Criticising the role of law enforcers in the incidents of ‘crossfire’, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman said on Thursday the state must ensure human rights even to offenders. He said this while addressing a…
Police on Thursday confirmed that they recovered the body of a missing crew of lighterage vessel ‘Karnaphuli-5’ from the Monpura upazila of Bhola district. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Enamul Haque Mukit, son of Mominul Sheikh of Attail village…
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in a supplementary charge-sheet submitted on Thrsday indicted eleven persons including BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the party chief Khaleda Zia, the the Mayor of Sylher Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in connection with…
Rubel Hossain helped Bangladesh to score their highest runs against Zimbabwe, breaking the previous record of 488 runs scored almost 10 years ago. At once stage Bangladesh were 9 down for 452, but Rubel scored unbeaten 45 to help his…
The fourth session of Jatiya Sangsad that began yesterday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair adopted a resolution condoling the death of Ishaque Hossain Talukdar MP. In the obituary reference some other eminent persons were also mentioned.…
The social business week in Albania, from 3-8 November in Tirana, was launched by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and HE Prime Minister of Albania Mr. Edi Rama. Two Senior Ministers and two Deputy Ministers were also present…
The U.S. military says U.S.-led forces have conducted 16 air strikes in Syria since Monday, most around the heavily contested town of Kobani near the Turkish border. The U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday that 10 of the strikes hit…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday condemned fugitive mayor of Nagarkanda municipality, Faridpur and local BNP leader Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of…
Police have detained a doctor who performed mass sterilisation surgeries in central India that left 13 women dead and dozens ill in hospital, a senior officer said Thursday. – AFP/BSS “He has been taken into custody. He will be produced…
US President Barack Obama is to hold talks with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, hours after accusing his government of backsliding on reforms. Mr Obama is in Nay Pyi Taw for the East Asia summit, which follows Wednesday’s Asean meeting. In…
Analysis by Shelagh Whitley London – Just a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave its starkest warning yet that the vast majority of existing oil, gas and coal reserves need to be kept in the ground,…
Eminent academic Zillur Rahman Siddiqui passed away in the early hours of Wednesday at the emergency ward at the capital’s Shamorita Hospital. Doctor said he was brought to the hospital dead, probably he died on the way. He was 85…
European robot probe Philae has made the first, historic landing on a comet, after descending from its mothership. The landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was confirmed at about 1605 GMT. There were cheers and hugs at the control room in Darmstadt,…
Bangladesh does not get duty free access of the exports to the United States, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Wednesday. Refuting US Ambassador Dan W Mozena’s claim of zero tariff facility for Bangladesh in the US, Tofail said this in…
Observing that there is no democracy and good governance in the country, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said they will build a new Bangladesh establishing good governance if his party returns to power. “There’s no democracy in the…
Thirteen women have died after undergoing sterilisation surgery at a health camp organised by the government in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Archaeologists in northern Greece have found a skeleton inside a tomb from the time of Alexander the Great, during a dig that has enthralled the public.
More than 400 health workers involved in treating Ebola patients have gone on strike at a clinic in Sierra Leone.
Nato officials have seen Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander says.
A European spacecraft is on course for the first, historic landing on a comet.
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has received the best ‘Small Entrepreneur Friendly Bank of the Year’ award. Finance Minister AMA Muhith handed over the crest of the award to Managing Director of the bank Mohammad Abdul Mannan at a function at…
The film industry is waking up to the fact that it needs to better represent female audiences, says one of Hollywood’s most successful writing teams.
Microsoft has patched a critical bug in its software that had existed for 19 years.
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti Syed Rezaul Karim has said that Finance Minister AMA Muhith has provoked corruption in the country by terming bribe as legal. Addressing an Islami conference at the Meherpur Sadar college ground in Khulna Division…
Tallywood Popular actor Ankush coming dhaka for shooting movie ‘Romeo Vs Juliet’.
A man allegedly committed suicide over a family feud at Gitapara village near Benapole port on Tuesday night.
Train communications of Chittagong with other parts of the country remained suspended as three bogies of a freight train derailed near Fouzdarhat Railway Station in the port city on Wednesday.
A man was killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Kasundi on the Magura-Kamarkhali Road in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian clothes worth Tk one crore from Rajganj area in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday night.
Police arrested three Bangladeshi students receiving education in India from Laxmidari border point in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night while they were returning home from that country illegally.