President Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the newly-appointed Chief Justice at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban, the president’s ofiice, at a simple ceremony at 11:05 am. Cabinet secretary M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan moderated the oath-taking ceremony. The senior-most Judge…
Jatiya Party Chairman H M Ershad has proposed an all-party convention to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the country. “Let’s call a convention. Let’s discuss how peace can be established in the country,” he said at a rally at…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday lambasted the chiefs of police, Rapid Action Battalion and Border Guard Bangladesh for what it said their audacious and biased remarks. They (law enforcers officials) must have been suspended and brought to justice for their…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered one lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Golar Char area of Shah Parir Dwip in Teknaf upazila early Saturday.
Police arrested three leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ at no.1 Koyra in Koyra upazila on Friday night.
Two Bangladeshi young men were injured in firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Putkhali border here early Saturday.
Police in separate drives arrested 10 alleged members of an inter-district robber gang from Dhaka, Narayanganj, Manikganj, Chittagong and Gazipur districts in the last 24 hours on Saturday.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion seized 33.7 kilograms of gunpowder from Jahurpur border point in sadar upazila on Saturday.
A goods-laden truck was set on fire at Kanta on the Gobindaganj-Hili Road in Gobindaganj upazila early Saturday, during the countrywide indefinite transport blockade.
A rice trader, whom a gang of frauds made unconscious by applying sedative to snatch his belongings, died at Satkhira sadar hospital here on Friday.
Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha district has been brought under School Feeding Programme (SFP) this year aimed at making the primary education a success.
Kotwali police arrested listed top terrorist and killer Khatibar Rahman, 25, with illegal arms and ammunitions from Jamtola Keranipara area in the city this afternoon, police sources said.
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a raid seized a double barrel rifle and 135 bottles of phensidyl syrup from Nangla villege under Devhata upazila of the district on Friday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-3, in several anti-smuggling drives, seized a huge quantity of smuggled Indian goods worth about Taka over 24 lakh from different areas of the district last night.
England’s Chris Woakes says last year’s home defeat by India will be motivation when the teams meet in the triangular series in Brisbane on Tuesday.
The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts says she would like to see more diversity in Oscar nominations, after a row about this year’s nominees.
2014 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures 0.68C (1.24F) above the long-term average, US government scientists have said.
Europe is on high alert following anti-terror raids and arrests of suspected Islamist militants.
Speakers at a discussion here on Saturday urged the country’s political parties to take the path of peaceful democracy shunning violence. Sammilita Samajik Andolon arranged the discussion at the Liberation War Museum auditorium in the city. The speakers also urged…
Issuing again a strong warning against terrorism and militancy in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the hands of those who make and hurl petrol bombs should be burnt so they can feel the agony of the burn…
Technical specifications of BN-1200, sodium cooled fast reactors have been developed by Russia’s Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM). The proposed reactor is considered to be of generation IV, for being more efficient, safe and environment friendly. Based…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The outgoing Chief Justice of Bangladesh Mr. Justice Muzammel Hossain has on the last day of his office on Thursday underscored the need for balance of power between the executive, the legislature and the judiciary for a…
Bangladesh’s foreign minister has written to his British counterpart to send back BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman. His deputy, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, confirmed the news on Friday. Law minister Anisul Huq also said this to…