A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed December 7 as the date for framing charge against sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed for his blasphemous remarks on Prophet (sm) Hajj and Tablig Jamaat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Asaduzzaman…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a dinner in honor of outgoing Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Dr. Abdullah Bin Naser Al Busairi at a local hotel on Saturday. The outgoing ambassador attended the program as the chief guest.
Mir Quasem Ali who has been convicted for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, on Sunday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging theath penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-2. Mir Quasem’s lawyers submitted the…
The Islamic University (IU) has been closed for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellow student in a road accident. The decision to close the university was taken at an emergency meeting of…
A Jubo League activist was hacked to death and 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami Leauge and BNP in Araihazar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain…
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) has threatened to wage a non-cooperation movement from May 1, 2015, if the government fails to take concrete steps to ensure the full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord 1997 within April 30, 2015.…
Barrister Nazmul Huda on Saturday floated his latest political party – named the Bangladesh Manabadhikar Party (BMP). “BMP will act as a driving force of the Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) and they will work together,” he said, adding that BMP…
A court in Egypt has dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him.
The president of Nigeria has vowed “to leave no stone unturned” in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that killed at least 81 people.
Riding on two centuries by Tarik Ahmed and Faruk Hossain, Rapid Foundation notched a massive 229-run victory over Bangladesh Boys in their Dhaka Metropolis First Division Cricket League match at BKSP-4, in Savar on Saturday.
Thailand’s Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn has asked the government to strip his wife’s family of their royally bestowed name.
Senior journalist and international affairs analyst Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was killed in a road accident in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday night. He was 69. Chowdhury, also former managing director and chief editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS),…
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Two films starring actor Ferdous Ahmed was released across the country today.
The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,928, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum hit the fourth fastest double hundred in Test history on day three of the third Test against Pakistan in Sharjah.
Sri Lanka beat England by eight wickets in a rain-reduced one-day international to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
Low and middle-income group peoples are flocking to roadside shops and hawkers markets of the town to buy warms clothes with advent of winter in the district.
Optimum aquifer recharge in the Hard Barind area is very important to protect its overall public health alongside the existing agricultural ecosystem through managing a groundwater basin efficiently and effectively, scientists and researchers at a workshop here said today.
Police recovered three firearms in an abandoned condition from a canal of Daulatkhan Upazila of the district on Friday.
Eight shops were gutted in a fire at Sakhipur Station Bazaar under Vedhorganj upazila of the district early this morning.
Five people, including Jhinaigati upazila Awami League (AL) convener Warez Nayeem, were injured in an attack on the local Awami League office by position-deprived party men in Jhinaigati upazila on Friday night.
A security guard was found dead in Old Bus Stand area of sadar upazila on Saturday.
Despite having all facilities, the Victim Support Centre (VSC) of police in Khulna can hardly come to the use of those for whom it is meant, mainly due to people’s ignorance of such a centre existing.
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 50 answer sheets of Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Friday night.
A young housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over a dowry-related feud at Muslimpur Tolghar village in Shibganj upazila early Friday.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged people to get ready for a decisive movement as Awami League’s fall is imminent and said that she herself will be there on the streets with them. “The fall of Awami League looms……
Renewing her party’s allegation that Khaleda Zia boycotted the January-5 election sensing defeat, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the BNP chief had actually wanted to create a Thailand-like situation where martial law was declared amid the opposition’s movement.
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal on Saturday said the United States advocates for a strong and inclusive democracy in Bangladesh and called upon all the political parties to hold political…
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO) in its Bangladesh Economic update cautions that limited access to affordable and reliable sources of energy puts energy security at risk. It says shortage of power supply, depletion of gas reserve and frequent price hikes in…