BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Comilla on Saturday to address the 20-party alliance’s public rally aimed at drumming up public support in favour of their demand for snap polls under a non-party administration. The BNP chairperson will leave her…
Bangladesh’s Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed has been elected the next Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) in a tightly contested election in London. This is the first time in the 35-year history of IMSO that a candidate…
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has enquired with Raushon Ershad who heads the opposition in Parliament, about Bangladesh’s next general elections. Friday’s half-hour meeting started at Ershad’s Gulshan residence around 5:10pm.…
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Friday called a daylong hartal in Rajshahi city for Monday to press home their five-point demand, including the immediate arrest of the ‘real’ killers of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher AKM Shafiul Islam. City and RU…
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal at her meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said her country wants to see strong democracies in the South Asian countries for the continuation…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government understands only one theory — ensuring the basic rights of people – and sharply criticised those who often come up with their various ‘theories and advice’ about Bangladesh future. “Many people…
Bangladesh has won the fourth ODI too after Zimbabwe made a strong reply with the bat for the first time in the series. They were just 21 runs short and had a great opportunity to record their first win in…
Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari upazila here on Friday. The deceased were identified Al Amin, 20, son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel, 22, son of…
Recently I read a tweet from Indian Celebrity Amitabh Bachchan-“The biggest suspense of life is that you don’t know who is ‘Praying’ for you and who is ‘PLAYING’ with you”.
Paramita Dey Success story is universally appreciated. What it will be if we think out of the box? Then it will be “Failure Stories”! Are you laughing? We all know a quote “Failure is the pillar of success”. It is…
Will the market become cosmos, leaving no alternative other than being sucked into its constantly expanding frontier? There are two reasons for the garment industry in Bangladesh to flourish – cheap labor and a favorable climate that is conducive to…
A man died and at least 26 people went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal, on the outskirts of Saint Martin’s Island, early Friday. Port sources said a fishing boat named ‘FB Bandhan’ of Bengal…
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno Many questions are already being raised about the grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri in August. However, many…
“Government will not proceed with interlinking of rivers if environmental consequences are adverse”, says Uma Bharti, Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation at the India Rivers Week 2014 Sushri Uma Bharti, Union Minister of Water Resources,…
The SAARC leaders today expressed their firm determination to deepen regional integration for peace and prosperity in South Asia by intensifying cooperation in trade, investment, finance, energy, security, infrastructure, connectivity and culture. In a 36-point declaration issued after the end…
From 1 December 2014 the airside and landside transit visa requirements for the UK are changing. These changes are good news for Bangladesh nationals. They include dropping the en-route requirement for Bangladeshi holders of Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and US…
The Saarc Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation was signed on Thursday afternoon aimed at trading electricity from one country to another and erecting trans-boundary power grids. All the foreign ministers from the eight Saarc member countries signed the deal on…
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday evening. The meeting will be held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan residence at 6pm, her press wing member…
The International Cricket Council has fined Tamim Iqbal while Hamilton Masakadza has been reprimanded for their heated argument during the third ODI in Dhaka. The game’s governing body said in a media statement on Thursday that the Bangladesh opener has…
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with 25 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Bidirpurhat border camp area in Godagari upazila on Wednesday night.
A mobile court here sentenced a fake dental surgeon to three months jail for failing to show his valid degree certificate to the court at Tobalchari area of the district town today.
An Awami League local office and three shops were gutted as a fire broke out in Lamakazi Bazar area in Bishwanathpur upazila early Thursday morning.
Police arrested a young man along with a pistol and a magazine from Chakpara village in Naldanga upazila early Wednesday.
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has been implementing an integrated development project in greater Rajshahi division aims at improving overall living and livelihood condition of the rural people in general.
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has said the city administration would ensure better services for the citizens ensuring transparency and accountability.
At least seven people, including four policemen, were injured in a gunfight between police and a terrorist group at Uttar Joypur in Sadar upazila early Thursday.
Speakers at a training course today stressed for enhanced participation of the organisations of small and marginal farmers in food security governance to ensure food security of the extremely poor rural people.
A mobile court convicted and sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl in Fatullah Pilot School area of Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
A middle-aged man, who suffered injuries in a road accident in Jessore town, died at Jessore 250-Bed Hospital on Wednesday night.
A court here on Wednesday sentenced three people to death and five more to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Phulpur upazila in 2002.