Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha – the state-run news agency. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification regarding the appointment…
Criticising the current regime for ‘its growing repressive act’, BNP on Monday threatened to wage an tougher oust-government movement soon. “This government wants to hang on to power resorting to terrorist activities.
Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) on Monday expressed concern over what it said intervention of political parties in the upcoming upazila elections. It said the political parties should respect the law that requires the local government elections to be non-partisan.
The session of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) will resume at on Tuesday after a five-day recess with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in the chair. The business advisory committee and the parliamentary affairs committee are likely to be formed on…
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday granted bail to eight BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in separate cases while the Supreme Court upheld the HC bail for two other stalwarts of the party.…
The government will continue dialogue with Myanmar for an early repatriation of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said on Monday. He said this when the visiting United States Senior Advisor for Myanmar…
I was a panelist on the January 30, US-Russia.org discussion, headed under the title of: “Why is the West Waging a Campaign Against the Sochi Winter Olympics?” Among other things, the subtitle of my below contribution to that panel (and…
In a reshuffle in the administration, five secretaries have been transferred and given new postings. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday.
New data launched by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing companies, which amounted to $395 billion in 2012, has increased by 29 per cent in real terms…
Dhaka – BNP on Monday accused the government of blatantly using the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to harass the opposition leaders and activists alongside the administration. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “The government…
A deal, which would have given South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) a black presidential candidate, has collapsed.
Dhaka – The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) on Monday submitted to the government a 10-point recommendation, including that of reducing high bank interest rates and full implementation of PPP and connectivity. DCCI president Mohammad Shahjahan Khan placed…
The High Court has stopped hearing a matter after feeling ‘uneasy’ by a minister’s phone call. The bench by Justices Sharif Uddin Chaklader and AKM Shahidul Huq was hearing a case regarding bank loan on Monday. “During the hearing of…
Tributes are pouring in following the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman at his home in New York on Sunday.
Rajshahi University has accused 300 people in six cases, a day after agitating students were attacked on the campus. Acting Registrar Saad Ahmed filed the cases – one under Explosives Act and the other for anarchy and vandalism on the…
Harry Potter would have been a better match for Hermione Granger than Ron Weasley, author JK Rowling appears to suggest in a new magazine interview.
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Kamal has promised tough actions against those who carried arms on Rajshahi University campus. His statement came on Monday after the media published pictures of armed leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student front of the…
The ubiquitous shallow icy lakes that dominate Alaska’s Arctic coastal plain have undergone a significant change in recent decades.
Dhaka – Awami League Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday alleged that Jamaat-Shibir men were behind the movement on the Rajshahi University campus under the banner of general students. “We came to know that Jamaat–Shibir men were involved in the movement…
Coastal towns in south-west England have been left flooded after being hit by strong winds, large waves and a high tide.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are to make a three-day state visit to France this summer, Buckingham Palace has said.
The extent of corruption in Europe is “breathtaking” and it costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European Commission says.
Olympic organisers said they will act after being asked to make changes to the slopestyle course in Sochi.
Real Madrid defender Marcelo has hit out at referee Miguel Ayza for his decision to send off Cristiano Ronaldo during Sunday’s 1-1 La Liga draw against Athletic Bilbao.
The nation can achieve self-reliance on production of oil seeds through expanded cultivation of high yielding variety (HYV) of mustard using the latest agro-technologies, speakers at a farmers’ field day said.
Two young people were killed this morning when their motorcycle was knocked down by a passenger coach at Moshaujan of Dangi union under Nagarkanda upazila of this district on Dhaka-Barisal highway.
A newly constructed underground drain of the town and an under-construction irrigation canal formally inaugurated here on Sunday.
Speakers at a function here on Sunday stressed the need for disseminating knowledge on disaster management among the stakeholders and the vulnerable communities to save the lives and properties during the emergencies.
Crop museum has become an effective tool for reaching and disseminating modern farming technologies to the grassroots farmers side by side with a successful expansion of various cash crops in the high Barind tract.
A minor boy was found dead inside a well at Rathkhola village in Harinakundu upazila on Sunday.