BNP has reinstated its Comilla north district unit president Khorshed Alam withdrawing the expulsion order against him. Korshed has been reinstated to his earlier post, a party press release signed by its joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on…
Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin arrives here on Monday on a three-day visit, aiming to deepen bilateral ties. She will lead a six-member delegation and meet State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday afternoon,…
Braving several court warrants pending for his arrest, sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique returned home on Sunday night, nearly two months after his adverse remarks against Islam in the USA. The former Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister arrived at…
Bangladeshi Popular tv actor Ziaul Faruk Apurbo is a cancer patient. He is waiting for the ending of his life. But this is not real, this is a story of his new tv play ‘Swapnoghuri’.
Lego wants to be taken seriously as something more than a toy. The plastic brick made by the Danish toy company wants to construct a more hi-tech identity. It wants to be part of teaching about a space project.
The world’s largest crane ship, which is capable of lifting oil rigs, has set sail from its shipyard in South Korea for Rotterdam Port in the Netherlands.The Pieter Schelte, which left South Korea on Wednesday, is due to arrive at…
A Dhaka court yesterday (Sunday) placed alleged Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Women Wing chief on six days remand and three other suspected members of the banned militant outfit Islamic group on ten days remand in two cases. Members of Detective Branch…
Fifteen people have been arrested, including four in the UK, in connection with the hijacking of computers.
A US professor is proposing a new way to test whether artificial intelligence (AI) is on a par with that of humans.
Google has unveiled a project that offers web users the option to pay to visit sites rather than see adverts.
A suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
A team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Sunday interrogated detained former energy adviser and incumbent acting editor of Bangla daily the Amar Desh at a Dhaka court in connection with Niko graft case. Earlier, in the morning, Mahmudur…
Foreign ministers from world powers discussing a nuclear deal with Iran are gathering in Vienna in a bid to reach agreement before Monday’s deadline.
Lewis Hamilton clinched his second drivers’ world championship with a comfortable victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent five accused persons including three officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to the jail in a case of gold smuggling at Shahjalal International Airport.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday told parliament that illegal operation of VoIP has been coming down fast due to continuous drive and fixation of the international call termination rate. “The government has outlined measures against illegal Voice…
Lawmakers of Jatiya Party and an independent MP yesterday staged walked out from Parliament’s session protesting the government’s inaction against chairman of Biman Bangladesh for his alleged involvement in gold smuggling by using national flag carrier, and other irregularities. Lawmakers…
Kathmandu: The Nepal Unit of the Nature–Human Centric Peoples Movement is going to organise a global conference 2016 in Nepal. General Secretary at Nepal Unit, Dindaya Rijal, informed that the conference will discuss climate change effects, global warming, widening gulf…
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 68 runs on second ODI to go 2-0 up in the series. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. Top order started off brilliantly but middle order collapsed. Tamim and Anamul put together second…
Australia has beaten South Africa by 2 wickets to win the series 4-1. Winning the toss South Africa choose to bat first and scored 280 runs in their allocated 50 overs. Quinton de Cock scored his sixth ODI century and…
Bangladesh has become an example among South Asian countries for its efforts to save vultures, a wildlife expert has said. Chris Bowden, programme manager for Saving Asian Vultures from Extinction (SAVE), made the comment at the fourth meeting of the…
Kolkata: India and Bangladesh must collaborate to facilitate and maintain a flow of fresh water round the year to save the Sunderbans mangrove ecosystem, scientists said here Saturday. Sunderbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and home to the endangered…
An alleged mugger, who was injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police in front of Badsha Faysal School in the Jessore district town on November 13, succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday night.
Police recovered the body of a young man from inside an almirah at a house in old Dhaka city’s Lalbagh area on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Shikdar,29, son of Hossain Shikdar, a resident of house no.…
BNP has taken up a plan to bring all the political parties from both left and right outside its 20-party alliance but highly critical of the coalition government, aiming to mount a greater pressure on it to hold an inclusive…
Two suspected robbers were beaten to death by a mob in Dharmasur area under Keraniganj Model Police Station early Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Quoting locals, Majibar Rahman, officer-in-charge of the police station, said…
Dan W Mozena All know that Bangladesh is among the nations most impacted by global climate change. Rising sea levels threaten huge swaths of the nation, much of which is only a few meters above sea level. Thanks in good…
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagorik Oikya (Citizens’ unity) would observe sit-in at the ‘Shikha Chirantan’ (eternal flame) the Suhrawardy Uddayan in Dhaka city on Thursday November 27 to drum up support to the movement to say ‘No’ to corruption.…
Activists of Juba League have fought among themselves at the very event where Awami League leaders dubbed the party’s youth wing as ‘best political organisation’ for youths. The leaders had also criticised the media for what they said spreading propagandas…
Accusing the government of pushing the country into a deep crisis, senior BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Miah on Saturday said they together with people will dislodge it through a united movement. “There’s no other option but to launch a united…