Jamaat-e-Islami has denied its involvement in the allegations brought against it by investigation team of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). “Jamaat has no relation with the seven allegations which were brought against it in the investigation report. The allegations are false,…
An Awami League activist, who was injured in a clash over election to Gozaria upazila, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, on Monday evening.
Five policemen were injured as a truck collided head-on with a pickup van carrying them at Beltoli in Sadar Dakshin upazila on Tuesday morning.
The slaughtered body of a pregnant woman was recovered at Haji village in Digholia upazila early Monday.
At least 20 people were injured as nor’wester lashed four upazilas of the district on Monday evening.
BNP will lay siege to the offices of Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) across the country on Thursday protesting what it said the widespread terrorism, capturing of polling stations and vote rigging by the ruling party men during the fourth phase…
A youth was found dead in Titas upazila of the district on Monday.
High yielding onion farming is gradually expanding everywhere in the district following gradual rises of its demands.
US Senator Robert Menendez has threatened garment owners that he would not support the restoration of Bangladesh’s GSP facilities unless “harassment and intimidation” of garment union organisers and members are stopped. Menendez is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on…
Bumper wheat production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the five upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season.
Plans to expand shale gas “fracking” in the UK must learn from leaks and poor monitoring at existing onshore oil and gas sites, scientists say.
Geneva – There has been no reverse in the trend of global warming and there is still consistent evidence for man-made climate change, the head of the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.
The original artwork for two of the first Harry Potter books is being sold at an auction in Los Angeles this week.
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban – who uses cardboard tubes to make temporary housing in disaster zones – has won 2014’s Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Senior scientists and government officials are meeting in Japan to agree a critical report on the impact of global warming.
Angry relatives of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have clashed with police outside Malaysia’s embassy in the Chinese capital, Beijing.
Burma’s seemingly unending cycle of internal conflict is perhaps closer to a resolution than at any other point in recent memory.
The European Union and non-member countries in the region are supporting diplomatic efforts to put an end to the Ukrainian crisis and ensure a peaceful settlement of what many say is the worst impasse since the fall of the Soviet…
Irrigation on 60,500 hectares of Boro land under the Teesta Barrage project area is facing setback in the current season due to abnormal fall of water flow in the Teesta following unrestrained withdrawal of water at the upstream of the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Deshchytsia, for the first time since Russia’s move into Crimea triggered a diplomatic crisis. Mr Lavrov says Russia is unfazed by the prospect of being expelled from the…
“So many words regarding quick rental, will it stop tomorrow?” said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a taunting mode in Parliament a few days ago. Not only quick rentals, all power plants can be stopped and the Government has the…
Jhenidah – A total of 51 out of 407 posts of headmasters are lying vacant in government primary schools in six upazila of Jhenidah district. As a result academic and administrative activities in the 51 schools are being hampered. According…
Kuala Lumpur – Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States are working with their counterparts in developing countries to produce an “economical and efficient” means of filtering out bacteria from water using plant xylem that…
An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offences on Monday, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement that is likely to fuel instability. Family members stood outside…
Inmarsat, a British satellite telecommunications provider and the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have concluded that the missing Malaysian Airlines flight went down in the southern Indian Ocean near Perth “with no possible landing sites”. Almost 16 days after…
Rakibul Hasan Democracywatch organised a day-long youth festival named Connecting Youth for Nation Building (CYNB) to support the network of youth groups working for a better future on Friday 21 March, 2014 at its premises in the capital. This follow-up…
The Election Commission has informed the Prime Minister about alleged violation of code of conduct by Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu during the fourth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections. EC Joint Secretary Jesmin Tuli told journalists on Monday of…
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has warned consumers against buying its rice-based oral saline outside its centre. ICDDR,B team in Sierra Leone: It says its Employees’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society sells this life-saving saline only through their…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said the database of workers at the country’s thousands of garment factories will open on April 7. The minister was talking to journalists after a meeting with the visiting European Parliament delegation led by…
United Airways (BD) Limited will resume its flight on Chittagong-Muscat-Chittagong route from April 15. The one way fare for Chittagong-Muscat starts from Tk 21,988 and return fare Tk 41,485 (inclusive of all taxes).