiarise or cheat…
Local people caught three youths while they were attempting to abduct a female school teacher of a government primary school in Sadar uapzila on Thursday.
Two people were killed and two others injured when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch at Komorpur in Sadar upazila early Friday.
Killer robots will be debated during an informal meeting of experts at the United Nations in Geneva. Two robotics experts, Prof Ronald Arkin and Prof Noel Sharkey, will debate the efficacy and necessity of killer robots. The meeting will be…
President Vladimir Putin is making his first visit to Crimea since Russia annexed it from Ukraine in March. He told crowds marking the 1945 Soviet victory over the Nazis that Crimea had shown loyalty to a “historical truth” in choosing…
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s biggest handset maker, has replaced the head of its mobile design team amid criticism of the latest Galaxy S smartphone.
In the 31 years since an engineer named Charles Hull invented 3D printing, it has gone from a way for car companies to quickly prototype plastic parts to something that’s touted as a technological cure-all.
We thank the journalists, who are continuously feeding us with the updates by putting their life in danger and sometimes even sacrificing their lives. Sagor and Runi can be cited here with many others. We are passing the most critical…
Masum Billah The past few weeks have been marked increased frequency of abduction, forced disappearance of people and recovery of their bodies from rivers or in jungles or beside the roads. The public life has been exposed to this extreme…
-By Raquib Siddiqi A recent visit by a team of Australian journalists to Bangladesh and their impression, reconfirm our belief that tourism products should be designed to present Bangladesh as it is, to the tourist generating markets. Admitting that the…
The African National Congress (ANC) has won a commanding victory in South Africa’s general election, partial results show. With about 80% of the results in, the ANC has 63% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%.…
Having frequent arguments with partners, friends or relatives can increase the risk of death in middle-age, say Danish researchers. Writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, they said men and those not in work were most vulnerable. Dealing…
Weather conditions in various countries and political tensions in the Black Sea region have made food markets more volatile, FAO reports in the new Food Outlook. In its first major forecast for 2014, FAO puts cereal production at 2 458…
A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Kamarjuri in the city early Friday. Police said being informed by locals, they recovered the bullet-ridden body of the unidentified young man, aged 30/32, from a paddy filed in the…
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jubo Dal and an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami at Dhandia Bazar in Kolaroa upazila on Thursday. The arrested persons were identified as Siddikur Rahman, president of Joynagar union unit of Jubo Dal…
At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Rajbari-Faridpur Highway at Basantapur in sadar upazila early Friday. Four of the deceased were identified as Alamgir, driver of Eagle Paribahan…