A Dhaka court has scrapped a defamation petition filed against BNP chief Khaleda Zia on charges of “distorting the history of Liberation War” by saying that her husband Ziaur Rahman was “Bangladesh’s first president”. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin issued…
Government officials who belong to administration see transfer and reshuffle as a regular practice. But such change or reshuffle should be for the sake of welfare of the people and impartial as far as it can be. Bangladesh has witnessed…
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday underscored the need for upholding the authentic history of the country’s Liberation War among the new generation. “The glorious history of our great Independence has been distorted in many ways. Vested quarters have used it…
Bangladesh crashed out of the World Twenty20 after going down to a 50-run defeat against Pakistan in their Group 2 tie of the Super 10 on Sunday. Chasing a huge 191, the hosts’ top order taken was care of before…
A court here on Sunday sentenced two siblings to life and three others to two year’s imprisonment in the sensational Dablu killing case. The lifers are Mansur Ali Kaiser and his brother Majibar Rahman, sons of Mostab Ali of Bharaimari…
Visiting Yunnan Province Governor Li Jiheng on Sunday underlined the need for having more cooperation between Kunming and Chittagong, and sought Bangladesh’s cooperation under the Sister City Agreement signed in 2005 to strengthen ties in the areas of trade and…
Sonali Bank Limited on Sunday lodged one more case against Hall-Mark Group Managing Director (MD) Tanvir Mahmud and the Group’s Chairman Jesmin Islam on the charge of default in the payment of loan amounting to Tk 9,92,92,113. Executive Officer of…
An amendment to speedy trial tribunal law, 2002 has been placed in Parliament on Sunday to extend the validity of the law for another five years. Minister for Industries Amir Hossain Amu, on behalf of state minister for home Asaduzzaman…
A case was filed on Sunday against Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) president Hafizur Rahman Khan, secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumder and two others on charge spreading propaganda about a chairman candidate in the recently held upazila polls.
A day after assistant returning officer declared the results of Tangail-8 by-elections, the returning officer on Sunday postponed the results, citing regularities. Withholding the election results, returning officer Khurshid Anwar, also the Mymensingh regional election officer, wrote to the Election…
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has strongly protested BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Saturday’s remark about singing the national anthem and her plan to stage an anti-government uprising. Addressing the biennial conference of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union…
Chairman of Ant-Corruption Commission (ACC) M Badiuzzaman on Sunday urged the people not to suspect the activities and sincerity of the commission particularly in carrying out the ongoing inquiry against some ruling party leaders. “Please wait and see. Don’t be…
A housewife was burned to death as a fire broke out in her house at Mandiarkandi village in Sujanagar upazila on Saturday afternoon.
A teacher and nine girl students of Sarpukur High School were injured in an attack by some stalkers at Khatapara in Aditmari upazila on Saturday evening.
A suspected cattle lifter was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Luky village in Goainghat upazila upazila on Saturday night.
Members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in a drive seized huge smuggled sex-stimulating injections and tablets worth about Taka 44 lakh from Hakimpur frontier in Dinajpur on Saturday, BGB sources said.
Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a five-week training course have asked the Ansar-VDP members to achieve economic self-reliance through income generation activities in accelerating overall national uplift.
AC Milan attacking midfielder Kaka has revealed he would like to move to the MLS when his career at San Siro comes to and end.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has set out demands for a neutral and federal Ukraine, ahead of crisis talks with his US counterpart in Paris.
Negotiators worked through the night here in Yokohama in an effort to complete their review of a key report on the impacts of climate change.
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said it will start selling the Galaxy S5 on Thursday, two weeks before the scheduled sales launch on April 11.
BNP says it anticipates large scale rigging by the ruling Awami League during the fifth phase of the Upazila Council elections. BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed held a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters on Saturday, a…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said the ‘problem’ of the high cost power generation with rental power plants will get minimised to a great extent over the next two years. Addressing a meeting with the business community at the…
Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander A Nikolaev on Sunday said the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is safe for Bangladesh saying those who are opposing its construction have a wrong perception. “I must tell you the reactor which is designed…
An official photograph of Prince George with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been released ahead of their tour of Australia and New Zealand. The eight-month-old is pictured in his mother’s arms while Prince William holds their dog, Lupo.…
Relatives of Chinese passengers from the missing Malaysian plane have vented their anger at government officials, after arriving in Kuala Lumpur. Chanting “Tell us the truth”, they said they wanted the Malaysian prime minister to apologise for what they regard…
The parliamentary standing committees on different ministries are going to be formed this week to enhance legislative activities. “We are at final stage to form the standing committees this week. The committees are likely to be formed Monday or Tuesday,” said…
Three members of a family were injured critically as a gas cylinder exploded in a house at Majibarghat in Kamrangirchar here on Saturday. The injured were identified as Joly Begum, 27, her one and a half years old son Alif…
British High Commission in Bangladesh organised a children painting competition in Sylhet on Saturday to raise awareness of “forced marriage”. The UK recognises forced marriage as a form of violence against women and men, domestic and child abuse, and a…
Bangladesh needs to diversify its export basket first to benefit from the possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia, said an economist and business leaders. One of the business leaders think signing an FTA with ‘certain restrictions’ instead of ‘large…